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Page 1: ArtSchool Fall 2012 Catalog of Classes

fall 2012

for adults and youth

ART CLASSES

digital arts

art history

writing

drawing & design

painting & mixed media

ceramics & sculp-ture

jewelry making

photography

applied arts

theatre

dance

music

health & healing arts

The ArtsCenter

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I am The ArtsCenter.

These are exciting times for The ArtsCenter. Thanks to your support,the hard work of The ArtsCen-ter board, staff, interim Executive Director Jay Miller, and our closest friends and advisors, and the confidence of the Nicholson Foundation, we have achieved a remark-able financial turnaround. We completed Fiscal Year 2012 at the end of June more than $100,000 to the good, one of the best results in the history of our organization. The ArtsCenter is once again the best investment in the arts in the area. We have many exciting events in the works. This catalog presents the richness and diversity of the offerings from our core activity, ArtSchool, a stunning set of classes that connects us with our original purpose back in 1974. As I write this in July, ArtsCamp is now in full swing at The ArtsCenter. 100 young folks in the building each day, happily discovering and exploring their artistic impulses, bring a special excitement. Young folks are at The ArtsCen-ter year-round, and our Afterschool Arts Immersion will resume with the start of the school year, as will the more than 80 school concerts we present here and at schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro system. The ArtsCenter’s Arts in Education program will again focus on Central Elementary in Hillsborough. ArtsCenter Stage has just announced its sensa-tional 2012-13 season featuring the Southeast premiere of two productions (All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and Walt), its participation in a nation-wide festival (44 Plays for 44 Presidents), and the Triangle’s perennial favorite, the 11th Annual 10 By 10 in the Triangle, a festival of new, ten-minute plays. Our greatest music presenting season ever will feature concerts by Suzanne Vega, Tim O’Brien, Roger McGuinn, Judy Collins, Los Lonely Boys, and many others. Look for bluegrass and old-time jam sessions to start on August 6 and a new narrative film screening series by area filmmakers in September. By then our friends at WCOM-FM should be broadcasting from the East End Gallery of The ArtsCenter. Save the date for The ArtsCenter Honors on Oc-tober 13 at UNC’s Friday Center. The remarkable Janis Ian will be the musical headliner, while the dynamic NC Secre-tary of Cultural Resources Linda Carlisle is scheduled to be our speaker. It all starts with your support of The ArtsCenter. Art Menius, Executive Director [email protected]

A Message from our new Executive Director,

Art Menius

The ArtsCenter Always Inspiring.

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The ArtsCenter Always Inspiring.

CLASSES FOR FALL 2012

Adult Classes by Day of the Week. . . . . . . 4

ArtSchool for AdultsFine Arts Classes Digital Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Art History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Drawing And Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Painting And Mixed Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Ceramics and Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Jewelry School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Applied Arts Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Performing Arts Classes Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Dance . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Health & Healing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Youth Courses Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-36

About The Instructors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-42

ArtSchool Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . .43

YAC Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Adult and Youth Scholarship Application. . . 45

Our Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Our Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Our Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

WELCOME!ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter is Orange County’s most comprehensive non-prof-it resource for continuing education in the arts on a non-degree, community ba-sis. Opportunities abound for students of all ages to try their hand at a variety of artistic media or to increase their skills in intermediate/advanced classes.

SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

A limited number of scholarships, based on financial need, are available. Please ask for an application at The ArtsCenter front desk. Scholarships are considered on a first come, first serve basis, so please turn in your application promptly.

SCHOLARSHIP FUND The ArtSchool Scholarship Fund is in need of contributions! Please help make it possible for those with finan-cial need to have access to the benefits of taking an ArtSchool course. We’ll gratefully accept your tax-deductible donation in any amount.

The ArtsCenter receives financial support from The North Carolina Arts Council.

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MONDAYS

TUESDAYS

WEDNESDAYS1005. POCKET-SIZED PROSE Page 71017. ANATOMY FOR THE ARTIST Page 91021. EXPLORING ABSTRACT ART I Page 101022. EXPLORING ABSTRACT ART II Page 101027. CLASSIC OIL PAINTING Page 111028. INTERMEDIATE OIL PAINTING Page 111029. SAFER STUDIO PRACTICE IN OILS Page 121033. CONTINUING WATERCOLOR Page 121041. CERAMICS OPEN STUDIO Page 141043. WHEELTHROWING Page 141062. PHOTO PORTFOLIO BUILDING Page 18

1063. BEGINNING B&W DARKROOM Page 191064. THE FINE PRINT Page 191071. PHOTO MINI WS: CUSTOM MATTING Page 201072. SEWING FUNDAMENTALS Page 201073. SEWING KNITS Page 201094. JAZZ DANCERCIZE Page 261095. BEGINNER HIP-HOP DANCE Page 271100. WEDNESDAY SWING (EAST COAST&BLUES) Pg 281102. THREE-STRING CIGAR-BOX GUITAR Page 281103. FOUR-STRING CIGAR-BOX GUITAR Page 291110. ETHNIC VEGETARIAN COOKING Page 30

1002. INTRO TO PHOTOSHOP Page 61008. PRIMING THE PUMP Page 81009. SHORT SUBJECTS Page 81015. FIGURE LIFE DRAWING I Page 91016. FIGURE LIFE DRAWING II Page 9 1020. REALISM TO ABSTRACTION Page 101025. INTRO TO ACRYLICS Page 111026. PAINTING STUDIO FOR ACRYLICS Page 111031. PORTRAIT PAINTING Page 121032. MORE ON WATERCOLOR Page 121041. CERAMICS OPEN STUDIO Page 141043. WHEELTHROWING Page 14

1048. METALSMITHING: SOLDERING Page 161049. OPEN JEWELRY STUDIO Page 161074. MAKE YOUR OWN PANTS! Page 201080. INTRO TO LAMPWORKING Page 221081. GLASS BEAD ON THE TORCH Page 221084. INTRO TO IMPROV Page 231085. INTERMED. IMPROV Page 231086. ADVANCED IMPROV Page 231088. BEGINNING BELLY DANCE Page 261089. INTRO TO MODERN DANCE Page 261090. INTRO TO BALLROOM DANCE Page 261108. BEGINNING PILATES Page 30

