Pratt Magazine - March - May 2018

Your artist is inside.

Classes & Events March – May 2018

Kids Today. Amirite?

As one born to the last generation of analog youth, it’s difficult for me to imagine what it must be like to grow up in today’s Wi-Fi world. I had an Etch-a-Sketch, Slinkys and a big tree to climb for fun. There was an antenna on the TV and an extra-long cord on the kitchen telephone.

Sure, I had floppy disks, Atari and the Oregon Trail, but I wasn’t connected to the bottomless abyss of digital stimulation that abounds for kids today.

For the most part, meaningful engagement for me required two things: imagination and human interaction. That’s not to say that kids today don’t have those things, only that it must be easier to forego them when presented with an endless list of virtual alternatives.

I see parents struggling to fight the digital tide every day, encouraging their children to put down the devices and engage with the world that is right in front of them. In my (very biased) opinion, there is no better way to do this than to give them access to the arts.

So let’s give kids today something worth snapchatting and hashtagging about. Let’s give them art!

Cheers,

Steve Galatro, Executive Director PS – Pratt’s summer youth and teen programs are online now! ;) #MyPrattExperience #MakeArt

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Contents Pratt Artist: Brandon Bowman and Myra Kaha . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tuition Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Class Listings Youth & Teen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warm Glass Flameworking / Kilnworking / Beadmaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Hot Glass Glassblowing / Hot Glass Casting / Coldworking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Sculpture Fabrication / Woodworking / Blacksmithing/ Stonecarving / Foundry . . . 17

Jewelry Jewelry / Metalsmithing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Print Mixed Media / Printmaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Drawing / Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Honoring Edwin T. Pratt and our creative community for over 40 years.

Pratt Fine Arts Center serves as a lasting tribute to Edwin T. Pratt, a community leader who relentlessly championed open and equal access to educational and housing opportunities for all of Seattle’s residents. Pratt Fine Arts Center honors his memory by continuing to pursue its mission of making art education accessible to everyone, for people of all ages, all skill levels, and all backgrounds.

SPECIAL EXHIBITION

Making our Mark: Art by Pratt Teaching Artists is a commemorative exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of Pratt Fine Arts Center. The exhibition features work from over 250 Pratt teaching artists throughout the organization’s influential history.

Open Now through April 15, 2018 | Bellevue Arts Museum Learn more and see the full list of featured artists here: www.bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/upcoming/making-our-mark

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Corporate Events & Art Parties at Pratt Pratt Fine Arts Center is a great place to take a break from the office!

Our corporate events provide an opportunity for groups to work together, exercise creativity, and make something with your hands.

These events can be tailored to meet your specific workplace needs from whimsical holiday parties to teambuilding workshops.

All events include:

Our workshops are designed to accommodate as few as 4 to as many as 50 people, however we can custom design multi-studio events for groups as large as 125.

• Catering options and other add-ons or customizations

Looking to do a different kind of event or Art Party?

We will work with you to design the perfect custom Art Party sure to have your guests talking for months to come!

• Professional artist instructors • Fully-equipped studios • All required project materials • 4 hours of studio time • Option to incorporate custom designs and/or company logos

For more information and workshop listing visit www.pratt.org/corporate-events or contact 206–328–2200 ext. 261 or events@pratt.org

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Youth & Teen Classes March – May 2018

Pratt’s program is specifically designed for students who want to take art classes from professional artists. At Pratt, we teach all skill levels – whether students are just beginning to explore the arts or they are ready to take their art to the studios so students can learn from the newest techniques in each discipline.

Youth Parent and Me: Glass Fusing (Ages 9 and up) Danielle Phillips • Class #964 • Sunday 12:00 PM–4:00 PM • 03/18 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Parent and Me: Blacksmithing (Ages 10 and up)

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Scott Szloch • Class #988 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 03/25 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Parent and Me: Welding (Ages 10 and up)

Brandon Bowman • Class #989 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 03/25 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Parent and Me: MixedMedia Animal Portrait (Ages 8 and up)

Rachel Simpson • Class #986 • Sunday 12:00 PM–4:00 PM • 04/08 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $125

Spring Break Camp: Construction Week (Ages

7 - 10)

Wyly Astley • Class #960 • Mon - Fri 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 04/09–04/13 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $345

Introduction to Art (Ages 5 - 7)

Sabrina Chacon - Barajas • Class #863 • Saturday 10:00 AM–11:30 AM • 04/21–06/15 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $135

Parent and Me: Blacksmithing too (Ages 10 and up)

(Ages 8 - 10)

Scott Szloch • Class #1151 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 04/29 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Sabrina Chacon - Barajas • Class #867 • Saturday 12:00 PM–2:00 PM • 04/21–06/16 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $140

Parent and Me: Glass Fusing (Ages 9 and up)

Expressive Drawing and Painting Techniques (Ages

Danielle Phillips • Class #1156 • Sunday 12:00 PM–4:00 PM • 04/29 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Drawing Fundamentals

11 - 13)

Sofya Belinskaya • Class #868 • Saturday 2:30 PM–4:30 PM • 04/21– 06/16 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $170

Scholarship funds are available for teen classes.

Contact Myra Kaha, Youth & Teen Manager mkaha@pratt.org

Parent and Me: Screenprinting (Ages 10 and up Kerstin Graudins • Class #1161 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 04/29 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Parent and Me: Welding too (Ages 10 and up) Brandon Bowman • Class #1152 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 04/29 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Parent and Me: Blacksmithing (Ages 10 and up)

Scott Szloch • Class #1154 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 05/27 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Parent and Me: Welding (Ages 10 and up)

Brandon Bowman • Class #1155 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 05/27 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Online Registration is available for Youth and Teen Classes.

