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THE
STUDIO
Throughout
the year Pocosin Arts offers a variety of classes, workshops and
residencies. Call 252-796-2787 or email info@pocosinarts.org
for
more information.
Have suggestions for workshops you'd like to take? Please contact
us and let us know what you'd like to see offered and what teachers you
would recommend. Upon request we also organize specific arts
programs and/or professional development creativity programs for groups.
Want to teach with
us? To be considered, download and complete a Program Information Form and return to us
via email or print and send via snail mail.
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Click here for our
On-going Programs
(Classes & Clubs)
Click
here to apply to be a
Pocosin Arts Resident Artist/Intern
Applications
due: April 30th, 2010.
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Weekend
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Gift
Certificates Available....
Call or email us, or stop by the Pocosin Arts Gallery
201 Main Street
Columbia, NC |
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Plants After the Fire
W/Botanist Charles Racine & Pocosin
Arts Drawing Instructor, Hilary Anderson
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Botanist Charles Racine will teach about the plants
successfuly emerging on Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge,
after the massive wildfire in the summer of 2008. In the field,
participants will then have the opportunity to draw the plants under
guidance by Pocosin Arts Drawing Instructor, Hilary Anderson.
Details to come...
Cost: $30
Bring your own sketchbook and preferred materials.
Basic drawing materials will be provided by Pocosin Arts.
Car-pooling
to the field sites using willing
participant vehicles may be necessary depending on enrollment.
Click Here for a
Registration Form
(Registration & Payment Due: Friday, April 9th, 2010)
Email, Mail or Fax us your
Registration Form with payment.
Or call Pocosin Arts at 252-796-2787 to
register by phone.
Email: hilary@pocosinarts.org
Fax: 252-796-1685
Click Here for a Scholarship Application
(Deadline: Wednesday, April 7th, 2010)
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Plants Emerging on Pocosin Lakes NWR (photo by Charles Racine)
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Tool Making
W/Tim Lazure
Saturday & Sunday, April 24th & 25th, 2010
As metalsmiths and
artists we encounter many
situations where the need for a perfect tool is essential. Often times,
the
tools we have just don’t do the job right, or that perfect tool
for the job
just doesn’t seem to exist. In this
workshop,
we will begin to learn either how to fashion tools or improve or
customize
existing tools. Tim Lazure will cover how to make a variety of tools
for addressing
your creative endeavors, including chasing tools, scribes, center
punches,
stone setting tools, scrapers, in addition to a few others. Tim will also talk about the ergonomics of a
studio environment, and its importance as it relates to efficiency and
functionality when working with tools and material.
Tuition: $140
(Scholarships are available)
Click Here for a Registration Form
(Registration & Payment Due: Friday, April 9th, 2010)
Email, Mail or Fax us your
Registration Form with payment or call Pocosin Arts at 252-796-2787 to
register by phone.
Email: hilary@pocosinarts.org
Fax: 252-796-1685
Click Here for a Scholarship Application
(Deadline: Wednesday, April 7th, 2010)
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Tools by Tim Lazure

Vessel by Tim Lazure (textured with his handcrafted chasing tools)
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Introduction to Glaze
Making
W/Carolyn Sleeper
To be RESCHEDULED!
Email: hilary@pocosinarts.org
if you are interested in this workshop.
Students will learn how to:
- choose glaze
recipes to test
- measure and mix
sample glazes
- use glazes by
layering to get more mileage out of fewer glazes
Participants should bring:
- A gram-scale (if
you have one, or can borrow one). Carolyn only has one.
- Small covered
containers for mixing tests (Kind of yogurt-sized, but with a lid).
Participants will leave with glaze recipes, handouts, test tiles ready
to glaze fire, and a lot of inspiration!
Tuition per student: $35, plus an additional supply fee.
Bring a bag lunch and an open mind to have fun in a "cooking" class!
Carolyn is no scientist, but can read and mix glazes with the best!
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Previously Held Workshops
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of our recent workshops.
Do you have a group interested in a particular program?
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Wildlife Photography
W/Mike
Dunn and Juan Pons
January 22, 23rd & 24th, 2010
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
This fabulous duo is back by popular demand!
Description –
Learn how to improve your nature photography skills in a landscape rich
in
wildness and wildlife – Pocosin Lakes and Lake Mattamuskeet
National Wildlife
Refuges. Lake Mattamuskeet is renowned as a winter waterfowl haven and
Pungo
Lake has been called the “Yellowstone of the East” for its
abundance of wildlife
from thousands of overwintering tundra swans and snow geese to black
bears and
red wolves. Our time in the field will give you tips on where to go and
what to
do to see and photograph wildlife, natural landscapes and
macrophotography
subjects.