1001. MAKE A MOVIE IN 7 WEEKS Page 61004. WHO WERE THE MAYAS? Page 71007. TOOLS FOR POETRY Page 71018. PORTRAIT DRAWING Page 91019. CARTOONING FOR ADULTS Page 101023. COLOR EXPLORATIONS Page 101033. CONTINUING WATERCOLOR Page 121034. WATER-BASED OPEN STUDIO Page 121036. COLLAGE Page 131041. CERAMICS OPEN STUDIO Page 141043. WHEELTHROWING Page 141044. INTERMEDIATE WHEELTHROWING Page 141046. METALSMITHING: BASIC TECHNIQUES Page 15

1047. METALSMITHING: COLD CONNECTIONS Page 151051. FABULOUS HOLIDAY BLING! Page 161058. BEG PHOTOGRAPHY: FILM OR DIGITAL Page 171060. ADV. PHOTO TECHNIQUES Page 181065. PHOTO MINI WS: MACRO FOR UNDER $20 Page 191068. PHOTO MINI WS: COMPOSITION Page 191070. PHOTO MINI WS: HDR PHOTOGRAPHY Page 201077. BEG/CONT STAINED GLASS Page 211078. STAINED GLASS OPEN STUDIO Page 211091-1093. TAP DANCE Page 261099. TUESDAY SWING (LINDY HOP) Page 271107. COMMUNITY CHORAL JAM Page 301111. INDIAN COOKING Page 30

1011. CREATE COMICS Page 81012. BASIC DRAWING AND DESIGN I Page 81013. BASIC DRAWING AND DESIGN II Page 81014. LIFE DRAWING STUDIO Page 91024. INTRO TO PASTEL PAINTING Page 111038. CONCEPTUAL FACIAL SCULPTING Page 131039. FIGURE SCULPTING Page 131041. CERAMICS OPEN STUDIO Page 14

1043. WHEELTHROWING Page 141045. METAL CLAY BASICS Page 151053. ADD MOVEMENT TO YOUR JEWELRY Page 161054. ADD SPARKLE TO YOUR JEWELRY Page 171057. INTRO TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Page 171059. ADV DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Page 181066. PHOTO MINI WS: POSING Page 191077. BEG/CONT STAINED GLASS Page 21

THURSDAYS

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1000. PRODUCE A RADIO SPOT IN 9 HOURS Page 61003. ABODE PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM Page 61029. SAFER STUDIO PRACTICE IN OILS Page 121033. CONTINUING WATERCOLOR Page 121037. ALTERED BOOKS Page 131041. CERAMICS OPEN STUDIO Page 141042. HANDBUILDING Page 141049. METALSMITHING: SOLDERING Page 16 1050. ETCHING AND HYDRAULIC PRESS Page 16 1052. ELECTRO-ETCHING WORKSHOP Page 161055. CYANOTYPES Page 171056. TOY CAMERA WORKSHOP Page 17

1067. PINHOLE PHOTO WORKSHOP Page 191069. MANUAL EXPOSURE AND SHOOTING WS Page 201075. SCREENPRINTING WS Page 211076. STAINED GLASS CRASH COURSE Page 211079. BLOWN GLASS PAPERWEIGHT Page 221080. INTRO TO LAMPWORKING Page 221087. A DAY OF IMPROV Page 231101. ONE-STRING DIDDLY-BO WS Page 281104. BLUES FOR CIGAR-BOX GUITAR Page 291105. BEGINNING GUITAR Page 291106. INTERMEDIATE GUITAR Page 291109. T’AI-CHI Page 30

SATURDAYS

SUNDAYS1006. IN THE ACT OF WRITING Page 71012. BASIC DRAWING AND DESIGN I Page 81040. SUNDAY CERAMICS STUDIO Page 14

1057. INTRO TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Page 171101. ONE-STRING DIDDLY-BO WS Page 281104. BLUES FOR CIGAR-BOX GUITAR Page 29

Classes by Day of the Week

FRIDAYS1010. DRINK AND DRAW WORKSHOP Page 81030. PAINTING THE AUTUMN LANDSCAPE Page 121035. CONT. ACRYLIC/MIXED MEDIA Page 13

1041. CERAMICS OPEN STUDIO Page 141061. AUTUMN PHOTO WORKSHOP Page 18

1078. STAINED GLASS OPEN STUDIO Page 221082. ACTING INTENSIVE Page 211083. ACTING ON-CAMERA Page 23

1096. BOLLYWOOD Page 271097. BHANGRA Page 271098. SALSA / LATIN DANCE Page 27

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Our digital studio has four G5 Macintosh computers, a color printer and a scanner.

1000. MAKE A RADIO SPOT IN 9 HOURS! NEW!

This course teaches the basics of audio production, with the end result a ready-to-be-broadcast Public Service Announce-ment for the nonprofit community cause of your choice, You will learn the basics of audio production using the computer—scripting, editing, recording and inserting background sounds. The basics of broad-cast radio studio equipment will also be covered as you learn how to operate the WCOM broadcast booth. At the end, stu-dents can optionally obtain certification as substitute DJ’s on our own Chapel Hill-Carrboro community radio, 103.5 FM, and WCOM will air the finished PSA. Students should bring a USB memory stick (minimum capacity 1GB) to the first class.Students should expect to spend three or more hours between class sessions us-ing the computer lab or home computers. The Staff of WCOMuSaturday, 10am-1pm, October 13-27 (3 weeks) $101 public, $91 Friends

1001. MAKE A MOVIE IN 7 WEEKS!This course will teach the basics of video production. Students will learn skills to use 3-chip digital video cameras, tripods, profes-sional lights and audio equipment. Students will also learn basic shot composition and digital editing techniques. Throughout the 7-week course, students will pick a subject or an issue to focus on, and produce, de-pending on the size of the class, a number of short group projects, which will be pre-miered on The Peoples Channel. No ex-perience is necessary, just a willingness to play and learn. Once the course is com-pleted, students will be certified to use The Peoples Channel’s equipment for further productions as long as pieces are able to air on the public access station. For more information about The Peoples Channel, go to: www.thepeopleschannel.org.$5 fee for one 60-minute MiniDV cas-sette, paid to instructor at first class. The last two classes will be held at The Peoples Channel.W. Axel Foley of The Peoples Channel uSection A: Tuesday, 5:30-7:30pm, Sep-tember 11-October 23 (7 weeks) $154 public, $139 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 5:30-7:30pm, No-vember 6-December 18 (7 weeks) $154 public, $139 Friends

