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Fall Open House
Saturday, September 10, 2011 • 12-4M
FREE Admission
A fun day for the whole family! Our open houses are a wonderful way to experience the excitement of The Crucible’s 56,000 sq. ft. studio, where furnaces roar and sparks fly. Check out exciting live demonstrations including welding, glass working, metal casting, blacksmithing and much more. Catch amazing fiery performances and wander through our student and faculty art show displaying the creativity of The Crucible. Then grab a drink and snack and explore our spacious studio.
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CLASSES
Take Shape of Your Surroundings
 Reproduction in Plastics {Sign Up Now}
This class is a great introduction to model making, mold making and casting. You will be guided in making small, simple models that can be molded quickly, which then can then be used to cast liquid plastic, duplicating the shape of your original model.
Monday Nights • October 24 – November 21 • 7-10PM
 Exploring Moldmaking {Sign Up Now}
Explore the variety of materials and techniques and experiment with molding and casting. You’ll see how moldmaking relates to other areas of study, such as metal and glass working.
Thursday Nights • September 22 – December 1 • 7-10PM
Life Casting {Sign Up Now}
 This is a very hands-on class, so come prepared to be cast and get messy. Learn how to avoid the potential pitfalls of a fast-drying medium and working with a live subject.
Tuesday Nights • October 25 – November 22 • 7-10PM
Play With Molten Metal
 Foundry Fundamentals {Sign Up Now}
Begin your exploration of foundry work with this step-by-step, hands-on overview of metal casting. This class introduces foundry processes, including wax work, ceramic shell, sand moldmaking, casting and finishing.
Tuesday Nights • October 4 – November 22 • 6-10PM
 Bronze Casting: Ceramic Shell Process {Sign Up Now}
You will learn basic wax-working techniques, as well as how to create ceramic shell molds. Finally, you’ll cast your piece in bronze or aluminum. The class also covers basic metal finishing.
Monday Nights • September 19 – November 11 • 7-10PM
Sand Casting in Bronze & Aluminum {Sign Up Now}
 Working with resin-bonded sand, you’ll learn the basics as you build your own mold. As part of a casting team, you’ll have the exhilarating experience of pouring molten bronze or aluminum.
Wednesday Afternoons • September 21 – November 9 • 3-6PM
Add Some Fire To Your Life
(Must be 18 years of age for fire classes)
 Art of Fire Dancing: Poi Spinning {Sign Up Now}
Poi, which means “ball” in Maori, is a form of juggling that uses balls on ropes, swung in circular patterns. In this class, you will learn a little history while becoming familiar with the basic moves and safety practices, as well as spinning poi without fire. At the last class, you will have the opportunity to spin fire. Then take your moves home and dazzle your family and friends.
Monday & Wednesday Nights • September 20 – October 17 • 8-9:15PM
+ One Saturday • October 22 • 12-4PM
 Introduction to Fire Staff {Sign Up Now}
In this class, you will learn the fundamental skill set that you need to spin a single fire staff. You will go on to learn how to align the movements of your body with the movements of the staff to create a fluid, connected, captivating dance. Each student will make a practice staff to keep.
Monday Nights • October 24 – November 21 • 6:30-8PM
 Beginner Fire Hula Hoop {Sign Up Now}
This energetic course will help you start hooping with joy! The class introduces all the hooping basics and teaches hooping on different planes of the body, hoop tricks, and hoop expression through flow and imagination. At the last class, you will hula-hoop with real fire.
Thursday Nights • September 22 – December 1 • 6:30-8PM
 Fearless Fire Eating {Sign Up Now}
Hungry for something hot? Learn to eat fire, run fire along your skin, and execute other advanced tricks with grace and confidence. You will make two torches to take home, using material provided. Fire safety will be emphasized.
Saturday & Sunday • October 22 - 23 • 1-3PM
Light Up Your World
 Plasma Sculpture {Sign Up Now}
You will learn how to create a simple vessel for gas plasma, how to process and pump plasma, and how to wire the electronics involved in gas plasma sculpture. You will have the chance to complete at least two gas plasma projects.
Wednesday Nights • September 21 – November 30 • 6-9PM
 EL-Wire Workshop {Sign Up Now}
Add sparkly shimmer to sculpture, interiors, and wearable art with electroluminescent wire; also known as EL-wire, it is a decorative, flexible wire that glows very much like neon. This one-day workshop introduces the technology and craft of soldering and working with EL-wire. You’ll learn basic soldering techniques, as well as various ways to assemble and attach wire to fabric, wood, and plastic. Drivers and sequencers for animation and advanced techniques will be introduced.
Saturday Afternoon • November 19 • 12-4PM
RESOLVE TO CREATE
The winner for September is **Drum Roll Please**
Annie S.
“I resolve to create an EL-Wire World!
Congratulations Annie, we can’t wait to see how you light up your world! Don’t worry if your name was not drawn this month; you’re still eligible for future drawings. So what’s your creative resolution for 2011? Please share with us at resolvetocreate@thecrucible.org. Send us your resolution and picture, and you’ll be entered into a drawing for free tuition on a Crucible class!
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INDUSTRIAL ARTS NOW
 Back to School:
An Interview with Industrial Artist and New Stanford Freshman, Beatriz Cuevas
Right now we have our next generation of industrial artists heading back to school. We recently had a chance to catch up with one of our students Beatriz Cuevas and talk to her about how her industrial arts experience helped her get into Stanford University.
