Jewelry Classes
Welcome to our Jewelry Classes listings. Find the finest jewelry workshops,
courses, techniques and instructors at a jewelry program near you. If you would
like to list your school or jewelry workshop, please contact Monica Turner at
1-800-272-2193 x424 or mturner@interweave.com.
CALIFORNIA
Revere Academy
of Jewelry Arts
760 Market St., Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94102
Ph. (415) 391-4179
E-mail: info@revereacademy.com
Website: www.revereacademy.com
Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco offers professional instruction
for everyone. Learn from masters who teach what they love. Three-day hands-on
classes at all levels: Design, Fabrication, Wax, Casting, Setting, Gemology, more.
Diploma programs and Masters Symposium. www.revereacademy.com, 415-391-4179, 760
Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94102.
COLORADO
Colorado
School of Jewelry and Metal Arts
115 North G Street
Salida, CO. 81201
Ph. (719) 539-2971
E-mail: info@ColoradoSchoolofJewelryandMetalArts.com
Website: www.ColoradoSchoolofJewelryandMetalArts.com
Watch this ad for information on our 2010 classes. They will be held in my studio,
Scavezze-Goldsmith, at 7,000 feet high in the Colorado mountains.
PaperSilverStone
LLC
707 S. 8th St., Unit A
Canon City, CO 81212
Ph. (719) 275-3773
E-mail: papersilverstone@msn.com
Website: www.papersilverstone.com
Sherry Stone, Art Clay Silver Senior Instructor. All levels of art clay silver
taught. Small classes (4) tailored to your skill level. Flat, syringe, cork clay,
stone setting, bezels, molding, firing techniques. In-house consignment gallery
offering fine silver and art craft gift sales. First and only Art Clay Distributor,
Colorado.
FLORIDA
The Down The Street Bead
Shows
Ph. (866) 667-3232
E-mail: info@thedownthestreetbeadshow.com
Website: www.thedownthestreetbeadshow.com
With stops in DeLand (Orlando area), Tampa, St. Augustine, Pompano, West Palm,
Sarasota, and Ft. Myers have ongoing classes in basic beading, seed beading, beading
with chain, PMC and art clay, wire wrapping, cold fusion, soldering, chain mail,
fused glass, kumihimo braiding, and more.
James Carter
Studio School of Jewelry Arts
2616 N. 12th Ave.
Pensacola, FL
Ph. (850) 432-1343
E-mail: jamescarter00@bellsouth.net
Website: www.jamescarterstudio.com
A jewelry and metalsmithing school devoted to teaching time-honored and traditional
metalsmithing skills such as design, fabrication, forging, enameling, and soldering.
Emphasis placed on beginning and advanced students who desire to make a living
with their work. Offering 2- and 3-day workshops taught by renowned goldsmith
James Carter.
GEORGIA
Glen Parr School of Metal Art
1663 Veterans Memorial Hwy.
Austell, GA 30168
Ph. (770) 823-4838
E-mail: inspire@ureach.com
Website: glenparrschool.tripod.com
Learn fine-jewelry techniques in a personal but professional atmosphere. Classes
start every 5 weeks: basic to advanced stone setting, fabrication, wax carving,
introduction to casting, recycling metal. Beginning levels are project oriented
with completed jewelry items. Well-equipped studio, small class sizes. Private
and semi-private classes available. E-mail for information..
INDIANA
Conner Jeweler's School
129 East Spring St.
New Albany, IN 47150-3434
Ph. (812) 944-3490
Fax (812) 944-3496
Email: info@jewelersschool.com
Web Site: www.jewelersschool.com
One of America's oldest, most established schools and a teacher with 40+ years
experience that still enjoys teaching! Very latest technology. JA Certification
Training, 3- 6 months, + One week classes. Near Louisville. Lodging available.
We teach you more with an excellent One-On-One teaching experience!
KENTUCKY
Conner Jeweler's School
129 East Spring St.
New Albany, IN 47150-3434
Ph. (812) 944-3490
Fax (812) 944-3496
Email: info@jewelersschool.com
Web Site: www.jewelersschool.com
Louisville, KY metropolitan area. One of America's oldest, most established schools
and a teacher with 40+ years' experience that still enjoys teaching! Very latest
technology. JA Certification Training, 3–6 months + 1-week classes. Near
Louisville. Lodging available. We teach you more with an excellent one-on-one
teaching experience!
MARYLAND
Columbia Association
Art Center
6100 Foreland Garth
Columbia, MD 21045
Ph. (410) 730-0075
E-mail: art.staff@columbiaassociation.com
Website: www.columbiaartcenter.org
Columbia offers a variety of introduction, intermediate and advanced jewelry workshops
including precious metal clay, various wire-wrapping techniques, lampworked glass
beads, bead-stringing, pendants, polymer clay, and more! Other classes offered
include stained and fused glass. Please visit the Columbia Art Center's website
for a listing of classes, descriptions, and fees.
