Our fall course for the general public opens our extensive Study Collection for hands-on workshops and study. Materials and Making is a five-week object handling course taught by our world-renowned faculty and alumni. Each session will focus on a different material, allowing participants to discover different histories of materials, making, and production through tactile engagement with objects.

Classes begin October 2
Tuesdays 7–9 pm
38 West 86th Street, Classroom 538

$450 adults
$375 students and educators
Individual classes not for sale.
Space is limited.

Week 1 (October 2)
Textiles
With Antonia Behan, Bard Graduate Center doctoral candidate

Week 2 (October 9)
Paper and Print
With Paul Stirton, Associate Professor, and editor of West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture

Week 3 (October 16)
Ceramics
With Meredith Linn, Assistant Profesor, Bard Graduate Center

Week 4 (October 23)
Silver
With Debra Schmidt Bach, Curator of Decorative Arts, New-York Historical Society

Week 5 (October 30)
Glass
With Alexandra Ruggiero, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Glass, Corning Museum of Glass

On View in the Gallery

Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place
September 14, 2018- January 6, 2019

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      <p>Our fall course for the general public opens our extensive Study Collection for hands-on workshops and study. <a href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/events/884/02-oct-2018-public-education"><strong>Materials and Making</strong></a> is a five-week object handling course taught by our world-renowned faculty and alumni. Each session will focus on a different material, allowing participants to discover different histories of materials, making, and production through tactile engagement with objects.</p>
<p><strong>Classes begin October 2<br />
</strong><strong>Tuesdays 7–9 pm<br />
</strong>38 West 86th Street, Classroom 538</p>
<p>$450 adults<br />
$375 students and educators<br />
Individual classes not for sale.<br />
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<strong>Textiles</strong><br />
With <a href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/doctoral-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Antonia Behan</a>, Bard Graduate Center doctoral candidate</p>
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<strong>Paper and Print</strong><br />
With <a title="Link: https://www.bgc.bard.edu/people/63/paul-stirton" href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/people/63/paul-stirton" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Paul Stirton</a>, Associate Professor, and editor of<em> West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture</em></p>
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<strong>Ceramics</strong><br />
With <a href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/people/170/meredith-b-linn">Meredith Linn</a>, Assistant Profesor, Bard Graduate Center</p>
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<strong>Silver</strong><br />
With <a href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/about/news/577/20-mar-2017-debra-schmidt-bach" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Debra Schmidt Bach</a>, Curator of Decorative Arts, New-York Historical Society</p>
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<strong>Glass</strong><br />
With <a href="https://www.cmog.org/bio/alexandra-ruggiero" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Alexandra Ruggiero</a>, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Glass, Corning Museum of Glass</p>
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