Nearing or entering retirement? Join us to learn the power of having a customized strategy to make the most of your benefits and assets, identify considerable risks, and plan for a comfortable, financially secure retirement.

Bring a friend and have fun at Paint Night! Janis will guide you to create a beautiful painting in one night. Janis will provide all of the materials. Materials fee $20

Get a bird’s eye view and a worm’s eye view of your career, business, relationships, philanthropy, finances, self- care, etc., to experience more joy, less stress in your daily life, in packed, highly interactive guided journaling courses. No writing experience necessary. Find more joy, less stress through guided journaling! Your intuitive voice matters. What you think, what you feel, what you value matters. And you need to be able to hear your own voice to sift through information and get done the things that matter to you. Guided journaling is one way to achieve this goal, allowing us to listen to our own inner voice apart from the noise of busy everyday lives. *Each themed session is a 4-week online course via Zoom that runs from 6:30–8:30pm each week.

Get a bird’s eye view and a worm’s eye view of your career, business, relationships, philanthropy, finances, self- care, etc., to experience more joy, less stress in your daily life, in packed, highly interactive guided journaling courses. No writing experience necessary.

To register, click here: Ellsworth Adult Ed

If you’d like to capture the beauty of coastal Maine wildlife and lighthouses, this is the course for you! 

You’ll start the class online, focusing on camera settings that you may want to use out on the water.  Then you’ll have the chance to experiment and take lots of photos using different settings and sharing techniques and approaches on the cruise.  For the final online session, you share and learn from each others’ experience and photos.  This workshop is for beginner and intermediate photographers. The $180 registration fee does not include the ticket for the cruise. You will need to purchase that ticket separately.  Course is limited to 15 students.

Online Class June 6 from 6-8:00pm

On the Cruise on June 8 at 9:00am

Online Critique Class June 11 from 6-8:00

For more information about the cruise and purchasing tickets, contact Bar Harbor Whale Watch.

Steve McGrath is a professional freelance photographer and photography teacher who has been creating images for 20 years.  Steve first began by shooting sports photography for local high schools, then weddings, and stock agencies.  His love of the outdoors led him to focusing more on his true passion.  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 club and on his own. Many of his images have been published in school text books.

This flower pot is decorated with a parade of colorful fairies and flowers. It is sure to brighten any spot! Michelle Cross is a retired educator who has a lifelong passion for crafting of all types. Creating beautiful works of art with friends is sure to make these classes a pleasure for students of all levels. All supplies provided by Michelle, but please bring your own brushes.

Textbook Vite et Bien 1 (from Chapter 8).

No class: 2/22 & 4/18.