Student Orientation & Curriculum Guide 
Introduction
Mission

MISSION

The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts is committed to the teaching of beadwork and jewelry-making from a skills-development and -applications approach.   The CBJA strives, in its program, for a high degree of integrity, a comprehensive curriculum and a strong adherence to the developmental and ongoing needs of its students.   The CBJA offers a wide selection of orientation, core, and elective courses.

What Will You Learn?

The CBJA offers courses, for all levels of beaders and jewelry-makers, in the following areas:
- Bead Stringing, including Attaching Clasps, Pearl Knotting
- Bead Weaving, including Peyote, Brick, Loom, Right Angle Weave, and other bead-weaving stitches
- Wire-Working and Wire-Wrapping
- Art & Craft as a Business
- General Co-Curricular Skill Areas, including Color, Texture and Materials, Jewelry Design, Strap/Edge/Fringe, and Embellishment
- Silver Smithing
- Lampworking
- Fused Glass
- Fiber Arts, including Bead Crochet, Bead Knitting, and Hemp Braids and Knots

What Will You Experience?

Learn basic, intermediate and advanced level skills for working with beads or making jewelry.    Learn skills developmentally, rather than in an ad hoc basis.   Learn skills in an organized comparative and contextual approach.

What Commitment Will I Have To Make?

Most courses are 2-3 hours, some are 4.   A smaller number are longer.   Most courses are electives.     Some have prerequisites.     You can take as many or as few as you'd like.   

We have tried to schedule these courses such that each will be offered at least once during each 3-month quarter of the year.

What Does It Cost?

Most beginning classes are $30-35.00 instructional fee. Supplies are additional. For the beginning classes, we provide the tools you will need.

Some classes, like silversmithing and lampworking cost around $400.00 plus some incidentals.

When are Classes Offered?

Classes are offered during the day and in the evenings, Monday through Saturday.    Occasionally courses are offered on Sundays.    Most classes will be offered with both day and evening sessions.

Special workshops are usually scheduled on weekends.

If 3 or more students are interested in a particular class, we can arrange a special time, convenient for the students and the teacher.

How Do I Register For Classes?

You register class by class, and not for the program as a whole.

You can register by phone or in person at Be Dazzled Beads. All classes require a deposit, which is nonrefundable. At the time of registration, you would pay the deposit to secure a place.

Please register at least 3-5 days ahead of time.

Where Can I Find Out Information About Class Schedules and Requirements?

This Student Guide has sections on Academic Calendar schedules and Curriculum requirements. 

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Where are Classes offered?

Most classes are taught at Be Dazzled Beads, 718 Thompson Lane, Ste 123, Nashville, TN  37204.  

See map.

Occasionally, some classes are offered off-campus at James Alfred Jones Studios or Linda's Art Ranch, or other studio spaces.

For more information, link here: Location, Lodging, Access by Car, Plane

What Kinds of Supplies and Tools Will I Need?

For each class, the supply requirements are specified in the course descriptions.   SeeCurriculum . In addition, we list Recommended supplies, books, tools  for beginner beaders and jewelry makers.

Instructional fees do not include the costs of supplies.

A few classes have kits that may be purchased. Otherwise the student may bring their own materials, or purchase them at Be Dazzled Beads.

Occasionally some classes also require a Laboratory Fee.