Welding with Darcy After School Fall 2025 (8 weeks, Ages 12-15)

Schedule

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm to Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

UNC Asheville STEAM Studio | Asheville, NC

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SkillSet @ the UNCA STEAM Studio offers after-school sessions for girls and gender expansive kids* age 8 and up!
About this Event

Each after-school session focuses on hands-on projects meant to engage busy hands and expand curious minds. Programming spans from woodshop to welding to computer aided art and design to videography and animation.


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Join us for Welding After School
For girls and gender expansive kids* ages 12 - 15
FRIDAYS, 4pm - 6:30pm
September 26 - November 14
@ UNCA STEAM Studio

What if electricity, heat, time, and skill could stick pieces of metal together? You’ll spend 8 weeks doing just that! Learn how to arc weld from skilled artists and professionals and make some cool stuff out of metal. This program is designed for beginners with no prior experience in welding.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Physics: Electricity
  • Physics: Arc welding
  • Safe use of metal shop equipment, including cutting and grinding tools
  • 3D design of welded objects

$300 - snacks, tools, and materials included!

Financial Aid is Available! Apply Here Prior to Registration


Accessibility notes

  • Students will be exposed to a dusty space with loud machinery.
  • Students will be asked to stand upright and focus at a machine for periods of time.
  • Welding students are required to wear personal protective equipment, which includes a welding hood, pants that cover their legs, and a long sleeve leather jacket. Socks are required. No yoga pants, athletic shoes, or Crocs are permitted.

*SkillSet is open to students of all genders


SkillSet offers , , , and programming.

By teaching participants the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math embedded in the objects they create, SkillSet equips the next generation of leaders and problem solvers with the tools to make change and build the future.

Learn more at www.skillset.tools

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UNC Asheville STEAM Studio, 821 Riverside Drive, Asheville, United States

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USD 300.00

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Host or Publisher UNC Asheville STEAM Studio

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