Regardless
of your skill level, this seminar is a great way
to take your photography a significant step further while learning
about the
incredible natural diversity of this wild region of the state. For
nature
photographers, the ideal learning environment is in the field and this
workshop
will have early morning and late afternoon field trips along with
classroom
tips and critique sessions. We will discuss equipment, photographic
subjects,
as well as techniques and will help you achieve a new way of looking at
the natural
world.
The
workshop instructors have years of experience in
photography and natural history instruction. They are the ideal
combination for
a nature photography course – Juan Pons is a photographer that
enjoys nature.
Mike Dunn is a naturalist that enjoys photography. Together, they will
provide
you with an unforgettable photographic experience in one of the most
spectacular natural settings on the East Coast.
Supplies/Equipment to Bring:
- The
use of digital cameras is highly encouraged in order to review and
provide feedback (but film cameras are acceptable); tripod and
flash recommended.
- SLR’s
(cameras with interchangeable lenses) are
preferred with wide angle, macro, and telephoto lenses.
- Digital
pocket cameras with manual controls and at
least a 100mm zoom are also acceptable. This is a good opportunity to
learn how
to use your new holiday camera!
- Laptop for review sessions.
- Neutral
colored clothing (to blend in with surroundings & not startle
wildlife) suitable for cold and
variable weather.
- Car-pooling
to the field sites using willing
participant vehicles may be necessary depending on enrollment.
NOTE
– this workshop will involve two early
morning departures and late returns for sunrise and sunset wildlife
photography opportunities (weather permitting).
Tuition: $175
Contact Pocosin Arts for information about nearby lodging options.
Click for more
info about Mike Dunn &
Juan Pons
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Swans Resting at Lake
Mattamuskeet by Mike Dunn

Tundra Swan by
Juan Pons

River Otter by
Mike Dunn

Black Bear by Juan
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Journals and
Scrapbooks
from Recycled and Leftover Materials
W/Martha
Burdette
Saturday & Sunday, November 21st & 22nd, 2009
9:00am-4:00pm
In
this two day workshop,
participants will create journals and scrapbooks from recycled
cardboard
packaging, recovered fabric, and leftover wallpaper, art papers, yarn,
trim, buttons,
jewelry, found objects. Handcraft some
beautiful and one-of-a-kind holiday gifts. Or
create for yourself - a special journal for the new year?
Participants
should bring
their own recycled, recovered, and leftover materials to give their
books a
personal touch. Personal photographs
printed on card stock may also be incorporated into these books.
Tuition: $30 (Tools and
necessary
supplies will be provided for no additional cost).
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Books by Martha Burdette |
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Carving Holiday
Ornaments
W/Rick
Smith
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
10:00am-2:30pm
Interested
in learning the basics of woodcarving? Learn from Rick Smith to
make your own Christmas ornaments. Rick Smith, is a member of the
Pocosin Arts Carving Club, which meets every Tuesday evening.
Rick's carvings have often been on exhibit and for sale in the
Pocosin Arts Gallery.
Participants
will begin by carving a Christmas ornament from a piece of tulip
poplar, a native hardwood locally grown and sustainably harvested.
Tuition:
$25 (this includes supplies and a carving knife to keep!)
Each
participant will receive a carving knife and materials needed to
complete the Santa ornament. In addition, each person will
receive instructions & material to carve another style ornament on
their own time. Acrylic paint will be provided to paint the
finished carvings. Some brushes will be available but students
are encouraged to bring their own if they have them.
Also
happening in Columbia on November 14th....
All
day - Columbia's 3rd Annual Rockfish Tournament (visit: www.palmettopeartree.org
for more information.
1:00-4:00
pm - Columbia's Second Saturday Celebration. Come to town for the
carving workshop and visit the craft and market vendors set up for the
afternoon.
3:00-5:00
pm - Pocosin Arts Gallery Reception for the exhibit Pocosin Photographs.
Meet some of the artists and witness the wildlife captured during
the '09 Cabin Fever Reliever Workshop, Pocosin Portraits: Wildlife Photography in
the Land of Swans and Bears w/ instructors Mike Dunn and Juan
Pons; and results from the summer Pinhole Photography Workshop w/ Allen
Lee.
