Looking for hat and jewelry making courses - Boston area
July 28, 2011 12:41 PM Subscribe
I am looking for recommendations for two course: one in making jewelry and one in making hats in the Boston area. I did note a hat course at the design school, but you have to be enrolled in a degree program. Has anyone taken any courses in the above they could recommend? Thanks!
There's a jewelry program at the North Bennet St. School (near the Old North Church in the North End)
May be a long shot, but try Marie Galvin at Galvinized Hats in the South End (450 Harrison, where First Fridays are); she might run a class. Her hats/fascinators are fantastic, and she's lovely.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 1:51 PM on July 28, 2011
May be a long shot, but try Marie Galvin at Galvinized Hats in the South End (450 Harrison, where First Fridays are); she might run a class. Her hats/fascinators are fantastic, and she's lovely.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 1:51 PM on July 28, 2011
What kind of hat/s do you want to make, and in what sort of course format?
Here are some semester-long and college-affiliated options:
Boston University offers millinery classes as part of the Costume Design program in the College of Fine Arts. A costume-designer former roommate took both courses and recommended them highly. Sadly they aren't offered every year and it looks like there's nothing scheduled for 11-12.
I know you mentioned the design school but I'm not sure whether you mean MassArt or the School of Fashion Design (on Newbury Street) - both seem to offer millinery options.
And here are some shorter, less intensive programs I have first hand experience with:
The Eliot School in Jamaica Plain is offering a one-day workshop in January on Felted Hats. I haven't taken this course but have done other programs there - the instructors are very knowledgeable.
They don't have any hat/millinery classes currently (and are suspending all classes for August and September to move into new space), but Artisan's Asylum offers a lot of Fiber Arts classes. I took an Alterations class there and it was great.
I found the administrators at both the Eliot School and Artisan's Asylum to be very receptive to feedback - if either of these are of any interest to you, it might be worth calling them up to get further information, suggest a millinery/haberdashery class, etc.
posted by Signed Sealed Delivered at 6:03 PM on July 28, 2011
Here are some semester-long and college-affiliated options:
Boston University offers millinery classes as part of the Costume Design program in the College of Fine Arts. A costume-designer former roommate took both courses and recommended them highly. Sadly they aren't offered every year and it looks like there's nothing scheduled for 11-12.
I know you mentioned the design school but I'm not sure whether you mean MassArt or the School of Fashion Design (on Newbury Street) - both seem to offer millinery options.
And here are some shorter, less intensive programs I have first hand experience with:
The Eliot School in Jamaica Plain is offering a one-day workshop in January on Felted Hats. I haven't taken this course but have done other programs there - the instructors are very knowledgeable.
They don't have any hat/millinery classes currently (and are suspending all classes for August and September to move into new space), but Artisan's Asylum offers a lot of Fiber Arts classes. I took an Alterations class there and it was great.
I found the administrators at both the Eliot School and Artisan's Asylum to be very receptive to feedback - if either of these are of any interest to you, it might be worth calling them up to get further information, suggest a millinery/haberdashery class, etc.
posted by Signed Sealed Delivered at 6:03 PM on July 28, 2011
I was really happy with the intro jewelry class at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.
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