By Aaron Rubin, Staff Writer, Zip06, December 2025
Located just outside downtown, the Guilford Arts Center offers a variety of workshops for those who want to explore their creative side, from weaving to painting, to ceramics and sculpture. There is also an opportunity for crafters to get a bit more physical and noisy in their quest to create something from nothing, like a kitchen knife that cuts with precision or a beautiful hook for hanging a coat.
These metallic creations can be forged in the blacksmithing and bladesmithing classes at the arts center under the tutelage of Mace Vitale.
Mace has been teaching the metallic arts at the art center for about 20 years, a journey that began when he first learned her craft at the facility.