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CLAY

BCA's clay classes are renowned for their focus on highly personalized instruction covering key and advanced techniques. With master teaching artists such as celebrated Vermont potter Jeremy Ayers at the wheel, students create top-shelf pieces that add homespun elegance to any dinner table. 

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PRINT CLASSES

With a printmaking studio equipped for silkscreen, relief printmaking, and monotype, our print classes offer students the opportunity to focus deeply on a singular style or explore the many possibilities in this fundamental craft.

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DRAWING AND PAINTING

From working with live models in figure painting sessions to devising panels for comics and graphic novels, our range of drawing and painting classes facilities students' broad spanning interests. Discover new talents or refine existing passions with guidance by some of Vermont's finest artists.

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PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL LAB

BCA's darkroom and digital lab allow you to time travel at your own pace through traditional and emerging technologies. Make your contribution to the medium and master the tools to edit and resize your images, preparing them for publication, web posting, or framing.

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JEWELRY

Polish, roll, drill, flex, solder, hammer, and form in these classes led by local jeweler Bren Prescott. Students learn the historical context of their pieces as well as the fundamentals to make them sparkle and shine.

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ARTIST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BCA's professional development workshops and talks provide artists with skills, tools, and resources to level up their independent practices and to help develop hobbies into successful careers.

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