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CCCAC members receive a discount on classes! Are you a member of the of the Copper Country Community Arts Center? Members receive discounts on classes! Your annual membership supports the CCCAC mission, gets you a 10% discount on Member Days in our Artists Market Sales Gallery, monthly newsletter with art postcards, early entry into our annual Poor Artists Sale, and now discounts on art classes. Join for the introductory rate of $25 for 2020 (or renew) and support the arts in our community! Visit coppercountryarts.com/give for more information, call us, or stop by to become a member.
YOUTH & ADULT CLASSES
Classes are for adult students ages 16 and up (14 if accompanied by a paying parent or legal guardian) unless otherwise specified as a youth art class.
REFUNDS & CANCELLATIONS
In the event of a cancellation, students will be refunded in full one week prior to the start of class, then half the amount after. No refunds will be given to cancellations made the day before class starts, the first day of class, or after class begins. Fees cannot be transferred to future classes. Cancellations due to emergencies will be considered on a case by case basis. Students will receive full refunds for classes that are cancelled due to low enrollment.
STUDIOS
The CCCAC is also home to a black & white photography darkroom, clay studio & clay co-op, and letterpress studio. Individuals that are interested in utilizing any of the spaces must be current 2020 CCCAC members, have previous experience, taken a class, and/or pass a certification test.
Clay Co-Op
The fee to join is $30 for each 15-hour punch card and $1 per pound of clay. Must have prior experience with clay. After joining the co-op and receiving orientation, the clay studio is available for use during Arts Center open hours. The Clay Co-Op meets on Mondays from 5-7pm. Send us an e-mail for more information or if you'd like to stop by on a Monday during Co-Op hours.
Photography Darkroom
The CCCAC darkroom is available to experienced photographers for black and white developing & printing. Punch cards are available for purchase, $25 for 15 hours.
Letterpress Studio
Take a certification class to use the CCCAC Letterpress studio during open studio hours. Fee: $35 per 3 hours press time; payment required before a project begins.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Partial scholarships may be available for adult classes. Scholarship applicants should be able to state why attending class poses a financial hardship, their interest and/or background (if any) in the class they are interested in taking, and what kind of volunteer work they are able to do.
Partial scholarships are available for youth art camps. Availability varies each year. Contact bonnie@coppercountryarts.com for more information.
STUDIOS
The CCCAC is also home to a black & white photography darkroom, clay studio & clay co-op, and letterpress studio. Individuals that are interested in utilizing any of the spaces must be current 2020 CCCAC members, have previous experience, taken a class, and/or pass a certification test.
Clay Co-Op
The fee to join is $30 for each 15-hour punch card and $1 per pound of clay. Must have prior experience with clay. After joining the co-op and receiving orientation, the clay studio is available for use during Arts Center open hours. The Clay Co-Op meets on Mondays from 5-7pm. Send us an e-mail for more information or if you'd like to stop by on a Monday during Co-Op hours.
Photography Darkroom
The CCCAC darkroom is available to experienced photographers for black and white developing & printing. Punch cards are available for purchase, $25 for 15 hours.
Letterpress Studio
Take a certification class to use the CCCAC Letterpress studio during open studio hours. Fee: $35 per 3 hours press time; payment required before a project begins.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Partial scholarships may be available for adult classes. Scholarship applicants should be able to state why attending class poses a financial hardship, their interest and/or background (if any) in the class they are interested in taking, and what kind of volunteer work they are able to do.
Partial scholarships are available for youth art camps. Availability varies each year. Contact bonnie@coppercountryarts.com for more information.
