Education: CIADC Helps Chicago Teens Build Birdhouses, Learn Woodworking Skills

In late March, Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center teamed up with CIADC Member Cathy Taylor and her After School Matters classes to teach basic woodworking skills and help bridge classroom subjects with experiential learning.

The students – teenagers from three different Chicago schools – had been learning about various bird habitats. Cathy selected three unique birdhouses, designed to attract a variety of bird types from wrens and nuthatches, to barn swallows and robins, kestrels and owls. CIADC prepped the wood in-house and joined the ASM classes at Gallery 37 for the final assembly. Each class was able to take three birdhouses back to their school for installation!

Our well-placed gratitude to Erik Newman, Sarah Lu, Doug Rhodus, Donna Hapac, and Vic Nelson for their help with the project. And a special thanks to Cathy Taylor for involving CIADC in this rewarding program!

Education: The First Term of Teen Courses at CIADC

Our winter season marked the first term of youth education at Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center with the completion of two consecutive five-week classes for 12 to 14 year olds in the Metalworking and Fabrication Department.

In the first class, students undertook the classic folded box exercise (shearing, bending, drilling, and riveting sheet metal) and created a forged coat hook (shearing, forging, tapering, and bending bar stock, with a wax finish). In the second five weeks, students made a candle sconce (plasma cutting, grinding, bending, and riveting sheet metal) and created a welded sculpture (shearing, bending, MIG welding, sandblasting sheet metal and finishing with a lacquer coating).

We're looking forward to ongoing and expanding involvement with young makers at CIADC – Teen Education options are open now for spring term, and for week-long summer camps!

Spring Classes

Summer Camps

Education: Full Spring 2017 Registration Listings

Sign up now to join any of our four departments. 5-week and 10-week classes beginning March 27, with educational programming for ages 12 and older:

Casting & Molding

Fabricated Metalworking & Forging

Integrated Technology & Design

Woodworking

Teen Education

Spring Open House and Cc Exhibition Opening

Join us this Saturday from 1 to 3 PM for our Spring Open House and our next exhibit opening!

Cc is a showcase of duplicates – and near duplicates. See the new works, tour the facilities and workshops, and join us to celebrate the onset of spring! Works by Brian Blankstein, Susan Curry, Danielle Euer, Tricia Fox, Natalie Kling, Peter Mikalajunas, and John Saliba.

Image: Foxes by Tricia Fox – ciadc.org/community-upcoming-exhibits

Call for Volunteers

CIADC is looking for volunteers to help with planning and day-of activities for our annual fundraiser. We're looking for help with the following:

  • co-chair event
  • event planning
  • soliciting sponsorship and item donations
  • neighborhood poster and postcard distribution
  • physical pickup up of donated items (drinks, food, supplies, auction items, etc.)
  • pre-event space transformation - Metal shop to party room (physical work)
  • decorating event space
  • working the night-of activities
  • post-event clean-up (night-of)
  • post-event space transformation - party room back to Metal shop

To volunteer, please email Janet Austin, event co-chair, at janetaustin@mac.com and let us know what tasks you are interested in helping with. Thank you!

Exhibitions: Call for Design Entries

99/1 will feature speculative designs for new public artworks. What is your ideal public work, where would it be in the city of Chicago, and why?

For 99/1 CIADC seeks 2D plans for new works designed outside the restrictions that have determined public art in Chicago to date – no budgets, no limits for location or function, just free reign for creative design.

CIADC Members and Students interested in taking part in this exhibit should send your public art design images to socialmedia@ciadc.org or speak to Nathan Smith at the front desk. Each submission should include an image of a proposed artwork, a location/site within the city of Chicago that the work was designed for, and a personal statement about the design.

To participate, please be in touch by Sunday, May 21 or fill out the form online at ciadc.org/open-call-for-entry. The exhibit will open on Saturday, June 3 and will be on display through Sunday, August 13.

Exhibitions: Submissions for Next Membership Exhibit Close Monday, February 13

All CIADC member interested in participating in the upcoming exhibit Cc – be sure to send in your entry by the end of the day on Monday!

Cc will be a showcase of duplicates – and near duplicates. Entries may include series, editions, models, maquettes, and product lines. We are seeking personal projects that have been realized with the resources atCIADC incorporating metal, wood, casting, molding, or technological processes. 

CIADC Members interested in taking part in this exhibit should send a description of your duplicate project(s) with images to socialmedia@ciadc.org or speak to Nathan Smith, Sandra Stone, or Danielle Euer at the front desk!

