Northwest Career and Technical Center

Sculptural Welding. What a great opportunity for 2 days only!

Dates: Monday, August 11th, and Wednesday, August 13th. 5:30-8:30 pm

Prior welding experience required.

Bring your own gear. Need to purchase a gear package? Please email careertraining@maplerun.org.

This course will teach the basics of metal sculpture and artistic welding. Students will learn how to transform scrap metal into beautiful and functional pieces of artwork over a two-day course. The first session will consist of instruction, concept discovery, and creation. While the second session is for further exploration of ideas and creation.

If you have small pieces of scrap metal at home you want to bring in, feel free to do so.

Instructor: Louisa Ulrich-Verderber has been a welding artist for over 15 years. Beginning at the age of 12, Louisa has been making metal sculptures big and small ever since. Most of her work was donated to charity auctions throughout Franklin County, raising nearly $100,000 for local organizations. See her work at her gallery website: https://www.beaspark.com/

Need funding? Don't let the price of the course stop you. There are plenty of funding opportunities:

1. VSAC's Advancement Grant. Call them at 800-642-3177 or email mcgovern@vsac.org. Ask for the grants department, you're not looking for a student loan. 

2. Department of Labor. Call (802) 524-6585 and say you're looking for money to enroll in a training program. 

3. Hireability. Call 802-524-7950. Disability affects all of us eventually—whether we’re born with it, experience disability through illness, accident, or aging, or have a loved one or colleague with a disabling condition. And when disability gets in the way of productive work, that’s when HireAbility Vermont steps in.

4. Pathstone in St. Albans. Call 802-373-2855 or email PLacey@pathstone.org. Provides funding for training that leads to meaningful employment in desired career pathways.

5. You can always ask your employer if they have training funds.