Fall/Spring 2014-2015

General Information / Scholarships
appropriate housing and program access
to people with known disabilities to the
degree possible without posing an undue
hardship to the organization. People with
disabilities are responsible for requesting
appropriate accommodations and helping
the school assess how best to assist them.
Please contact the registrar to discuss housing
and access to studios and other facilities.
Textiles classes are taught in secondand
third-floor walk-up studios.
Penland Housing
Penland housing is quite simple. Furnishing
is basic: a bed and a place to put your
clothes. Dormitories have four to fifteen
beds per room (no bunks). We do our best
to match students with the type of housing
they request, but this is not always possible.
Housing assignments are made shortly
before the session begins. Representative
photographs of Penland housing are available
on our website.
Sewing glass beads to a handmade glass goblet.
Cost of Materials
Tuition does not cover the cost of materials
used for students’ own production (hot
glass tuition does include glass in the furnaces).
Many materials and tools can be purchased
through the school. Most workshops
also require that you bring certain materials
and tools with you. There will be a fee for
supplies used by the group, and some workshops
incur a hazardous waste disposal fee,
depending on materials used. We will make
every effort to notify students if a studio fee
in excess of $50 is anticipated.
Studio Information
Detailed information about Penland’s studios
is available at www.penland.org or by
request from the Penland office.
Studio Safety
In many workshops, students may be working
with tools which, if improperly used,
can cause injury. Workshops include a
required safety tour and information about
the proper handling of tools and materials.
However, students assume the risk of working
with tools and materials provided by the
school.
Work-Study Scholarships
Work-study scholarships help make Penland
available to a wider range of students.
Work-study students receive room, board,
and discounted tuition. No work-study
for fall and spring one-week workshops.
Full work-study students work 20–25
hours per week on a variety of tasks—principally
in food service and dishwashing. (No
full work-study in glass.) Partial workstudy
students work approximately 10
hours per week. Most work-study jobs are
labor intensive. If you have physical limitations
and you are selected for work-study,
please let us know before you get here
what kinds of work you can do, and we’ll
do our best to make an appropriate work
assignment. In addition to regular duties,
work-study students are required
to work from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on
the day before and the day after their
session. If you cannot meet this requirement,
do not apply.
Scholarship applicants are required to submit
two letters of reference, a résumé, a $50
application fee, and a letter of interest and
need. Your letter should be no longer than
two pages and should address the following:
Financial need: why attending Penland
would be a financial hardship for you.
Seriousness of intent: your background and
experience in craft, if any (prior experience
in craft is not a requirement), and the individual
artistic goals that you hope to pursue
in each of the workshops for which you are
applying.
Work ethic: work-study students have an
experience that is different from that of regular
students, yet equally valuable. Do you
feel you will benefit from balancing studio
work with working for the school?
You will also need to supply a résumé and
two letters of reference that address your
work ethic and commitment to learning.
Please do not apply for work-study if
you are applying as a full-paying student. If
you are not selected for work-study, you
will have the opportunity to re-apply as a
full-paying student (some workshops may
be full at that time). Work-study applications
must be received by August
1, 2014 for fall and November 28, 2014