MICHIGAN
World of Rocks
42 North Huron St.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Ph. (734) 481-9981
Website: www.worldofrocks.com
Fun in classes; highlighting chain maille, metal work, wire wrapping and other
jewelry classes. We stock rocks specialties, findings, tools & supplies. Open
Mon, Tue, Thu 11-5, Wed, Fri 11-7, Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5. Take I-94 exit 183, go north
of Michigan Ave.
NEW JERSEY
Peter's Valley
Craft Center
19 Kuhn Rd.
Layton, NJ 07851
Ph. (973) 948-5200; fax: (973) 948-0011
E-mail: pv@warwick.net
Website: www.petersvalley.org
Offering fine metals workshops by nationally recognized instructors May - September,
from 3 - 5 days in length Variety of topics including PMC, stone setting, basic
jewelry, filigree, granulation, silversmithing, mokume-gane and more! Ask about
scholarships, assistantships, residencies. Catalog online. Located 60 miles Northwest
of NYC.
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe Jewelers Supply/ Bob Hazeltine Instructor
3200 Mercantile Ct.
Santa Fe, NM 87507
SFJS Ph. (800) 659-3835
Instructor Ph. (505) 400-3274
Website: www.sfjs.net
Comprehensive Jeweler’s Journeyman Program: training in basic and advanced
techniques in Stone Setting, Wax Carving, Casting, Soldering, and Repair. 300
classroom hours over a sixteen-week period.Bead Making Intensive: Five days of
bead making! Lamp Work Glass, Fusing plus Hot/Cold Metal-Working techniques. Choose
1 or all 5.
NEW YORK
Studio Jewelers
Ltd.
32 E. 31 St.,
New York, NY 10016
Ph. (212) 686-1944; Fax: (212) 689-7923
E-mail: info@studiojewelersltd.com
Website: www.studiojewelersltd.com
A jewelry trade school, licensed by the NYS Education Dept. Day, evening, Saturday,
full and part-time courses. Basic jewelry making, repair, diamond setting, wax
modeling/casting, pearl and bead stringing, and design. Financial aid available,
VA approved. Studio Jewelers, winner of the School of Distinction 2005 award by
ACCSCT Accrediting Commission.
OREGON
American Jewelers
Institute
1206 SE 11th Ave.
Portland, OR 97214
Ph. (503) 255-4517
E-mail: AJIINFO@comcast.net
Website: www.JewelersAcademy.com
AJI has been training jewelers since 1968. Our sixteen-week professional course
includes fabrication, design, and wax modeling, casting, finishing, and repair
exercise. Stone-setting techniques in all styles from basic prongs to bezel, hammer
setting, burnish, and channel setting. We also offer introduction to CAD using
Rhino's NURBS modeling.
PENNSYLVANIA
Bead
Fest Philadelphia 2010
Valley Forge, PA
Ph. (610) 232-5700
Website: www.beadfest.com
Class information will be posted for Bead Fest 2010 in the Spring of 2010.
250+ classes to choose from by experts from around the country, half-days and
full-days. Learn to make your own lampwork and metal clay beads, create beautiful
beaded jewelry and wirework. Vendor area with more than 300 booths. Full description
plus registration on website!
TENNESSEE
Arrowmont School of Arts
and Crafts
556 Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Ph. (865) 436-5860; Fax (865) 430-4101
Website: www.arrowmont.org
E-mail: info@arrowmont.org
Arrowmont offers beginning to advanced workshops that cover a variety of jewelry
making techniques, as well as PMC, enameling, polymer clay, lampworking, fused
glass and beads. One, two-week and weekend sessions in the beautiful Smoky Mountains
during the spring, summer and fall. Housing and meals available on campus. Register
online.
WASHINGTON
Northwest Gemological Institute, LLC
10801 Main Street #105
Bellevue, WA 98004
Ph. (425) 455-0985
Fax (425) 454-3088
E-mail: nglaboratory@qwest.net
Website: www.nwgem.com
Learn to identify gemstones, grade diamonds, detect substitutes and treatments
with our intensive, 16-hour hands-on courses. Seminars on opal, jade, metals,
geology, fine timepieces, antique and period jewelry with industry experts. Teaching
jewelers and the public since 1978. Affilited with American Gem Society ICGA laboratory
NGL.
Pouncing Rain Jewelry
and Metalworking Center
521 Kentucky St.
Bellingham, WA 98225
Ph. (360) 715-3005
E-mail: info@poucingrain.com
Website: www.pouncingrain.com
Ongoing weekly and 3-day intensive classes in beginning and intermediate jewelry
making and silversmithing. Workshops in enameling, soldering, etching, wire working,
Precious Metal Clay. We carry jewelry-making tools, enameling supplies, findings,
cabochons, gemstone beads, PMC, and PMC supplies. Studio memberships available.
Located between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.
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