Teacher 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 curriculum, 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.

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
- Polymer Clay
- Precious Metal Clay, including PMC+ certification
- Fiber Arts, including Bead Crochet, Bead Knitting, Hemp Braids and Knots