1002. INTRO TO ADOBE PHOTO-SHOP cert. coursePhotoshop is the indus-try gold standard for digital image manipulation. Whether you’re preparing photos to post to online galleries or use in web-sites, or repairing scanned negatives and old photos, Photoshop will make the process infinitely easier and faster. This class will get you over your Photo-shop fear by covering the basics of using Photoshop

and the features from Creative Suite 3 up to CS5.5. We will focus on learning the workspace and interface, creating and fine-tuning selections, photo retouching, turning photos into flat graphics using paths, mask-ing, non-destructive editing techniques, and exporting for print and the web. The in-structor will also give an overview of 2D design principles, typography, and color theory as well as an introduction to Adobe Bridge, and some of Adobe’s online tools.Students are encouraged to bring a laptop of their own to the class. If you do not own a copy of Photoshop, you can download a free evaluation copy from Adobe to use during the class. Please let us know when you register if you are bringing in your own laptop.Participants using the lab’s computers should have a rudimentary understanding of Macs. Christopher DonalduSection A: Monday, 6:30-8;30pm, Sep-tember 10-October 15 (6 weeks) $132 public, $119 FriendsuSection B: Monday, 6:30-8;30pm, October 29-December 3 (6 weeks) $132 public, $119 Friends

1003. ORGANIZING AND MANIPULATING IMAGES WITH ADOBE PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM—at The Century CenterOnce in a while a new computer program comes out that is both relatively easy to learn and has the power to make a tremen-dous change in what we can accomplish. Lightroom is such a program for casual, amateur and professional photographers. It is tailored to the needs of the photog-rapher, handling their worfklow needs from the time they attach their camera or memory card to the computer through sorting, organizing, editing, preparing for printing, slide shows and web publishing. After covering important concepts of “workflow” (everything that you do from when you take the picture till you have the desired result), we will demonstrate key features of Lightroom. You can download

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a trial version of the software to use dur-ing the class. Just watch and take notes or bring your Mac or Windows laptop to class and “play along”. You will find Light-room to be a time-saver in managing and presenting your pictures, whether you take a dozen pictures a month or a few hundred in a day. Please note: This class takes place at The Century Center at the intersec-tion of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro.Cosponsored with Carrboro Recre-ation and Parks DepartmentDilip BarmanuSaturday, noon-2:20pm, November 10-December 15 (no class Nov. 24) (5 weeks) $118 public, $106 Friends

1004. WHO WERE THE MAYAS? LATIN AMERICAN ART BEFORE COLONIZATION

NEW! Predictions of a new era or even a world apocalypse are widespread on the internet and in popular media due to the so-called end of the Mayan calendar. But who were the Mayas? This course of-fers a perspective of the culture and art of the Mayas, as well as the Olmecs, Aztecs, Incas and other pre-conquest cultures in what is today Mexico and South America. This class is also an introduction to art history, and no prior experience is neces-sary. Come and learn about our American neighbors and the background for all this talk about 2012! Klint EricsonuTuesday, 7:30-9:30pm, September 11-October 30 (8 weeks) $160 public, $144 Friends

See also: #1011 CREATE COMICS below on page 8.

1005. POCKET-SIZED PROSE: WRITING IN SHORT FORMS

NEW! Short forms of creative writing have become quite popular in the world of literary publishing. NPR even has a seg-ment called “Three-minute Fiction,” in which writers read their very short stories in competition. These short forms, usually limited to 1,000 words or less, are inviting to busy readers, who can devour a wholly satisfying story on the bus ride to work. For beginning writing students, these forms provide an excellent opportunity for skill-sharpening because they require a great deal of restraint and precision. In this class, students will learn and practice the funda-mental elements of short forms in three major genres: flash fiction, micro-memoir and prose poetry. Students will read and discuss published examples of writing in short forms, participate in weekly writing

exercises and produce at least one fin-ished piece in the genre of their choice to share during a final peer critique. $4 fee for copies, paid to instructor at first classRochelle HurtuWednesday, 6:15-8:15pm, September 26-October 24 (5 weeks) $101 public, $91 Friends

1006. IN THE ACT OF WRITING This is a workshop for writers of fiction and nonfiction prose. Whether you are an experienced writer or a novice, you will benefit from its supportive, encour-aging approach. In each session, two or three writers will read from their ongo-ing work, and receive comments from the other participants. Each of us will aspire to be the “ideal reader” for each writer, and all will learn together. Nora EsthimeruSunday, 2-4pm, September 9 -Novem-ber 4 (no class Oct. 7) (8 weeks) $160 public, $144 Friends

1007. TOOLS FOR POETRYNEW! Poetry is a remarkable, cre-

ative and intimate form of communication. Its beauty can be found in images, sounds, rhythm and even the visual placement of the Poet’s words on the page. Poetry can stir our imagination, engage our intellect and fill us with emotion; it can be hilarious or serious, sweetly romantic or brutally realistic. Tools for Poetry is designed to facilitate the writing of poems for those who are new to this form of creative writing. Each class will include an introduction to traditional poetic forms and readings from works by great poets. Partici-pants will learn the uses of language, rhythm and rhyme, sound and punctuation. We will practice these tools so that in no time you will be writing your own poetry! Please bring a notebook and pen or pen-cil to each class. Barbara H. KenyonuTuesday, 6:30-8:30pm, September 18-October 23 (6 weeks) $120 public, $108 Friends

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1008. PRIMING THE PUMP In-class, no-threat experiments with writ-ing and with the basics that go into finding and making a story, whether it’s fiction or drawn from personal experience. We will explore the craft of writing and try out elements such as shaping a story, finding and building characters, using voice and dialog, viewpoint, setting, scene, and more. New writers and anyone who wants to try out the experience are welcome; so are those who have been writing for a while and want to practice with craft elements, jumpstart new ideas or break the dreaded Writers’ Block. Humans are creative be-ings, and the creative imagination thrives on exercise as much as the abs do—so come join us for a six-week workout!Joyce AllenuMonday, 6:30-8:30pm, September 10 -October 15 (6 weeks) $120 public, $108 Friends

1009. SHORT SUBJECTSShort Subjects is designed as an extension of Priming the Pump, but it can be taken by itself too. More in-class, no-threat experi-ments with writing and the elements that go into finding and making a story, wheth-er it’s fiction or drawn from personal ex-perience. New, not-so-new, and exploring writers are all welcome. Joyce AllenuMonday, 6:30-8:30pm, October 29-No-vember 19 (4 weeks) $82 public, $74 Friends

See Also: #1020 REALISM TO ABSTRACTION, below on page 10.#1021 & #1022 EXPLORING ABSTRACTON I & II, below on page 10.#1023 COLOR EXPLORA-TIONS, below on page 10.