Full class descriptions are available at:

pratt.org/teen pratt.org/youth

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Youth Art Works: Spring Session Class dates: 4/22/18 – 6/17/18 (No class 5/27/18) Ages 5 – 7: 1 – 2 pm • Ages 8 – 10 2:30 – 4 pm • Ages 11–13: 4:30 – 6 pm Youth Art Works offers free experiential arts classes to youth ages 5 – 13 on Sundays in three seasons during the school year. Students will explore selfexpression through painting, drawing, sculpture and other media as they delve into the elements and vocabulary of art. Activities and mediums change each 8 week season. Priority is given to students from the Central Area, who live in the following zip codes: 98104, 98122, 98144.

In person registration for Spring opens March 6, 2018. In person registration is required at the front desk in advance of the first class. A voluntary pay-as-you-can tuition of $15 – $100 is suggested.

Teen Parent and Me: Glassblowing (Ages 13 and up) Rand Coburn • Class #961 • Sunday 1:45 PM–5:45 PM • 03/18 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $195

Parent and Me: Wood Pen Turning (Ages 13 and up) P H O T O BY M Y R A K A H A

Daniel Pittsford • Class #962 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 03/18 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Teen Drawing and Painting Sofya Belinskaya • Class #872 • Friday 6:30 PM–9:30 PM • 04/20– 06/15 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Teen Screenprinting Mary Anne Carter • Class #873 • Friday 6:30 PM–9:30 PM • 04/20– 06/15 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $280

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing Brandon Bowman • Class #874 • Friday 6:30 PM–9:30 PM • 04/20– 06/15 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $290

Teen Flameworking Cheryl Matson • Class #875 • Friday 6:30 PM–9:30 PM • 04/27–06/15 • 7 Sessions • Class Fee: $285

Parent and Me: Flameworking (Ages 13 and up) Cheryl Matson • Class #1160 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 04/29 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $175

Parent and Me: Glassblowing (Ages 13 and up)

Parent and Me: Flameworking (Ages 13 and up)

Rand Coburn • Class #1153 • Sunday 1:45 PM–5:45 PM • 04/29 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $195

Cheryl Matson • Class #963 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 03/18 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $175

Parent and Me: Wood Pen Turning (Ages 13 and up)

Parent and Me: Glassblowing (Ages 13 and up)

Daniel Pittsford • Class #1158 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 04/29 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Rand Coburn • Class #1157 • Sunday 1:45 PM–5:45 PM • 05/27 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $195

Teen Glassblowing

Parent and Me: Wood Pen Turning (Ages 13 and up)

Jeanne Marie Ferraro • Class #876 • Friday 6:30 PM–9:00 PM • 05/04– 06/15 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $370

Free Teen Screenprinting Kerstin Graudins • Class #965 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 03/11 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $0

Daniel Pittsford • Class #1159 • Sunday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 05/27 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $155

Youth Summer Art Camps Looking for an exciting summer program that boosts creativity? At Pratt’s Youth Summer Art Camps, students will explore a weekly theme while drawing, painting, and building sculptures. Summer art camps are taught by professional artists.

All youth art camps meet Monday – Friday, 9 am – 3 pm (5 sessions).

Camp fee is $350 per week. After-care is available 3 – 6 pm for $20 per day.

Ages 7–9

Ages 10–12

Summer Art Camp: Comics and Graphic Novels (Ages 7-9)

Summer Art Camp: Comics and Graphic Novels (Ages 10-12)

Greg Stump • Class #1033 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 07/09–07/13 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

David Lasky • Class #1038 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 07/09–07/13 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Summer Art Camp: Scissors, Tape and Glue Everything (Ages 7-9)

Summer Art Camp: Cave Art to Street Art (Ages 10 -12)

Beth Zirngible • Class #1034 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 07/16–07/20 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Myra Kaha • Class #1039 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 07/16–07/20 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Summer Art Camp: From Recycle to Art (Ages 7-9)

Summer Art Camp: Architecture Out of the Box (Ages10-12)

Beth Zirngible • Class #1035 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 07/23–07/27 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Myra Kaha • Class #1057 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 07/23–07/27 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Summer Art Camp: Pop Art (Ages 10 - 12)

Summer Art Camp: Past and Present Artists (Ages 7-9)

Jonathan Narmita • Class #1041 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 07/30–08/03 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Summer Art Camp: Storytelling with Comics (Ages10-12) Jonathan Narmita • Class #1042 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 08/06–08/10 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Beth Zirngible • Class #1036 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 07/30–08/03 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Summer Art Camp: Develop your own Characters Bill Brown • Class #1056 • Monday 09:00 AM–3:00 PM • 08/06–08/10 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $350

Pratt’s Youth & Teen Program is supported in part by 4Culture, ArtsWA, the National Endowment for the Arts, the D.V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable Trust, Pohlman Knowles Studio, and the Seattle Office of Art & Culture.

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Teen Summer Programs Pratt teen summer programs offer a supportive environment allowing students to express themselves creatively while learning in professionally-equipped studios.

Week long hands-on art programs featuring small class sizes enable students to explore and expand their skills.

Teen Art Week Session 1: June 25–29 Teen Art Week: ArmorSteel and Leather

Teen Art Week: Fused Glass

Tamara Clammer • Class #901 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–4:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $430

Danielle Phillips • Class #1043 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $255

Teen Art Week: Drawing

Teen Art Week:Glassblowing

Jessica Damsky • Class #889 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $210

Teen Art Week: Drawing Sofya Belinskaya • Class #894 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $210

Teen Art Week: Flameworking Ellen Harbison • Class #897 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 06/25–06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $295

Jeanne Marie Ferraro • Class #970 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $315

Teen Art Week:Glassblowing Jeanne Marie Ferraro • Class #971 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $315

Teen Art Week: Painting Jessica Damsky • Class #966 • MonFri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 06/25–06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $220

Teen Art Week: Printmaking Mary Anne Carter • Class #968 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $220

Teen Art Week: Welding and Blacksmithing Brandon Bowman • Class #903 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Teen Art Week: Jewelry Jennifer Stenhouse • Class #899 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 06/25– 06/29 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $255

