Are you ready for Maker Faire 2019? With countless inventors, brilliant educators, and hundreds of demonstrations heading to Maker Faire this weekend, we thought you might need some help knowing what you cannot miss.
For the past twenty years, Rosa Dorantes has been dedicated to sharing her knowledge of ceramics. An Oakland-native who found The Crucible just over one year ago, Rosa has transformed our Ceramics Department into a sanctuary that keeps students coming back. In the year since she has taken over as Department Head, multiple students have taken Ceramics I with Rosa three times in a row.
Youth summer camp registration is open, and we chose our top camp picks so you can plan the best summer ever!
On Saturday night, The Crucible community gathered for our 20th Anniversary Fire & Light Soirée and Art Auction, contributing over $240,000 in support of The Crucible’s industrial arts programming, by bidding on 17 different works of art in the auction and through direct donations to our programming. See our favorite photos from Soirée on our blog!
Meet Kasa Du, Ku Rah, and Hla Dah! Originally from Burma, these three siblings moved to Oakland eight years ago, and participated in The Crucible's youth camps completely free. For Kasa Du, coming to The Crucible was eye-opening in a number of ways.
This weekend, you helped us set an all-time-high Open House attendance record, with over 1,600 attendees! Local artists and Crucible faculty sold their work, our expert faculty gave demonstrations in all 19 of our departments, and kids were busy playing Bingo to win a bike.
Join us on Saturday, March 30 from 12-5pm for a free day of art, community, performances, demonstrations, and more at our Crucible Open House!
Join us in remembering and celebrating Raphael Allen’s dedication to education, and help us raise funds to further expand access to the arts through the Raphael Allen Fund.
The possibilities of what you can create with wax, fire, and molten metal are endless. Casting jewelry and sculptures from wax makes it easy to capture fine details in your piece, the process is cost and time effective, and it gives you the ability to make multiples of the same piece.