Digital Arts & 3D Printing Club
Digital Arts & 3D Printing Club in Wellesley
Design on a screen, then hold the thing in your hand.
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Clubs 2026–27 · iCode of WellesleyStarts Thu 24 Sep
Digital Arts & 3D Printing — enroll now
- Dates
- September 2026 to June 2027
- Day & time
- Thursdays, 4:00–5:00 pm
- Format
- One hour a week
- Ages
- 6–17
- Location
- 73 Central Street, Wellesley
$199 a month · second club $180 a month
Ten payments, September to June
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This is the club where the A in STEAM does real work. Students design in TinkerCAD and Blender and then print physically, which introduces a set of constraints no screen ever imposes: overhangs, tolerances, wall thickness, and the fact that gravity exists.
The moment a student picks up the first part they designed and finds it does not quite fit is worth a term of instruction on its own.
Tracks
Students enter at the level that matches their experience and move up as they are ready.
- Introduction — digital design fundamentals, color, composition
- Intermediate — 3D modeling and CAD
- Advanced — print prototyping, tolerances, functional parts
What students actually learn
- Digital design and visual composition
- 3D modeling and computer-aided design
- Designing for manufacture — what a printer can and cannot actually do
- Prototyping: measure, print, discover it is wrong, revise
A brief, as students receive it
Design a part that clips onto something you already own and holds it steady. It has to print without supports, and it has to fit first time or you have to explain why it did not.
We give the requirements, not the steps. Working out how is the lesson — and the reason students can explain what they built when they get home.
The question parents actually ask
“Is this an art class or a technology class?”
Both, and the printer is what forces the question. A design can be beautiful and still fail because a wall is half a millimetre too thin. Students learn that constraints are not the enemy of a good idea — they are the reason a good idea has to get better.
Where it leads
Digital Arts pairs unusually well with Robotics — students who can design and print custom parts have a real advantage on a competition team.
Questions
Do students keep what they print?
Yes. Every student goes home with the objects they designed, which is usually the moment a skeptical parent comes round.
Is there a materials fee?
No. Filament and materials are included in the term price.
When do clubs run?
Clubs run September 2026 to June 2027, one hour a week. This club runs Thursdays, 4:00–5:00 pm, at 73 Central Street, Wellesley. It starts Thursday 24 September and runs to 30 June 2027.
What does it cost?
$199 a month, one hour a week, one topic. You pay for ten months, September to June — July and August are not billed, because clubs do not run then. Taking a second club at the same time? $180 a month for each extra one. Brothers and sisters get 5% off, and that comes off both prices. Materials are included. Stop any time with 30 days’ notice — no term to see out, no penalty, no phone call you have to win. Nothing renews on its own in September; every family chooses again each year.
How is a club different from the Belt Program?
A club is one hour a week, in a larger group, focused on one topic. The Belt Program is two hours a week across a ten-month year, in a group of about six, with a written progress report every month and a capstone project. AI Studio is one hour a week, self-paced, with the work tuned to your child by their instructor. Plenty of students do more than one.
What if we need to miss a week?
Tell us in advance and we will place your child in another group that week where the schedule allows. We run on school holidays too — a day off school is not a day off club. We are closed 24 December to 7 January.
Can we stop?
Yes. Stop any time with 30 days’ notice — no term to see out, no penalty, no phone call you have to win. Email wellesley107@icodeschool.com, or the Managing Director, Soundarya Ganesh, at soundarya.ganesh@icodeschool.com.
Where you’ll be
iCode of Wellesley · 73 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02482
781-291-3131
Five minutes from Wellesley Middle School and a short drive from Schofield, Bates, Hardy, Hunnewell and Upham. Street parking on Central Street, plus the Municipal Way lot behind the building for pickup.
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