Middle School Camp! Intro to Beadmaking (FREE - STEM)

Jewelry and accessories are a decorative language used to communicate across cultures throughout history. Dive into the ancient art of flameworking and create your own wearable glass beads and 3D sculptures! Using heat, gravity, and a few simple hand tools, students will learn how to safely operate a table torch to melt and shape glass rods in a flame. Get ready to work closely with molten glass as you pinch, poke, stretch, and weld it into bold, colorful pieces that showcase your unique style. Immersed in the exciting world of a professional art studio, students will also learn about other ways of working with glass, discover creative careers in art, design, education and entrepreneurship, and see how art and science intersect through the fascinating material properties of glass.

This is a FREE camp offered in collaboration with STEM Matters NYC, a Dept. of Education program that partners with cultural institutions to provide enrichment programs during spring and summer break for NYC students in grades K-12. Students are selected through an application process, with priority given to students who attend Title I schools.

The application deadline is Sunday, March 9th! Spots are limited, and preference is given to students who attend Title I schools. Learn more and apply now. For questions, contact STEMMattersNYC@schools.nyc.gov

Class Schedule

• Camp | 5 Sessions: April 14 — April 18
  Monday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm