YouTube video of an iron pour in Moncure

Liberty Arts Classes

Liberty Arts teaches sculpture-based community classes and invites the public to view bronze pours at our Casting Facility in the George Watts Hill Pavilion in Durham Central Park on a regular basis.


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Upcoming Fall and Winter Classes

Iron Casting Workshop - Starts Nov. 3
Sculpture Class - Assemblage (Concepts and Construction) -Starts Mar. 6

Iron Casting Workshop 2009

Embrace this rare opportunity to join local artists in creating your own unique iron castings. Throughout the month of November, Liberty Arts will be offering classes to prepare sand molds for an Iron Pour held on Saturday, November 28 at the Moncure Mechanism of Art in Moncure, NC. Sand Mold Workshops will be held at Liberty Arts from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm on the following Open Studio dates:

Cost: $250.00 per student
Contact Michael Waller @ 919.452.8642, wallerfoushee @ embarqmail.com for more details

Sculpture Class - Assemblage (Concepts and Construction): Saturday Afternoons in March, 2010

Saturday afternoons in March, 1 pm to 4pm.

Cost $200, with some materials included

Sculpture Class - Assemblage (Concepts and Construction)

Example of Jeff Bells's Work
Example of Jeff Bell‘s Sculpture

Learn concepts of using found materials and their implications. Students will devise and construct a sculpture using basic joining and building techniques while also cultivating their own ideas about assemblage. Some materials will be available and students are also encouraged to collect and bring their own. The class is for 4 weeks, 3 hour sessions meeting once a week on Saturday afternoons, with a 10 student limit. Jeff Bell, instructor.

To register, call Jeff at 919.423.2669 or email him at jeffbellart @ gmail.com or send in the registration form.

Jeff Bell Biography

Jeff Bell received a BA in Studio Art and one in Art History from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He moved to Durham and worked for eight years in the Registrar‘s Department at the Nasher Museum of Art. He received a MFA from North Carolina at Greensboro in 2008. Jeff makes assemblage sculptures and drawings. He has shown his work across the state. View more work at http://jeff-bell.com/.

Jeff lives in Durham with his wife Reagan and son Finnegan.