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Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

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Investing at Retirement

Free

with Sarah Blondin, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 5, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

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.

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Paint Night: The Powerful Hummingbird

$55

with Shirley Anderson, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 6, 2024 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Paint Night w/ Shirley! Come join us and paint these tiny but powerful little birds. This class is a great way to say welcome and get ready for these little birds as they migrate north. Shirley Anderson will lead you step by step through the process and teach you a few painting tips and techniques. Canvas and paints are supplied.

Make Your Own Kimchi

$55

with Maine Tasting Center, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 8, 2024 at 11 am, runs for 1 week

Join Ger Tysk of Belfast-based Red Kettle Kimchi for an afternoon of kimchi making! Learn the basics of traditional Korean kimchi fermentation as Ger guides you to make a batch of your own napa cabbage kimchi to take home. You'll also explore other kinds of kimchi and fermented East Asian foods and get ideas for pairing everyday foods with your finished kimchi. All materials and recipes will be provided.

Catching the Light

$125

with Deena Ball, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 8, 2024 at 12 pm, runs for 1 week

A plein air painting workshop that concentrates on creating a method to “Catch the Light” and the essence of the day. Students work on various forms of compositional planning, including notan, value studies, directional lines and color proportion swatches. Learning to use these tools, will help artists capture the essence of the scene before the light shifts. Students will work at two different locations. Through careful planning and a clear focus students will be able to quickly create a successful painting outdoors in the shifting light. All media are welcome, oils, acrylics, drawing and watercolor. Students should be comfortable with the medium they choose. The instructor is mainly versed in watercolor and water soluble oils. Students should bring a sketchbook, color pencils and a black sharpie pen as well as their usual plein air painting supplies. Please note: This is a two day 6 hour (each day) workshop about design and painting outside. All media and levels are welcome. Bring your own lunch/snacks.

Interpreting the Landscape

$125

with Deena Ball, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 10, 2024 at 11 am, runs for 1 week

Students will learn about painting each element of the landscape in watercolor: oceans, water, trees, mountains, structures and fields. In addition they will learn about compositional strategies used in landscape painting. We will work with the concept that sometimes less is more and try to paint the essence of a landscape. In order to do this we will be introducing a method that students can use to enable them to find the essence of what and why they are painting. The first day of the workshop will be spent in the classroom working on the elements of the landscape. On the second day we will be going outside to paint a guided Plein air painting. If you do not own an easel, a chair and a board in your lap works for watercolor. Students should be using professional tube watercolors, good quality brushes and 100 percent cotton rag watercolor paper. Bring your own lunch/snacks.

Monoprinted Nature Journal

$35

with Catherine Scanlon, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 11, 2024 at 11 am, runs for 1 week

Join Catherine to learn the fun and carefree art of monoprinting using a silicone gelatin plate. Using your favorite craft paints, and elements such as flowers and leaves picked from nature, combined with stencils, you’ll create a fun and colorful journal where every page was created by you as a jumping off point to unlimited creativity. This fast paced creative class will result in a journal you can build on with hand-lettering, stamping, collage and more. Class fee includes: silicone printing plate, and paper. There is a $10 materials fee, payable to the instructor. Please bring: 6 - 8 coordinating 2 oz. craft paint colors, an apron, texture tools, paint brushes, brayer and textured paper towels. This is a 1 Day Workshop: 6/11 from 11am-3pm. Bring a lunch or snack!

Full Course

National Service Through Americorps: Informational Workshop

Free

with Roy Gedat, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 11, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

This informative workshop will provide attendees with all the information they need to enter National Service through the AmeriCorps program. The AmeriCorps is the program whereby citizens can Make A Difference in their community by enrolling to lend their energy and ability to advance a well thought out project and program. AmeriCorps members receive a stipend, fully paid health insurance (full time) and an education award that can be applied to any post-secondary school tuition/fees. Member terms are full or part time and there are many opportunities available, including the Augusta area.

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Contemporary Marbling on Paper & Fabric

$120

with Claire Reynes, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar Jun 12, 2024 at 4:30 pm, runs for 4 weeks

In this class, we will explore the art of marbling! From suminagashi to marbled wood we will learn about this centuries-old process and find playful ways to test the materials and see what is possible. We will cover several steps of the process including how to prepare marbling colors, the marbling bath, and the surfaces to be marbled. In each class, there will be opportunities to play with color, design, and surface texture over the 4 weeks. We will briefly talk about the traditional marbling processes such as combing patterns, however, this class is more focused on the exploration of material rather than the mastery of traditional techniques. Each participant will leave with several pieces of marbled paper and fabric to take home and use in their own creative projects. $30 materials fee.

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