Pratt's Studio Access Program provides artists with the time, space and tools they need to make art.

Pratt's Tailored Learning Program:  Pratt can work with you to design a specialized hands-on learning experience to suit your needs. This is your opportunity to direct your own course. Have a tight schedule? Working towards Studio Access certification and would like a personal tutor? Are you (and your friends) interested in exploring a new medium? Make your creative experience happen when the time is right for you. 

We're here to help you meet your goals. Call Amanda Ondrick at 328-2200 x 222 and discover what we can create for you.

PRINTMAKING, PAPER AND BOOK ARTS

Pratt's printmaking studio includes two intaglio presses, a lithograph press, letterpress and photo exposing unit, more than 40 feet of glass-topped counter space, and a spacious work area with several large tables. The studio is completely equipped with an aquatint box, rollers, dry racks, flat files, a paper-soaking sink, a step shear, and ventilation hood.  

Brian Lane, Gold Danger

JEWELRY AND METALSMITHING

Pratt maintains a fully-equipped jewelry/metals studio, with fifteen bench spaces, four soldering stations, a hydraulic press, a step shear, a rolling mill and much more, including a buffing and finishing room. The separate hollow-ware studio houses a collection of over 85 specialty hammers and stakes, as well as kilns for enameling and casting.

SCULPTURE

Pratt’s sculpture studio offers space and equipment for welding/fabrication, forging, stonecarving, and foundry work. Welding equipment includes MIG, TIG, arc, oxy-acetylene set ups and a plasma arc cutter. The foundry program features a 300 lb. natural gas metal furnace and a small 50 pound furnace. A stone sculpture program is housed in an outdoor work area, and includes access to air-powered and hand tools. Pratt’s forging studio offers anvils, hand tools, a large gas forge and an array of vises and jigs.

HOT SHOP

The hot shop accommodates blowing and casting. Equipment includes a 1,000 pound glass furnace, three glory holes, six annealing ovens, three high volum bench torches, two oxygen/propane torches, and an excellent selection of hand tools and pipes.

COLD SHOP

Pratt's cold shop is eqipped with 2 flattening wheels, a diamond saw, belt sander, Merker cutting lathe, pre-polished resin and cerium station, hand lapping availability - in short - everything necessary to fully finish glass pieces.

WARM GLASS                      Coin Purse, kiln cast glass, forged steel, Susan Balshor

The warm glass studio includes eight lampworking stations, a fusing kiln, a pate de verre kiln, and two hex kilns. The large covered working tables double as light tables for stained glass work.

ELIGIBILITY AND POLICIES

Artists wishing to participate in the Studio Artists Program must demonstrate basic competency in the equipment or studio for which they are seeking access, and must be familiar with safety procedures, clean-up requirements, etc. New users should drop by or call Pratt's front desk to schedule an appointment with the Studio Coordinator for their area.

After learning about the studio and its requirements, an artist may request an Access Card Test. On successful completion of this test, the Coordinator will provide the artist with an Access Card which lists all the equipment on which the artist was tested.

To participate in the Studio Artist Program, you must:
    1. Be a current qualifying member.
    2. Have a signed waiver on file.
    3. Have a current Access Card for the studio you will be using.

FEE SCHEDULE (as of 3/1/07) Hot Glass 4 Hour Blowing Slots* 4 Hour Casting Slots $140 $400 *Pay for 4 blowslots in advance and receive a 10% discount Flameworking   $30/day $150/mth Fusing & Slumping   $30/day Coldworking   $15/hour Sandblaster (min .5 hour) $25/hour Jewelry   $10/hour Electroforming 2-day sessions $30     $30/day $120/mth Jewlery Casting ($3/flask) $20/session Sculpure   $30/day $100/week $200/mth Bronzecasting   $250/session Printmaking   $30/day $120/mth       PRE-PAY PACKAGES Hot Glass *$504 for 4 slots rent the whole shop for morning & afternoon, get 3 benches for the price of 2, Total $560 rent four full days, get an additional 10% off, Total $2,016 Flameworking $150/month         Jewelry $120/month         Sculpture $200/month         Printmaking $120/month

Please Note: Monthly fees expire on the last day of the calendar month

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