Teen Art Week Session 2: August 13–17 Teen Art Week: ArmorSteel and Leather

Teen Art Week: Flameworking

Teen Art Week: JewelryCasting Focus

Tamara Clammer • Class #902 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–4:30 PM • 08/13– 08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $430

Ellen Harbison • Class #898 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 08/13–08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $295

Jennifer Stenhouse • Class #900 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 08/13– 08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $255

Teen Art Week: Artist Journals with Image and Word

Teen Art Week: Fused Glass

Teen Art Week: Painting

Laura Sindell • Class #1029 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 08/13–08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $240

Danielle Phillips • Class #1044 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 08/13– 08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $255

Teen Art Week: Drawing

Teen Art Week:Glassblowing

Jessica Damsky • Class #895 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 08/13– 08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $210

Rand Coburn • Class #972 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 08/13–08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $315

Teen Art Week: Drawing

Teen Art Week:Glassblowing

Sofya Belinskaya • Class #896 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 08/13– 08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $210

Rand Coburn • Class #973 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 08/13–08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $315

Jessica Damsky • Class #967 • MonFri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 08/13–08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $220

Teen Art Week: Printmaking Mary Anne Carter • Class #969 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 08/13– 08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $220

Teen Art Week: Welding and Blacksmithing Brandon Bowman • Class #904 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 08/13– 08/17 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

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Teen Special Topic Classes Teen Portrait Drawing

Teen Stone Carving

Teen Glassblowing

Sofya Belinskaya • Class #1031 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/09– 07/13 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Istara Freedom • Class #1019 • MonFri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/23–07/27 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $210

Henry Jackson-Spieker • Class #1008 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/30– 08/03 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $315

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Brandon Bowman • Class #975 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 07/09– 07/13 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Brandon Bowman • Class #979 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 07/23– 07/27 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Brandon Bowman • Class #981 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 07/30– 08/03 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Brandon Bowman • Class #976 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/09– 07/13 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Brandon Bowman • Class #980 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/23– 07/27 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Brandon Bowman • Class #983 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/30– 08/03 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Teen Watercolor Techniques

Teen Woodblock Printing

Teen Portrait in Color

Brian Watson • Class #1021 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/23–07/27 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $220

Sofya Belinskaya • Class #1032 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 08/06– 08/10 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Teen Stone Carving

Teen Build Your Own Mini Cruiser Skateboard Deck

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Istara Freedom • Class #1009 • MonFri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/16–07/20 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $210

Brian Watson • Class #1020 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 07/23–07/27 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $285

Brandon Bowman • Class #984 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 08/06– 08/10 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Teen Glassblowing

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing

Sofya Belinskaya • Class #1030 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 07/09– 07/13 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $220

Brandon Bowman • Class #977 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 07/16– 07/20 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Teen Welding and Blacksmithing Brandon Bowman • Class #978 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 07/16– 07/20 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Henry Jackson-Spieker • Class #1007 • Mon-Fri 09:30 AM–12:30 PM • 07/30–08/03 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $315

Brandon Bowman • Class #985 • Mon-Fri 1:30 PM–4:30 PM • 08/06– 08/10 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $270

Pohlman Knowles Teen Scholarship available for summer programs. Learn more at www.pratt.org/scholarships

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Everyone was a Teen Once A Conversation with Myra Kaha and Brandon Bowman Myra Kaha is the Youth and Teen Manager at Pratt, and Brandon Bowman teaches the metalworking courses for adults, youth and teens in blacksmithing and welding.

MYRA: I’ve been at Pratt for six and a half

importantly it teaches them problem solving.

BRANDON: I’ve been at Pratt since 2002, so 16 years.

BRANDON: It’s important for teens to learn the basics and to gain skills, but there are also processes that they don’t even realize that they are learning that are important to know, like how to measure, using rudimentary math. If you are making a shield, you need to draw it, measure it, and figure out how to make it fit on your arm. That requires a lot of skills and planning. It’s like having a story problem in math that you actually want to solve. No one cares how fast a train gets to the station or how many apples Billy has in his basket, but if you want to make a shield, you care about what it takes to make it. The funny part is when they take the class, I subject them to some chemistry and physics.

When I did my apprenticeship with Scott Szloch, who is a blacksmith and an instructor here, I was taking chemistry and physics. I would ask, “Why is there so much moisture building up in my shop?” And my chemistry teacher told me that it was methane, and when methane burns you get two water groups. So I could be suffocating in a steam room if I keep all the doors closed.

It’s important to know these things.

With teens, it’s learning in a direct application, which they usually like.

years.

MYRA: What do you like about Pratt?

BRANDON: I like that it’s a place where people can dive in. The instructors are extremely knowledgeable, and every student gets the breadth of where they can take their skills, and can start working on those skills right away.

MYRA: I like Pratt because of the range of classes and studios where you can learn about different types of materials and processes. More importantly it gives teens the opportunity to explore and be creative.

Brandon, why do you think having teens at Pratt is important?

BRANDON: Teens at Pratt is a novel concept, because in the regular world we don’t trust them to do anything. In my class, I tell them, “These tools are dangerous, you need to be careful.” I then show them how to use the same tools the adults use, and then trust them to use the tools properly and safely. I think that trust gives them enough capacity to explore where they want to go with their art, while doing it safely and taking it as far as they can.

MYRA: I think having teens at Pratt is

important because it teaches them skills and how to use tools, but most

MYRA: So art classes give students an opportunity to learn applicable sciences in addition to making artistic decisions.

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“They have been trapped in the box we call “school” all day, so when they get here and they can smash things and bend things and weld things, play with fire and have a burst of energy and they can run as fast and hard as they can. It helps them progress physically and emotionally.”

–BRANDON BOWMAN Brandon Bowman (Photo by Myra Kaha)

BRANDON: Yes, it’s happening organically, so they may not realize they are learning it, but when they go to recall those skills, they are there. They will know what to do.

MYRA: At that point, it’s no longer just theory; they know how to apply it.

