Arts & Crafts

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Take Fabulous Photos of the Flora and Fauna in Your World

with Boomer TECH

$29.99 More Info

This course shows you how to take beautiful photos of flowers, plants, and wildlife. Four easy-to-follow videos demonstrate and give examples of each of the topics which include: Using focus, exposure and HDR features to capture the beauty ofyour surroundings; ways to avoid blurry images; tips for composing your images; and editing options that turn so-so images into stunning images. In addition to the instructional videos, we have several articles with usefull information to build your repertoire of photographic strategies. This course is made for you if you want to learn to use your camera or significantly upgrade your skills and abilities.

Begins: Upon Registration

Location: Online - You view class at your convenience! The instructors provide personalized support for the class via email.

Class access available until June 30, 2023

BoomerTECH Adventures guides, Jill, Chris,and Ed are available to answer any of your questions at ed@boomertechadventures.com.

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Acadian Arts Fall Retreat: Grey Havens Inn

with Chris Toy

Oct

October 24th to 26th, 2022

$495 More Info

Acadian Arts Fall Retreat Grey Havens Inn

Georgetown Maine

Mon, October 24, 9 AM - Wednesday, October 26, 8:00 PM

$495 includes workshop and meals

Grey Haven Inn (map)

This will be a fantastic time with an opportunity to chose one of three workshops. “Freeing your creative spirit”, will help you access your authentic self and creative expression using your intuition. Kat Logan will lead you through an opening process and explore your creative self using different materials and exercises. Also being offered is Asian Fusion Cooking with Chris Toy and Watercolor with Mary Laury. This four day workshop will be offered at the beautiful Grey Havens Inn and Restaurant in Georgetown, Maine. Lunches and dinners will be prepared and shared by the cooking class. Each day will begin with a morning meditation offered by Kat and end with a special activity planned by your instructors including a special house concert by Kat on Wednesday evening.

When registering, please specify your choice of workshop.

For lodging contact Ali at 207-371-2616 or email her at innkeeper@greyhavens.com

“This location has natural beauty.”

“You were, and are Mary, so right... painting time is play time. Once I adopted that philosophy, my efforts became more joy and less stressing. Such a wonderful gift, from Sensei to grasshopper.” Mark from Bangor

COVID note: All participants will need to provide a negative COVID test within 24 hours prior to arrival. We will follow CDC guidelines according to location and dates.

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Life Skills

with Amy Hague

$270 More Info

RSU 38 Life Skills Community Course

$30 per student per class; $270 for remaining 9 classes

Please call or email Adult Ed office to register. (Susan Simons, 685-4923 x1065 or adulted@maranacook.com). Weekly payments can be given to Instructor with checks made payable to RSU 38 Adult Education. Credit or debit card payments can be made by calling Adult Ed office.

Instructor: Amy Hague

Location: Manchester Elementary School

Tuesdays, 4-5:30 pm

Life Skills classes are designed to meet the needs of students whose intellectual, developmental and academic levels require specific hands-on teaching of daily living activities. The focus of the Life Skills course is to teach functional skills in daily living, vocational, recreation/leisure and community participation for students from 4th-12th grade, at their individual ability levels. The activities that are prepared will be functional and age-appropriate, and will change to meet the needs of the student. Instruction will be provided in a small group setting and some classes will include community-based experiences. Parents, volunteers, and BHPs are always welcome but not required as long as students can work in a small group with 1-2 adults.

Students will meet at Manchester Elementary for a life skills lesson such as building self advocacy, money management, learning the basics of cooking, building healthy relationships, community, internet safety and more. The class will meet weekly to support students with forming a sense of community. Students will also have time at the end of class to socialize and receive support in social situations when engaging with their peers. Students can also learn to play new games which will help with social skills outside of class as well as understanding how to take turns and properly engage others.

Classes will be offered every Tuesday from 4-5:30 from September 13th - November 15th. Students will need to be dropped off and picked up at Manchester Elementary. This class will include community outings, some of which will require students to be dropped off at an alternate location.

I look forward to being a part of this community and supporting our students to enhance their life skills. Although I will not be writing goals for students for this class, I will provide regular feedback and will have students complete a portfolio of activities that are complete throughout the class. Please reach out if you have any questions or would like to volunteer for a class. Amy_Hague@Maranacook.com

2022 Dates:

September 13: Building a community and advocating for individuals
September 20: Choosing Cooking Methods
September 27: Dieting Sensibly
October 4: Crossing the Street Safely
October 11: Safety in the Community
October 18: Locating Items in a grocery store
October 25: Internet Safety/Bullying
November 1: Holding appropriate conversations
November 8: Choosing Appropriate Clothing for Weather
November 15: TBA

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Creative Writing

with Ben Thomas

Oct

October 18th to November 22nd, 2022

$65 More Info

Creative Writing

Students will be offered 30 techniques of creative writing. Through writing examples, class and discussion students will learn how, and when, professional novelists "create" a book. Their writing is not magic. It is their use of certain techniques that make authors interesting to read. Students will learn and apply 30 of these techniques. We will touch on memoir techniques.

Instructor: Ben Thomas

6 weeks, 6-8 pm

Begins: October 18, 2022

Location: MCHS

Registration: $65

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Needle Felting: Flat Felting Holiday Items

with Lori Twiss

Nov

November 1st, 2022

$15 More Info

Needle Felting: Flat Felting Holiday Items - Beginning & Intermediate

Just beginning? Experienced? This is a dry felting process where felt is created by using wool fleece and a specialized needle. Come to create a flat felt ornament or other decorative item. So many holidays are quickly approaching: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, Ōmisoka, and New Years Day.

Come create; for yourself, a gift, a package adornment, tree ornament, door/table decoration, etc. Come enjoy some time with other felters.

If you have needles you may bring them, if you don't, a full supply kit will be available for purchase.

Lab fee $4.00 for project fleece and extra to take home.

Full supply kit $8.00 includes needles, felting pad and lab fee.

(Fees payable to Instructor night of class.)

Class meets at Maranacook Community High School, Media Center

Date : Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Time: 5:30 -7:30 pm

Registration: $15

Your Instructor has been felting for 17+ years, and teaching felting 14 years.

Beginner Metalsmithing: Silver Ring (Thursday Class)

with Tom Ferrero

Oct

October 20th to November 17th, 2022

$110 More Info

Beginner Metalsmithing: Silver Ring (Thursday Class)

Learn the skills necessary to create a simple, silver ring, custom fit to your finger! You will be taught how to properly size the ring, cut and file it for comfort, solder it using a torch and achieve a mirror finish through polishing. These beginner sessions will prepare students for advanced classes, which will be offered Winter/Spring 2023.

Instructor: Tom Ferrero

Section 2:

4 Thursdays, 6-8 pm

October 20 & 27, November 10 & 17, 2022 (No class November 3rd)

Location: Maranacook Community High School

Registration: $110 (includes $15 materials fee)

Instructor Bio:

Tom Ferrero is a jeweler and painter with a master of fine arts degree in Metalsmithing from Indiana University. He is a US Fulbright recipient and the 2019 Maine Master Craft Artist for the Maine Craft Association. He was an Assistant Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing at NSCAD University in Halifax, Canada for 6 years before moving to Maine to teach part time at Maranacook Community High School. Ferrero is also the winner of the 2012 and 2016 Saul Bell International Design Award in Holloware and has work in the private collection of the Kamm Teapot Foundation in California.

Waiting list available