ART & PHOTOGRAPHY   

Class Overview

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to do basic repair and maintenance on your house. You'll feel good learning how to do home projects yourself and you will probably save money as well! 

Learn how to select and safely use tools. Explore various projects, materials and methods, including basic plumbing, wall repair, electrical work, weatherization, home security, kitchen and bath remodels, and remodeling. 

Perform your own home repairs with confidence! This class requires a minimum age of 18.

Learning Objectives

• Learn how to effectively use home power tools
• Get tips and tricks for completing common home repairs
• Gain experience with hands-on, practical guidance

Who Might Enjoy This Class?

• Homeowners that would like to learn how to handle common basic repairs themselves
• Anyone who wishes to be more handy around the house

Class Overview

Explore the creative, rewarding, fun art of block printing! This class will teach you how to use linocut to create prints.

Learn the basic skills and techniques of woodblock carving and experience the rewarding feeling you get by peeling off a piece of paper printed with your original art! Make multiple copies for greeting cards, gifts, fabric, and decor. Block printing is an ancient art with roots in many cultures that can provide inspiration. Block prints have a unique and artistic look. If you are not good at designing or drawing? Don’t worry! We have several design options for you. 

Use your creativity and curiosity with carving and printing your own one-of-a-kind art! This class is for everybody, from complete beginners to experienced carvers and artists.

Supplies Needed (Students must bring the items listed below to the class)

• Personal safety equipment (thumb guard and/or resistant gloves)
• One clear acrylic sheet plexiglass 8" x 12" (Recommended: YSTIME 8" x 12" Clear Acrylic Sheet Plexiglass Plastic Sheet for Crafts Transparent Acrylic Board with Protective Paper for Craft, Windows, Frame, DIY Display Projects)
• Speedball Super Value Block Printing Starter Kit – Includes Ink, Brayer, Lino Handle and Cutters, Speedy-Carve

Learning Objectives

• Become familiar with block carving and printing basics
• Be familiar with how to design and print
• Be confident in handling carving equipment safely for a small project

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Anyone curious and interested in trying printmaking and carving
• People who enjoy crafting and making things by hand
• Anyone who would like to do a small creative project with like-minded people
• People who like to draw and would like to translate their drawings to prints
• Everyone is welcome, no experience needed

Class Overview

Have you always wanted to learn how to draw, or do you have you some drawing experience that you'd like to build upon? Join us!

This class is excellent for both beginning and intermediate students who want to improve their fundamental drawing and observation skills. Learn how to draw using a simple graphite pencil. Explore line, value, space, perspective and composition. Enjoy guidance of a professional artist and learn approaches to drawing that will help you get better with just a bit of practice.

Join a community of fellow art students and give yourself time to learn, practice and develop these rewarding skills that can give you endless hours of fun and satisfaction. No previous art experience is needed.

Supplies Needed

• Graphite pencil (HB or 2B)
• Sketchbook (no smaller than 9 x 12", no larger than 11 x 15")

Learning Objectives

• Explore fundamental drawing techniques
• Learn about different style approaches
• Practice and improve upon your skills under the guidance of an expert

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Budding artists
• Working artists that would like to practice their drawing skills
• Designers who would like to improve their ability to sketch
• No previous art experience required

Class Overview

Drawing is the basis of all visual art, and it can provide a lifetime of enjoyment. In this class for beginners, increase your imagination, creativity, and perception through the practice of drawing!

Learn the fundamentals of drawing: light, shadow, proportions, details, perspective, and three-dimensionality. Practice drawing many subjects including animals, nature, people, and still life.

You’ll be surprised how quickly your skills will improve by observing and drawing along with a step-by-step class presentation! This process will make it easy to understand and put these techniques into practice.

Once you learn these skills, you’ll find them becoming second nature. This practice will greatly increase your ability to represent the world around you with a pencil or pen.

