Tech Times

Category: Arts

  • Spookah Gallery Talk and Reception

    Spookah Gallery Talk and Reception

    Please join us at the Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, located in Roaden University Center, on September 26th at 4:30pm for the Gallery Talk and Recepetion featuring mixed media sculputure by Spookah.

  • Fall Workshops at the Craft Center

    Fall Workshops at the Craft Center

    Come celebrate the fall season with craft! We’re offering four daylong workshops on Saturday, October 5, in bladesmithing, broom making, stained glass and weaving. Spots won’t last long – sign up today! Click here to register

  • Guest Author Stacey Levine

    Guest Author Stacey Levine

    Center Stage welcomes author Stacey Levine on Thursday, September 19 at 7 p.m. at the Backdoor Playhouse.

    Stacey Levine is the author of five books of uniquely original voice-driven fiction. Her novel MICE 1961, concerns a young woman bullied for her albinism during the Cold War era. Levine’s short fiction collection MY HORSE AND OTHER STORIES won a PEN Fiction Award; THE GIRL WITH BROWN FUR, longlisted for The Story Prize, was also shortlisted for the Washington State Book Award, and her novel FRANCES JOHNSON was also shortlisted for the Washington State Book Award.

    Contact athurmond@tntech.edu for more information.

  • Yarn Spinning Workshop at the Appalachian Center for Craft

    Yarn Spinning Workshop at the Appalachian Center for Craft

    Learn the basics of how to process wool from sheep to finished skein! Using hand carded art batts and a drop spindle, you will create your own one-of-a-kind hand-spun yarn. By the end of class, you will be going home with a new fiber skillset, drop spindle and a unique skein of yarn! No experience necessary. Reminder that all students, faculty, staff and employees of Tennessee Tech may use the code WINGSUP for a 25% discount!
    Register or find more info here.

  • Intermediate Bladesmithing Workshop at the Appalachian Center for Craft

    Intermediate Bladesmithing Workshop at the Appalachian Center for Craft

    Learn intermediate bladesmithing skills by forging and finishing a knife design of their choosing. Topics and skills covered will include steel types, forging, grinding, blade geometry, heat-treatment, and handle design, including the fabrication and fitting of bolsters. Basic blacksmithing/bladesmithing skills required. At least 1 previous basic bladesmithing class recommended. Click here to register!

  • Cyanotype – Printing with Light Workshop at the Craft Center

    Cyanotype – Printing with Light Workshop at the Craft Center

    August 4 – 9, 2024
    This experimental workshop introduces cyanotype, a printing process that can be very simple to create at home or in a darkroom environment. Whether documenting the natural world or creating photographic compositions, student outcomes include creating photograms on paper and fabric with found objects and transparencies as negatives. This week-long workshop will teach you to harness the sun and a UV light source for creating beautiful handmade prints that will become addictive once you know the basics! Find more info or register here!

  • Basketweaving with Foraged Materials at the Appalachian Center for Craft

    Basketweaving with Foraged Materials at the Appalachian Center for Craft

    Learn to harvest, process and weave with a number of invasive vines that grow in the Southeast. The mature vines of wisteria, kudzu, and Japanese honeysuckle can be processed into material which forms the structure for strong and beautiful baskets. We will discuss both traditional weaving techniques and more sculptural designs for working with this plentiful material. Students can expect to leave with material they have processed themselves and at least one completed basket. No prior experience required, however moderate hand strength is necessary. Click here for more information!

  • Weeklong Workshops at the Appalachian Center for Craft

    Weeklong Workshops at the Appalachian Center for Craft

    Our weeklong workshops (July 21-26) are filling up so act fast! These workshops include activities such as pottery, basketweaving, woodworking, blacksmithing, filigree and dealmaking. Don’t forget that Tech students and employees get 25% off with the code WINGSUP! Find more info here.

    Pottery Boot Camp with Audry Deal-McEver
    Basketweaving with Foraged Materials with Angela Eastman
    Greenwoodworking Fundamentals with Tyler Rogers
    Spoons, Spatulas and More with Anna Koplic
    Filigree with Sishi Wang
    Dollmaking with Charlie Patricolo

  • Weekend Workshops at the Craft Center, May 31 – June 2

    Weekend Workshops at the Craft Center, May 31 – June 2

    Weekend workshop spots are open for May 31 – Jun 2. Topics include paper making, clay pots, wood turning, printmaking and jewelry! Tennessee Tech students, faculty and staff receive 25% off workshop tuition with the code WINGSUP. Click here for more info!

    Investigations in Paper Making with Sally C. Garner
    Pots with Purpose with DeVonn Caldwell
    Stacker Rings and Studs with Brie Flora
    Intro to Spindle Turning with Heather Ashworth
    Relief Printmaking with Jen Luna

  • Workshops at the Appalachian Center for Craft, May 25

    Workshops at the Appalachian Center for Craft, May 25

    Take a daylong workshop at the Craft Center! Seats are still available in bookbinding, clay and wood workshops on May 25. Tennessee Tech students, faculty and staff receive 25% off workshop tuition with the code WINGSUP. Click here for more info!

    Bookbinding and Coptic Stitch with Autumn McPeak
    Cut it Out with Amy Evans
    Handcut Dovetails with Jeff Wyatt