1010. LOOSEN UP! DRINK AND DRAW WORKSHOP NEW!

Come enjoy wine, companionship and fun as you explore your artistic side. Instruc-tor Carrie Alter takes you through some drawing activities that are guaranteed to loosen you up and awaken the right side of your brain. Get past the stress of making a drawing come out “right” and rediscover the joy of drawing as play. Each workshop will have different activities, so feel free to sign up for both!All drawing materials providedBring your own wine or purchase it from our bar. If you bring your own, we will provide the accoutrements.For ages 21 and upCarrie AlteruSection A: Friday, 7-10pm, September 14 (one-night workshop) $40 public, $36 FriendsuSection B: Friday, 7-10pm, September 28 (one-night workshop) $40 public, $36 Friends

1011. CREATE COMICS! NEW!

Popularized by graphic novels such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant, the comics medium is an exciting and swiftly growing art-form. This course will teach how to create cohesive comics narratives (both short-form and graphic-novel length), while emphasizing clarity and experimentation. A variety of materials will be introduced and explored while students simultaneously learn ba-sics such as page composition, character design and story structure. Other topics include basic color theory, do-it-yourself book binding, and online promotion. This class blends hands-on exercises with in-class lectures and instruction. Over the seven-week course, students will create two to twelve pages to be collected in a class anthology that can then be distrib-uted to family and friends. No prior experience in drawing or writ-ing is necessary and all skill levels are en-couraged to participate. Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.

NOTE: This class may touch on adult themes and is open for adults only. A sepa-rate class is open for teens. See page 34 for details.Rio Aubry TayloruSection A: Thursday, 6:30-9pm, Septem-ber 13-October 25 (7 weeks) $174 public, $158 FriendsuSection B: Thursday, 6:30-9pm, Novem-ber 1-December 20 (no class Nov. 22) (7 weeks) $174 public, $158 Friends

1012. BASIC DRAWING AND DESIGN Icert. course Develop your observational abilities and rendering skills in this introduc-tion to the principles of drawing and two-dimensional design. Use pencil, charcoal and other media while learning the fundamen-tals of composition, perspective, line and space. Begin to develop your own unique drawing style through quick sketches as well as technical rendering. You can draw!Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Klint Ericson & Steven Wallsu Section A (Ericson): Thursday, 6:15-8:45pm, September 6-October 18 (7 weeks) $174 public, $158 Friendsu Section B (Walls): Sunday, 2:430pm, Oc-tober 21-December 9 (no class Nov. 25) (7 weeks) $174 public, $158 Friends

1013. BASIC DRAWING AND DESIGN IIcert. course If you are having trouble get-ting your drawings to look just “right,” this class is for you! In this class, you continue to refine your drawing and design skills as you use a variety of materials to work in figurative modes and from still-lifes. Gain a greater understanding of how to create believable two-dimensional representations and compositions. Further develop your observational skills as you study light and shadow, correct proportion, and techniques to create volume and believable surfaces. Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Klint EricsonuThursday, 6:15-8:45pm, November

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1-December 20 (no class Nov. 22) (7 weeks) $174 public, $158 Friends

1015. FIGURE LIFE DRAWING Icert. course Heighten your visual aware-ness with tools and exercises designed to access the creative (right) side of your brain. We will draw from the model, focusing on process (skill-building) more than product.

This is a high-en-ergy class! It will help you loosen up as your draw-ing skills improve. Demos, lots of practice and in-dividual guidance are provided. Ideal for begin-ners as well as practicing profes-sionals! Limited to 12 students.Tuition in-cludes models’ fees.Bring an 18 x 24” newsprint pad, two sheets

of copy paper, and soft/medium vine

charcoal to first class. Instructor will dis-cuss other materials at first class meeting.Stacye LeanzauMonday, 6:30-9pm September 10-Oc-tober 22 (7 weeks) $218 public, $202 Friends

1016. FIGURE LIFE DRAWING IIcert. course This class is for people who have completed the basic Figure Life Drawing class and want to continue honing and practicing their drawing skills. We will go into more detail, studying foreshorten-ing, setting, heads & hands and different media. Three class sessions will focus on anatomy (body, hands & feet, and heads). We will review and use the skills learned in the basic class. This is another high-energy class with demos and individual instruction. Repeat students always welcome!Tuition includes models’ fees.Materials list is the same for Figure Drawing 1. Stacye LeanzauMonday, 6:30-9pm, November 5-De-cember 17 (7 weeks) $218 public, $202 Friends

1017. ANATOMY FOR THEARTIST (DRAWING AND PAINTING) cert. course NEW!

A painting and/or drawing course dedi-cated to studying the nude in its anatomi-cal splendor! Students will have the choice to draw or paint the figure from life while receiving individualized instruction on landmark forms of the skeletal and mus-cular systems. Learn how these underly-ing structures articulate, affecting gesture and movement. Through drawing overlays onto selected Old Master Drawings we will identify the deeper structures for a more complete understanding of form and movement. Enjoy a trip to the NCMA and learn from the collection, sketching from the selected paintings and sculptures. This course is open to all individuals and levels of experience, though some drawing experience is recommended.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Tuition includes models’ fees.Brian KuebleruWednesday, 6:15-9:15pm, September 5-October 10 (6 weeks) $206 public, $190 Friends

1018. PORTRAIT DRAWINGcert. course Correct proportions, val-ues, perspective, composition and likeness are areas of concentration in this course on portraiture. Beginners and interme-diates are given individual instruction at their own pace.Models’ fees will be split amongst stu-dents at the first class.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Herb SlapouSection A: Tuesday, 6:15-8:15pm, Sep-tember 11-October 16 (6 weeks) $120 public, $108 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 6:15-8:15pm, Octo-ber 30-December 4 (6 weeks) $120 pub-lic, $108 Friends

1014. LIFE DRAWING STUDIO

This is an informal weekly session geared for individual development in drawing, with nude models. No instructor provided.

Tuition includes models’ fees.

uThursdays, 6:15-8:15pm, ongoing

Punch card may be purchased for $52, allowing attendance at four sessions over a three-month period, with expi-ration date fixed at time of registration. A punch card is given to you when you register at the front desk. Please call the ArtSchool Director at 929-2787 x 207 for more information.