Supplies Needed

• Pencils (graphite):
  • 2B pencil
  • 4B pencil
  • 6B pencil
  • 8B (Optional)
  • Woodless Pencil (6B or 8B) optional
• Drawing paper pad - either 9"x12" or 11"x14"
• White vinyl eraser
• Mechanical eraser, or pink eraser on the back of pencil (for detail erasing and drawing white lines on gray areas)
• 3-4 (variety sizes) Paper blending stomps (or paper towel/ tissues for blending, if you can't find these for the first day)
• Pencil sharpener (preferably with shaving collector)
• Set of colored pencils (24 to 48)

Learning Outcomes

• Learn the various uses for the tools and supplies for drawing
• Draw representational objects and scenes
• Represent 3-dimensional space through the use of light, shadow, and detail
• Learn various blending techniques
• Draw 3-dimensional objects -- the building blocks of all other drawings
• Combine three-dimensional objects to make more complex drawings
• Expand your use and understanding of form and line
• Gain a good understanding and ability to use proportions
• Represent three-dimensional objects and scenes using a simple perspective
• Utilize light and dark details
• Maximize the use of value, contrast, line, mark making, and details to draw with expression

Who Should Take This Class?

• Anyone interested in learning the joy of drawing
• People who would like to improve their drawing skills
• Anyone who would like to learn to express themselves through drawing
• Everyone who would like to gain the foundational skills of drawing to apply to any visual art medium in the future

Class Overview

Drawing is the fundamental basis of all visual art, and it can provide a lifetime of enjoyment! In Intermediate Drawing, you’ll begin to learn more advanced drawing techniques and subjects.

Practice drawing animals and people in motion, portraits, interiors and exteriors, vehicles, landscapes, and anatomy. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to work in black and white, as well as color, through graphite and colored pencil.

You’ll be surprised how quickly your skills will improve by observing and drawing along with step-by-step class presentations, which make it easy to understand and put these techniques into practice. Once you learn these skills, you’ll find them becoming second nature, and you’ll greatly increase your ability to represent the world around you.

Supplies Needed

• Pencils (graphite):
  • 2B pencil
  • 4B pencil
  • 6B pencil
  • 8B (Optional)
  • Woodless Pencil (6B or 8B) optional
• Drawing paper pad - either 9"x12" or 11"x14"
• White vinyl eraser
• Mechanical eraser, or pink eraser on the back of pencil (for detail erasing and drawing white lines on gray areas)
• 3-4 (variety sizes) Paper blending stomps (or paper towel/ tissues for blending, if you can't find these for the first day)
• Pencil sharpener (preferably with shaving collector)
• Set of colored pencils (24 to 48)

Learning Objectives

• Draw portraits, facial features, landscapes
• Depict complete objects and scenes in perspective such as vehicles, buildings, interiors, and exteriors
• Portray animal and human anatomy (including specifics like line of action, gesture drawing, body masses, hand, feet, and clothing)
• Draw animals and people in motion with a variety of action poses
• Continue to expand the ability to draw three-dimensional objects 
• Use of proportions better
• Apply the use of atmospheric perspective in scenes and landscapes
• Have more understanding of color, layering, and transparent/ translucent media through colored pencil
• Maximize the use of value, contrast, line, mark making, and details to draw with expression

Who Might Enjoy This Class?

• Students from Drawing - Beginning, though that is not required
• People who draw who would like to improve their drawing skills and apply those skills to draw anything they want in the future
• Anyone with some drawing experience, interested in enriching their lives with the joy of drawing 
• Anyone who would like to learn to express themselves through the medium of drawing
• Artists or anyone who would like to gain the foundational skills of drawing to apply to any visual art

Class Overview

Increase your imagination, creativity, and perception through the practice of drawing! Drawing is the fundamental basis of all visual art, and it can provide a lifetime of enjoyment. Get started drawing in this engaging class geared for seniors, but open to all ages.