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Christmas Ornament by Rick Smith |
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Tin Nichos
Metals/Jewelry
W/Marlene True
Saturday & Sunday, October 3rd & 4th, 2009
9:00am-4:00pm
Throughout
the world
shrines are made to hold sacred images and objects.
In Latin America nichos
are a special type of shrine, often made using recycled tin, to exhibit
a
diverse range of objects and images including popular cultural icons.
We will
alter and use tin containers as a foundation from which to create our
own
unique nichos, along with removable,
wearable, jewelry or objects. We will focus on fabrication and
soldering
techniques for tin and iron wire, hydraulic die forming, and surface
alterations
including image transfer. Whether your nicho serves to enlighten, satirize or
amuse it is sure to produce good karma.
Materials to Bring:
1.
Tin
cans, bottle caps, old lunch boxes, cookie tins, etc with images,
colors and
text painted on the can. *tip, if
you
are not sure that it is tin, take a small magnet and touch it to the
can, if it
sticks, it is indeed a tin can.
Sources:
flea markets, Good Will,
Salvation Army, antique stores, and ethnic groceries are great places
to look for
cans. However, www.EBAY.com is
the instructor's favorite place to shop (search on tin
cans, vintage tin cans, tobacco tins, etc. and you
will find lots of colorful and interesting cans).
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Other
found objects you would like to incorporate into your work.
3. You
may
wish to bring 20 gauge copper and/or sterling silver plate and/or wire
if you would like
to
incorporate it in your work
Tools to Bring:
- Tin snips
- Saw
Frame
- Bench pin
- Steel bench block
- Needle file set
- Small ball peen or
chasing hammer
- Large 1/2 round file
- Center punch
- Chain nose pliers
- End Cutters
- 6" Metal ruler
- Dividers
- Fine point Sharpie marker
- Rubber Cement
Tuition: $140
Supplies: The
instructor will have some materials available for sale during the
workshop. Tool kits will be available to rent for $20 (payable to
instructor at workshop). Please indicate if you need a tool kit
at time of registration.
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Metamorphosis by
Marlene True

St. Arnold by
Marlene True

St. Elsie's Ring
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Rings, Rings, Rings
Metals/Jewelry
W/Tim Lazure
Saturday & Sunday, August 15th & 16th, 2009
9:00am-4:00pm
Adorning
the finger has
been a tradition for ages. Rings are
loaded with historical meaning. They
can symbolize love /marriages, evoke nostalgia, embody authority or
status, and
portray accomplishments or affiliations. They can me made for everyday
use or
for special events. They can be understated or fancifully flamboyant.
This
class will
explore jewelry design, fabrication, stone setting, and assembling
techniques
that are related to the ring concept. Aesthetic
value of jewelry comes from the
artist’s imagination and
execution rather than from the size of the stone or the value of the
metal. We will fashion rings of
personal importance, expression, and adornment. The
class will center around lecture and demonstration with plenty
of time for individual attention. We
will attempt to create jewelry that is unpredictable, honest, visually
complex,
bold confident, simple and beautiful. This
workshop is designed for beginner to
intermediate metal smiths.
Suggested Tools:
- jewelers saws
- files
- sandpaper (wet/dry 220, 400, 600 grit)
(The instructor will be bringing some tools to share)
Suggested
Materials:
- an assortment of silver wire and sheet if you have it
- fun, small, found objects like antique buttons or
coins, washers, anything you might find intriguing to set in a ring...
Tuition: $140
Supply Fee: The instructor will have materials available for sale
during the workshop.
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Pinhole Photography
W/Allen Lee
July 24, 25, & 26
Friday 6:30pm-
Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday 9:00am-
This pinhole workshop will offer students the chance
to build a simple pinhole camera for use in creating photographs.
No previous dark-room experience is required.
Tuition for the workshop is $50, with an additional charge of $20 for
supplies (payable to Pocosin Arts).
Workshop enrollment is limited!
Pre-registration is required!
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Shoestring Alley
by Allen Lee |
Surface
Embellishment
and Kum-boo
Metals/Jewelry
W/Kathryn Osgood
Saturday, June 27th & Sunday, June 28th, 2009
9:00am-4:00pm
Create a silver
pendant or earrings using surface embellishment and Kum-boo. Students will learn a simple
etching process to create etched brass plates to be used for roll printing
silver. We will use Kum-boo (a Korean gilding technique used to apply thin
sheets of gold to silver) to embellish our pieces. All levels welcome.
