Our winter season marked the first term of youth education at Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center with the completion of two consecutive five-week classes for 12 to 14 year olds in the Metalworking and Fabrication Department.
In the first class, students undertook the classic folded box exercise (shearing, bending, drilling, and riveting sheet metal) and created a forged coat hook (shearing, forging, tapering, and bending bar stock, with a wax finish). In the second five weeks, students made a candle sconce (plasma cutting, grinding, bending, and riveting sheet metal) and created a welded sculpture (shearing, bending, MIG welding, sandblasting sheet metal and finishing with a lacquer coating).
We're looking forward to ongoing and expanding involvement with young makers at CIADC – Teen Education options are open now for spring term, and for week-long summer camps!
Spring Classes
- Casting for Teens: Ages 15-17 Wednesday afternoons with Micki LeMieux starts 3/29 and 5/3
- Metalworking & Forging for Teens: Ages 12-14 Monday afternoons with Quentin Shaw starts 3/27 and 5/1
- Metalworking & Forging for Teens: Ages 15-17 Wednesday afternoons with Sarah Holden starts 3/29 and 5/3
- Woodworking for Teens: Ages 12-14 Monday afternoons with Laura Miracle starts 3/27 and 5/1
Summer Camps
- Casting Teen Camp: Ages 12-15 Monday through Friday starts 7/10, 7/17, and 7/24
- Metalworking Teen Camp: Ages 12-15 Monday through Friday starts 7/10, 7/17, and 7/24
- Woodworking Teen Camp: Ages 12-15 Monday through Friday starts 7/10, 7/17, and 7/24
