Take a Course
Welding, Blacksmithing, Jewelry & Ceramics
The Steel Yard offers unique courses in the industrial arts for students of all skill levels. You’ll receive hands-on experience working with the tools of the trade, in a safe and creative environment, and walk away with something that YOU made.
Steel Yardlings
New Child Care Offerings
The Steel Yard and The Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD) at RISD are collaborating to offer free art and design classes for children of active students and staff!
Make a Donation
Support the
Industrial Arts!
Your donation to The Yard helps us further our mission of fostering creative and economic opportunities. With your help, we are able to provide workspace, tools, training, and education to our community, while forging lasting links to a local tradition of craftsmanship.
Support The Yard
You make our work possible.
Make a positive change in the Providence community by supporting a space where all makers, artists and the community come together to build, create, and collaborate.