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Apprenticeships

An educational—entrepreneurial hybrid in the high desert.

Tuition-free training of local hands-on learners in trades that help build out spaces they want to occupy as adults in the Morongo Basin. By working with our hands, we work together to build a better future for ourselves. MFG fosters meaningful skills and meaningful relationships.

*MFG, short for Mojave Fabrication Guild, grew from designer Roni Koltuniak’s advanced study of sociology, specifically her academic re-consideration of the 2016 documentary, The Bad Kids, profiling the at-risk students of Black Rock Continuation High School. Within this context, MFG offers an act of community reclamation, rooted not in perceived morality, but rather potential, positivity and opportunity.

roni@verokolt.com

The Workshop

The MFG Workshop addresses core precarities:

of sustainable professions accessible to youth
of skilled tradespeople servicing the community
of those master artisans’ aging demographics
of the community need for safe, nurturing third spaces welcoming young adults and fostering positive inter- and intra-generational relationships.