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Youth Development Programming
Through glass making, students learn the importance of communication, coordination, and teamwork. It allows for students to gain aesthetic vision while also learning how to interact with peers confidently and comfortably. SGAA is in its tenth year of Youth Development Programming. Most of our classes are restricted to 8 students , however we can accommodate groups of up to 35 for select activities, such as demonstrations or group projects.
Programming Overview:
Hot Shop: In the Hot Shop, students learn furnace glassblowing. This type of glass making requires that students have a certain amount of strength and dexterity, so the more involved projects are limited to high school students. Elementary school students can create ornaments with the help of an instructor; middle school students can create ornaments or paperweights; and high school students can learn to make projects including bowls, vases, sand casted objects, and more.
Flame Shop: In the Flame Shop, students learn flameworking (torch working). This is how beads, marbles, perfume bottles and other sculptural forms are created; the Flame Shop allows for very fine detailed work in glass. This studio requires that students have a certain amount of strength and dexterity, so this studio is limited to ages 13+.
Warm Shop: This studio offers the widest variety of projects for the widest range of age groups. In the Warm Shop, students learn glass fusing, mosaics, and stained glass. We teach students how to cut sheet glass then use their imagination to create flat compositions. All age groups can create fused glass projects (wind chimes, sun catchers, plates); similarly, all age groups can create mosaic trivets or larger objects like mirrors if they are returning programs. High school students can create stained glass projects that involve soldering, cementing, and polishing if they are returning programs.
We can create any type of Youth Development program, from one-day intensives to semester-long after school programs. We will be happy to work with you to create a program specific to your school's scheduling needs. Please call 884-7814 to speak with Alex, or send an email.
Scholarship Fund
SGAA is proud to announce its first Scholarship opportunity funded by the KBW Foundation. This scholarship is open to students 12-20 years old. Click here to download the application.
A scholarship of $250 will be awarded to the applicant who is selected by the SGAA Scholarship Committee. Winners will be notified in December 2011.
2010-2011
Our 2010-2011 Youth Development programs were sponsored in part by: Dove Foundation, Lohse Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Kitay Family Foundation.
In 2010-2011, we worked with: Achieve Builds Confidence, Castle Hill Country Day School, Empire High School, Grant Academy, Grijalva Elementary School, In Balance Ranch Academy, Ironwoods High School, Johnson Elementary School, Kino High School, Project MORE, Sam Hughes Elementary School, Santa Rosa Neighborhood Center, Tucson Museum of Art School, and Wright Elementary School.
Carrillo Elementary students working on a mosaic projects.
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