BRANDON: Yes. That’s how I learned and I try to pass those things on to the teens.

I blame this all on Jennifer Stenhouse, a Pratt instructor.

MYRA: Why are the arts important for teens?

BRANDON: I think teens are already going through so much: hormone changes, going from middle school to high school, I think they all have things they want to express emotionally, and in the metalworking classes there is a lot of frustration and energy. They have been trapped in the box we call “school” all day, so when they get here and they can smash things and bend things and weld things, play with fire and have a burst of energy and they can run as fast and hard as they can. It helps them progress physically and emotionally. By the fifth class they have a fully-formed concept of what they have gone through,

whether in school or at Pratt. They learn how to express themselves well, and in a healthy manner.

MYRA: I think art provides teens with an opportunity to put things together and to make something creative with fewer rules than most classroom settings or homework situations. We do have rules at Pratt: no weapons. But you don’t always have to do A, B and C to get to D here. You have options. You can do C, B and A. Or take B out of the equation.

BRANDON: The order of operations is not as important as the final operation.

MYRA: I don’t think that young people get enough opportunities to make things that are purely creative, or to pull from their imaginations to make things. That’s why arts are important for youth and teens. What surprises you about the teens in your classes?

BRANDON: What consistently surprises me is how much information and responsibility you can dump on them!

They are not only interested, they are thrilled to be trusted with this level of responsibility and this large factor of letting them do things and going for it. As long as you are willing to repeat

Myra Kaha with a teen student. Photo by Brandon Bowman.

yourself enough to convey the details, they will take it as far as they can.

They don’t know that can’t do something, so they don’t have that fear of not knowing what to do.

MYRA: What surprises me is the amount of objects that they end up with, and their ability to just gobble up information. I have heard from many instructors that teens learn faster and are more eager for information than adults. They are used to being students and have less fear of being wrong. I am always surprised that at the beginning of a week-long class some students are shy, and by the end of the week they own the studio, they own Pratt, they bring their parents in and show them all the tools they got to use. It’s always really impressive when you think back to that first day when they were shy or uncomfortable to see how far they progress. It’s empowering.

BRANDON: The thing that always throws me off is that in the beginning,

the students are afraid the assignments will always be the same. But by mid-week, I tell them they should have an idea, and they start going off in their own tangents. Instead of being a competitive environment, it becomes a collaborative environment. Students help each other when they can go in their own directions. By the last day, they work together to help each other finish. They pair up to help each other get their projects done. That level of collaboration is always surprising.

MYRA: I think the community that is built here is very important too. I think that if every teen could find their community as a teen, we would be much happier adults.

BRANDON: They get a sense of stability

here.

MYRA: It’s very valuable to find like-minded individuals, and we cultivate that here at Pratt. There are lots of people with the similar goals of making art and exploring creativity.

Warm Glass Classes

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Flameworking Work with borosilicate glass to create anything from marbles to blown ornaments, goblets, and sculptures. Experiment with three–dimensional design in glass.

Workshops and classes in tube–blowing, borosilicate sculpture, and special topics available from beginning student level to master artist.

BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Flameworking Borosilicate Sophie Spies • Class #952 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 04/07–04/14 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $231

All Levels Flameworking Borosilicate BEGINNER

Patricia Davidson • Class #1135 • Wednesday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 04/18–05/23 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $342

BEGINNER Beginning Flameworking Borosilicate Sophie Spies • Class #1136 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/19–05/24 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $342 BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Flameworking Borosilicate Sophie Spies • Class #1137 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 05/26–06/02 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $231

Kilnworking Create fused, slumped and flat glass projects in Pratt’s professionally equipped Fusing Studio. Discuss professional practices and design principals while learning to make image transfers, fuse glass jewelry, and program the fusing kilns. Whether you are a novice artist or a long–time fusing enthusiast Pratt offers classes to spark your inner creative genius.

BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Glass Fusing Sasha Tepper-Stewart • Class #957 • Saturday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 04/21– 04/28 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $243 BEGINNER

Glass

Screenprinting on

Sasha Tepper-Stewart • Class #1138 • Monday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/09–06/04 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $536

BEGINNER Glass Slumping and Fusing for Seniors

BEGINNER Workshop: Kiln Glass Jewelry

Robin Oakes • Class #1139 • Wednesday 09:30 AM–1:30 PM • 04/18–05/23 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $392

Robin Oakes • Class #1143 • Saturday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 05/12– 05/19 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $243

BEGINNER

Beginning Glass Fusing

BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Glass Fusing

Sasha Tepper-Stewart • Class #1141 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/19– 05/24 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $392

Sasha Tepper-Stewart • Class #1142 • Saturday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 05/26– 06/02 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $243

BEGINNER Glass Slumping and Fusing for Seniors Robin Oakes • Class #1140 • Friday 09:30 AM–1:30 PM • 04/20–05/25 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $392

BEGINNER = Beginner or entry-level class; no experience required.

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BEGINNER = Beginner or entry-level class; no experience required.

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Hot Glass Classes Glassblowing Learn to gather glass from the furnace, blow and refine vessels and forms, and hone team–working skills in Pratt’s world class Hot Shop. Workshops with specific focuses including goblet making, hollow forms and vessels, and hot sculpting along with standard beginning, intermediate, and advanced glassblowing classes are available.

BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Glassblowing Henry Jackson-Spieker • Class #946 • Saturday 1:45 PM–5:45 PM • 03/10– 03/17 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $213

Beginning Glassblowing BEGINNER

Jeanne Marie Ferraro • Class #1120 • Sunday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/22– 05/27 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $613

Experienced Intermediate Glassblowing

Donna McCord • Class #1121 • Monday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/23– 06/04 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $638

Julie Bergen • Class #1123 • Wednesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/25–05/30 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $638

Advanced Glassblowing Manuel Castro • Class #1122 • Tuesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/24– 05/29 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $638

BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Glassblowing Henry Jackson-Spieker • Class #1125 • Saturday 1:45 PM–5:45 PM • 05/05– 05/12 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $213

Hot Glass Casting

Coldworking

Hot glass casting classes encourage beginning and returning students to work together to create outstanding sculptures by ladling molten glass into sand. Explore the ancient art of creating sand molds and how to use materials including plaster, steel, and found objects.

