Craft Center
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Classes and Workshops
The UC San Diego Craft Center offers a variety of quarterly classes and workshops as well as demonstrations, lectures, exhibits and art sales. Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned crafter, we welcome you to join us!
PLEASE NOTE: Studio Orientations are required for individual access to ceramics, jewelry/glass art, woodworking and surfboard shaping studios. They are offered quarterly and do not replace instruction. New orientations are required if use has lapsed for a year or more. Please refer to the orientation schedule or email us at craftcenter@ucsd.edu.
Open Studio Access
We currently offer open studio access in our jewelry studio, ceramics studio and surfboard shaping bays.
Jewelry: We now offer scheduled open studio access for our current jewelry students as well as for intermediate and advanced level jewelry practitioners to work independently using our jewelry equipment. Prior to accessing the jewelry studio independently, current students must have instructor approval after successful completion of related courses. Students must be able to operate equipment safely and achieve a required level of competency when operating the jewelry equipment. Outside jewelry practitioners must attend a jewelry safety orientation as well as successfully complete a jewelry bench test. An experienced monitor will be on site each session to ensure proper safety protocols are met as well as answer some questions but no instruction will be provided.
Ceramics: We offer open studio memberships for our current ceramics students or for intermediate to advanced level ceramics practitioners to work independently using our studio equipment. Prior to accessing studios independently, participants must have instructor approval either through the successful completion of a studio orientation or related course. Daily and Monthly memberships are available for purchase. Daily memberships are approximately $15-$28 depending on campus affiliation. Monthly memberships are approximately $115-$190 depending on campus affiliation and are prorated. Active ceramics students receive a discount on both memberships.
Surfboard Shaping: We offer 1 or 3 day passes. Prior to accessing studios independently, participants must have instructor approval either through the successful completion of a studio orientation or related course. For a single 3-hour visit, the pass ranges from approximately $36-60 depending on campus affiliation. For three 3-hour passes, the cost ranges from approximately $108-$180 depending on campus affiliation.