Perfect for beginning to advanced songwriters, this exciting summer music program will teach you new skills and techniques to rapidly improve your craft. This two-week intensive is for students who have experience with songwriting and want to learn more, or students who are starting out. Students should have basic knowledge of a chordal instrument (piano, guitar, ukulele, etc) and the willingness to sing along!
*Songwriting Intensive is a Teen program and will follow those guidelines outlined in our FAQ section.
Using basic handbuilding techniques and surface decoration, this workshop invites students to explore play, color, and curiosity in building functional forms.
This course will introduce mold-making and alternative material casting in jewelry using mediums ranging from porcelain to gelatin. Together we will cover basic metalworking skills such as piercing and soldering to create settings for the cast components.
Explore the uniquely classic Hopi technique of silver overlay metalsmithing. Silver overlay, as a technique for conveying traditional Hopi designs in silver, originated in 1938 from drawings produced at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Later, Fred Kabotie (Hopi), a noted former Idyllwild Arts faculty, taught this technique for World War II veterans' classes held from 1947-1951 in Arizona.
