Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Topsham, ME
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Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education Classes
Cardio Fit
with Pam Justice, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
This 60 minute, energetic, fun-filled dance fitness class features a fusion of easy to follow dance moves, resistance training, yoga and kickboxing, all choreographed to popular music! The class is designed for all fitness levels with safe and effective moves to give a total body workout! Students should bring a mat and weights. Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Needle-felted Tapestry Workshop
with Megan Franasiak, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
In this two week workshop, we will explore two-dimensional needle-felting techniques to create fiber tapestries. Students will learn how to build images with wool while focusing on color usage and basic drawing techniques. Students may also incorporate other media, such as embroidery, if desired. No experience is required! Needle-felting materials and tools will be provided and are included in the price of the course.
Thriving after Divorce
with Tiffany Harrington, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Divorce is a devastating life event that may leave you struggling to process emotions, find your financial footing, enter a new relationship in a healthy way, or co-parent with your ex effectively. We’ll cover how a painful ending can be the start of a new beginning with practical tools as well as best practices for emotional, physical, and mental health to get you on the road to re-finding your joy and thriving. This class is 3 weeks. *No Class: 2/16. (Winter Session). **Snow Date: 3/9 (Winter Session).
Smartphone Photography: Beginner
with Steve McGrath, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
This class is dedicated to helping you understand smartphone photography by teaching you how to take and create great images on your phone, what editing apps to use, and how to share and print your images. Join Steve as we go over how to use essential controls on your phone along with the best free and low-cost tools for editing and image management. *This class is for beginners.
Intro Art Class Series
with Ed Higgins, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
These one-day workshops are designed to introduce students to the corresponding 5wk courses. Though these workshops are not a prerequisite for the courses, it is an opportunity to meet the instructor and preview lesson plans before committing to the full class. Feel free to contact Ed Higgins at ed_higgins@icloud.com with any questions.
Young At Heart Fiesta
with Tony Garreton, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Loneliness and social isolation in older adults is a serious public health risk that affects a significant number of people in the US, putting them at risk for dementia and other serious conditions. For this reason, Tony Dancer, under his TDF program, has created the “Young at Heart Fiesta” Latin Fusion dance class program with low impact, low-volume music to protect hearing, easy steps to follow and lots of laughter. This program is offered free of charge with Tony Dancer, plus once a month potlucks! Adults with strong social relationships have a lower risk of major health problems, such as depression, high blood pressure, and an unhealthy body mass index. *Program is for individuals 70+ only.
Illustrating Flora and Fauna with Watercolor and Ink
with Claire Loon Baldwin, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
This all-levels class explores botanical illustration with watercolor, pen and ink. Students will learn principles of scientific illustration through painting subjects ranging from wildflowers to fish, focusing on observational drawing and precision watercolor painting techniques. Students can either buy themselves the required materials or they can buy material kits from the Mix, an art store in Brunswick.
Mosaic Pumpkin
with Herenya Wilkey, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Celebrate fall in this beginner glass on glass mosaic class! Follow the provided pumpkin pattern or design your own in a 7x7” wood frame. We will learn how to score, break, and snip glass down to shape and glue to our glass substrate. On the last day of class we will finish with grout. Tools will be provided for in class use. *A material fee of $25 must be paid to the instructor on the first night of class.