Check out the FAQs for the Guns to Gardens events. (
Preguntas Frecuentes)
Compensation rates may vary, see event links for specifics. *Event Links added as details announced
2024
RAWtools Colorado:
- Jan 5th - "Another Way is Possible" First Friday at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Feb 16 - "Another Way is Possible" (Free day at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center) Celebrating 11 years of RAWtools! Details
- Feb 24 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event, Denver Community Church 1595 Pearl St, Denver, CO 10am to noon Details
- April 13 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church 10am to noon Details
- June 15 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event at Glennon Heights Mennonite Church 10am to Noon Details
- July 10, 17, 24, 31 - Plowshare Vessels with Bemis School of Art and Jeremiah Houck Details
- August 22-25- with Presbyterian Peace Fellowship at Ghost Ranch Details
- September 6&7- Alamosa, CO details to come
- September 8 - Colorado Springs at Concrete Coyote "American Weather" Art-Reading- Gun to Garden Tool Demo Details
- October 3&4 - CCDA Conference, Portland, OR
- October - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event TBA
- December - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event TBA
RAWtools Philly:
- Feb 22 - 5PM - Another World is Possible with Shane Claiborne and Rev. Sharon Risher Details
RAWtools South:
- January 2-5 - Forging and Workshop at Montreat College Conference: Necessary Risks, Montreat, NC
- January 15 - MLK Day Forging at the Peace Garden on Burton Street, Asheville, NC
- January 19-21 - Forging and Speaking at Gun Violence Prevention Peacemaking Summit, First Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, NC
- February 24 - Guns to Gardens Event Support with Evergreen Presbyterian in Memphis, TN
- March 6 - Forging, Retreat Facilitation, Preaching at Gun Violence Prevention Summit, Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, NC
- April 16-17 - Workshop with Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence at the Post-Evangelical Collective, Raleigh, NC
- April 13 - Forging at the Makers Faire, Asheville, NC
- April 27 - Forging at Fire on the Mountain, Spruce Pine, NC
- May 4- Guns to Gardens in Charleston, WV. Sponsored by Village Chapel Presbyterian, First
- May 9-12 - Blacksmithing Demonstration at LEAF in Black Mountain, NC
- June 8 - Guns to Gardens Event Support at First Baptist Church, Asheville, NC
- August 22-25- with Presbyterian Peace Fellowship at Ghost Ranch Details
RAWtools Buffalo:
- Feb 24 - RAWtools and Homicide Prevention - Noon to 2pm - One in Christ Ministries 940 S Broadway St. Buffalo, NY 14212 with a gun to garden tool demonstration
- Aug 3 - 10am to Noon - Blacksmith Demonstration at First Presbyterian Church in Mount Vernon, NY, in partnership with DIGfarm, South Church, Rise, and Scarsdale Meeting House
If you’d like to host an event with Mike Martin and RAWtools, Shane Claiborne and RAWTools Philly, OR BOTH please fill out this form. We will do our best to create an event within your budget, that integrates the voices of people who have been impacted by gun violence, along with other musicians or artists. We will also send you the details of what is required to bring the blacksmithing equipment and do a LIVE demonstration, transforming a gun into a garden tool in your community.
