Teacher: Erika Duszny Tuition: $160

A great class for those who have never sewn apparel, but want to learn! Students in this class will learn how to measure themselves, read a pattern, and sew a garment in two easy projects. Each student will purchase the designated top and skirt pattern, as well as the fabric they would like to use. The class focuses on not only reading, cutting, and sewing a pattern, but the finishing techniques to make their garment look like it was made in a store. Also taught in this class will be what fabrics are appropriate for certain sewing projects, and how to use fabric and trim to make your garment unique.

Erika Duszny has been sewing since the age of 9. After graduating from Philadelphia University with a degree in Fashion design, she has since become a Pattern Room Manager for a dancewear company called A Wish Come True. She is also currently starting an athletic wear company called Akire, which makes custom made multi sport wear for triathletes, bikers, and runners.

Teacher: Erika Duszny Tuition: $160

In this course we will learn the basic sewing skills that can be used daily to make a variety of useful items. The course will teach students three projects all using the shape of a square. The use of the square makes sewing easy, by simplifying the shapes to something everyone understands. The first project will be to make either a pillow or a simple quilted wall for home decoration. The second project is to make a bag that can either be used for everyday groceries or just as a handbag. The third project will be to make one giant square and create a top, dress, skirt, or bag using a very simple shirring technique. The course will also teach students what fabrics are appropriate for each project, as well as teach them how to use recycled fabric (ie. Use an old t-shirt as the graphic for their bag pocket or an old dress can be made into a throw pillow.)

Erika Duszny has been sewing since the age of 9. After graduating from Philadelphia University with a degree in Fashion design, she has since become a Pattern Room Manager for a dancewear company called A Wish Come True. She is also currently starting an athletic wear company called Akire, which makes custom made multi sport wear for triathletes, bikers, and runners.

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Teacher: Katie Elia Tuition: $125 + $30 materials fee

This course will investigate past and present conceptions of using animal bones as a foundation for artworks, determined by the students. Each student will be shown the process of treating raw animal bones from start to finish (boiling, bleaching, preserving, manipulating). Information on contemporary uses of bones in art will be included for the students’ personal investigation and insight. This course’s objective includes but is not limited to: Scrimshaw- traditional and contemporary approaches to ink drawings on treated animal bones. Figurative Reconstruction- creating existing or fabricated creature forms from animal skeletons, after the treatment process, for studying or exhibition purposes. 3D painting/carving Installation- use of painted/carved bones as either a single or multiple-bone installation work, and the significance it entails.

Katie Elia has a BFA in Sculpture from the University of the Arts. Elia has exhibited her work in Philadelphia, NYC and Portugal. Her work primarily revolves around the idea of recycling the scraps of an over-consumptuous nation, creating art that speaks of its own history as well as Elia's personal observations of contemporary society, and delving into the mysteries/beauties/spiritual histories of the natural world.

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Teacher: Darla Jackson

This class will teach students the basics of modeling three-dimensional animal forms, beginning with bones, skulls, and taxidermy and moving onto live animals. Each piece will be sculpted in clay. No prior experience necessary.

Part 1
4 Weeks: September 23 - October 14 Tuition: $90 + $25 materials fee

In part one students will focus on modeling bones, skulls and taxidermy.

Part 2
4 Weeks: October 21 - November 11 Tuition: $90 + $25 materials fee

Students enrolling in Part II are expected to have completed Part I.

Darla Jackson has been teaching and exhibiting in Philadelphia since graduating from Moore College of Art & Design in 2003. Jackson has taught sculpture classes at the Wallingford Community Arts Center, The Richard Stockton College of NJ, and currently teaches at the Fleisher Art Memorial. Jackson's sculpture has been exhibited in many local venues, including Kelly & Weber Fine Art, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, the Kimmel Center and Seraphin Gallery; as well as various venues both nationally and internationally.

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Teacher: Pat Aulisio

In this course students will learn how to write, draw, and self publish their own mini comic. Students will create their own characters and story to illustrate in different dynamic comic book techniques . At the end of the course all comics will be collected into a class anthology.  Aside from the basics writing and drawing skills for comics there will be daily drawings games to pique the interests of the students like comic jams, drawing from a written description, and parody comics. Guest comic  creators will make appearances talking about individual techniques and comic skills. Students will also learn various comic book formats that will fit to each student's personal choice, as well as different folding and bookmaking techniques for their final product.