Alter the shape and/or surface texture of glass using tools and processes that don’t rely upon heat. This includes cutting, grinding, carving, engraving, polishing and sandblasting – all of which provide opportunities for artists to resolve aesthetic and functional issues.

BEGINNER Glass Casting Beginning and Beyond Cathy Chase • Class #1124 • Saturday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/21–06/02 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $713

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Intermediate Glassblowing

Master Artist Workshop: Advanced Coldworking: Special Projects Ed Schmid • Class #1127 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 04/21–04/29 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $626

BEGINNER

Workshop: Introduction to Coldworking

Morgan Peterson • Class #1126 • Wednesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 05/09– 05/30 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $326

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Sculpture Classes Fabrication Oxy–acetylene and MIG welding, metalworking, plasma–cutting, three– dimensional design principals, and many more sculptural topics are taught in Pratt’s Fabrication Studio. Rudimentary classes and professional workshops are available.

BEGINNER Beginning Welding and Fabrication

Introduction to TIG Welding

Carla Grahn • Class #1107 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/17–06/05 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $480 + $60 supply fee

Andy Fallat • Class #1108 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/25–05/30 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $370 + $45 supply fee

BEGINNER Beginning Welding and Fabrication

BEGINNER Creative Metalworking: Forging and Welding

Mark Rudis • Class #1105 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/22–06/10 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $480 + $60 supply fee

Carla Grahn • Class #1110 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/26–05/31 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $370 + $35 supply fee

Blacksmithing Blacksmithing, or forging, focuses on transforming and shaping mild steel into decorative and functional works of art. Learn how to hammer, twist, bend, split and finish steel using heat and ingenuity. Classes and workshops are available for all skill levels.

BEGINNER Beginning Blacksmithing

BEGINNER Beginning Blacksmithing

BEGINNER Beginning Blacksmithing

Brandon Bowman • Class #1109 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/12–05/17 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $360 + $35 supply fee

Jason Brown • Class #1106 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/17–05/22 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $360 + $35 supply fee

Lisa Geertsen • Class #1119 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 05/02–06/06 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $360 + $35 supply fee

Damascus: Pattern Developement

BEGINNER Introduction to Tool Making for Woodworkers

BEGINNER Workshop : Forged Coat Rack

Celeste Tracy • Class #1111 • 10:00 AM–5:30 PM • 04/14–04/21 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $285 + $75 supply fee

Brian Stahly • Class #1113 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/30–05/21 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $200 + $45 supply fee

Jim Joblin • Class #1150 • 09:30 AM– 5:30 PM • 05/19–05/20 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $250 + $25 supply fee

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BEGINNER = Beginner or entry-level class; no experience required.

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Foundry A variety of casting materials and methods are explored at Pratt Fine Arts Center.

From lost–wax casting to bronze pouring, Pratt offers classes for both beginning sculptors and professional artists.

Intermediate Bronze Casting

Intermediate Bronze Casting

BEGINNER Beginning Bronze Casting

Henry Jackson-Spieker • Class #924 • Saturday 09:00 AM–1:00 PM • 03/10–04/07 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $235 + $115 supply fee

Henry Jackson-Spieker • Class #1112 • 09:00 AM–1:00 PM • 04/21–05/19 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $235 + $115 supply fee

Mark Walker • Class #1114 • 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 05/10–06/28 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $410 + $115 supply fee

Stonecarving Stonecarving has captured the imagination of artists throughout history for its permanence, tactility, and sensual beauty. Learn both ancient and modern reductive sculpting techniques with hand carving tools, power tools, and pneumatics.

BEGINNER Fundamentals of Stone Sculpture Tamara Buchanan • Class #1005 • Saturday 1:30 PM–5:30 PM • 04/07– 05/20 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $420

Continuing Stone Carving Sabah Al-Dhaher • Class #1104 • 09:00 AM–1:00 PM • 04/15–06/03 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $365

Woodworking Discover the history, terminology and tools used in woodworking. Classes and workshops in techniques including woodturning, veneering, hand carving, and general woodworking are suitable for beginners and master craftspeople alike.

BEGINNER Workshop: Pen Turning Daniel Pittsford • Class #932 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 03/17 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $190 + $40 supply fee

Workshop: Spoon Carving BEGINNER

Scott Brown • Class #917 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 03/24–03/25 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $286 + $40 supply fee BEGINNER Beginning Woodworking: Tool Tote Peter Nawrot • Class #933 • Monday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/02–04/23 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $310 + $85 supply fee

BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Woodworking Steve Dando • Class #913 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 04/14–04/15 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $288 + $30 supply fee BEGINNER Beginning Woodturning David Lutrick • Class #911 • Monday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/16–05/21 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $305 + $50 supply fee

BEGINNER

Bowl Turning

Tom Henscheid • Class #908 • Wednesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/18–05/23 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $355 + $60 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Woodturning David Lutrick • Class #912 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 04/21 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $200 + $40 supply fee

BEGINNER

Hybrid Woodworking: Farmhouse Table

BEGINNER Handtool Woodworking: Build a Bookshelf

Steve Dando • Class #910 • Tuesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/17–05/22 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $395 + $500 supply fee

Steve Dando • Class #1023 • Wednesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/25–05/30 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $395 + $100 supply fee

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BEGINNER Workshop: Pen Turning

BEGINNER Workshop: Spoon Carving

Daniel Pittsford • Class #915 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 04/28 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $190 + $40 supply fee

Scott Brown • Class #1073 • Sat - Sun 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 04/28– 04/29 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $286 + $40 supply fee