Discover the fundamental concepts of drawing such as light, shadow, proportions, details, and perspective. Learn how to draw many subjects including animals, nature, people, and “still life” objects. Explore how you can use a pencil to create an image that looks like it has three dimensions.

You’ll be surprised how quickly your skills will improve by observing the instructor and drawing along in a step-by-step method. Class presentations make it easy to learn and put the techniques into practice. Once you learn these skills, you will find they start to become second nature. Increase your ability to represent the world around you!

This class is part of our Broadway Hill Club offerings, designed for older students and offered during the daytime on diverse topics, though students of all ages are welcome.

Supplies Needed

• Pencils (graphite): 2B, 4B, 6B; optional: 8B; optional: woodless pencil (6B or 8B) 
• Drawing paper pad - either 9"x12" or 11"x14"
• White vinyl eraser
• Mechanical eraser, or pink eraser on the back of common pencils (for detail erasing and drawing white lines on gray areas)
• Paper blending stomps, 3-4 in a variety of sizes;  (or you can use paper towel or tissues if you can't find these for the first day)
• Pencil sharpener (preferably with shaving collector)
• Set of colored pencils (24 to 48)

Learning Objectives

• Explore the various uses for drawing tools and supplies 
• Draw representational objects and scenes
• Represent 3-dimensional space through the use of light, shadow, and detail
• Become familiar with blending techniques
• Accurately draw 3-dimensional objects, the building blocks of all other drawings
• Combine 3-dimensional objects to make more complex drawings
• Expand your use and understanding of form and line
• Be able to draw proportions accurately 
• Represent 3-dimensional objects and scenes using simple perspective
• Utilize light and dark details
• Maximize the use of value, contrast, line, marks, and details to draw with expression

Who Might Enjoy This Class 

• Anyone who is interested in enriching their lives with the joy of drawing
• People who would like to gain or improve their drawing skills and apply those skills to draw a variety of subjects
• Anyone wanting to develop new skills to express themselves
• People who would like to gain foundational drawing skills to support any other visual art medium
• No experience is needed -- everyone is welcome!

Class Overview

Do you love making photographs? Do you ever wish your photographs were better? A key first step is going beyond the Auto Exposure setting on any camera along with just knowing your tool better. Discover creative alternatives and what they can deliver in your photographs. Explore how to get more out of your camera, from handling to settings to improve your experience and results. Learn how to use a checklist of what to consider every time you go out to make new photographs. We will use Zoom for live sessions and Flickr for sharing the assignments for feedback both outside of and during our Zoom meetings.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will:

• be familiar with how to use much more creative settings on your camera, including Aperture and Shutter Priority
• understand what these settings can do
• be much more comfortable with your camera and what it has to offer

Who Might Enjoy This Class?

• Anyone who has a passion for photography
• People with any digital camera that has more than just the Auto Exposure settings who have not fully explored it

Class Overview

Would you like a creative outlet and be able to make your own artful cards to give to others? Create unique watercolor greeting cards and make cherished gifts from the heart!

Enjoy learning traditional and fun watercolor techniques. You will be guided in a step-by-step process using a variety of simple techniques that will give you satisfying results. Learn tips for creating beautiful art from a professional artist and educator. No experience is required.

Supplies Needed

Please have the items listed below ready before the class:

Paper:

• Please note: the better the paper, the better your painting experience 
• Arches Watercolor Pad with the black and green cover -- be sure it is not Block! -- any size you choose. 
• Optional if the pad (above) is not available: 1 sheet (or more) of Arches Paper: 140#, 22x30", cold press. 
• NOT recommended: Strathmore yellow cover paper pad

Paint: 

• Transparent watercolor paint set - any brand, except Reeves.

Brushes:

• 1 (one) round pointed #10 synthetic watercolor brush
• 1 (one) sheep hair 2" Hake flat brush
• 1 (one) small cheap flat synthetic brush, max 1/2"

Learning Objectives

• Create your own holiday cards
• Gain skills in traditional watercolor painting techniques
• Become familiar with watercolor painting tools and materials and how to use them
• Express yourself creatively through watercolor painting and card creation
• Create unique works of art

Who Might Enjoy This Class?