Part 1:
4 Weeks: September 22 - October 13 Tuition: $90 + $10 materials fee

In the first 4 weeks of the class, students will learn the basics of writing and character design, and begin the page and panel layouts that will become their final drawings.

Students will need to bring bristol paper, pencils, erasers, pens, brushes, ink and rulers.

Part 2
4 Weeks: October 20 - November 10 Tuition: $90 + $20 materials fee

The second half of the class will guide students in the drawing process. In the second 4 weeks, students will lay out their book structure and learn examples of dynamic poses and panels. There will be demos inscanning and formatting in Photoshop, in laying out pages for print and Xerox machine use as well as different book making and folding techniques.

Students will need to bring bristol paper pencils, erasers, pens, brushes, ink and rulers. It is preferred that students have access to Photoshop outside of the class.

Students are welcome to join in on the second 4 weeks without enrolling in Part I if they already have a story written out.

Pat Aulisio has been reading comics since he learned how to read and has continually been making mini comics since age 14. He has a BFA in Illustration from the University of the Arts. His comics have been in various anthologies by Young American Comics, Fanatic Press, and Always Comix publishers among others. He is a member of the Philly Comix Jam (phillycomixjam.com) and The Autumn Society (autumnsociety.blogspot.com) and his comics and arthave been featured in shows at the Saint March Gallery and Brave New Worlds Comic Store. Pat is currently organizing the first ever Philadelphia Alternative Comic Con (PACC).

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Teacher: Grace Sheahan Tuition: $90 + $30 materials fee

In this four-week course, students will explore the infinite ways found objects can be incorporated into creating fanciful pieces of jewelry. Using ephemera from the past such as stamps, pressed flowers, beach glass, vintage postcards, recycle bin salvages, remnants of old costume jewelry, and other precious findings, students will design and create multiple pieces of jewelry to treasure forever. Instruction will include basic jewelry construction, wire-wrapping, soldering, cold connecting, laminating, textile fortifying, and other terrific techniques. A brief presentation and discussion on Dada and bricolage art will pave the way for project inspiration. Instructor will provide materials, but students are encouraged to bring their own personal bits and pieces that they have found or that are meaningful to them to include in their creations.

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Tuition: $25 + $10 materials fee

In this workshop we will learn the benefits of food preservation, for your health and for the environment. We will learn the techniques of both ancient and modern food preservation methods including: Fermentation, Drying, Canning, Cold Storage and more! A world of delicious foods awaits you like Pickles, Sauerkraut, Kim Chi, Kombucha, Yogurt, Sourdough Bread and much much more!!!

Emerald Street Urban Farm Project is a neighborhood run urban farm/garden founded by Elissa Ruse and Patrick Dunn in 2009. Patrick and Elissa joined with their neighbors and reclaimed 5 vacant lots on thecorner of Emerald and Dauphin Streets. The space was originally filled with trash, a broken VW van and overgrown with weeds. Through community outreach and education, ESUF hopes to directly connect people to the food they eat and the neighbors they share it with. Find out more at http://emeraldstreeturbanfarm.wordpress.com/about/

Tuition: $25 + $10 materials fee

Participants will learn how to create simple systems for the home and garden. Learn all about vermicompost, how to make your own worm bin and use their nutrient rich castings to make your garden even more productive. Start seeds in the winter by reusing household trash to make an effective mini greenhouse. Grow veggies through the winter in a small cold frame on your fire escape or backyard. Mix your own homemade cleaning supplies using simple everyday ingredients. Participate in lively discussions about how to make simple changes in your home to live more sustainably.

Emerald Street Urban Farm Project is a neighborhood run urban farm/garden founded by Elissa Ruse and Patrick Dunn in 2009. Patrick and Elissa joined with their neighbors and reclaimed 5 vacant lots on thecorner of Emerald and Dauphin Streets. The space was originally filled with trash, a broken VW van and overgrown with weeds. Through community outreach and education, ESUF hopes to directly connect people to the food they eat and the neighbors they share it with. Find out more at http://emeraldstreeturbanfarm.wordpress.com/about/

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