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This summer, Pullen Arts Center will offer intensive jewelry, pottery, and printmaking programs for teens.

Check out the programs and register online using the links below. For a full list of classes available at Pullen Arts Center, visit RecLink or preview upcoming classes and programs in the Leisure Ledger. 

Jewelry

Teen Jewelry Intensive - Tell A Story on Metal

Instructor: Amy Veatch

Ages: 12-15 yrs.

Fee: $150

Date & Time: June 12-15 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m

.Register for Teen Jewelry Intensive - Tell A Story on Metal

With stamping, hammering, and other texturizing techniques teens will tell a story on a sheet of metal that can be turned into jewelry or a decorative item. All supplies included. 4 sessions.

Teen Jewelry Intensive - Torch Fired Enamel

Instructor: Ndidi Kowalczyk
Ages: 12-15 yrs.
Fee: $150
Date & Time: July 17-20 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Register for Teen Jewelry Intensive - Torch Fired Enamel
Come learn to play with fire while fusing powdered glass to copper sheet in fun patterns. This class will be a foundation for subsequent enameling classes. Students will leave with up to 4 pendants. All supplies included. 4 sessions. 

Teen Jewelry Intensive - Resin Pendant

Instructor: Ndidi Kowalczyk
Ages: 12-15 yrs.
Fee: $150
Date & Time: July 24-27 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Register for Teen Jewelry Intensive - Resin Pendant
Students will create a pendant from resin focals they mold and pour. These resin focals will be cold-connected to hand-textured copper and brass canvases. Students will make up to two casts. All supplies included. 4 sessions. 

Pottery

Teen Pottery Intensive

Ages: 12-15 yrs.

Fee: $215

Date & Time:

• July 10-13 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• July 17-20 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• July 24-27 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• July 31-August 3 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Register for Teen Pottery Intensive

Come find your way with clay in the pottery studios at Pullen Arts! Teens are invited to the wheel and handbuilding studios for a four-morning "intensive" where we'll explore the foundations of making work in clay using a variety of techniques and inspiration, with the support of two teaching artists! Find out what the "exquisite corpse" can teach us, how to craft new takes on traditional ceramics, making functional containers for your favorite things, and level up your skill set by trying your hand at the wheel, too. All experience levels are welcome--we'll meet you where you are, make space for your individual ideas and personality, and teach you what you need to know to make some unique and useful ceramic art! Please dress for mess and bring a snack and a water bottle. All materials provided, works will be fired after class and available for pickup within about two weeks. 4 sessions.

Printmaking

Teen Printmaking Intensive - Image & Text

Instructor: Susan Soper
Ages: 11-15 yrs.
Fee: $150
Date & Time: June 19-22 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
 Register for Teen Printmaking Intensive - Image & Text
Are you curious about how artists design images with text? Using the techniques of linoleum block printing and letterpress, learners carve their images and then compliment their images with text. Wooden type will be set the old fashion way, one letter at a time, as well as, stencil lettering. Images will be enhanced with colorful Gelli prints. Bring your drawing ideas and your imagination!!! All supplies included. 4 sessions. 

Teen Printmaking Intensive - Let's Experiment!

Instructor: Susan Soper
Ages: 11-15 yrs.
Fee: $150
Date & Time: June 26-29 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Register for Teen Printmaking Intensive - Let's Experiment!
Discover the magic of printmaking! Students will create their own drawings, and then transfer images to aluminum printing plates. Multiple prints will be created. Students will learn the safe technique of waterless lithography. There will experimentation with various papers, stencils, collage. Learners will print using the Conrad etching presses. Bring drawing ideas and your imagination! All supplies included. 4 sessions. 

Teen Printmaking Intensive - Screen Printing

Instructor: Peter Borsay
Ages: 11-15 yrs.
Fee: $150
Date & Time:

• Robots | July 10-13 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Animals & Nature | July 17-20 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Space & Sci-Fi | July 24-27 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Beach & Ocean | July 31-August 3 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Register for Teen Printmaking Intensive - Screen Printing

Students will learn the basics of making a stencil, printing a stencil, making a printable film, coating a screen, exposing a screen, preparing to print, registering a print, printing, cleaning tools, and reclaiming a screen. Each intensive has a different theme and is primarily focused on the process of making prints. Students will walk away with 5-10 finished prints. All supplies included. 4 sessions.

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