Learn to use gelli printing plates! We will cover a variety of layering techniques in this entertaining printmaking session, incorporating found materials to add texture. Have fun experimenting and creating art that can be displayed on its own, or used in other crafts or collages. All materials provided.

Karalyn Thayer has a BFA from the ME College of Art with a background in teaching web and graphic design. She creates her art with the use of mixed-media illustrations and loves experimenting with at-home printmaking.

Wild basketry is an ancient craft that involves weaving natural materials, such as grasses, leaves, wood, vines, and tree bark, into functional and decorative containers. In class, we will review how to collect, process, and create baskets with local sourced plants. Some of the material that we may use in the class are as follow cattail, pine needle, birch bark, ash, pine bark, willow, grasses, red osier dogwood, and grapevine.

This will be an interactive and hands-on class, there will be a presentation and basket demos. Students will be given an opportunity to work with some of the material and create a basket. A PDF will be shared with information on the materials and patterns. During the 8-hour class, students will be able to get more involved with the process and can weave a larger basket or create a couple of smaller baskets. Learn a skill for life and become a wild basket maker.

Join Heather Emerson and paint a landscape step by step. No previous experience needed. The instructor will take you through a watch-and-do session and help you bring out your inner artist. You can take your painting home with you that night! All materials supplied.

Learn Photoshop techniques and start using them right away! Through interactive teaching and student interaction, we will cover workflow, file types, optimizing photos, layers, tools, panoramas, color balance, black & white, and archiving. Comprehensive handouts will provide step-by-step instruction for practice outside of class. Please have Photoshop Elements (any version) installed prior to class. Zoom link provided by instructor.

Steve McGrath is a professional freelance photographer and teacher with 25 years of experience. His love of the great outdoors led him to his true passion-nature photography. Steve was an active member of the Gateway Camera Club for many years and has won many ribbons and awards at fairs and competitions through the group and on his own. Many of his images have been published in school textbooks.

In this two day workshop you will make a round-base basket, otherwise known as stake-and-strand, traditional to much of Europe.  Learn to make the slath, two-rod twining, staking up, 3-rod waling, French randing, a waled border, and handles of your choice.  Take home a round-base basket to use for the rest of your life and the skills to make more.

The workshop is taught by Mary Lauren Fraser, who apprenticed with Karen Collins in northern Scotland. Mary has been weaving coffins for green burial and teaching basketry workshops throughout New England since 2015. Of Scottish heritage, she grew up and resides on the banks of the Connecticut River in today's western Massachusetts, on unceded Abenaki land. 

Date: October 5-6, Saturday 10:00 am to Sunday 4:00 pm

Cost: $400-500 sliding scale, meals and accommodation included (see registration form for more details)

Online Registration: 

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Explore basic bookbinding techniques! Create a one-of-a-kind, sewn hardcover journal or sketchbook. Our focus will be on technique, structure, tools, materials, and processes. Leave with a personally hand-bound book and the know-how to make more on your own! All materials provided.

Gayle Fitzpatrick has taught in public and private schools, colleges and adult and community programs for 30+ years. She is a practicing artist, producing and showing paper, print, and painted pieces.

In this class you will make a felted picture using wool, bamboo, and silk—no experience necessary and all materials will be provided. You will leave with a finished and matted work of art, which will be suitable later for an 8 x 10 frame if you choose. See more examples on the Mid-Maine Adult Education website or on Facebook: Bunny Caldwell Paints with Wool to see what we will make and her many other works. Bunny has recently had the opportunity to study under Fiber Artist, Moy Mackay in Peebles, Scotland. There is a $10 Materials Fee, separate from the registration fee, due to the instructor at the beginning of the class—cash or check. Do bring a snack, as we will have a short break at about noon if needed. Limit 10 students.

What secret do successful people use to accomplish hard things in life? They rely on simple systems that can be easily learned and repeated. If you think diets are useless, fitness is boring, or if the details of your health record make your eyes glaze over, this class is for you. In this 2-hour workshop, we will create an action plan for vitality that connects with your personal goals, and you will no longer have to wonder what to do next.