BEGINNER Workshop: Carving in the Round

BEGINNER Beginning Woodworking

Saman Shojaei • Class #1075 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 04/07– 04/08 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $295 + $45 supply fee

Dan Morgan • Class #1081 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 05/03–05/24 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $310 + $85 supply fee

BEGINNER

Beginning Relief Carving

Workshop: Beginning Relief Carving

Saman Shojaei • Class #1077 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/12– 04/26 • 3 Sessions • Class Fee: $202.5 + $40 supply fee

Saman Shojaei • Class #1078 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 05/05– 05/06 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $295 + $40 supply fee

BEGINNER Pen Turning for Seniors Daniel Pittsford • Class #1072 • Thursday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 04/12 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $100 + $20 supply fee

BEGINNER

BEGINNER

Carving in the Round

Saman Shojaei • Class #1080 • Monday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 05/07– 05/21 • 3 Sessions • Class Fee: $225 + $45 supply fee

BEGINNER Workshop: Laminated Wood Jewelry Martha Collins • Class #1149 • Sat - Sun 09:00 AM–4:30 PM • 04/21–04/22 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $286 + $35 supply fee BEGINNER Master Artist Workshop: Martha Collins Wood Laminations Martha Collins • Class #1134 • Mon - Fri 09:00 AM–4:30 PM • 04/23–04/27 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $595 + $80 supply fee

Martha Collins will give an artist talk on Tuesday, April 24, 6–7:30pm in the Youth Studio. Free and open to the public.

BEGINNER Woodburning and Painting

BEGINNER Workshop: Spoon Carving

Saman Shojaei • Class #1060 • Friday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 05/11–05/18 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $200 + $30 supply fee

Scott Brown • Class #1059 • Sat - Sun 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 05/19– 05/20 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $286 + $40 supply fee

BEGINNER

Wood Carving Intensive: Puppets

BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Woodturning

BEGINNER Workshop: Pen Turning

Dmitri Carter • Class #1118 • Wednesday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 04/18–04/20 • 3 Sessions • Class Fee: $220 + $40 supply fee

David Lutrick • Class #1058 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 05/19 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $110 + $30 supply fee

Woodburning and Painting BEGINNER

Saman Shojaei • Class #1082 • Friday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/13–04/20 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $200 + $30 supply fee

BEGINNER = Beginner or entry-level class; no experience required.

Daniel Pittsford • Class #1083 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 05/26 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $190 + $40 supply fee

Classes & Workshops for Seniors Here are some classes and workshops that are either specifically designed for seniors or well-suited to the elder artists in our community.

BEGINNER All Levels Flameworking Borosilicate Patricia Davidson • Class #1135 • Wednesday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 04/18–05/23 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $342

Glass Slumping and Fusing for Seniors BEGINNER

Robin Oakes • Class #1139 • Wednesday 09:30 AM–1:30 PM • 04/18–05/23 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $392

BEGINNER ArtRX: Art for what ails you

BEGINNER Jewelry/Metals for Seniors

Vedika Dietrich • Class #893 • Thursday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 03/15– 04/19 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $15 supply fee

Adia Bobo • Class #1051 • Thursday 09:00 AM–1:00 PM • 04/19–05/24 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $364 + $30 supply fee

BEGINNER ArtRX: Art for what ails you

BEGINNER Workshop: Exploring Watercolor

Vedika Dietrich • Class #1089 • Thursday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 05/17– 06/21 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $15 supply fee

Yulia Chubotin • Class #1015 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 04/07– 04/08 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $165

BEGINNER

BEGINNER Pen Turning for Seniors

Robin Oakes • Class #1140 • Friday 09:30 AM–1:30 PM • 04/20–05/25 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $392

Daniel Pittsford • Class #1072 • Thursday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM • 04/12 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $100 + $20 supply fee

Glass Slumping and Fusing for Seniors

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Jewelry Classes Jewelry / Metalsmithing Develop basic skills, refine a technique, or explore new materials in Pratt’s Jewelry/ Metals Studios. We offer classes in foundational skills as well as in specialty topics such as enameling, small–scale forging, soldering, holloware, alternative materials, and more. We schedule classes in a variety of formats and time frames to accommodate your needs. All classes are taught by professional metalsmiths and jewelry artists.

BEGINNER Workshop: Earrings and More Earrings

BEGINNER Beginning Jewelry/ Metals, 6 Weeks

BEGINNER One-Day Workshop: Tin Art

Micki Lippe • Class #948 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 03/10–03/11 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $30 supply fee

Julia Lowther • Class #866 • Wednesday 09:00 AM–1:00 PM • 04/11–05/16 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $353 + $30 supply fee

Nia Michaels • Class #1048 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 04/21 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $136 + $25 supply fee

BEGINNER Practical and Creative Setting

BEGINNER Beginning Jewelry/ Metals, 6 Weeks

Sarah Gascoigne • Class #1047 • Thursday 00-00-0000 01:30:00–5:30 PM • 04/12–05/17 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $375 + $25 supply fee

Maru Almeida • Class #1050 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/26– 06/07 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $353 + $30 supply fee

BEGINNER Workshop: Liquid Enamel for Steel and Copper

BEGINNER Workshop: Making a Statement

BEGINNER

Silver PMC

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Virginia Causey • Class #999 • Wednesday 00-00-0000 01:30:00– 5:30 PM • 03/14–04/04 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $70 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Cloisonné Enameling Anne Randall • Class #905 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 03/17– 03/18 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $35 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Introduction to Enameling Anne Randall • Class #1061 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 03/24– 03/25 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $25 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Wood Jewelry Julia Harrison • Class #1003 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 03/31– 04/01 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $35 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Sculptural Wire and Textile Techniques

Melissa Cameron • Class #992 • Sat - Sun 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 04/14– 04/15 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $30 supply fee

Beginning Jewelry/ Metals, 6 Weeks BEGINNER

Monica Street • Class #1049 • Sunday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/15– 05/20 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $353 + $30 supply fee