• Anyone interested in learning watercolor painting techniques
• People who would like to make their own holiday cards
• Anyone wanting to explore their creativity and have time for creative exploration and expression

Class Overview

Do you admire the paintings of the Impressionists? Learn their unique brushstrokes and methods to make your own beautiful paintings with step-by-step guidance from a professional artist. 

Discover how lines of color can make a complete and memorable painting. Explore textures, color theory, the impressionist color wheel, composition, space, light and shadow, texture and movement. 

Immerse yourself in summer landscapes, figures and still lives, and explore originality. Learn about tools, materials and techniques. Enjoy class discussions about art history and impressionist artists.

Create your own unique painting masterpieces. No painting experience or formal art training is needed, just a willingness to learn.

Your painting instructor is a professional teacher and working artist in both the US and Italy, who has exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide

Supplies Needed

Click here to see the supply list.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the tools and techniques to paint in the style of the Impressionist painters. 
• Apply texture and impressionist colors to your paintings for personal expression. 
• Use observation, linear perspective, and originality to explore composition, color, space, light and shadow in textures. 
• Express different ways to observe and document art by developing an art vocabulary. 
• Understand art as a form of personal expression.
• Create a unique finished painting using the impressionist style.

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Anyone who wants to learn how to paint.
• Painting students or painters who would like to improve their painting skills. 
• People interested in Impressionist painting and would like to learn to paint in this style. 
   

Class Overview

Are you perplexed by your digital camera and all the settings and buttons? Do you wish your photographs looked better? Learn the basics of photography and how you can get much more out of your camera in this fun and rewarding hands-on class.

Explore what the automatic settings can do for your photographs - and what they can’t. Gain a solid foundation in photography and how to apply the concepts to your photos. Discover how to put your camera to work for you, and how to go far beyond the default “automatic” settings. Learn how to get creative with the options in front of you and make your photographs more effective, artistic, useful, and evocative.

We will explore various settings, giving you time to practice and explore. We will go on a field trip as a class to take photos together in the city, testing out a variety of concepts in photography. As a class we will share photos and discuss them, an enjoyable and highly rewarding practice for everyone to learn from each other.

If you are beginning your photography journey with a digital camera, get ready for a fun learning experience with your camera.

Supplies Needed

• A digital camera, anything from point-and-shoot to digital SLR, to mirrorless.
• A computer so you can attend online classes via Zoom, and post your photographs to the internet using flickr.com for sharing and feedback.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the foundation of photography
• Demystify most of the settings on your camera, including Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual Exposure
• Know when to use automatic, and when not to
• Have a comfort level working with a variety of the settings on your camera
• Understand white balance and histograms and why they matter
• Adopt a primary setting for the bulk of your future photography
• Create better photographs
• Better capture the photo opportunities in front of your lens

Who Might Enjoy This Class

Anyone who wants to get more out of their digital camera - whether a brand-new camera or one that you have owned but don’t understand well

Class Overview

Learn how to use colors in your painting! Understanding color and how to use it is a fascinating subject to explore, and one that will benefit your painting immeasurably.

In this class, you will learn how to use colors comfortably step-by-step. We will explore color theory using the color wheel. Then we will apply knowledge about color to various aspects of painting. We will explore using color for:

• focal points
• perspectives
• light, shadows and highlights
• form, depth, contrast and volume
• expressions and enhancements
• landscapes, figures and still lives

Make the transition from painting what you see to actually putting it on the canvas the way you want. By learning how to use color, your paintings will look closer to what you see in your imagination. You can use these techniques for years to come.

Supplies Needed

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Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Be familiar with the color wheel, color theory and how to use it for your painting.
• Understand where to place colors for focal points, lights, shadows, highlights, form, depth, contrast, volume, expression and enhancement.

