Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Topsham, ME
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Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education Classes
Mini Astrology Reading: Individual Sessions
with Rebecca Quigg, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Gain self-insight with this Sun, Moon, and Ascendant Mini Astrology Reading. This bite sized yet powerful session focuses on three influential placements in your birth chart that reveal aspects of your personality, your emotional world, and how others perceive you. This fifteen-minute reading by Rebecca Quigg of Pluto's Heart Astrology is perfect for curious astrology beginners or anyone wanting a quick yet illuminating glimpse into their chart. A birth date, exact time of birth, and place are required. *One person per session.
Traveler’s Sketchbooks with Watercolor and Ink
with Claire Loon Baldwin, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Learn techniques for capturing your travels in a sketchbook! This is the perfect opportunity to delve back into old photos and savor your adventures again through art. We’ll learn techniques for capturing landscapes and cityscapes both accurately and expressively, and experiment with ways to build unique compositions. Students will learn techniques for watercolor and ink, and experiment with supplies that work well on the go. You’ll finish the course with a series of unique compositions, and the skills for continuing your sketchbook practice on future adventures. Students can either buy themselves the required materials or they can buy material kits from the Mix, an art store in Brunswick. *No Class: 2/17. **Snow Date: 3/17.
Pine Needle Baskets
with Zack Rouda, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Learn to identify, regeneratively gather and harvest, properly store and process, and weave with pine needles. We'll cover the basics of coiled basketry, which is a global, ancient human skill, and create a wonderful pine-needle basket. All tools and materials will be provided. *Program includes all required tools and materials.
Illustrating Birds with Watercolor and Ink
with Claire Loon Baldwin, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
This all-levels class will explore techniques for capturing birds with pen and ink and watercolor. Students will learn techniques for capturing texture and shine, and leave with their own unique composition of the bird of their choice. Students can either buy themselves the required materials or they can buy material kits from the Mix, an art store in Brunswick. **Snow Date: 2/20.
Macrame Plant Hanger
with Asia Cole, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Come learn the basics of macrame and add some boho flair to your winter home with a hand-made plant hanger. All students will receive enough Bobbiny cotton cord and beads for one 4’ plant hanger to fit a 6-8” pot. Please bring a ruler and your pot as well if you’d like a precise fit. *A $10 materials fee, payable to the instructor, is due the day of class.
How to Photograph Snowflakes
with Steve McGrath, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
In this Class we are going to use our Macro/Close Up settings, Lenses, Filters and Lighting to take some awesome Images of Snowflakes! And go over the Controls to capture them! Like our Aperture, ISO Exposure Compensation. And Composition which is important with the Snowflakes! And this is for a Digital Camera or a Smartphone!
Canvas to Gallery
with Ed Higgins, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
This workshop will help you with some of the technical skills you will need as an artist to go from preparing your painting surfaces through matting and framing and hanging your artwork. Part open studio and part studiocraft, this course will help participants learn about the process of preparing for, developing & curating a group exhibition. This course will culminate in a small group show at Merrymeeting Arts Center Gallery in Bowdoinham. Participants are expected to bring artwork already in progress but not yet finished as the first few class sessions will be about finishing/preparing the work for the show. The last class will meet at the gallery for show setup. Contact Ed Higgins directly with any questions ed_higgins@icloud.com.
Unboxed: A Tween Art Camp for Self-Expression & Exploration
with Melissa Collins, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Ages: 9 - 12
“Unboxed” is a dynamic and engaging art camp designed for tweens (ages 9-12) to unlock their creative potential through exploration of drawing, painting, printmaking, and collage. This isn't about rigid instruction or perfect results; it's about fostering self-expression, encouraging experimentation, and nurturing a sense of curiosity. We aim to create a safe and supportive environment where tweens can confidently try new techniques, collaborate with peers, and discover their unique artistic voices. The camp culminates in a student exhibition, celebrating their hard work and sharing their creations with family and friends. “Unboxed” is rooted in the belief that everyone is creative. We move away from the pressure of realistic representation and towards the joy of process, experimentation, and personal narrative. All materials included.