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1019. CARTOONING FOR ADULTS A course for both writers and artists—learn to write and illustrate your own sto-ries or write and draw your own editorial cartoons, comic strips and comic books. We will explore the history and develop-ment of cartooning and learn the chem-istry of humor and drama told in both words and pictures; learn how to visually design your characters so they fit their parts; caricature your favorite (or least favorite) public figures and visually edito-rialize your views of them; and study the direction and timing that goes into creat-ing sequential art—from greeting cards and multi-paneled comic strips to comic books and graphic novels.Please bring your lap-tops or writing pads to write in class. The instructor will provide the pencils, pens and brushes.$5-7 materials fee, paid to instructor at first class.Richard CloudtuTuesday, 6:30-8:30pm, November 6-De-cember 18 (7 weeks) $140 public, $126 Friends

See Also #1017 ANATOMY FOR THE ARTIST on page 9.

1020. REALISM TO ABSTRACTION (DRAWING AND PAINTING) cert. course

NEW! Each class begins with drawing from still life or a live model. We’ll observe and identify basic elements of compo-sition: shape, line and form, in order to take the subject from reality towards ab-straction in three steps. By observing the subject and surrounding space the artist may identify what is essential according to a personal vision and thus emphasize the important elements to produce work with personal power and individuality. Students

can make the decision about the degree of departure from reality expressing per-sonal choice by emphasizing line, shape or color. We begin the process with a black and white sketch and move to using pastel, watercolors or acrylics. During each class, the instructor will demonstrate three ap-proaches to depicting the single subject, starting with an analysis of what we see to a decision of what we want to empha-size or eliminate. Students have the option of working on a single picture or moving from one approach to another to produce a series of 2 or 3 images. We will study abstraction in the 20th and 21st centuries to understand how artists have handled similar problems in the past. Tuition includes models’ fees. Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Linda PassmanuMonday, 9:30am-noon, September 10 -October 22 (7 weeks) $191 public, $175 Friends

1021. EXPLORING ABSTRACT ART (DRAWING AND PAINTING) cert. course The main difference be-tween representational and non-represen-tational art is that, in the latter, we draw from inner (subjective) vision instead of outer (objective) vision. “Abstract” art in-cludes the entire range between the two. The primary focus of the class is to ac-cess that inner vision and develop it. To do this effectively, one must be free of obstacles to this “creative source.” Using charcoal and tempera paint, our method (here comes the fun part!) is to practice the intuitive, right-brain oriented exer-cises—free of logic, labels, and judgment—that were created by early abstract artists. There will also be a bit of history, some discussion, and plenty of slides of some of the greats, for inspiration! With practice, students will begin to form their own per-sonal “language” of shape, line, symbol and color, while also exploring basic drawing elements and composition. The new lon-ger class time allows for more exercise

time! Beginners are welcome, as well as established artists who desire to deepen their art-making experience. Repeat stu-dents welcomed, too! $5 materials fee, due to instructor at first class. The instructor will discuss fur-ther materials during the first class.Stacye LeanzauSection A: Wednesday, 10:30am-1pm, September 19-October 24 (6 weeks) $150 public, $135 FriendsuSection B: Wednesday, 6:30-9pm, No-vember 7-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (6 weeks) $150 public, $135 Friends

1022. EXPLORING ABSTRACT ART II (DRAWING AND PAINTING) NEW!

cert. course This is a continuation of Ex-ploring Abstract Art 1, focusing a bit more on the subtle differences between access-ing one’s inner vision (or creative source), and synthesizing it into “relevant” art. The methods will be the same as in Exploring Abstract Art 1.$5 materials fee, due to instructor at first class. The instructor will discuss fur-ther materials during the first class.Stacye LeanzauWednesday, 10:30am-1pm, November 7-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (6 weeks) $150 public, $135 Friends

1023. COLOR EXPLORATIONS (DRAWING AND PAINTING) cert. course This class is designed to give students a solid foundation and deep-er understanding of color. We will work with a variety of color concepts includ-ing color mixing and matching, creating variations of color through tinting, ton-ing and saturation, creating a consistent composition through the use of various palettes, and how to create a sense of light. Students will strengthen and develop both their use of color and drafting skills through color exercises and drawing ob-jects, outdoor scenes, and any subject mat-ter of the students’ choice. We’ll view and discuss professional samples in each class. Students are free to choose their media

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(no oils, please).Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Annette deFerrariuTuesday, 6:30-9pm, October 30-De-cember 4 (6 weeks) $150 public, $135 Friends

1024. INTRODUCTION TO PASTEL PAINTING cert. courseEnjoy the world of soft pastels with this informative and structured class designed to give you the opportunity to learn how to combine your drawing and painting skills to create successful pastel paint-ings. Pastel painting techniques, an overview of materials, atten-tion to shapes and values, use of hard and soft edges and implementing color theory will be included in this course. Students new to pastel painting, as well as returning students are welcome.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Kim WerfeluThursday, 10am-noon, Septem-ber 13-October 18 (6 weeks) $120 public, $108 Friends

1025. INTRODUCTION TO ACRYLIC PAINTINGcert. course This class primes you and your canvas with the basics of how to get started painting. Explore the fundamentals of acrylic painting, including color-mixing and methods of paint application. Discuss the principals of composition, line, color, value and texture. While structured lessons in various techniques are an important part of this class, experimentation and the de-velopment of your own personal style is encouraged, and individual attention is given to each artist. This course includes regular demonstrations of materials, tech-niques and applications. Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.