Who  Might Enjoy This Class?

• Anyone interested in understanding color and how to use it
• Beginning painters who would like to build new skills
• More experienced painters who want to explore color more
• All levels welcome!

Class Overview

Would you love to paint but don’t know where to begin? Or have you dabbled in painting and you’d like to get good at it? Gain an introduction to basic painting skills, using both acrylic and oil paints, in this rewarding class.

In this class, you will learn about paints and materials, and how to use them. Explore the rich topic of color, look at the color wheel, discuss color theory, and experiment with mixing colors to get the results you want.  Learn how to use brushes, palette knives, and other tools and supplies. 

Explore a wide variety of painting topics, including textures, shadows, light, hue, and value. Learn about perspective and proportions.  Explore techniques such as blending, scumbling, alla prima, impasto, chiaroscuro, and sfumato. Learn how to make your own gesso and paints. 

Enjoy exercises that will help you build your skills. We will explore subjects such as landscapes (rural and city), still lives, animals, portraits, and styles such as realism, abstraction, pointillism, expressionism, impressionism, and cubism. You will also be able to explore originality in art and paint from photographs, memory, and imagination. 

Learn new techniques or further develop skills you already have to get to the next level. The instructor is a professional artist with international experience and works in museums.

Supplies Needed

See the supply list.

Learning Objectives

• Be familiar with the tools and techniques to develop a work of art
• Use observation, linear perspective, volume, and originality 
• Explore composition, form, color, tints, tones, gradations, values, space, light, shadow, texture, blending, scumbling, alla prima, impasto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, neutrals and chroma.
• Develop techniques such as blending, glazing, color mixing
• Learn to use materials effectively and safely
• Express different ways to experience art by developing an art vocabulary
• Understand art as a form of personal expression.

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Anyone wanting to learn how to paint
• People who have experience painting but want to improve
• Anyone seeking a creative outlet
• Everyone is welcome; no experience necessary

Optional Textbook

Painting for Everyone, Acrylics, Oils and Watercolors, written by the instructor.

Class Overview

Acrylic painting can provide a lifetime of enjoyment. Learn how to express yourself using the vibrant colors of this delightful paint.

Discover how to use the basic techniques of acrylic painting: blending, texturizing, brush handling, detailing, stippling, glazing, wet in wet, and alla prima. Learn about color mixing, complementary colors, warm and cool, hue, value, intensity, and proportions. 

You will be surprised how quickly your skills will improve by observing the instructor and painting along, during step-by-step class presentations. The format will make it easy to get started and build upon what you learn, gaining new techniques and putting them directly into practice. As you develop these skills, you’ll find them becoming second nature.

Enjoy the satisfying ability to represent the world around you in liquid colors, as you create unique works of art. 

This class is part of our Broadway Hill Club offerings, designed for older students and offered during the daytime on diverse topics, though students of all ages are welcome.

Learning Objectives

• Color mixing: proportions, hue, value, intensity, complementary colors, and warm/cool
• Using color schemes to add extra interest to your paintings: monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split complementary, and triadic
• Techniques such as blending, texturizing, and detailing; might include stippling, glazing, washes, alla prima, dry brushing, impasto, swirling and dabbing, etc.
• Various painting styles such as realistic, impressionistic, abstract, etc.
• Ability to paint a variety of subject matter such as animals, plants, landscapes, still life, etc.
• Represent 3-dimensional form in painting, in both black and white and in color, by using value, contrast, light, and shadow 
• Atmospheric perspective makes entire scenes and landscapes appear more 3 dimensional, with the illusion of depth and space
• Apply proportion and perspective to your paintings

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Anyone who is interested in enriching their lives with the joy of painting 
• People who would like to gain or improve their painting skills and apply those skills to paint a variety of subject matter
• Anyone who would like a creative outlet and learn to express themselves through painting
• Budding artists who would like to gain the foundational skills of painting to apply to any visual art medium 
• Seniors looking for interesting activities to do with other seniors and community members
• People interested in daytime classes
• No experience is necessary; everyone is welcome!