To participate, please be in touch by Monday, February 13

  • Works will be selected by Monday, February 20
  • Drop-off will take place Monday, February 27 through Sunday, March 5
  • The exhibit will open on Saturday, March 11
  • Cc will be on display through Sunday, May 21

Chicago Call for Art: 50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts Projects

The city of Chicago will be investing in public art in all 50 wards in 2017, with a public call for artists now available: 50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts Projects.

This is a great opportunity for industrials artists and sculptors to leave their mark on the city – deadline for initial applications is February 24, 2017 – apply and create new works at CIADC!

Winter Open House and Survey Exhibition Opening

Join us this Saturday from 1-3 PM for our seasonal open house – tour our facilities and workshops as we celebrate a selection of new works in the Survey exhibition developed over the past year by Janet Austin, Stephan Bossert, David Curry, Donna Hapac, Victor Nelson, Julia Paloma, and Jeffrey Visotsky.



Image above: Stephen Bossert, Eleven Roses, Sheet metal and bar stock, 2016.

Education: Winter Instruction Modules

Now that the term is in its second week, there's still a variety of one- and two-session education modules to join. Check out the options below, and drop in for a night and learn something new!

Instruction Modules

 

CMSA at CIADC in 2017

Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center is pleased to announce that CIADC will be collaborating with after school clubs at Chicago Math and Science Academy in Rogers Park in Spring 2017.

CIADC will be creating project-specific instruction for CMSA drama and art clubs to realize 3D objects in the Woodworking Department and the Casting and Molding Department. We're looking forward to partnering with this excellent neighborhood school to create new works together next year!

Final Call For Entries | SURVEY

This weekend is the last chance for members to send in submissions for the next Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center exhibition – send us your best from the last year!

SURVEY

As the seasons change, we look back at the body of work created throughout this year at Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center. Our next exhibit will present a selection of new works developed at CIADC in the past year.

We are seeking personal projects that have been realized with the resources at CIADC incorporating metal, wood, casting, molding, and technological processes.

CIADC Members interested in taking part in this exhibit should send a description of your 2016 project(s) with images to socialmedia@ciadc.org or speak to Nathan Smith, Sandra Stone, or Danielle Euer at the front desk!         

To participate, please be in touch by Saturday, December 10, 2016

  • Works will be selected by Thursday, December 15
  • Drop-off will take place during the first week of Winter Term: Monday, January 2 through Sunday, January 8
  • The exhibit will open on Saturday, January 21, 2017

Give a Creative Gift this Holiday Season!

3 ways to save on CIADC programming this Holiday Season:

1. Refer a Friend 10% Discount

Bring a Friend to a CIADC Core Class and both of you receive 10% Back! Our thanks for helping us grow the CIADC community

Please Note: At least one of you must be NEW to CIADC (not have taken a 1/2-term or full-term Core Class previously), and have yet to register for Class

To receive the refund, you need to:

  • Both individually register for your Core Class; You do NOT have to be in the same Class to receive the discount

  • Email us at info@ciadc.org with your and your friend's names and both registration Order Numbers

After we receive the email, we will refund 10% of the tuition to you and your friend. One discount per person per term; BOTH registrations and the email must be received before the start of the Class

See our Department Class offerings here

2. 10% Off New -or- Renewed CIADC Membership

Purchase a 12-month rolling Membership now through December 31, 2016 at nearly $20 off! Membership valid for 12-months from purchase date, or current Membership expiration date, whichever is later. Members receive programming discounts and Membership helps support our organization

Use discount code Member10 at checkout to start or continue receiving Membership perks

See more about Member perks and purchasing a Membership here

3. Discounted Tuition on NEW Department Classes For Members

We want to make it a bit easier for Members to take a Core Class in a NEW Department. Meet the STUC prerequisite and/or Learn a new material and process to incorporate into your creative practice

Receive 5% Back on a single Core Class you register for in a Department you have yet to take a Core Class in

Receive 10% Back on that NEW Department Class if you also register for another Core Classes (in any Department) for the term

Please Note: Offer valid to current CIADC Members only. A NEW Department Core Class is a 1/2-term to full-term Class in a Department you have yet to complete a Core Class in

To receive the refund, you need to:

  • register for your NEW Department Core Class (and other Core Class, if applicable)

  • Email us at info@ciadc.org with your name and registration Order Number

After we receive the email, we will refund either 5% or 10% of NEW Department Core Class tuition to you. One discount per person per term; Registration and the email must be received before the start of the Class

See our Department Class offerings here

Education: Winter Enrollment Is Open

Winter enrollment is now open for the term beginning January 3, 2017. Core Classes will be offered in 5- and 10-week sections, there will be a selection of single-session instruction modules, and CIADC is offering teen-focused courses on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.

