Discover your hidden talents, learn to sculpt at the home of one of America’s greatest artists. Create a portrait relief, a design for a new coin, or a figure in the round. Learn how to make a mold, cast your sculpture, and then finish the surface to look like bronze. Classes are co-sponsored by Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site and the Friends of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial.
 
Beginning workshops on figurative sculpture are available for adults (ages 16 and up) and young adults (ages 13-15). Participants will learn the basics of the sculpture process and how to sculpt with clay. Everyone will work on a sculpture of their own.

Children's workshop (ages 5-10). Participants will make a three-dimensional plaster cast of their hand.

Advanced workshops are a follow up to the beginning workshop, or for those with some knowledge of the sculpture process.
 
Special workshops are offered on Casting and Mold Making. Participants will cast their own art work. A class on Patination will cover methods to make a plaster cast appear like bronze.

Reservations for workshops must be made in advance. Classes meet from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Clay and tools are provided. Young adults' workshops are $20 each. Adult and Advanced $30, Rubber Mold Making, $60 and Portrait Head class series, $120. A discount is offered to members of the Friends of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial. For more information and to register, contact the park at (603) 675-2175 ext.106, www.nps.gov/saga

2009 Workshop Schedule:

June 6         Adults
June 13       Adults
June 27        Young adults
July 11        Advanced
July 18        Adults
July 25        Adults
Aug 1          Advanced
Aug 8          Children (age 5–10) making hand casts
Aug 15         Advanced
Aug 22/23    Rubber mold making (2-part series)
Aug 29         Casting sculpture in plaster
Sept 5/12/19  Modeling life-size portrait head (3-part series)
Sept 26        Sculptural Visions event
Oct 3/4         Patination and surface treatments for plaster castings
Oct 10          Adults
Oct 17          Advanced