Apprenticeship Training 2011
Artworks Spokane offers a comprehensive Apprenticeship Training Program to help you start your career as a Decorative Artisan. This 50 hour course will help you learn the most current decorative painting and plaster techniques in addition to learning the steps necessary to get your business up and running.
Apprenticeship Training
Class Fee: $3000.00
Two hours each session will be focused on the business of decorative painting. Although the apprenticeship program is designed for the student who wants to start their own business, current artisans can always benefit from the discussions regarding marketing, pricing & bidding and customer relations.
Decorative painting and plaster techniques will include comparisons of glazing products and techniques, cabinet and furniture finishes, an introduction to the differences between synthetic and limestone plasters, and decorative concrete overlays. A few finishes at the beginning of the workshop are required, but the class participants will have their choice of numerous finishes they want to learn. You will complete at least 25 sample boards to include in your portfolio. At the conclusion of this training, this person has the option to work on Artworks Spokane's job sites to gain valuable experience in job planning and on-the-wall applications. Class is limited to four students.
Course Objectives:
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Complete business workbook... Develop a complete marketing plan.
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Learn surface preparation for walls, wood, cabinets, floors, concrete, plastic, glass and tile, etc.
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Faux Finishes….basics, learn the differences between glazes.
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Sophisticated paint finishes includes glaze comparison worksheets.
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Complex glazing techniques including marbling and woodgraining.
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Cabinet and furniture prep, base coating, glazing and finishing techniques.
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Color theory, color mixing and matching.
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Plaster finishes…learn the difference between synthetic and lime based plasters.
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Traditional Venetian plaster, decorative plasters, Marmorino, Distressed Old World Finishes
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Introduction to Decorative Concrete Overlays, including SkimStone
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Student’s will be required to learn the basic finishes, then choose applications they want to learn.
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Job planning to include estimating, site organization, and safety.
10 weeks: Mondays, March 4 - May 13, 2013 Noon-5pm
A $500.00 deposit will hold your space, with the balance due two weeks prior to the first day of class at which time pre-study materials will be emailed to you.
Artworks Spokane reserves the right to cancel the workshop if we have fewer than 3 participants.