Beginning Jewelry/ Metals, 8 Weeks BEGINNER

Gina Pankowski • Class #1037 • Tuesday 09:00 AM–1:00 PM • 04/17– 06/05 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $472 + $35 supply fee BEGINNER

Sculptural Holloware

Kristin Tollefson • Class #990 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 04/07– 04/08 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $25 supply fee

Catherine Grisez • Class #1025 • Wednesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/18–06/06 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $502 + $50 supply fee

BEGINNER Beginning Jewelry/ Metals, 4 Weeks

BEGINNER Jewelry/Metals for Seniors

Virginia Causey • Class #1001 • Wednesday 1:30 PM–5:30 PM • 04/11– 05/02 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $232 + $20 supply fee

Adia Bobo • Class #1051 • Thursday 09:00 AM–1:00 PM • 04/19–05/24 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $364 + $30 supply fee

BEGINNER = Beginner or entry-level class; no experience required.

Peggy Foy • Class #1055 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 04/28–04/29 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $30 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Powder Coating Anne Randall • Class #1027 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 05/05– 05/06 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $258 + $35 supply fee BEGINNER Introduction to Jewelry Lost Wax Casting Jennifer Stenhouse • Class #1026 • Tuesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 05/08– 06/26 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $487 + $35 supply fee BEGINNER One-Day Workshop: Working with Gold Fill Wire Jennifer Stenhouse • Class #1028 • Saturday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 05/12 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $129 + $30 supply fee BEGINNER One-Day Workshop: Bronze for Jewelry Julia Harrison • Class #1054 • Sunday 09:30 AM–5:30 PM • 05/13 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $129 + $25 supply fee

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Printmaking and Mixed Media Classes Mixed Media Work with a variety of materials and techniques. From fibers to bookmaking to collage and encaustic, discover what speaks to you, Pratt’s Mixed Media classes offer everyone the opportunity to play with materials and explore concepts.

BEGINNER ArtRX: Art for what ails you

BEGINNER ArtRX: Art for what ails you

Vedika Dietrich • Class #893 • Thursday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 03/15– 04/19 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $15 supply fee

Vedika Dietrich • Class #1089 • Thursday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 05/17– 06/21 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $15 supply fee

BEGINNER Workshop: Pattern and Repitition

BEGINNER Workshop:Collage Crash Course

Larry Calkins • Class #1116 • Sat - Sun 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 05/12– 05/13 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $213 + $20 supply fee

Romson Regarde Bustillo • Class #1091 • Sun - Mon 10:00 AM–3:00 PM • 05/20–05/21 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $135 + $10 supply fee

Printmaking Learn the fundamentals with an array of creative techniques to add to your artistic palette. This studio offers everyone the opportunity to master the basics and experiment with a wide variety of materials and techniques including screen printing, monotype, intaglio and letterpress.

BEGINNER Reductive Relief Printing

BEGINNER Monoprint and Collage

BEGINNER Beginning and Intermediate Etching

Ben Moreau • Class #1145 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 03/15–04/05 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $235 + $20 supply fee

Rickie Wolfe • Class #881 • Thursday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 03/22–05/03 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $30 supply fee

Virginia Hungate-Hawk • Class #880 • Wednesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/11–05/16 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $40 supply fee

BEGINNER Workshop: Drypoint: Line + Tone

BEGINNER Workshop: Beginning Block Print

BEGINNER Introduction to Bookbinding

Kim Van Someren • Class #1011 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 03/17– 03/18 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $235 + $15 supply fee

Theresa Neinas • Class #918 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 03/24– 03/25 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $165 + $20 supply fee

Jessica Hoffman • Class #974 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/12– 05/17 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $30 supply fee

The Painterly Print

BEGINNER Beginning Letterpress

BEGINNER

Creative Monotype

Rickie Wolfe • Class #877 • Wednesday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 03/21–05/02 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $30 supply fee

Eric Chamberlain • Class #882 • Tuesday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 04/03– 05/08 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $35 supply fee

BEGINNER = Beginner or entry-level class; no experience required.

Lisa Hasegawa • Class #879 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/12– 05/17 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $25 supply fee

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Intermediate Printmaking Dawn Endean • Class #1097 • Saturday 1:00 PM–6:00 PM • 03/31– 04/28 • 5 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $25 supply fee BEGINNER Beginning and Intermediate Screenprinting Kerstin Graudins • Class #1090 • Tuesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/24– 06/12 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $440 + $40 supply fee

BEGINNER Mixed Media: Collograph Romson Regarde Bustillo • Class #1086 • Sunday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/29–05/20 • 4 Sessions • Class Fee: $235 + $20 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Beginning Block Print Theresa Neinas • Class #1087 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 06/02– 06/03 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $165 + $20 supply fee

Studio Fridays The Printmaking Studio offers extra work time for registered students on Fridays, 10am to 6pm! This benefit is available to any student who is currently enrolled in a multi–week class.

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Drawing / Painting Classes Drawing We offer classes from beginner to advanced levels, and students work with a variety of subjects, including the figure and still life. Basic drawing students work with pencil and charcoal, learning to use line, value and perspective, while intermediate students learn to integrate other media into their work, including pen, ink, and watercolor, to create more complex images.

BEGINNER

Beginning Drawing

Robin Walker • Class #885 • Sunday 6:30 PM–9:30 PM • 04/08–05/27 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 BEGINNER

Beginning Drawing

Jeanne Marie Ferraro • Class #883 • Monday 6:30 PM–9:30 PM • 04/09– 06/04 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 BEGINNER

Beginning Drawing

Robin Walker • Class #884 • Monday 10:00 AM–1:00 PM • 04/09–06/04 • 8 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 BEGINNER Beginning and Intermediate Figure Drawing

BEGINNER Workshop: Figure in Proportion: the Intuitive Approach Mark Takamichi Miller • Class #1099 • Saturday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 04/07 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $55 + $20 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Expanding Narratives: Combining Drawing and Collage Larry Calkins • Class #1117 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 04/14– 04/15 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $0 + $10 supply fee

Jeanne Marie Ferraro • Class #886 • Tuesday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/10– 05/15 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 + $30 supply fee

Painting Explore this versatile medium by learning to work with acrylics, watercolors, oil and more. Painting classes at Pratt cover color and design principles and students learn to create unique paintings with these materials, tools, and techniques.