Some prior drawing experience is highly recommended.Klint EricsonuMonday, 6:15-9:15pm, September 10-October 22 (7 weeks) $207 public, $186 Friends

1026. PAINTING STUDIO FOR ACRYLICS Freely explore your

individual creative na-ture through painting in

acrylics. In the support-ive working environment of

this course, self-expression, experimentation and the

development of

your painting skills are the goals. There will be regular demonstrations in various techniques, and students are given indi-vidualized instruction as needed. Enjoy discussions about philosophy, color theory, composition and art history.A basic understanding of acrylics is ad-vised. This class is not for beginners.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.TBAuMonday, 6:15-9:15pm, November 5-December 17 (7 weeks) $207 public, $186 Friends

1027. CLASSIC OIL PAINTING: AN INTRODUCTIONcert. course This class provides a com-

plete introduction to oils, allowing stu-dents to discover the distinct expressive possibilities of this truly classic medium. No paint- ing experience is re-quired! We will cover funda-m e n - tals such as composition, color, tone and line, as well as t h e traditional techniques and

processes involved in mak-ing an oil painting. Students

will learn skills such as under-painting, glazing and scumbling,

as well as how to mix and use mediums. This class will empha-

size painting from life, but stu-dents will have the opportunity to

choose their own subject for a final project. Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to

first class.Some prior drawing experience

is highly recommended.Steven WallsuWednesday, 6:15-9:15pm, Septem-

ber 5-October 17 (7 weeks) $207 public, $186 Friends

1028. INTERMEDIATE OIL PAINTING

cert. course Continuing Oil Painting is a course designed for the intermedi-ate to advanced student who wishes

to continue a guided exploration of the medium while moving beyond its basic principles. Class discussions will introduce more advanced techniques such as planar analysis and atmospheric perspective, as well as including a more thorough study of composition and color. This class will emphasize interpretation through group critiques and discussions. Subjects matter for paintings will be selected by the stu-dent. Spending time working on paintings outside of class will be necessary.A basic understanding of oils is required. This class is not for beginners.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Steven WallsuWednesday, 6:15-9:15pm, October

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1029. SAFER STUDIO PRAC-TICE IN OILS NEW! A workshop for artists interested in less toxic alternatives for a healthier studio practice in oils. Learn more about safer pigments in paint and less toxic solvents or solvent substitutes for applications in painting mediums and clean up. Partici-pants can enjoy a short historical narra-tive on oil painting’s early practices and how this medium and the materials used have evolved over time. Discussion topics include what is available in fine art supply retail stores and how it may be applicable in your studio practices. A wonderful op-portunity for all artists, those that share studio space or that have studios at home around family and friends.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Brian KuebleruSection A: Saturday, 10am-12:30pm, September 22 (one-day workshop) $30 public, $27 FriendsuSection B: Wednesday, 6:30-9pm, Oc-tober 24 (one-day workshop) $30 public, $27 Friends

1030. PAINTING THE AUTUMN LANDSCAPE

NEW! cert. course This is a part en plein air/ part studio course in oils. Stu-dents will paint from selected locations within William B. Umstead State Park for the first four class sessions. Meeting at The Art Center the last three sessions of the course, we’ll use these studies completed onsite and photo reference to develop larger painting compositions. Instruction will be given through demonstration and in-depth discussions on various landscape artists throughout art history, their pro-cess and methods, and materials used. Students will gain a better understanding of color, pictorial depth cues, and practical palette setups on-site and in the studio. Open to all levels of experience.

In case of inclement weather, students will meet at The ArtsCenter.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Brian KuebleruFriday, 11am-2pm, October 5-Novem-ber 16 (7 weeks) $207 public, $186 Friends

1031. PORTRAIT PAINTINGcert. course This course provides a wonderful opportunity to paint from a clothed model! (If you prefer, you may also bring a reference photo and create a painting from your own chosen subject). You may use oils, acrylics or mixed media to create your paintings. We’ll talk about various techniques and styles, from the Old Masters to Contemporary. We will also discuss the methods and materials of painting, including the palette, under-painting, paint mixing and different ways to apply paint. Discussions of lighting, color, form and composition will be included as well. A model will pose for each class. All are welcome–from beginner to advanced. Instruction will be individualized for each student.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Models’ fees will be split amongst stu-dents at the first class.Elizabeth MayuMonday, 10am-12:30pm, October 29-December 10 (7 weeks) $174 public, $158 Friends

1032. MORE ON WATERCOLOR cert. course This course is geared for the continuing student who already has some experience in watercolor. Through instructor-guided exercises or independent projects, students will expand their under-standing of wet-on-dry and wet-on-wet techniques and how to explore the color, texture and spontaneity that are unique to watercolor. The use of photo references to develop paintings will also be covered with emphasis on creative approaches.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.

Julie EastmanuMonday, 10am-noon, September 10-October 15 (6 weeks) $120 public, $108 Friends

1033. CONTINUING WATERCOLORcert. course This course is for inter-mediate to advanced level students who want to continue to be stimulated and in-spired by creative challenges and focused critiques. The emphasis is on experimen-tation and individual interpretation of the projects. Please bring your painting materials to the first class.Luna Lee RayuSection A: Tuesday, 11am-2pm, September 11-October 16 (6 weeks) $179 public, $161 FriendsuSection B: Wednesday, 11am-2pm, Sep-tember 12-October 17 (6 weeks) $179 public, $161 FriendsuSection C: Saturday, 11am-2pm, September 15-October 20 (6 weeks) $179 public, $161 FriendsuSection D: Tuesday, 11am-2pm, Octo-ber 30-December 11 (no class Nov. 20) (6 weeks) $179 public, $161 FriendsuSection E: Wednesday, 11am-2pm, October 31-December 12 (no class Nov. 21) (6 weeks) $179 public, $161 FriendsuSection F: Saturday, 11am-2pm, No-vember 17-December 15 (no class Nov. 24) (4 weeks) $120 public, $108 Friends

1034. OPEN STUDIO FOR WATER-BASED MEDIA WITH LUNA LEE RAY NEW!

cert. course A great opportunity to work on your own projects, with lots of individual attention from the instructor. No formal critiques, just uninterrupted working time! For all water- media based artists: watercolor, acrylic, collage, mixed media. Please bring your painting materials to the first class.Sorry, no oils.Luna Lee RayuSection A: Tuesday, 2:15-5pm, September 11-October 16 (6 weeks)

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$165 public, $148 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 2:15-5pm, October 30-December 11 (no class Nov. 20) (6 weeks) $165 public, $148 Friends

1035. CONTINUING ACRYLIC/MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGcert. course Fun with acrylics! For painters with some experience who want the inspiration and challenge of projects, demos and critiques. The sections may be taken individually, but are designed to be taken consecutively. Each section is unique and builds on the skills from the previous classes.Bring painting materials to first class.Please, no oils!$10 material fee paid to instructor at first class.Luna Lee RayuSection A: Friday, 11am-2pm, September 14-October 19 (6 weeks) $179 public, $161 FriendsuSection B: Friday, 11am-2pm, Novem-ber 2-December 14 (no class Nov. 23) (6 weeks) $179 public, $161 Friends

