Discover your hidden talents, learn to sculpt at the home of one of America’s greatest artists. Enroll in the sculpture workshops offered at the park by 2008 sculptor-in-residence, Leesa Haapapuro. 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.
 
Saint-Gaudens NHS
2008 Sculpture Workshops

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.
 
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, both for traditional plaster molds. 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, Teacher Workshop $40, 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.142, www.nps.gov/saga

On Saturday, September 27, 2008, the park will host a special event: Sculptural Visions: Clay, Wood, Metal, Stone. Part of this celebration will be a bronze casting demonstration by Glen Campbell, artist/owner of an art foundry in Rutland, Vermont. Two pieces of sculpture will be cast in bronze during the demonstration.

2008 Workshop Schedule:

May 31  - Adults
June 7 - Adults
June 14  - Advanced
June 21  - Adults
June 28 - Young Adults
July 12 – Advanced
July 19 – Adults
July 26 – Adults
Aug 2 - Advanced
Aug 9 - Sculpture workshop for teachers (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
Aug 16 -  Plaster mold making
Aug 23/24 - Rubber mold making (2-part series)
Aug 30 - Casting sculpture in plaster with discussion of other casting mediums
Sept 6/13/20 - Modeling life-size portrait head (3-part series)
Sept 27 - Sculptural Visions event
Oct 4/5 - Patination and surface treatments for plaster castings with discussion of other mediums
Oct 11 – Open forum