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Intro to Sewing

$110

with Katie Champlin, Dan Toomre, Stacy Owen, Portland Adult Education

May 3, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

Learn the basics of cutting fabric, using a sewing machine, and the stitches available on most machines.

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Intro to Woodshop

$150

with Eric Dunder or Chuck Devine, Portland Adult Education

May 3, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

Gain hands-on experience with woodshop machines, turning a rough-sawn piece of hardwood into a cutting board. Beginners welcome.

Intro to Electronics Soldering

$100

with Tomas Amadeo, Portland Adult Education

May 3, 2025 at 2 pm, runs for 1 week

Learn to solder electrical components to circuit boards and join electric wires. This 3-hour course introduces the tools, materials, safety considerations, and skills for making sound soldered joints. You’ll learn important safety practices for handling high temperature tools, use of appropriate PPE, all done in a ventilated environment. You’ll hone your new soldering skills through a series of practice exercises using electrical circuit components.

Intro to Hand Stitching

$120

with Lily Herb, Portland Adult Education

May 4, 2025 at 2 pm, runs for 1 week

Would you like to become more self-reliant, able to hem some jeans or sew a button back on your favorite shirt? In this class, you’ll learn essential stitches and materials that you can take anywhere.You will learn: How to thread a needle, needle and thread sizes and when to use them, the backstitch, running stitch, whipstitch, attaching a button. You will leave with a hand-stitched needle case with all the tools needed to start sewing and reparing your own garments. All materials and tools provided.

Introduction to Oil Painting (online)

$70

with Chris Reed, Portland Adult Education

May 5, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 3 weeks

This class will provide students with the basic principles of oil painting that include composition, color, and value. Landscape and still life images will be used as inspiration in finding your own unique way of expressing yourself. Gestural painting, impasto, and staining are a few of the techniques that will be explored. Open to those with previous painting experience in addition to beginners. A brief meditation will help in letting go and trusting the creative process. A supply list will be provided when the class is determined to run. A Zoom link will sent to participants.

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People

$69

with Craig Coffman, Portland Adult Education

May 5, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. Learn to play piano the way professionals do-using chords. The chord method is LOTS of fun and dramatically easier to learn than reading notes. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class, and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture demonstration. Ages 13+

Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People

$69

with Craig Coffman, Portland Adult Education

May 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it. This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class, and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture/demonstration. For ages 13+.

Intro to Welding

$160

with Beau Cormier, Portland Adult Education

May 7, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Learn the basics of MIG welding in a safe, encouraging environment. Open to all levels, including complete beginners.

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