ARTS & SCIENCES
Crafting is one of the most common activities in the Society! Our artisans study and create works from nearly every type of craft from the Middle Ages. Collectively, we call the study of the various production, research, and performing crafts, "arts and sciences." At many of our events, you will be able to watch artisans recreating these crafts and often take classes and workshops where you can learn to do them yourself. Some SCA events are entirely dedicated to demonstrating and learning medieval crafts.
THE ARTS
Division 1: Performing Arts and Letters, Bardic, Dancing, Musical Composition
Division 2: Textile and Needle Arts, Beadwork, Costuming, Weaving
THE SCIENCES
Division 3: Technical Sciences, Armor Making, Casting, Scientific Instruments
ARTS & SCIENCES
Division 4: Studio Arts and Sciences, Calligraphy, Leatherworking, Pottery
Division 5: Domestic Arts and Sciences, Cooking, Animal Husbandry, Brewing
Many Society members explore a varied list of sciences as they recreate the Middle Ages. These sciences include botany, astronomy, stillroom crafts, cartography, siege engineering and physics, mathematics, languages, and many more. Some of the most fascinating classes and workshops found at Society events are on topics as varied as charting the heavens with an astrolabe to creating your own tallow candles.
The fine arts and more are also well represented in the SCA. Many Society members take up painting and drawing as their chosen pursuit and produce beautiful works of art from Renaissance-style portraits to triptychs portraying medieval life. Members study stained glass and glassblowing, sculpture, wirework, and more as they recreate every aspect of the Middle Ages.
There are literally hundreds of arts and sciences you could take up in the SCA. Even more than watching others perform these crafts, the highest importance is placed on sharing the knowledge behind them with others who want to learn. If you see someone doing or working on something that interests you, just ask!