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The Crucible http://www.thecrucible.org

The Crucible

1260 Seventh Street

(2 blocks from West Oakland BART)

Oakland, CA 94607Map this

The Crucible is a non-profit educational facility that fosters a collaboration of Arts, Industry and Community. Through training in the fine and industrial arts, The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials, and innovative design while serving as an accessible arts venue for the...

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Name: Jan Schlesinger
Position: Marketing Director
Email: jan@thecrucible.org
Phone: 510-444-0919
Fax: 510-444-0918

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The Crucible Arts Education ProgramThe Bay Area’s only nonprofit sculpture studio, industrial arts school and art center, founded in 1999 by a small group of artists led by Michael Sturtz. The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials, and innovative design through a wide variety of classes and community services. Students of all ages from all over California and beyond come to The Crucible to learn from art and industry professionals in the best-equipped industrial arts facility in the Bay Area. Hands-on classes average one instructor for every six students, ensuring that every student has access to tools and materials and receives personal attention. An extensive curriculum of classes offered nowhere else inspires people to create, gives them the skills they need to do so, while keeping tuition affordable. The Crucible has become known for spectacular fundraising events that blend fire and art.

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Corporate Teambuilding Workshops at The CrucibleThe Crucible offers a unique way to ignite your company’s creative fires with a variety of workshops designed to inspire and encourage teamwork and fresh approaches to problem solving. The goal of each workshop is for the team to design and produce a unique work of art to take home. Whether it’s a beautiful handmade glass paperweight or a regal steel throne to display in the company’s lobby, whatever your team makes will serve as a reminder of the time spent working, learning, and being creative with their colleagues. Working with the Crucible’s staff, team members are guided through hands-on art projects aimed at rekindling their imaginations, while encouraging them to collaborate in new ways. The Crucible offers customized workshops in blacksmithing, welding, glass fusing and flameworking, jewelry, torch cutting, and even fire eating!

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The Crucible's Holiday Gifty and Art ShowSaturday, December 13, 2008 - Sunday, December 14, 2008Whatever holiday you celebrate, spark it up with a visit to The Crucible’s Holiday Gifty celebration, Saturday & Sunday, December 13-14th, 10AM-6PM. Shop for affordable handcrafted gifts by over 60 Bay Area artisans, and experience the excitement of our 56,000 sq. ft. studio, where furnaces roar and sparks fly. It's nothing like going to the mall, with amazing performances and demonstrations of the industrial arts skills taught at The Crucible, plus a multi-discipline art show. There's food and beverages, and the jolly old elf himself will make a very unique appearance. This is a FREE family-friendly event. When you do your holiday shopping at The Crucible, you're supporting a community of artisans as well as our mission to keep art accessible to all!
The Crucible's Classes Bring Out Your Creative GeniusThe Crucible gives people from all walks of life the tools to be innovative, playful, and exercise their imaginations. Creativity is an essential part of success in today’s world, says legendary advertising executive George Lois, “Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.” And yet, schools have slashed their art programs, and most adults struggle to find an environment that allows them the freedom to experiment and imagine. That is why The Crucible has become such an important place to the nearly 5,000 people a year who discover their own creative spark by building a bookshelf, making a necklace, fixing a motorcycle, or bending metal into an artistic sculpture. The Crucible’s 56,000 square foot workspace, now the largest public industry and arts facility on the west coast, offers courses not available in public schools, universities and art studios.
Managing DirectorThe Managing Director oversees the day-to-day management and administration of The Crucible. Major areas of responsibility include human resources and staff management, project management, management of strategic initiatives, development of policies and procedures, administration of contracts and insurance policies, management of permits and licenses, oversight of office systems and community/government relations. The Managing Director is the senior member of the staff management and policymaking team, taking the lead role in internal affairs, and works closely with the Executive Director and Board of Directors to identify goals and strategies to ensure operational stability.
New faculty and class proposalsThe Crucible, a nonprofit arts education community organization is currently seeking instructors for arc welding, wood working, stone carving, and kinetics. If you have experience and interest in teaching fine and industrial arts to the community, we encourage you to apply! The Crucible faculty is comprised of Bay Area artists, tradespeople, artisans and educators who teach innovative educational programs to students of all ages, experience levels and areas of interest. The Crucible seeks a staff of broad diversity and strongly encourages women and people of color to apply. Class Proposals and Faculty Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Your class may also be considered for a different semester in the future depending on studio availability. Please note that applying does not guarantee acceptance.
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