Suggested Materials (if you have them):
- Hand Tools (jeweler's saw, files, etc. if you have
them - some tools will be available for student use)
- 20 or 22 guage brass sheet for etching
- 22 or 24 guage sterling silver sheet to roll print
Call, stop in Pocosin
Arts, or mail-in form to register by Friday June 12th.
Tuition: $140
Supply Fee: The instructor will offer the above raw materials for
sale during the workshop.
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Recycle, Reuse,
Rejuvenate
Your Jewelry !
w/ Valda Belyeu
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
1:00-3:00pm
Tired of wearing the
same old jewelry? Have a box full of stuff you have and never wear?
Learn to take
the jewelry you're not using and make something new and exciting. How
about all those lost earrings? How about all the broken or bent pieces
you've been meaning to fix? Bring all these pieces and parts and we'll
inspire you to make something new and creative.
Suggested Supplies
to Bring:
- Any "old"
jewelry you have: broken or pieces or parts of necklaces,
earrings, charms, pendants, pieces of leather, chains, ribbon, etc...
- Head pins, jump
rings, and/or wire to match the type of jewelry to be used (could be
sterling or gold plated or copper, or colored copper wire
available at any craft store).
- Chain or ribbon
or cord or leather - these could be part of the original jewelry pieces
or newly purchased, available in all sorts of styles and sizes (At
least 20" of chain may be helpful)
- Pliers - round
nose, flat nose pliers, long nose pliers, cutting pliers
- Crimping tools
if using crimps and jewelry wire
- Chasing hammer
- Bench block
- Any
complementing beads or pins or anything that strikes your fancy which
you may be incorporated into your pieces.
Instructor will have some
tools to share as well as books and magazines with examples for
inspiration!
Available for
purchase from the instructor will be some incidentals to use as needed:
plain simple black leather cord, copper wire, sterling silver wire,
small sterling chain, jump rings of various sizes and headpins, in case
extras are needed.
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Spirit
of Place
DRAWING
w/ Kelly Adams
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
9:00-4:00pm
Through informal drawing
from life, field sketching, and journaling one takes a journey of
self-expression and investigation. The workshop will concentrate
on developing a personal chronicle to learn and grow from a
relationship to the natural world. Explorative play while
observing the natural world becomes the point of departure to extended
drawing during studio development.
- Techniques for
working on location - field sketching and journaling
- Studio drawing
and traditional/nontraditional mixed media demonstration
Materials - portability of materials and tools for field work is
essential. Everyone should bring:
- Sketchbook
- or a (hot
press) watercolor block, mounted paper, or other papers
- Erasers - kneaded and white vinyl
- A personal choice of drawing tools or drawing
supplies with watercolor accent
- Pencils - graphite or a set of colored
- Pens - various types
- Charcoal pencils/sticks
- Watercolors and bottled ink, brushes, water and
water container
- Optional:
- Drawing board (rental available through Pocosin
Arts)
- Lightweight chair or waterproof cushion to sit on
- Camera
- Clothing and supplies for comfort and/or reference
in the field.
Tuition: $60 per person
SUPPLY FEE: For those not equipped with supplies, Pocosin Arts
will have materials
such as: sketching and drawing/watercolor paper, drawing boards,
charcoal, graphite, ink, inexpensive watercolor sets and brushes,
erasers, blending
sticks, etc. available for purchase/rent. Call for details.
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METAL
BEAD-MAKING
w/ Kathryn Osgood
Saturday, March 14th & Sunday, March
15th, 2009
9:00-4:00pm
Make your own sterling
silver beads to use as a focal point for a
special necklace. Using sterling, copper and brass, you will
construct your own one-of-a-kind beads. Explore techniques
including roll printing, stamping, soldering, riveting, stone setting
and piercing to create unique beads.
All levels – some soldering experience is helpful.
Suggested Materials:
- Hand
Tools (jeweler’s saw, files, etc. if you have them - some tools
will be available for student use)
- 22
gauge sterling silver, brass or copper sheet ( Kathryn will have
some metal available for sale)
- Wire
or tubing ( Kathryn will have some available for sale)
Call or stop in Pocosin Arts to register by Friday, March 6th.
Tuition: $140 per person + supply fee
Kathryn Osgood is a studio artist and assistant professor at College of
The Albemarle in Manteo, North Carolina. She is a jeweler,
enamellist, and metalsmith, whose work has been exhibited nationally
and internationally. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree
in metal and jewelry design from East Carolina university. Her
jewelry is inspired by the flora and fauna of her coastal environment.
