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Center: ‘It’s a low-key type of place’ ■ Continued from Page 1 glass, paper and photography Each term about ft 5 classes are offered In these areas Students can purchase a day pass for $1 50 or a term pass for So The center also offers sp© ( ials for 55, such as tie-dying and hike repair, and term spe rials like wine basket-making or seasonal crafts Students con also go when there is not a i lass and work on their own It is a wonderful place. Ness said Students can go between classes and work on a projei t for an hour, or they can spend hours working with some of the supervisors on a long-term pro gs t All of the supervisors, including the work study stu dents, have a focus on wood or jewelers , for example, she said People who regularly visit the facilities know that instruc tors and supervisors will always lie around to help. Max Nixon spends a lot of his time helping students w ith their pro |ects Nixon, who retired from the University in 1 9B I after about t() years as a jewelry pro fessor in the art department, does not teach classes, but works one-on-one yvith stu dents to give them his full attention. "it is such a low-key- type of place." Nixon said “You just don't find this in a classroom Art is so important to him that after tie retired he offered to come hot k to the University to Work for tree so he could keep the program going. That dedii atioil shows in the wav he works with students Iluppert said Nixon is pretty visible in the < enter and is very helpful Years after students have left school, they remember Nixon for Ins work People will stop him and reminisce about past projects That presents Nixon with something that is much better than money. he said “It gives me a really good charge that y ou can do some thing with and individual that will have such a lasting effect." he said Some of the employees of the Craft (.enter are more than just instructors. Trank Cosar, who works in the ceramics area, spends his free tune working on personal pro jet ts Now he is creating dragon intente burn ers for a company that wants 250 hv Christmas This project is very labor fWlANHtnOU* » +* f - r John Kocan, a medieval studies and history double-major, works on a Celtic harp In the wood shop intrusive, he said It will take me the better part of my free time tins week to make 40." (iosnr said. (■osar, who has a master of fine arts degree from the University, began working in tile i enter after he got his degree. It is a good way for hint to get teaching experience and work with students, lie said But one of the best parts of the job. besides the people is the oportunity to mess around in so many different crafts Ness said that is one of the special things about the organi zation the piethm a of i r 'Its students can learn through tin classes and on their ow n And all of the supplies need ed for most of the projects -ire available for use or purchase at the center, Ness said Wood, tools, clay and T-shirts are handy for students using the facility "We trv to make it so they i an walk in and not have to buy anything." she said All they need to bring is motiva tion " And 1mm a use ilit! organization is nonprofit, all of the materials are reasonably prised. Ness said. All of the equipment is free with the purchase of a day pass or n membership although supervision and permission is needed for some of the fleas y machinery, stu h as tin- films torch Though Ness characterizes some of the equipment as prim itive. the renter is able to pur chase ness machinery period i rally svitii money left over from this budget “We have a svisii list and if svw have money left over at the end of the year sve buy a piei e of equipment, Ness said Other equipment comes vm donations from the community 1'svo years ago a person who yvas working for ail art supply company donated a box of < allgraphy pens. 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