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ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTORS JOHN ARNOLD is an Architect with broad interests in developing and maintaining healthy cultural landscapes. John hails from Alaska (which is mostly nature) and has practiced in Washington, Oregon, and California (which are mostly people), and moved to the Keweenaw to live and work in a place which balances the two just about perfectly. TOM BLESSING is a local poet that lives and writes in Calumet, Michigan. CYNTHIA COTÉ is the founding director of the CCCAC. She balances her work as a studio artist and an arts administrator. Her art is a mix of drawing, collage and re-assembled books as well as fiber art and beadwork. STEPHANIE FLINT graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a Bachelor of Science in photography and a minor in creative writing. She merged the two interests into book cover design and photographic illustration, but she particularly enjoys writing speculative fiction. She’s currently writing The Wishing Blade, a fantasy series, and she co-authored Distant Horizon and Glitch, a YA science fiction series. TERRI FREW is a Canadian artist and educator based in the Keweenaw. Frequent themes found in her work include nature, animals, and the occult. Terri holds a Master’s of Fine Art degree from Concordia University, Montréal Canada. PAIGE GWYN is an intermedia artist and a certified K-12 art teacher with a BFA and two years of teaching experience. She is working to obtain an MA in education. LINDSEY HEIDEN recently moved back to the U.P. with her family from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her work is sculptural and for the past couple of years, she has worked in a miniature scale. Through her work, she tells stories with a cast of modified animal characters that show up through a variety of narratives and forms. TRISH HELSEL spent a semester sabbatical with the Center for Puppetry Arts, in Atlanta, GA, where her passion for puppetry grew to inspire a new initiative at Michigan Technological University in the form of The Puppet Project. She received a Research Excellence Fund grant from MTU to create a puppet stage and pursue research in puppet construction and manipulation which resulted in the offering of a new course in the Visual and Performing Arts Department, as well as summer workshops for all ages (2019) in partnership with CCCAC. PAMELA KOTILA is a comic artist and illustrator with a focus on comics. They currently publish three comics online, and have printed and published fiveprojects in the past three years. BONNIE LOUKUS is an interdisciplinary artist and Assistant Director of the CCCAC. She has recently returned from a three-month artist’s residency at the TYPA Center for Paper and Printmaking in Tartu, Estonia. MADHURA MEHENDALE is an artist who focuses on watercolor and acrylic painting. DANIEL SCHNEIDER is a book artist and industrial archaeologist. He has taught numerous classes and workshops in letterpress printing and zine making at the Copper Country Community Arts Center. He completed a book arts apprenticeship at Deep Wood Press outside Mancelona, Michigan, and recently returned from a three-month artist’s residency at the TYPA Center for Paper and Printmaking in Tartu, Estonia. TAMMY TOJ GAJEWSKI has been drawing, painting, and doing clay since 1970. She graduated from UW-River Falls with a BFA in 1988, and earned her MPA in 2007 from Northern Michigan University. She has volunteered at CCCAC for over 15 years running the clay co-op. She has a great sense of humor and believes anyone can be creative. HANNAH SMITH is a recent graduate of Finlandia University, fiber artist, CCCAC Summer Arts Camp coordinator, and CCCAC Gallery Manager. BILL THOMPSON is a working studio artist, disabled veteran, and holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Art from Finlandia University. |
Clay Co-Op
Love clay and need a space to work on your upcoming projects? Join our Clay Co-Op! The fee to join is $30 for each 15 hour punch card and $1 per pound of clay. The fee includes existing glazes, tools, and studio usage. Previous experience with clay is required before joining the Co-Op.
Play with Clay Every Monday from 5-7pm. Need some time to de-stress and re-introduce yourself to clay? Stop by Play with Clay on Mondays from 5-7pm. $12 for two hours of clay time. No firing, no glaze-just play and clean up! Contact CCCAC Clay Co-Op Manager Tammy Gajewski at tojgajewski@gmail.com for more information.
Photography Darkroom
The CCCAC darkroom is available to experienced photographers for black and white developing. E-mail ccarts@coppercountryarts.com for more information.
The CCCAC darkroom is available to experienced photographers for black and white developing. E-mail ccarts@coppercountryarts.com for more information.