CASTING AND MOLDING

Core Classes

Instruction Modules

Teen Education

METALWORKING

Core Classes

Instruction Modules

Teen Education

TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN

Core Classes

WOODWORKING

Core Classes

Teen Education

Safety and Tool Use Certification on Saturday, December 17

And for all members who are not planning to enroll in Core Classes this term, please be sure to attend the Safety and Tool Use Certification (STUC) sessions to maintain access to open studio time! There have been some modifications to STUC training and access:

To be eligible for a Safety and Tool Use Certification in any Department, you must: 1) be a current CIADC Member, and 2) have previously completed at least one Core Class in that Department. Scheduled STUCs are still free, however Access Members pay for a discounted 5-OSA punch card when they register for the STUC. 

One of a Kind: CIADC Candlestick Donations

The Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center held an open call for candlestick donations from our community this summer. The candlestick holders represent the variety of industrial processes that take place in our metal, wood, technology and casting departments here at CIADC.

A selection of these works are now on display and for sale in the reception area at CIADC. 100% of the proceeds from all candlestick purchases will be put in the Operating Budget for new tools and Department upgrades. Great for a holiday gift that supports CIADC – stop in and make a candlestick holder yours!

David Goth – Mild steel, terra cotta, cast concrete $40

David Goth – Mild steel, terra cotta, cast concrete $40

David Goth is a student in the Fabricated Metalworking and Forging Department. David's candlestick holder is made of steel rods that were cast into a terra cotta pot with concrete.

Sarah Holden – Mild steel, velvet flocking hand bent, hammered and welded steel wire $125 

Sarah Holden – Mild steel, velvet flocking hand bent, hammered and welded steel wire $125 

Sarah Holden is an instructor in the Fabricated Metalworking and Forging Department. Sarah's candlestick is made of mild steel wire that was hammered, bent and welded together into sheets of patterned metal that she then cut and formed into a triangle shape. The red flocked heart bottom is coated with velvet to both highlight the heart bottom and protect the surface it sits on.

Natalie Kling – cast concrete $30 per set

Natalie Kling – cast concrete $30 per set

Natalie Kling is a continuing student in the Fabricated Metalworking and Forging Department. Natalie's candlestick holders were inspired by negative space. Natalie's favorite part of creating these pieces was investigating the variety of negative spaces available in her recycling bin. Her spent Trader Joe's spice containers created her favorite shapes.

Peter Mikalajunas – Forged and fabricated mild steel $200

Peter Mikalajunas – Forged and fabricated mild steel $200

Peter Mikalajunas is a continuing student in the Fabricated Metalworking and Forging Department. Peter's candlestick holders were created as an opportunity to experiment with different processes – forging steel rod flat and forming it into a spiral. Forming mild steel sheet to create dimensional leaves and welding together sections of steel round stock to create organic forms were all processes that Peter wanted to experiment with at CIADC.

Vic Nelson – Fabricated mild steel and plywood $150

Vic Nelson – Fabricated mild steel and plywood $150

Vic Nelson is a continuing student and monitor in the Fabricated Metalworking and Forging and Woodworking Departments. Vic's candlestick holder is informed by his interest in architecture and is made of brazed steel and fabricated plywood.

Dan O'Brien – Forged and fabricated mild steel $75

Dan O'Brien – Forged and fabricated mild steel $75

Dan O'Brien is a continuing student and monitor in the Fabricated Metalworking and Forging Deparment. Dan's candlestick holder was inspired by the paisley patterns of the 1960's hippie California where he grew up.

 

 

 

 

Celebration: CIADC & CSI Holiday Gathering

Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center is grateful to be co-hosting a year-end holiday celebration with Chicago Sculpture International, to be held at 6433 North Ravenswood Avenue on Saturday, December 3 from 6-8 PM.

CIADC and CSI Members (+guests) should RSVP by November 30 with name(s) attending to info@ciadc.org; use "CIADC/CSI Holiday Party" as the email subject line!

Please bring holiday hors d’oeuvres or dessert to share AND a wrapped white elephant gift (1 gift per person attending). We will provide beer, wine, and non-alcoholic drinks.

The evening will include live music, a cookie decorating contest, a white elephant gift exchange, and great holiday celebration with 3D creatives. Join us!