1036. COLLAGEcert. course Explore the joy of making art from cut paper! Collage can be used to create playful, expressive, wild or qui-etly subdued and deeply serious works. The works can be simple or complex, abstract or pictorial. In this class, we’ll use exercises to get started and loosen up, and discuss design concepts to help develop your work. We’ll use a variety of materials such as newspapers, magazines, wallpaper, ticket stubs and other found papers, along with textured papers we create in class. Students will be encour-aged and guided in experimenting with this medium so they can explore and develop their own personal expressions. We’ll view and discuss collage samples for inspiration.Annette deFerrariObtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.uTuesday, 6:30-9pm, September 11 -October 16 (6 weeks) $150 public,

$135 Friends1037. ALTERED BOOKS In this workshop, we will use collage and embellishment to turn old books into in-teractive works of art. Each student will make a reference book so they have a per-manent record of the techniques demon-strated. The instructor will show various ways of doing backgrounds to get color and texture on a page. We will do pockets, slits and pull-outs, tip-ins (add in pages), niches, windows and drawers, transparen-cies, and many different kinds of pop ups. The instructor will discuss glues, paints and the types of books that work best—everything a student needs to get started in this art form.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.$5 materials fee, paid to instructor at first class.Carol OwenuSaturday, 10am-4pm and Sunday, noon-4pm, October 13 & 14 (weekend work-shop) $112 public, $101 Friends

1038. INTRO TO CONCEPTUAL FACIAL SCULPTING NEW!

Each student will first brainstorm a bust to sculpt, be it cartoonish or realistic. Next comes blueprints of front and side profiles. Students will then be introduced to cha-vant clay and its properties. In the following weeks, students will explore basic forms, gradually establishing landmarks (ears, eye-lines, mouthlines, nose) until they have a bust that resembles their original concepts.Obtain materials and tools list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class. These will cost approximately $40.$50 fee for chavant clay, paid to instruc-tor at first classPlease Note: This class is NOT held in the Ceramics Studio, and Ceramics Open Studio hours are not available .Nadjib AssaniuThursday, 6:30-8:30pm, September

6-October 11 (6 weeks) $120 public, $108 Friends

1039. FIGURE AND CONCEPT SCULPTING Explore your creativity through the use of chavant clay. Chavant clay is oil based and remains malleable, reusable and reworkable for extended amounts of time making it a favorite among ani-mators and special effects artists. Stu-dents will design a concept they would like to sculpt over the course of the semester. After learning to make arma-tures, the students will sculpt their con-cepts using the chavant clay to block out general shapes. These shapes will then be refined into accurate portray-als of the original concepts.Obtain materials and tools list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class. These will cost approximately $40.$50 fee for chavant clay, paid to in-

ceramics & sculpture

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structor at first classPlease Note: This class is NOT held in the Ceramics Studio, and Ceramics Open Studio hours are not available .Nadjib AssaniuThursday, 6:30-8:30pm, October 25-December 20 (no class Nov. 22) (8 weeks) $160 public, $144 Friends

Please note: tuition for clay courses includes one bag of clay and studio fees, unless otherwise noted. If student wishes to use more clay, bags may be purchased for $20 each. Tuition does not include cost of tools. Please click on “Adult Classes” at www.carrboroclay.com for info about tools.

1042. HANDBUILDINGIn this class we will focus on functional forms and slip decorating techniques. We will cover plates, bowls, mugs, pitchers and jar forms. Techniques will include slab building, drape molding and free draping. Students will have the chance to make their own forms for plates as well as work with existing plaster “hump” molds. Decorating techniques will include feather combing, sgrafitto, stamping, marbling and slip trailing. Each week, we will focus on completing one form as we work towards more and more complex vessels. Students will be encour-aged to think in terms of themes when it comes to their decorating and to develop specific ideas about how their decorations relate to the form and function of their work.Tuition includes materials fees, but not tools. Please click on "Adult Classes" at www.carrboroclay.com for info about tools.C h r i s t o p h e r DonalduSection A: Satur-day, 10am-12:30pm, September 8-Oc-tober 20 (7 weeks) $185 public, $170 FriendsuSection B: Saturday, 10am-12:30pm, No-vember 3-December

15 (no class Nov. 24) (6 weeks) $165 pub-lic, $152 Friends

1043. WHEELTHROWINGThese introductory wheelthrowing classes are open to both beginners and advanced beginners. Beginners will learn to center the clay and throw basic utilitarian forms. More advanced students will improve their throwing skills, enabling them to work with larger amounts of clay and cre-ate more complex, assembled pieces. All students will learn to work with glazes and other decorating methods that will result in lovely, functional pieces of pottery.Tuition includes materials fees, but not tools. Please click on "Adult Classes" at www.carrboroclay.com for info about tools.Jason Abide, Anya Avrutskaya, Rebecca Clewell and James WarduSection A (Clewell): Wednesday, 6:30-9pm, September 5-October 17 (7 weeks) $185 public, $170 FriendsuSection B (Avrutskaya): Thursday, 6:30-9pm, September 6-October 11 (6 weeks) $165 public, $152 FriendsuSection C (Abide): Monday, 6:30-9pm, September 10-October 22 (7 weeks) $185 public, $170 FriendsuSection D (Clewell): Wednesday, 6:30-9pm, October 24-December 12 (no class

1040. SUNDAY CERAMICS OPEN STUDIO (SUNDAYS ONLY)For those with limited time and a tight budget, Sunday Open Studio allows students to attend ONLY the Sunday session of Open Studio. Cards can be purchased for a month’s use of the stu-dio at The ArtsCenter front desk. $45 / monthuSunday, 10am-4pm

Please Note: Open Studio times are subject to change. See www.car-rboroclay.com for the most updated schedule.Please Note: There will be no Open Studio November 25.

1041. CERAMICS OPEN STUDIO Open Studio enables students to prac-tice techniques, pursue individual skill development and enjoy the community of other potters; no instruction is pro-vided. Open Studio is open to currently enrolled ceramics students. A two-week grace period is allowed after the end of class in order to complete proj-ects started in class. Previous students (only) may enroll in Open Studio by the month. The monthly fee includes 25 pounds of clay, firing fees and the use of all glazes. Please bring your own tools.

