Teen Week
#TouchstoneTeenWeek – July 14—19, 2019
Participants will have access to our fully equipped studio spaces while they live on campus. Evenings are open for demonstrations, group activities or work in the studio. Students are housed in single-sex dormitories or cabins. The dining hall is central to campus where delicious home-cooked meals are served with fresh local ingredients. All students take a turn helping out in the kitchen and keeping the campus clean.
Participants will:
- Attend a five-day interactive workshop
- Extend their creative potential
- Work with other students from around the region
- Experience art in an immersive environment inspired by nature
Why Participate?
- Meet other students from the region and work with world-class instructors to improve your art.
- Touchstone offers an Immersive experience, where you will live your craft for a week.
- Student to instructor ratio is a maximum of 12 to 1.
- Receive career guidance in areas such as creating a portfolio, applying to college and other topics from guest speakers.
- Participants broaden their thinking in relation to their craft.
Students spending a week on Touchstone’s grounds benefit from the natural and artistic aspects of campus life…
- “I increased my understanding of the variety of ways that people continue to make art and/or craft works throughout their lifetimes (professional artist, semiprofessional artist, etc.).”
- “I learned a variety of techniques in working with this medium that will inform my artistic development in the future.”
- “My selected workshop at Touchstone enhanced what I have learned and/or experienced at my high school.”
Instructors
Touchstone’s Studio Instructors are accomplished artists and educators from around the country. They bring both technical expertise and real-world experience to the studio.
The 2019 Touchstone Teen Week Instructors include Anna Koplik, Hannah Pierce, Mike Mangiafico, Maia Leppo, Phil Ashworth, and Roger Hyndman. See instructor biographies and workshop descriptions below.
The Details
Due to the generosity of our supporters, several full and partial scholarships are available.
Materials & Studio fees are $75 and are to be paid in full at check-in or prior to the first day of the workshops.
There is a $25 processing fee to be paid in full at check-in or prior to the first day of the workshops.
Teen Week Scholarships
50% – 100% Tuition, Room, & Board: Touchstone works with individual schools to provide students with these scholarships. Individual teens are welcome to apply directly through Touchstone and will also be considered. Download Teen Week Scholarship Application
There is a $25 processing fee and $75 Materials & Studio Fee to be paid in full at check-in or prior to the first day of the workshops.
* Applications for Teen Week Scholarships are due April 1.
Submit applications to Travis Winters, programs manager, at twinters@touchstonecrafts.org or by mail:
Touchstone Center for Crafts
ATTN: Programs Manager
1049 Wharton Furnace Road
Farmington, PA 15437
For questions regarding scholarships or the application process, contact Travis Winters at twinters@touchstonecrafts.org or 724-329-1370.
2019 Teen Week Workshops:
Blacksmithing
JUL 14–19 | TEEN WEEK | 6-Day (SUN-FRI)
Blacksmithing for Teens
Instructor: Anna Koplik
All Levels (Ages 14-17)
$550 Member | $580 Non-Member
$75 Materials and Studio Fees
Call 724-329-1370 to be placed on a waiting list for Teen Week. Fill out and submit a Scholarship Application.
Learn the basics of creating functional works of art with a hammer and anvil! You will learn the basic tools and techniques of blacksmithing and create decorative and functional objects. You will have fun learning how to move metal and be amazed at what you can accomplish!
Anna received her BFA from Pratt Institute. She has a passion for teaching blacksmithing and the many different possibilities it offers. Anna has worked at Atlas Forge, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Peters Valley Craft Center, and Spirit Ironworks. In 2018 she was an artist-in-residence at Touchstone, focusing on tool and utensil making and combining functionality with a refined, delicate aesthetic.
Instagram: @arkoplik
Ceramics
JUL 14–19 | TEEN WEEK | 6-day (SUN-FRI)
Exploring Dimension in Clay
Instructor: Hannah Pierce
All Levels (Ages 14-17)
$550 Member | $580 Non-Member
$75 Materials and Studio Fees
Call 724-329-1370 to be placed on a waiting list for Teen Week. Fill out and submit a Scholarship Application.
Learn to combine your own unique illustrations with sculptural and functional forms. In this class, you will sketch and create paper templates in order to inform what you create. Using templates, slab construction, relief, and other handbuilding techniques, you will build from your imagery, combining smooth surfaces with more dimensional and textured parts. Once building is complete, you will paint your pieces with underglaze to reveal the wild transitions from purely painted images to fully sculpted. Whether you are new to clay or experienced, this class is guaranteed to take you out of your comfort zone into a new realm of how you approach building and painting on clay.
