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Museum Sketchbook: Portland Museum of Art
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Museum Sketchbook: Portland Museum of Art

$25

with Michael Branca, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 8, 2026 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

Bring a sketchbook and pencil and join us for an afternoon of drawing in one of Maine's fabulous museums. Forge an intimate connection with museum collections, while improving your own work by studying the techniques of the masters. Guidance and critical feedback are provided as needed. At the end of our visit, we will meet up to share our results with the group. Museum admission is included in fee. Participants will meet at the museum.

Custom Silver Charm Workshop
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Custom Silver Charm Workshop

$195

with Courtney Hutchings, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 8, 2026 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Create your own meaningful jewelry in this hands-on charm-making class! Choose from a variety of sterling silver charm shapes and sizes. You'll be guided step-by-step through custom stamping, texturizing, and polishing techniques to design two unique charms.Perfect for sentimental initials, special dates, or meaningful symbols—these personalized charms make beautiful keepsakes or thoughtful gifts. A selection of chains will also be available for purchase to complete your necklace. No experience necessary—just bring your creativity!

Blind Date with Tarot
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Blind Date with Tarot

$50

with Jeannie Sullivan, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 11, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

You will choose a pre-wrapped tarot deck (the blind date part of this). Then have a chance to learn simple tarot card spreads and practice with each other. This will be a fun and interactive evening. Cost includes the purchase of a tarot deck. (I will provide the decks). Led by Jeannie Sullivan from HeartFelt Energies.

Fundamentals of Home Food Preservation
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Fundamentals of Home Food Preservation

$260

with Allison Carroll Duffy, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 12, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 4 weeks

Have you ever thought about preserving your own food? Perhaps you enjoy the bounty of farmers markets, and want to find a way to enjoy local produce year-round. Or, maybe you have your own vegetable garden and end up with more produce than you can eat. Whatever your reason, if you want to try preserving but aren’t sure how to get started, this is the class for you! In this four-part, hands-on class, taught by Master Food Preserver and cookbook author Allison Carroll Duffy, we’ll cover all of the primary home food preservation methods you’ll need to get started, including canning, freezing, drying, fermenting, and cold-storage (root cellaring). Each week we’ll focus on a different method (or two), discussing proper procedures, techniques, food safety, and use of tools and equipment. We’ll then practice the method(s) hands-on, preparing and preserving food as a group, enjoying some samples as well. No matter what types of foods you enjoy and are hoping to preserve, this class will provide all you need to know to get started preserving food confidently at home! *A materials fee of $40 must be paid to the instructor on the first night of class.

Smartphone Photography
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Smartphone Photography

$59

with Steve McGrath, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 12, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

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.

Video Portraits
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Video Portraits

$85

with Andrew Edwards, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 12, 2026 at 6 pm, runs for 4 weeks

How do you paint a portrait through the art of the moving image? Whether of a person, a place, or a moment in time, this course explores the medium of video as a heart centered tool for portraiture in narrative video, honoring life and the world around us. Through short form video documentaries that weave spoken interview, recorded video, and poetic cinematography, create new video work that honors the mythological grandeur of everyday life.

Understanding Social Security
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Understanding Social Security

Free

with Sarah Blondin, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 13, 2026 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Do you wish you had a better understanding regarding your social security benefits? Do you want to make sure you're getting the most out of your benefits? Join us to learn how!

Accordion Artist Books
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Accordion Artist Books

$75

with Joelle Webber, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 14, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

We will explore three variations of the accordion artist book, the Simple, Window & Pamphlet Accordions. These books include three different text & cover techniques. We will also touch on the basics of book binding vocabulary & where the accordion book structures came from historically. Tools & materials provided. A materials fee of $20 payable to the instructor is due on the first night.





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