ABOUT

Learning By Hand offers accessible workshops, retreats, forays & Events focused on connection, interaction, play, CREATIVITY & curiosity. 

Learning By Hand SEEKS TO honor our teachErs & elders by building on EFFECTIVE models of creative facilitation, community design, arts education, traditional ecological knowledge practices, & continued learning.

Learning By Hand welcomes the spectrum of human identities & sees the intrinsic value of all perspectives. We are engaged in the learning process alongside our community & we encourage an openness rooted in creativity, trust, & play.

Eli Tenzin Utne

Eli Utne (he/him) is an educator, facilitator, and musician based in Huchiun (Oakland). Eli is the founder of Learning By Hand, an organization focused on connecting communities to the ecology we depend upon through hands-on workshops, retreats, and events. Born and raised in Mni Sota (Minneapolis) Eli lives in service of the waters and ecosystems of this (Turtle Is)land we all call home.