Supplies Needed

PALETTE

• 1 disposable palette pad 9x12” or 12x16” (or paper plates for the first day)

BRUSHES

• Long-handled brushes are preferable – you can use short-handled brushes if you already have them - white nylon or brown taklon bristles
• Round brushes: #1 or #2 - (1/16" or 1/32" wide) 
• Filbert brushes: 2-3 at least
• A small and a large: 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2"
• Flat: 1" wide
• Angle brush (optional): small - 1/4" wide, or less  

CANVASES

• 2-4 canvases in a size like 11x14”, 12x16”, 14x18”, or 16x20” – depending on preference and availability (students often like to start with smaller canvases and then go up in canvas size as the class goes on)
• One 9x12” watercolor pad, 120 lb for practices and exercises (or 3-5 sheets of watercolor paper)

PAINTS

Examples of brands, student-grade: Liquitex Basics, Galeria, Grumbacher Academy, Utrecht, Pebeo

Colors:

Titanium white, any light yellow (examples: cadmium yellow light hue, Acra or Hansa yellow light, light yellow, or lemon yellow), any medium yellow: (cadmium yellow medium hue, Acra or Hansa yellow medium, or medium yellow), any medium red: (cadmium red medium hue, Acra or Hansa red medium, or medium red), magenta, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue, Mars black

Optional (recommeded) Colors:

Any medium orange: (cadmium orange medium hue, Acra or Hansa orange medium, or medium orange), dioxazine purple, phthalo green, burnt sienna, burnt umber 

OTHER SUPPLIES

• Water jars, glass or plastic (such as peanut butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, etc or large plastic cups or containers)
• Paper towels
• Pencil: 2B or HB 
• White vinyl eraser (or pink pearl)
• Sharpener (preferably with shavings catcher)
• Optional: palette knives (plastic or metal) 

Class Overview

Pen and ink have been used for millennia and are still a favorite medium of artists today. These tools have their own personality and can add a unique flair to your drawing style. Learn how to use pen and ink in this fun hands-on class for all levels.

Even though pen and ink are simple tools, controlling the ink, and its permanence of it can be intimidating. In this class, learn the basic steps to get good results from your materials. Explore a variety of pen techniques and practice them to incorporate them into your drawings. Learn about technical pens and brush pens, and practice using dip pens.

We will look at some examples of pen and ink drawings for inspiration. Get ready to “go with the flow” and get creative with ink! 

Supplies Needed

• Pad of paper – Bristol smooth or mixed media
• During the first class, the instructor will bring several dip pens and inks to try; there will be a discussion regarding the other supplies needed to purchase for the class at that time.

Learning Objectives

• Be introduced to basic steps and a variety of pen techniques.
• Practice basic steps and a variety of pen techniques

Who Might Enjoy This Class? 

• Anyone interested in learning how to use pen and ink
• People with drawing experience who would like to try a variety of new pens and techniques
• No experience needed; everyone is welcome

Class Overview

Are you interested in learning how to write a book, but need more information and support to get it done successfully? Learn the art of publishing your book, from writing to editing, design, and final publication.

In this class, the first of a two-part series, we will focus on writing your book and consider all of the questions needed to create excellent content. What is the story you want to tell and how do you tell it? Who is your audience and how do you approach your audience and readers?

Explore storytelling, the editing process, and all of the steps and considerations for writing your book. Consider the visual aspects of your book, including layout, illustration, design, and your book's cover. How do you want the final product to look and feel when it is being held and read?

Next quarter you can take the second class, Publish Your Own Book: Promotion and Distribution, and work towards final publication. Topics will include choosing a publishing house, book promotion, and online retail selling. 

