Brookfield Craft Center announces the inaugural session of Th3rd Dimension, a portfolio-building three dimensional art program for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who want to explore art as a career. Dedicated students from public, private and home schools are invited to join their peers at Brookfield Craft Center to create dimensional artwork in glass, clay, wood, metal and fiber. Th3rd Dimension students will have access to professional-grade studios and top-notch professional faculty who make their living through the art they create.
Click here to apply online by Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 – Deadline extended to Sunday, Oct. 16!
Ceramics is the first class offered as part of Th3rd Dimension
How teens benefit
Art defines our history and culture, yet shrinking scholastic budgets are cutting creative programming significantly if not eliminating it all together. Th3rd Dimension is an opportunity to foster creative expression in teens in a fun, stress-free, non-competitive environment. Th3rd Dimension helps students identify their interests and offers insight into professional career paths in the art field. Guidance on portfolio preparation is also offered to help give students the tools they need to properly present their work.
How the program works
Eight-week classes are offered at Brookfield Craft Center throughout the school year in a variety of media. Each class introduces 6 to 10 students to one craft medium and gives each teen the opportunity to create artwork on a college-prep level. Apply to the program once, and then take as many classes as desired. Participants will get to know artists from other high schools, learn from professional artist faculty, make art for their personal portfolios and gain insight into college art programs and the lives of career artists.
2011-2012 schedule
The program will begin with one class in ceramics in fall of 2011, then expand in spring of 2012 to offer additional classes in glass, jewelry, blacksmithing, woodturning and fiber.
Ceramics
Dates: Wednesdays, Oct. 26 – Dec. 21, 2011 (no class Nov. 23)
Time: after school, 3 pm – 6 pm
Instructor: Lisa Scroggins
Tuition: $475
Studio/materials fee: $55
Class size: limited to 10 students
Students will be encouraged to pursue their own functional, decorative or sculptural projects while learning the fundamentals of ceramics. Participants will gain hands-on knowledge about constructing, glazing and firing their art. Brookfield Craft Center’s studio includes potter’s wheels, tabletop space for handbuilding, a slab roller, an extruder, and gas, electric and raku kilns. Students will have the opportunity to speak with professional ceramicists and college professors, and walk away with art and images for their portfolios.
Instructor Lisa Scroggins attended the Rhode Island School of Design for two years, and she graduated from Parsons School of Design from which she received her BFA. She also has studied ceramics and encaustics at Silvermine Guild of Art. Lisa has been a professional ceramic artist for 18 years. She has participated in numerous group shows and has received several awards. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Danbury News Times, Ridgefield Press, American Style, Niche and Gourmet magazines. She maintains a private ceramic studio in Ridgefield, CT.
How to apply
Students and parents must fill out an online application form at brookfieldcraft.org/teens by Friday, October 14, 2011 – Deadline extended to Sunday, Oct. 16 – to join in Th3rd Dimension classes for fall of 2011. Each application must be accompanied by a recommendation from an art teacher or mentor.
Teachers must separately email recommendations to i...@brookfieldcraft.org. Please type “Th3rd Dimension recommendation” in the subject heading of the email and submit by Friday, October 14, 2011 – Deadline extended to Sunday, Oct. 16!
Accepted students will be notified by phone and/or email by Tuesday, October 18. Accepted students may then register for Fall 2011 Ceramics. Class size for Fall 2011 Ceramics is limited to 10 students.
Click here to apply online by Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 – Deadline extended to Sunday, Oct. 16!
