News from the Craft Center
This New Year, Resolve to Exercise Your Creativity!

This New Year, Resolve to Exercise Your Creativity!

New courses in weaving, ceramics, jewelry, woodturning, glass, blacksmithing and bladesmithing.

2012 plans to be a landmark year for educational programming at Brookfield Craft Center. Our course offerings are growing to meet the needs of our creative community. From short sampler workshops, to artist professional development, to access to open studio time, BCC is here to help you forge your way through a creative and productive 2012!

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Professional Development for Artists + Art Teachers

Professional Development for Artists + Art Teachers

Kick start your career as an artist or teacher, or boost your creative skill set in a competitive job market with professional development Saturday and Sunday workshops at BCC in February and March.
Curator Camilla Cook, photographer Joe Larese, ceramicist George B. Davison and BCC Ed. Dir. Heather Lawless will guide you through artist statements, online portfolios, calls for submissions, photographing your work, social networking and integrating art into the classroom. Teachers can earns CEUs! See schedule.

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Free Mini Workshops for BCC Members

Free Mini Workshops for BCC Members

As a benefit of Brookfield Craft Center Membership, members are entitled to at least one free Members Only Mini Workshop, and some have already been scheduled. Make your reservation today.
Sat. Jan. 14 10am-12pm CERAMICS with Sarah Bernhardt
Sat. Jan. 28 12-2pm WOODTURNING with Jim Degen and Buster Shaw
Sat. Mar. 3 12-2pm WEAVING with Christine Aulicino
Sat. Mar. 24 2-4pm JEWELRY with Rachel Morris

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Stay connected with the Jewelry Studio

Stay connected with the Jewelry Studio

The inaugural issue of the quarterly BCC Jewelry Studio Newsletter is hot off the virtual presses and available online as a PDF download.

Stay informed about classes, studio use, instructors, equipment, techniques and the BCC community of jewelry artists.

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Oil Painting is Back at BCC

Oil Painting is Back at BCC

Artist Souby Boski joins BCC faculty to offer
Intermediate and Advanced Oil Painting
Tues. 1-4pm, Jan. 31-Mar. 6, 2012
Souby states about her painting process, "I am attempting to stir up the 'essence' of a remembered place, light on objects, a season or time of day…the majesty of a late afternoon sky just before the light changes and the moment is gone forever."

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We're listening...so please speak up!

We're listening...so please speak up!

We schedule classes and workshops taught by instructors you want, covering the topics you want, when you want them!

The more specific you are, the better we can serve you and the community.

We're waiting to hear from you!

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Woodturning in 2012

Woodturning in 2012

BCC's state-of-the-art turning studio has a full Winter/Spring 2012 schedule of workshops for beginner students to pros. Faculty include Robert Rosand, Keith Tompkins, Buster Shaw, Jim Degen, Joe Larese, Carl Ford, and Corey Anderson. Classes are limited to six students, so register soon to reserve your spot.

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Weaving a Connection between Fiber and Jewelry

Weaving a Connection between Fiber and Jewelry

Read how two studios are interconnected when constructing works of art to cover and adorn the body. Two workshops this winter bring fiber and jewelry artists together when crocheting with silver or carving models for cast buckles and buttons.
Knitting, Weaving and More with Wire with Joy Raskin, Saturday/Sunday January 14-15, 2012
Buttons, Buckles, Bangles, Oh, My!: Waxworking for Cast Objects with Rachel Morris, Sunday March 4 and Sunday March 25, 2012

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BCC Artists and Instructors in the News

BCC Artists and Instructors in the News

The Brookfield Patch reminds us of how rich our neighborhood is with local artists. "Gallery: Local Artists and their Crafts" by Christina Rose features BCC jewelry instructor Rachel Morris, woodturning instructor Jim Degen, woodturning instructor Buster Shaw, basketry instructor Christa Shaw, weaving instructor Chris Aulicino, woodturning exhibiting artist Don Metz, and woodturning exhibiting artist Allen Nemetz. Works made by all these artists are available at BCC's 36th Annual Holiday Sale.

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Brookfield Craft Center Mill Building, ca. 1870

Brookfield Craft Center Mill Building, ca. 1780

Brookfield Craft Center is recognized as one of the finest professional schools for creative study in America, dedicated to teaching traditional and contemporary craft skills, and fostering the appreciation of fine craftsmanship. Our classes and workshops are taught by nationally acclaimed local and visiting artists who regularly bring their experience and creative energies to our unique institution.

We invite you to be creative, and encourage you to learn and grow within our artistic community of talented faculty, inspired students and generous volunteers and supporters. Students can explore blacksmithing, bladesmithing, ceramics, fused glass, lampworking, jewelrymaking, woodturning, weaving and fiber arts. Other areas of special interest include business, marketing and photography for artists; decorative arts; drawing and painting. (See our calendar for what’s currently available.)

Our Campus and Facilities

Our historic 2.5 acre campus is located six miles north of Danbury, Connecticut, on the banks of the Still River, with an historic Mill Building as its centerpiece. Our six vintage buildings house seven fully-equipped studios, an exhibition gallery, a retail craft gallery and seasonal gift shop, and housing for visiting faculty. [read more]

The mission of Brookfield Craft Center is to teach and preserve the skills of fine craftsmanship, and to enable creativity and personal growth through craft education.


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