You can publish your book in your native language, whether it is English or another language. Instructor Georgetta Gancarz, explains, "I want students to express themselves in their identity and culture. For me as an artist, freedom of self-expression, including culture, is necessary to be true and creative." She has written and published 20 books to date, and also teaches multiple art classes for Continuing Education.

What You Will Need

Students must have access to a laptop or computer and internet access for this class. You will need to install some free writing programs on your device.  

Learning Objectives

• Understand the steps needed to write a book
• Gain skills in thinking about your audience and future readers
• Acquire knowledge in executing your book, including topics such as storyline, creating chapters, choosing a title, referencing and documenting sources, and editing
• Gain knowledge in creating the visual aspect of a book, including design, layout, illustrations

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Anyone interested in publishing a book

Class Overview

Do you have Scottish or Irish ancestry or an interest in Gaelic culture, history, and sites?

People around the world feel a connection to the lands of Scotland and Ireland. Many people can trace their ancestry back to Scotland and Ireland, but often the language and culture of those who emigrated have been left behind. The Gaels, the speakers of the Gaelic language, have a long and fascinating history. In this course, gain an understanding of this history and how it manifests itself in the art and mythology of the people. Explore who the Gaels are, the reasons why people left their homeland, and how this was expressed in their art and culture. Discover the relationship between language, culture, and identity for the Gaelic people. Learn about the history of Scotland and Ireland from the Roman period to the present. Gain a greater appreciation of the rich and lively Gaelic culture today.

Learning Objectives

• Define the linguistic and cultural group referred to as the Gaels
• Better understanding of the relationship between language, culture, and identity
• Understand the history of the Gaels and the influence of historical events in the art and mythology of the people.
• Understanding of the history of Scotland and Ireland from the Roman period to today
• Have familiarity with contemporary issues related to the language, culture, and identity of the Gaelic people and culture

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Anyone interested in Scottish and Irish history
• People interested in history, art, and mythology surrounding the people who speak the Gaelic language
• People with Irish and Scottish ancestry wanting to better understand the Gaelic history

Class Overview

Put your voice to work doing voice overs! Learn how you can use your own speaking voice for commercials, films, videos, and other presentations. In this introductory class, find out how to break into the creative, fulfilling, and potentially lucrative voice over industry. 

Develop some beginner voice techniques that you can use for a variety of outlets. Learn about the business side of doing voice overs, and how to market yourself. Become familiar with the equipment needed and how to set up a studio in your own home. You will also get a chance to explore demos and practice recording your voice during class.

A career doing voice overs can be managed on your own terms, on your own turf, in your own time, and with minimal overhead. Whether you choose to pursue voice overs part-time or full-time, this class will get you started doing voice overs in a unique and successful way.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how to get into the voice over business
• Use some beginner voice techniques
• Understand how to set up a home studio
• Use your voice for TV, commercials, and other outlets

Who Might Enjoy This Class 

• Anyone interested in a career or a side gig doing voice overs
• People who have a role doing voice overs and would like guidance on how to be more successful

Class Overview

Expand your creative expression by learning how to paint with watercolors! During this beginning-level hands-on class, you'll tap into your own inherent creativity through lectures and guided exploration, as well as gain inspiration from great works of art.

Learn the basics of traditional watercolor techniques, through lectures, discussion, and experience. You will be guided in developing skills and techniques with the paint and materials. Explore the use of colors. Discover how to combine watercolor with other media and materials such as ink and graphite.  

In this class, enjoy an introduction to some art history. You will have the chance to work with a variety of subject matters ranging from still life, to examples by master artists, to abstraction, as well as your own imagination. The class will evolve as we go, to meet the individual interests of the students in the class.

Supplies Needed

Please bring any watercolor supplies you already have, but do not buy anything before the first class. The instructor will review materials on the first day of class.

Learning Objectives

• Learn basic watercolor theory
• Discover how to pair watercolors with other mediums
• Practice painting under the direction of a skilled artist

Who Might Enjoy This Class?

• Beginning artists
• More experienced artists who seek to expand their creative expression
• No experience needed; everyone is welcome!

