What is cyber insurance?  In today’s world, more and more businesses are internet and social media driven.  In this seminar, we will look at how cyber insurance can protect your business from cyber-attacks, data breaches, cyber-crime, system outages, and employee mistakes.  We will also look at how different businesses need different types of cyber insurance coverage.

Join artist and educator Rachael Wilson to learn the basics of drawing, a dynamic and fundamental art medium for any creative individual. In this introductory drawing workshop, students can learn contour drawing through understanding how to observe subjects closely. Rachael will guide the class through a variety of drawing exercises and help students switch their perspective from analytical left brain to creative right brain thinking. This will be a small class with lots of opportunity for one on one instruction and questions. Bring a large sketchpad (9x12 or 11x14 prefered), graphite/drawing pencils, and a kneaded eraser. No prior experience needed.

This training teaches participants how to be prepared for emergencies that involve a cat or dog in about 3.5 hours. The training will combine videos, lectures, interactive discussion, and hands-on practice. By the end of training participants will be able to do or understand what goes into a pet first aid kit; what is the normal physical condition, behaviors and habits of your pet; identify a normal heart rate, breathing rate and temperature; how to safely approach an ill or injured cat or dog; how to capture and restrain a cat and muzzle a dog; demonstrate how to perform bandaging for soft tissue injuries; care for fractures including head and neck injuries; learn how to care for an animal with heat/cold related emergencies; check for breathing and cardiac emergencies;  understand how to give rescue breathing and perform CPR for a dog or cat. No refunds.

Come Paint a beautiful Hummingbird and bring a friend. This class is for beginners with step by step instructions. 

Open studio is offered for those who are interested in using our space and materials to make clay work independently from a class. Our open studio is available for use only by those who have taken at least one ceramics class at our studio or for those with prior experience that has been approved by the studio manager. Open studio members can choose to handbuild, throw on the wheel, or both! Materials will include 25 pounds of clay, the use of wheels and tools, a storage shelf, and the glazing and firing of work made in that month. All clay must be purchased through Gorham Arts Alliance and all firings will be done by the studio manager. Members are welcome to purchase their own cone 5/6 glazes to use in firings if they want something other than what is provided. All classes are held at the Art and Nature Center at Tannery Brook.

PM Session V, 4 classes, Thursdays, 5/2 - 5/30 (no class 5/23), 5:00PM - 8:00PM, $99

There is nothing like the aroma of freshly baked sourdough bread unless it is enjoying a slice of freshly baked bread with butter shortly after coming out of the oven! Students will learn how to care for a sourdough starter, how to knead using two different techniques, and how to mix, shape and score the bread for baking. The instructor will demonstrate two ways to bake a loaf, using a cloche or a stone with steam in the oven, followed by a taste testing. Students will then shape, score and bake a loaf of their own in class. They will take home some sourdough culture (bring a 32 ounce container) for bread baking at home. A $5 ingredients fee is payable to the instructor at class.

In this weekly discussion series, professional astrologer Laura Kenworthy will introduce the world of astrology for the curiously-minded. Discussion topics will focus on different themes every week. Laura Kenworthy has studied the astrological archetypes and been a practicing astrologer for over 40 years. She writes the weekly Magical Mexicali astrology blog for Mexicali Blues and sees private clients for readings.She retired to Maine from NYC where she ran the Rudolf Steiner Bookstore on West 15th Street.