Propose a Class

We welcome proposals from prospective teachers and ideas from students.

Ideas from students

Send us your idea for a class you would like us to offer.

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Proposals from teachers

We are open to proposals for new classes and workshops for any age group. Our aims are to transmit skills while emphasizing the pleasures of creativity and craftsmanship. We want our students to go home happy, fulfilled, inspired, ready to do their own work and eager to learn more.

See notes below about our facilities.

Exhibition-themed classes at UFORGE Gallery

UForge Gallery logoBeginning in 2012, we are offering workshops and mini-classes in collaboration with UFORGE Gallery that complement the gallery’s monthly themes, or “assignments.” These workshops take place at the gallery. Participation includes instructor’s and students’ work in the corresponding exhibition. Please consult upcoming themes and exhibition dates before writing your proposal.

Proposal deadlines for UFORGE workshops are rolling. Send completed Course Proposal form to UForge Gallery with “Course Proposal” in the subject line.

For all Eliot School classes, download and send us a Course Proposal that includes:

  • Class title
  • Description including concept, activities, and skills you will transmit
  • Age of students: Adults or, if children/teens, what age range
  • Schedule preference: what month(s), day(s) of the week, time(s) of day would work best for you (and let us know if there are any dates or times that will not work for you)
  • Timeline: how many class meetings, of what length
  • Materials you will supply, with approximate cost
  • Materials you will ask students to supply
  • If you will need paid time outside the classroom (to purchase materials, prepare them, review student work, etc.), let us know how much of that time you will need
  • Your contact information including phone number and email
  • Samples of your work or a web link that will show us your work
  • Information about your previous art and/or teaching experience

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Deadlines

  • April 15, 2012 — for FALL & WINTER September 2012–March 2013
  • November 1, 2011 — for SPRING & SUMMER April–August 2012

Details

We actively seek proposals for new classes and workshops:

  • for any age
  • of any length, from 1 to 12 sessions
  • within our interest areas
  • to be held in-house at the Eliot School (or in any nearby location that is covered by liability insurance)

Schedules

Classes & Workshops during the school year

  • Workshops and classes from 1 session to 10 weeks and anything in between
  • Fall semester: September–December
    Winter semester: January–March
    Spring semester: April–June
  • We teach children ages 2–17. Teens age 17 and up may take adult classes.
  • Children are most often grouped by age: 6–8, 9–12, 11–14 and 13–17. Our teen market is still weak and so those classes are less assured of filling and running.
  • Adult classes may be geared to any level of experience and skill.
  • We are particularly interested in attractive daytime workshops and classes for adults.

Summer Classes & Workshops for Adults

Options include:

  • 6-week classes from July through mid-August
  • Weekend workshops, e.g. Sat/Sun from 10am-6pm, two consecutive Sundays from 10am-4pm, one Saturday from 10am-2pm, etc.
  • One-week intensives, Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm, in August

Summer Program for Children

  • For age groups 6–8, 9–12 and 12–14
  • Half-day classes, Monday through Friday, one week at a time, 9am-12pm or 12:30-3:30pm
  • Program runs from mid-June through July (exact dates to be determined)
  • Each half-day we offer three separate classes drawing upon four threads: woodworking, sewing, visual art and an inventions thread that can include electricity, kinesis, etc.
  • Because some children attend for multiple weeks, we offer something different each week, even if it has the same name. For example, woodworking can be Wooden Boats one week, Go-Carts one week, a model house one week, multiple projects involving moving parts one week.
  • We also entertain programs outside this box. Successful offerings in the past have included Photography, Printmaking and Assemblages.

Facilities

In proposing or designing your class, please note that we have:

  • Wood shop with complete set of hand and power tools
  • Sewing room with 8 sewing machines, serger, irons, small drying rack
  • Art room with 12 easels, 8 movable work tables, homosote walls
  • 3 hot-plates
  • WiFi
  • Digital projector and wall screen
  • Large open yard (but with no security, so projects cannot be left outdoors overnight)

We do not have:

  • Storage capacity (especially for 3-dimensional work)
  • Ventilation for batik, encaustic or other arts that generate toxic fumes
  • Enclosed area for powdered dyes or other airborne toxins
  • Ceramics studio
  • Metals studio
  • Computer lab
  • Darkroom

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