Class Overview

Have you taken watercolor classes or have a basic understanding of watercolor methods?

Continue to develop watercolor techniques and take your painting to the next level in this intermediate class. Explore textural possibilities, colors, and compositional challenges while learning to create a body of artwork. Work with new subject matters and experiment with different watercolor effects. We will examine a variety of techniques used by different artists to find new approaches.

Practice all of the techniques and explore your personal direction in watercolor in this hands-on class.

Supplies Needed

You are welcome to use any watercolor supplies you already have. The instructor can give recommendations if needed.

Learning Objectives

• Use a variety of watercolor techniques 
• Work with various subject matters
• Be familiar with a variety of watercolor artists and effects
• Have developed skills using and mixing colors
• Get started creating a personal direction in watercolor

Who Might Enjoy This Class?

• Previous experience with watercolor painting is useful such as our Watercolor Painting - Beginning class
• Watercolor painters interested in practicing their art with the guidance of an instructor and developing a body of artwork
• Anyone interested in continuing to develop their watercolor techniques and skills

Class Overview

Whittling is a simple and fun hobby that many people all over the world enjoy. In this interactive class, learn how to use the tools, select wood for your project, make the basic cuts and use proper whittling techniques. Enjoy whittling small animals that you will treasure for years and they also make wonderful gifts. In this class, we also learn how to sharpen and hone your tools to keep them razor sharp. Discover a new interest through this fun, hands-on, engaging class! No previous whittling experience required.

Supplies Needed (Students must bring the items listed below to the class)

• Whittler’s detail knife / sharpen carving knife (Recommended: KN13 Flexcut knife)
• Carving gouge set (Recommended: Mikisyo Power Grip Carving Tools 7 Piece Set)
• Thumb guard and/or cut resistant gloves
• Leather honing strop with polishing compound (Recommended: BeaverCraft Leather Honing Strop with Polishing Compound LS2P1SR41 3”x 8”Double Sided Leather Stropping Kit for Knife Sharpening Vegetable Tanned Leather for Stopping Tools)
• Pencil

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Obtain basic knowledge of whittling
• Understand use of tools
• Whittle with confidence
• Be familiar with how to select woods depending on projects
• Make the basic cuts and techniques
• Understand how to sharpen the tools

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Anyone interested in trying the art of whittling
• People looking for a new hobby, creative outlet or craft to do with your hands
• People who are new in using carving tools
• Anyone who would like to make small animals from wood

Class Overview

Learn how to carve and create beautiful objects! Gain the basic skills to feel successful and safe carving wood and making your own creations.

During this hands-on class, you will be making two spoons. Get started with the basic skills and safety practices while carving a simple and useful kitchen spoon. Continue to hone your skills as you carve a more decorative "love spoon" -- something often given as a gift. Learn about wood selection, preparing blanks, basic carving techniques, and traditional oil finishing. These skills will help you become prepared for future wood carving projects that you can use in another class or at home.

Stir up your creativity and curiosity with carving your own one-of-a-kind wooden spoons! No previous wood carving experience required.

Supplies Needed 
Students must bring these items to class:

• Sweep gouge No. 7 or any carving straight or bent gouge No. 7, between 10–12 mm width with a short or long handle (recommended: PFEIL Swiss Made 10 mm Gouge No 7)
• Whittler’s detail knife / sharpen carving knife (recommended: KN13 Flexcut knife)
• Thumb guard and/or cut-resistant gloves
• F-Clamp (recommended: Yost Tools F112 12” FClamp)
• Pencil

Learning Objectives

• Basic knowledge of wood carving
• How to design and carve spoons
• Confidence in handling wood carving knives safely for a small project
• How to select wood depending on your wood carving project

Who Might Enjoy This Class

• Anyone curious and interested in trying wood carving and whittling
• People who love handcrafting
• Anyone who would like to do a small creative project with like-minded people and guidance from an instructor