Hannah Pierce is a ceramic sculptor and mixed media artist, currently residing in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her MFA in ceramics from Edinboro University of PA and her BA in studio art at Humbolt State University of CA. Before graduate school, Hannah worked as an educator for people with developmental disabilities at The Studio and Cheri Blackerby Gallery, in Eureka, California. She has exhibited her work nationally in exhibitions such as The Clay Studio National as well as The Clay Studio’s Graduate Student Biennial, the 50th and 52nd Annual NCECA National Juried Exhibitions, and the Workhouse Arts Center’s 6th Annual Workhouse Clay International, where she received the award, “Best of Show”. She was also awarded a Full Kiln God scholarship as a resident at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. Hannah is currently the Abilities Fellowship Artist at Baltimore Clayworks, where she is focusing on diversity and inclusion in community arts.
Instructor website: hannahmpierce.com
Instagram: @hannah.ceramics
Glass
JUL 14–19 | TEEN WEEK | 6-Day (SUN-FRI)
Glass Extravaganza
Instructor: Michael Mangiafico
All Levels (Ages 14-17)
$550 Member | $580 Non-Member
$75 Materials and Studio Fees
Call 724-329-1370 to be placed on a waiting list for Teen Week. Fill out and submit a Scholarship Application.
Learn to work with glass in its molten form to make various objects such as marbles, beads, and tiles. You will leave with the foundational skills to explore the wonderful possibilities that glass has to offer. You will have a chance to try your hands at some ancient processes such as cast ‘Krobo’ beads and the cross-pollination of techniques as you learn. Whatever you gravitate towards, Michael will steer the way.
Michael Mangiafico is a glass artist and teacher working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated with a BFA in glass art from Carnegie Mellon University in 1985 and has continued his education by attending or teaching glass art seminars across the globe. In 1996, Michael built a glass studio, FIG Studios—Forms in Glass. He designs and creates sculpture and craft items from glass by blowing, casting, torch working, and cold work. FIG Studios has work in fine art galleries across the country.
Instructor website: figstudios.com
Instagram: @deedleweed
Metals & Jewelry
JUL 14–19 | TEEN WEEK | 6-day (SUN-FRI)
Ring-a-Ding
Instructor: Maia Leppo
All Levels (Ages 14-17)
$550 Member | $580 Non-Member
$75 Materials and Studio Fees
Call 724-329-1370 to be placed on a waiting list for Teen Week. Fill out and submit a Scholarship Application.
Come and experiment with a variety of rings and object setting techniques using copper, silver sheet, and wire. Sawing, filing, roller printing, soldering, and forming will be used to create a variety of finished rings. You will also be able to use the same techniques to create chains and pendants if time allows.
Maia graduated from Tufts University with a degree in biology and community health. She received training in jewelry and metals from various craft schools including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pocosin Arts, Penland School of Crafts, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She received her MFA from SUNY New Paltz, NY, has participated in artist residencies at Arrowmont and Pocosin, and currently works out of her studio in the Brewhouse Association in Pittsburgh.
Instructor website: maialeppo.com
Instagram: @maialeppo
Drawing & Painting
JUL 14–19 | TEEN WEEK | 6-Day (SUN-FRI)
Drawing for Teens
Instructor: Phil Ashworth
All Levels (Ages 14-17)
$550 Member | $580 Non-Member
$75 Materials and Studio Fees
Call 724-329-1370 to be placed on a waiting list for Teen Week. Fill out and submit a Scholarship Application.
This workshop will give you a solid foundation of skills in which to build on or help you enhance the skills you already have. Learn the fundamental techniques of drawing such as perspective, value, contour, and positive/negative space. You will work on everything from quick sketches to focusing on an image for an extended amount of time in this fun, informative workshop.
After graduating from RISD with a degree in illustration, Phil made his way to Brooklyn, NY to chase his big city dreams. Since then his work has appeared in books, magazines, posters, skateboards, apparel, gallery shows, etc. His illustrations have been recognized by American Illustration, 3×3, the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, and have been featured in the New York Times Fashion & Style, NPR’s Studio 360, and Bloomberg Businessweek.
Instructor website: philashworth.com
Instagram: @phillycreemcheese
Special Topics
JUL 14–19 | TEEN WEEK | 6-Day (SUN-FRI)
Creative Journaling for Teens
Instructor: Roger Hyndman
All Levels (Ages 14-17)
$550 Member | $580 Non-Member
$75 Materials and Studio Fees
Call 724-329-1370 to be placed on a waiting list for Teen Week. Fill out and submit a Scholarship Application.
Come and learn the many benefits of keeping an artistic journal and how to utilize this tool of original drawings and paintings to create one–of-a-kind works of art. Throughout this workshop, you will explore a variety of creative materials such as ink, pencils, charcoal, Cray-Pas, pastels, paint, and mixed media through the process of journaling. Changing sources of space, composition techniques such as perspective, focal point, balance, color, value, movement, size, and shape will be covered as you take your creative journey in journaling.
Roger has conducted workshops for artists, arts councils, arts organizations, professional organizations, educators, and engaged in artist residencies. He has partnered with the VIEW, Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Yates County Art Center, SUNY New Paltz and numerous other organizations, colleges, and universities. As an exhibiting artist, Roger has organized and coordinated travel across the US, Italy, Sicily, Scotland, and France.
Instructor website: solarprintmaking.com
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