BEGINNER Workshop: Liquid Portraiture Painting

BEGINNER Workshop: Oil Mediums and Effects

BEGINNER Beginning Acrylic Painting

Mark Takamichi Miller • Class #1000 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 03/10 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $100 + $40 supply fee

Mark Takamichi Miller • Class #1002 • Saturday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 03/17 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $50 + $20 supply fee

Che Lopez • Class #887 • Tuesday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 04/10–05/15 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330

BEGINNER

Workshop: Miniatures in Encaustic

Workshop: Mixed Media Encaustic

Larry Calkins • Class #1013 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 03/10– 03/11 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $235 + $20 supply fee

Larry Calkins • Class #1014 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 03/24– 03/25 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $235 + $20 supply fee

BEGINNER

Workshop: Beginning Watercolor

Workshop: Exploring Watercolor

Yulia Chubotin • Class #890 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 03/17– 03/18 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $165

Yulia Chubotin • Class #1015 • Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 04/07– 04/08 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $165

BEGINNER

BEGINNER

BEGINNER = Beginner or entry-level class; no experience required.

BEGINNER Beginning Acrylic Painting Robin Walker • Class #888 • Thursday 6:00 PM–10:00 PM • 04/12– 05/17 • 6 Sessions • Class Fee: $330 BEGINNER Workshop: Mysteries of Acrylic Mark Takamichi Miller • Class #1100 • Saturday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM • 04/14 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $55 + $50 supply fee

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BEGINNER Workshop: Expressive Figure Drawing and Painting

BEGINNER Workshop: Beginning Experimental Painting

Mark Takamichi Miller • Class #1101 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 04/21 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $110 + $40 supply fee

Mark Takamichi Miller • Class #1102 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 05/12 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $110 + $30 supply fee BEGINNER Workshop: Beginning Watercolor Yulia Chubotin • Class #1098 • Sat - Sun 10:00 AM–4:00 PM • 05/26– 05/27 • 2 Sessions • Class Fee: $165

BEGINNER Workshop: Liquid Portraiture Painting Mark Takamichi Miller • Class #1103 • Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM • 05/26 • 1 Session • Class Fee: $110 + $40 supply fee

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2018 Guidelines for Tuition Assistance We are committed to making our classes available to everyone by offering scholarships and tuition assistance. A dedicated amount of financial assistance is available each year to adults, youth, and teens that otherwise cannot afford to participate in Pratt classes or workshops.

For full information and to apply, please go to our website at

pratt.org/tuitionassistance.

Tuition Assistance Program Pratt’s mission is to make art accessible to everyone. Pratt raises funds to subsidize the cost of participation and maintain the lowest possible fees for its programs. And yet, there are many who still cannot afford to participate. The Tuition Assistance (TA) program aims to provide a deeper subsidy to those who would not otherwise be able to participate due to financial limitations.

Tuition Assistance is applied as a 75% discount on the class fee for a class of the applicant’s choice. TA does not cover supply fees. Applicants are responsible to pay the remaining balance of the class fee as well as any supply fee associated with their chosen class.

The next Tuition Assistance deadlines are: Application period:

For classes that start between:

Apr 16 - Apr 26 Jun 4 - Jun 14

June 1 - July 17 July 18 - Aug 31

Applications may be dropped off at Pratt’s front desk, emailed to info@pratt.org or mailed to: 1902 South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98144 Attn: Tuition Assistance.

Household Size*

Household Income**

1

$23,760

Eligibility

2

$32,040

Those whose household income falls at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (shown at right) are eligible for Tuition Assistance. If your household income is the same or less than the amount in the following chart, you are eligible for Tuition Assistance at Pratt Fine Arts Center.

3

$40,320

4

$48,600

5

$56,880

6

$65,160

7

$73,460

8

$81,780

* Household Size: this number includes the applicant, any other individuals who share financial responsibility for the household, and all dependents ** Household Income: the combined gross income generated each year by all household members, as reported on IRS annual income tax forms

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Join Pratt! Become a Member Members enjoy up-to-date information on Pratt programs, invitations to special member events, and discounts at stores. Master Members receive early class notification and 10% discounts on classes as well as all other member benefits including studio access privileges (restrictions apply). For a full list of member benefits and to join today, visit us at pratt.org/membership.

Thanks to our Membership Partners!

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Interested in Becoming a Pratt Board Member?

Join us and be part of a great team!

A nonprofit organization is only as strong as its Board of Trustees, and Pratt Fine Arts Center is extremely fortunate to have the support of a dedicated group with diverse backgrounds and skillsets. Contact Laura Hammarlund, Development Director, at lhammarlund@pratt.org for details.

Photo: Lee Campbell, Artist, former instructor, volunteer, and current Board member.

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Thanks to Our Supporters Pratt would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support of our programs: Give with Liberty Employee Donations

Pohlman Knowles Studio

AmazonSmile ArtsWA

Ignition Northwest

Satterberg Foundation

Bentall Kennedy Charity Matching Program

Jon & Mary Shirley Foundation

Seattle Foundation

Keith and Mary Kay McCaw Family Foundation

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture

King County Employee Giving Program

Seattle Print Arts

4Culture

The Boeing Company Gift Match Program Chihuly Garden & Glass City of Seattle Employee Giving Frederick Stearns Charitable Foundation GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program

RBC Wealth Management

Klorfine Foundation

Starbucks Foundation Partner Giving Program

Microsoft Matching Gifts Program

Verizon Matching Gift Program

National Endowment for the Arts

Wyman Youth Trust

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