Schedule and Cost
Sarratt Art Studio Classes are available to Vanderbilt Students (Undergrad through PhD) and Vanderbilt University Faculty/Staff. We are pleased to announce that the art studio program is available to Vanderbilt University Medical Center employees and should contact our office for assistance – David.f.heustess@vanderbilt.edu.
How to Purchase Seats for Art Classes:
University students and all faculty/staff please follow the instructions below.
VUMC employees please contact David Heustess for assistance at 615.343.0491 or David.f.heustess@vanderbilt.edu
- Go to Vanderbilt Events
- Select the link that says ‘Click here to log in with your VUnetID’ to see available discounts!
- This step is very important. The Vanderbilt Community will not be able to see any art classes available until they log in with their VUnetID
- Select the ‘Sarratt Art Studios’ tab across the top of the page to see all available classes
- Select ‘Buy’ on the class you would like to purchase, and proceed to checkout using desired payment method
- After purchase, the buyer will receive an email from noreply@boxoffice.vanderbilt.edu with confirmation of order with an order number sent to their Vanderbilt email address
Any questions or concerns with purchasing can be directed to sarrattboxoffice@vanderbilt.edu.
How to Request a Refund:
All refund requests, regardless of payment type, must be sent to sarrattboxoffice@vanderbilt.edu. Please include your name, order number, and payment method when requesting a refund.
Please review our refund and transfer policies on the “how to register” Page as there are changes to refund procedures.
SUMMER ART SCHEDULE 2025
Registration will open on Friday, April 4, 2025 at 9:00am. Classes begin the week of May 19,2025 meeting once a week for 10 weeks. The Studios are closed for July Fourth June 30 – July 6.
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**
**SARRATT ART STUDIO CLASSES ARE BEGINNING LEVEL, UNLESS MARKED AS INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED. STUDENTS OF ALL EXPERIENCES ARE WELCOME TO JOIN A BEGINNING LEVEL CLASS**
10 WEEK COURSES
**$195.00 Tuition Includes Supplies For A 10 Week Course**
CLAY
wheel thrown bowl by David Heustess
One of the most popular art mediums, we are pleased to offer a program that includes wheel throwing and hand building/scuplture techniques in clay. Sarratt Art Studios has a low fire clay studio with clay, glazes, a slab roller, extruder, pottery wheels, work tables, shelving for student work and electric kilns. The clay class you’ve always wanted to try and we are a great place for that first experience or to continue your explorations in this medium. All clay classes meet in Sarratt 129.
Monday * Beginning Pottery on the Wheel 6:00 – 8:00pm with Kim Defreece
Tuesday * Beginning Pottery on the Wheel 6:00 – 8:00pm with Jin Chen
Wednesday *Beginning Pottery on the Wheel 6:00 – 8:00pm with Lantana Grub
Thursday *Beginning Pottery on the Wheel 3:00 – 5:00pm with Abigail Plunk
Thursday *Creative Figures (Handbuilding/Sculpture Techniques) 6:00 – 8:00pm with Simon Tatum
Created by Nicholas Eleuteri in Creative Figures Class
DRAWING AND PAINTING
Drawing and painting are the foundation courses to studying and exploring art. Through pencil, ink, paints and even collage students explore creating lines, working 3 dimensionally, and exploring different ways “to see” objects and the world around us. Time in a drawing and painting class is also a great creative outlet from a busy world and builds on other mediums in art. Drawing and Painting classes meet in Sarratt 128.
watercolor by Dave Wilson
Monday *Introduction to Drawing 6:00 – 8:00pm with Simon Tatum
Tuesday *Beginning Watercolor 6:00 – 8:00pm with Dave Wilson
PHOTOGRAPHY
Tuesday *Holga Cameras and Darkroom Techniques 6:00 – 8:00pm with David Heustess
FIBER ARTS
Fiber arts is the crafting and manipulating of textiles and fabrics into the artists’ vision. Knitting, weaving, tufting, punch needling, quilting, sewing, and so many other forms fall under this subcategory. It is cross-disciplinary in historical and cultural techniques: the textile dyeing practice, batik, originating in Indonesia, the Indian block printing application, the significant usage of quilting within the Amish community. The medium spans centuries as the evidence of textile art dates back to prehistoric times, in almost every civilization. These classes will meet in Sarratt 128
an example of Wedge Weave Tapestry by David Heustess
Wednesday *Introduction to Tapestry Weaving 6:00 – 8:00pm with David Heustess
a shibori sampler
Thursday *Secrets of Shibori and Indigo Dye 6:00 – 8:00pm with David Heustess
Cancellation Policy
Sarratt Art Studios may cancel a course if there are not enough students registered. We will notify you in advance to offer a different class choice or issue a refund.
Refunds/Transfers
*Transfer requests must be made by email 5 business days prior to the start of a course. Transfers can only be honored if space is available in another course.
*Refund requests must be made within 5 business days prior to the start of the course. No refund will be issued after the start of the course for any reason. Choose carefully when you are signing up for a course and make sure you don’t have a conflict with the date or time. There are no refunds for Creation Stations but you may gift one to a friend.
Sarratt Art Studios courses and creation stations are only available to vanderbilt students and faculty/staff.
Please ignore the registration information below this line!
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