Her work is published in The Art of Enameling, 500 Necklaces, 500
Earrings, 1000 Rings, and Contemporary Enameling: Art and Techniques.
Several pieces by Kathryn will be on display in A JEWELRY EXHIBIT in
the Pocosin Arts Gallery from February 10th through March 21st, 2009.
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PAPER BEAD-MAKING
w/ Miriam Fauth
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
1:00-3:00pm
Join Miriam Fauth in a
workshop making beads from recycled greeting cards. Send a greeting card
back to the person who gave it to you as a necklace!
Miriam often hears this comment about her
necklaces: “I cannot believe you
made
this out of paper!” The craft passed
from grandmother to a granddaughter to a friend, Miriam finds it
teaches her to
slow down in a relaxing and enjoyable pastime. Miriam
is a Columbia resident of eight years, originally from London, U.K.
Call to register by 5:00
pm on Friday, February 27th.
Tuition: $8.00 per person
Supply Fee: Minimal - depends on how many beads and supplies you
use.
Stop
in the Pocosin
Arts Gallery to see some of Miriam's work on display and for sale in A
JEWELRY EXHIBIT, February 10th through March 21st, 2009.
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NATURE TILE
WORKSHOP
(All Ages!)
Saturday, November 8
10:00-5:00 pm
Stop in the Pocosin
Arts Gallery during the Wings Over Water festivities to impress a clay
tile with native plant species and other natural forms.
Tuition: $10
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JEWELRY
CHRISTMAS TREE WORKSHOP
w/ Minnie Lou McGowan
Saturday, November 22, 2008
10:00am-4:00pm
Join Minnie Lou in the Pocosin Arts Studio to create
your own traditional jewelry Christmas
tree. Supplies to bring: velvet in frame, beads, jewelry,
elmers glue
and side cutter pliers (Minnie Lou recommends removing the backs of earrings and pins and beads from
strings to allow for more time during the workshop to focus on the
design).
Tuition: $10
Call or stop in Pocosin Arts Gallery (201 Main St., Columbia,
(252)796-2787) to register for the workshop by Friday, November 21st.
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POTTERY
- WHEEL THROWING
(For Adults)
Carol Soo Lee,
Instructor
Learn the
basics of wheel throwing, glazing and firing pottery. Beginners
usually focus on small cups and bowls, moving on to more complicated
vessels and techniques using the pottery wheel.
Thursdays 6:30
to 8:30pm
Tuition $50/month
(plus supplies) · Scholarships Available.
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POTTERY - AFTER
SCHOOL
(Elementary through High School)
Carol Soo Lee, Instructor
Tuesdays
3:15 - 4:15pm (currently full)
4:30 - 5:30pm
Thursdays 3:30 - 4:30pm
Tuition $25/month (plus supplies)· Scholarships Available |
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DANCE
Paula Donahoe, Instructor
Fridays
3:30-4:40 pm Middle
& HS
4:30-5:30 pm 2nd
- 5th Grade
5:30-6:15 pm 4
yr old - 1st Grade
Madge VanHorne Auditorium
Columbia High School Campus,
Main Street, Columbia
Tuition $30/month ·
Scholarships Available
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GUITAR
Tina Phronjia Bradley,
Instructor
Fridays
3:30-5:00 pm Ages
8-15
Fridays
5:30-6:30 pm Ages 16 and up!
Pocosin Arts Studio
Tuition $30/month ·
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CLAY
HAND-BUILDING Club
Mondays:
6:30-8:30pm
Free access to
the clay studio to practice hand-building techniques. Clay and
firing fee only.
Prerequisite:
1 session of Carol Soo Lee's Wheel Throwing to
become acquainted with the studio.
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CARVING
CLUB
(Adults
- Senior Project students are welcome to participate with approved
mentorship)
Tuesdays:
6:00-8:00pm
The Carving Club
welcomes new members of all skill levels to join. Bring your own
carving tools and wood. Current projects include duck decoys,
various wildlife carvings and Santa Clauses.
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POCOSIN ARTS METALS
GUILD (PAMG)
The
Metals Guild meets on a monthly basis. New members are welcome.
For more information contact hilary@pocosinarts and visit the
blog:
http://pocosinartsmetalsguild.blogspot.com
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Want to teach with us? Click here to fill
out a program information form. Return by mail or email to: hilary@pocosinarts.org
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