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Oyster Farm & Complimentary Tasting Sea Kayak Tour

$95

with Alice Bean Andrenyak, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 15, 2026 at 8:15 am, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jul 10, 2026

Paddle during our 3 hour sea kayak tour and learn about Maine's Aquaculture industry. We will learn about lobstering, clamming, fishing and we'll stop at Mere Point Oyster Company's strings to learn about oyster farming. We will head to an island to land for a break for snacks that you brought and to learn to shuck oysters before the complimentary tasting. Oyster sauces include lemon juice, chipotle Tabasco sauce and Alice's Famous Maine Blueberry Mignonette sauce.

Beaded Crystal Suncatchers

$42

with Herenya Wilkey, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 16, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Attention rainbow lovers! Design and string your own crystal suncatchers using glass beads, metal charms and faceted glass. All materials provided. Materials included are: 3 faceted crystals, and enough beads, wire, charms and hooks to create three, foot long suncatchers.

Glass on Glass Landscape Mosaics

$65

with Herenya Wilkey, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 17, 2026 at 5 pm, runs for 3 weeks

Please bring a photo of a natural landscape special to you to class. We will use the photos to create 8x12” mosaics by simplifying the landscape and highlighting its most prominent features. Although this is a great beginner class, all experience levels are welcome. We will learn how to score, break, and snip glass down to shape and glue to our substrate. On the last day of class we will finish with grout. No experience required! All Materials/Tools provided. A material fee of $35 must be paid to the instructor on the first night of class.

Pocket Accordion Book (FF)
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Pocket Accordion Book (FF)

$45

with Joelle Webber, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 18, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Ages: 6 - 17

*This is a Family-Friendly program, which means this workshop is open only to adults with minors. To participate in this program, adults need to register themselves and at least one child. An adult can register multiple children (up to 3).

Create a book that can be filled with your favorite recipes, postcards, tea bags, poems or other journaling and gift ideas. Learn to use basic book binding tools and techniques, including some collage fun. Tools and materials provided. A materials fee of $10 payable to the instructor is due on the first night (fee is per registrant).

CALL US AT 729-7323 TO REGISTER!

Monoprinting on Clay

$75

with Turning Arts Studio, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 19, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Learn how to transfer hand-drawn imagery onto clay using monoprinting techniques with slip and underglaze. Explore layering, line work, and expressive surface design. Bring leather-hard pots if you’d like, or use provided slabs. All materials included; $20 materials fee payable to the instructor. No experience necessary.

Painting In The Wild

$170

with Ed Higgins, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 22, 2026 at 10 am, runs for 10 weeks

This year, Ed Higgins’ plein air painting class is not media dependent. You may choose to work in oil, acrylics, watercolor, or pastel. Getting outside and painting from nature is our mission, choice of media is up to you and what you feel like working with on a particular day. We will meet at various scenic locations in and around the midcoast. The instructor will send the group an email with the meet up location prior to each class. In case of bad weather, we will meet at an indoor location. There is no set materials list. If you have any questions, contact the instructor directly at ed_higgins@icloud.com.

Mixed Media Watercolor Meetup

$25

with Catherine Scanlon, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 22, 2026 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jul 20, 2026

Keep the creativity flowing with Catherine in this laid-back, paint-night–style watercolor workshop! Each session brings a fresh mix of color experiments, playful techniques, and mixed media magic — think watercolor with a twist of ink, pencil, or other fun materials. You’ll start with a quick color-mixing sheet to get those creative juices going, then dive into a new technique designed to expand your skills and spark inspiration. It’s all about relaxing, learning something new, and enjoying the creative process together! All materials included — just show up ready to paint and play! Each session is a standalone workshop, with a $20 materials fee due to the instructor for each session. The materials fee covers everything you’ll need.

Tumbled Seaglass & Broken Pottery (FF)
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Tumbled Seaglass & Broken Pottery (FF)

$55

with Shirley Anderson, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 23, 2026 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Ages: 8 - 17

*This is a Family-Friendly program, which means this workshop is open only to adults with minors. To participate in this program, adults need to register themselves and at least one child. An adult can register multiple children (up to 3).

Get creative in this whimsical class, blending tumbled glass and pottery. We have lots of glass and pottery to choose from, come join us for a fun night out and create a keepsake and simply indulge in this therapeutic artistic process. All materials provided.

CALL US AT 729-7323 TO REGISTER!





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