Community Ed - Sedona/Verde   

Sedona is a beautiful and challenging place to paint. In this three-day workshop, we will carpool/caravan to various painting sites around Sedona. Dawn will demonstrate two basic approaches to beginning a painting, using a viewfinder, sketchpad, and thumbnail sketches, designing a good composition, and carrying it through to a nearly finished painting in each session. Topics taught throughout the workshop are values, shapes, and edges. How to capture a sense of distance and depth in a painting, plus working effectively with shadows will be stressed. Students should have good familiarity with their equipment and some previous painting and workshop experience.  To have a true plein air painting experience, we will need to be on site at 7 am. This allows painting in cooler weather and while there are good shadows. Afternoon sessions will depend on weather with the alternative of painting from a projected image indoors if weather does not permit us to be on site. Students will purchase their own supplies for this workshop, with the instructor providing the supply list to registrants. 

The class will meet at the Sedona Center in Room 8 at 9am on the first day of the workshop. The second and third day of the workshop will begin at 7am at an outdoor location to be determined. 

Astrology is the study of the relations between observable cosmological bodies and human behaviors and events. In over 6000 years of cultural, religious, and natural paradigm shifts, astrology is the only discipline that has survived and whose methods have been improved upon since. Birth Chart Astrology is the branch of astrology that deals with the unique, innate temperaments and predispositions of individuals’ behaviors and perceptions. One’s birth chart tells the story of how one is and who one should become. This course introduces the methods and techniques for interpreting western birth charts with the utmost accuracy and precision.

“There is Mush’room in the Mushroom Farming Business!  Possibilities include Growing Fresh, Specialty Mushrooms, Producing Value-added Products such as Mushroom Jerky and Medicinal Tinctures, Growing for Retailers, and Mushroom Compost.  All Aspects of Mushroom Farming are Discussed in Detail.  Learn to Grow Gorgeous Specialty Mushrooms without Harmful Chemicals for Chefs and Families using Low-Tech Systems. Discussions Include: Mushroom Lifecycle and Terminology, Growth Requirements for Specific Species, Farm Food Safety, Harvesting, Packaging, Choosing Vendors, Input Costs and Bookkeeping.” There is an additional $40 fee for mushroom cultures students will receive during the course. 

T'ai Chi Chih, often referred to as "joy through movement" or "moving meditation," is a simple practice.  It can bring benefits into your life, such as increased energy, improved balance, vitality, improved health among others.  Regular practice promotes well-being, relaxation, and serenity in the midst of activity, while nurturing a deep sense of you and contentment in the present moment.

You'll enjoy this gentle, contemplative workout with Janet Batchelder, easily one of our most popular instructors. Wear comfortable clothing and non-slip shoes.

Students will learn the purpose of the kingdom of fungi, the connection of fungi to all living things, nature’s lifecycle of mushrooms, and how mushroom farmers mimic nature to grow safe, high-quality mushrooms without chemicals. Whether the interest is growing mushrooms for family or profit, using mushrooms to improve the quality of garden soil, or remediation of toxic soil and water using mushrooms, then this class is for you. Kathryn Crew is the owner of Fungi-licious! and the mushroom cultivator. She is a certified dietary manager, production horticulturist, and speaker. Students will receive mushroom cultures to launch their mushroom plans. There is an additional $40 fee for mushroom cultures students will receive during the course.