Crucible: Hi Beatriz, can you tell folks a bit about how you got started at The Crucible?
Beatriz: Yeah, sure. I’ve been at The Crucible since I was 13, when I was in the 8th grade. I got involved with The Crucible because my art and jewelry teacher Ms. Wasserman, suggested that I take a class at The Crucible, so I applied, and I was accepted into the summer program.
The first class I took at The Crucible was blacksmithing. Honestly, I didn’t even know what blacksmithing was; I’d never been exposed to industrial art before. I remember I was really afraid in the beginning of the class because the small pieces of metal from hammering the hot metal rod were hitting my skin and it burned a little. I was so afraid, but after the first day, I got more comfortable with the hammer, the metal and the fire. I’ve also taken glass flameworking, jewelry, TIG welding, and the Art Bike class. Each class has been really fun. I especially loved welding and working with glass.
Crucible: What skills did you learn at The Crucible that you think helped prepare you for college?
Beatriz: I think that my art skills definitely prepared me for college. From The Crucible I learned to see the world with a different pair of eyes. I’ve learned to see things with an artist’s perspective. After taking classes at The Crucible, I became better at understanding what objects were made of. I was able to see the medium used and the work that went into making something. I think that this transfers into understanding a topic in school and understanding why something is the way it is. I’ve learned to think critically. When I am working in the bike shop, I sometimes feel like an engineer because I have to find some way to make a bike look how the student imagined it, while also making it so that it functions correctly. This will apply to me in college when I have to come up with ways to make a project or when I have to compose something. I’ve learned to take things one-step at a time and to be open to others’ ideas, because I have learned that in art, and in life, there are many ways to make the same thing.
Crucible: When did you apply to Stanford? And when did you hear back?
Beatriz: I applied to Stanford very last minute because I had been very busy with classes and applying to other colleges. I worked on my application between December and January, and I submitted my application the day it was due, January 1. I was supposed to hear back from Stanford on April 1. On March 29th, I walked home. The house was dark and no one was home. I went to the living room to get on the Internet to check my e-mail, like any regular school day. Then I saw the e-mail…
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EVENTS
 Fireside Lounge: Light & Show
Friday, October 14, 2011 • 6:30-9:30PM
$10 at door / Free for Crucible Members
Join us as we explore the changing of the seasons and the play on light and shadow this time of year brings. This evening will feature work from our glass, wood, stone and ceramic departments with an exquisite art show and exciting live demos. Also don’t miss our memorizing stage performances and lively DJ mixed beats.
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 Holiday Gifty Art Sale & Open House
Saturday, December 10, 2011 • 12PM to 6PM
Sunday, December 11, 2011 • 12PM to 4PM
FREE Admission
Whatever holiday you celebrate, spark it up with a visit to The Crucible’s Holiday Gifty celebration. Shop for unique and affordable gifts created by over 70 Bay Area artisans, and experience the excitement of our 56,000 sq. ft. studio, where furnaces roar and sparks fly.
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 SAVE THE DATE
Machine: A Fire Opera
January 11-14 and 18-21, 2012
Machine is set in a fiery industrial universe in which a community of workers has sold themselves into a lifetime of servitude. When one worker regains his power of self-determination, the story ignites into an explosive brew of escape plots, alliances, and unlikely love interests. Featuring two opera singers, a rock singer, percussionists that “play” the scaffolding-like set, dancers, fire performers, industrial artists such as glass blowers and blacksmiths, and visual effects including a molten metal pour, Machine will deliver the kind of spectacular and awe-inspiring performance that Crucible audiences have come to expect.
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CRUCIBLE RECOMMENDS
![]()  Art About Place (1 LU)
September 22, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
$15 AIA Members | $25 General Admission
Haines Gallery, 49 Geary Street, Suite 540, S.F.
Art enhances infrastructure and adds transformative value to the public realm. Public art influences the way we experience our city and helps to define our cultural identities. During this evening’s panel discussion, experts will share their perspectives on the state of public art in San Francisco and the strategies in place and needed to perpetuate the creation of new work in the future. Speakers will include Cheryl Haines, Director of Haines Gallery and Founder of the For-Site Foundation, Jill Manton, Director of Programs for the San Francisco Arts Commission, Cliff Garten, an internationally celebrated sculptor whose work inspires interest in public activity and Walter Hood, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design Department and internationally acclaimed public artist and designer.
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 SF Come Out and Play Festival
Invites Submissions
Game designers, artists, and makers of all stripes encouraged
to submit real-world street games for expanded festival
Festival dates: Saturday, October 29-Sunday, November 6
Submissions deadline: September 15
San Francisco’s annual Come Out and Play Festival invites real-world game submissions from the public in its first open call for submissions. Started in New York City in 2006, the festival’s second year in San Francisco promises to bring together players and game designers to experience the city anew—as a giant playground. Submissions are due on September 15, and designers should submit using the web form.
The 2011 festival will also feature an expanded weeklong schedule, taking place October 29 through November 6 and kicking off with the third Halloween edition of Journey to the End of the Night, an epic chase through the haunted streets of San Francisco. Last year’s games included the survival horror favorite Strawberry Hill, action-packed team sport Circle Rules Football, and piñata-making extravaganza Pigeon Piñata Pummel. Whilethe 2011 festival hopes to host all manner of street games, pervasive games, location-based games, and alternative sports, submissions from artists and other cultural influencers exploring game design in new ways are also encouraged.
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