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Nov. 21) (7 weeks) $185 public, $170 FriendsuSection E (Avrutskaya): Thursday, 6:30-9pm, October 25-December 13 (no class Nov. 22) (7 weeks) $185 public, $170 FriendsuSection F (Abide): Monday, 6:30-9pm, October 29-December 10 (7 weeks) $185 public, $170 FriendsuSection G (Ward): Tuesday, 6:30-9pm, October 30-December 11 (7 weeks) $185 public, $170 Friends

1044. INTERMEDIATE WHEELTHROWINGStudents will learn more advanced tech-niques. We will address, in greater depth, pulling handles, trimming feet, making vari-ous lids, throwing with ribs, working with greater amounts of clay, decorating, alter-ing and finishing pottery. Students should be comfortable center-ing 2+ pounds of clay.Tuition includes materials fees, but not tools. Please click on “Adult Classes” at www.carrboroclay.com for info about tools.James WarduTuesday, 6:30-9pm, September 4-Oc-tober 16 (7 weeks) $185 public, $170 Friends

1045. METAL CLAY BASICSMetal clay is pure metal suspended in a binder. It works very much like ceramic clay: when fired in a kiln, the binder burns out, and pure metal remains. Learn about the tools used to sculpt and create jewelry with this clay. The class will cover mak-ing your own texturing plates, imprinting, forming, firing and finishing. Each student should be able to make one ring and sev-eral small pendants, charms or earrings. $10 studio fee paid to instructor with exact cash or check at first class.Tool kits are provided for use during

class. Please wear clothes you can get dirty or bring a “craft “ apron to wear.A 25 gram package of silver PMC metal clay costs $60 at the time of printing. That is the minimum amount needed. Most stu-dents end up buying 50 grams of silver for the four week class.Base metal clay, either bronze or copper, will also be available for prices starting at $12 per 30 gram package at the time of this printing.Findings, wire per inch, and cubic zirco-nias will as be available for purchase. Monica HunteruThursday, 6:30-9pm, September 6-27 (4 weeks) $101 public, $91 Friends

1046. BEGINNING METAL-SMITHING: THE FIRST STEP—BASIC TECHNIQUESThis class is the first step into the creative world of metalsmithing. In this class, stu-dents will learn basic techniques and tool care, and projects will start with metal preparation, design layout and sawing. Students will learn filing and sanding tech-niques and finally how to apply a texture and final finish and/or patina. A copper or brass pierced pendant, earrings or key chain will be made. Students will be expected to follow along with the class projects.$12 studio fee and an $8-$20 materials fee, based upon current market prices of metals, paid to instructor at first class.Note: This is a prerequisite to all oth-er metalsmithing classes. Chrissy Jahnes uTuesday, 6:30-9pm, September 11-Oc-tober 2 (4 weeks) $101 public, $91 Friends

1047. BEGINNING METAL-SMITHING: COLD CONNEC-TIONS—WIRE AND TUBE RIVETSCold Connections is a great next step for beginning jewelry makers. Without having to solder or use a torch, you can create high quality pieces that you will be proud

to wear. Once you learn some simple ways to join metal, you will be able to fash-ion a wide array of jewelry using tools that are inexpensive and readily available. The riveting techniques that you will learn al-low you to join different metals and incor-porate “found” and non-metal accents into your pieces that would not be able to be soldered. A pin or pendant in copper and/or brass will be made. Students will be expected to fol-low along with the class projects. $12 studio fee and an $8-$20 materials fee, based upon current market prices of metals, paid to instructor at first class. Students wishing to use sterling silver in their projects can obtain a list of suppliers from the instructor. PREREQUISITE: Beginning Metal-smithing: The First Step—Basic Techniques.Chrissy Jahnes uTuesday, 6:30-9pm, October 16-No-vember 6 (4 weeks) $101 public, $91 Friends

1048. BEGINNING METAL-SMITHING: SOLDERING—SWEAT SOLDERS AND BUTT SOLDERSSoldering, a technique used for thousands of years, employs heat and solder to join pieces of metal together. It is the most commonly used technique for joining met-al. In this class, students will learn torch use and safety and some basic soldering skills such as sweat solder joins, butt sol-der joins and the use of sheet and wire solder. Students will make either stacking silver rings or a copper and silver bracelet. Students will be expected to follow along with the class projects. At the first class, students will pay the instructor a studio fee of $12 plus an additional fee for the materials (between $8 to $35), based upon current market prices of metals. PREREQUISITE: Beginning Metal-smithing: The First Step—Basic Techniques.Susan WalseruSection A: Saturday & Sunday, 10am-

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1049. OPEN JEWELRY STUDIO: CONTINUE WITH YOUR OWN PROJECT NEW!

Bring your ideas and come fly almost solo! Students who have completed the First Step—Basic Techniques and other Basic Metalsmithing classes (Cold Connections and/or Soldering) OR Beginning Metal Clay will be able to continue working on a project of their choice. Projects must be based on previous class instruction. Each student must contact the instructor prior to class to discuss their project and their material and tool needs. PREREQUISITE: The First Step—Basic Techniques and either Cold Connec-tions or Soldering OR Beginning Metal Clay.$8 studio fee, paid to instructor at first class, plus materials costs for project pur-chased from the instructor. Students must contact instructor with project ideas and materials needed at least two weeks prior to class.Instruction and guidance will be provid-ed to help you complete your next project.Monica Hunter & Susan WalseruMonday, 6:30-9pm, September 10-Octo-ber 8 (5 weeks) $125 public, $113 Friends

1050. CONTINUING METAL-SMITHING—ETCHING AND HYDRAULIC PRESS. NEW “GREEN” ETCHING TECH-NIQUE: GALVANIC ETCHINGStudents who have completed the First Step—Basic Techniques and Basic Metal-smithing—Soldering) will texture copper and/or silver using two etching techniques. Students will be shown Galvanic Etching, also known as electrolytic etching, us-ing electricity and a salt solution (no acid is used and the solution can be used for an indefinite period of time), and etching using an acid solution. In both forms of

etching, students will learn the best type of resist to use, such as Sharpie Marker, Staz-on Ink, nail polish, tape, or a special paper to transfer a design onto the metal. The textured metal will then be formed using the hydraulic press. Students will learn to use acrylic and anti-clastic bracelet forms to shape the metal using the hydraulic press and produce a pair of earrings and

a bracelet. PREREQUISITE: Beginning Metal-smithing: The First Step—Basic Techniques and Beginning Metalsmithing: Soldering OR Cold ConnectionsStudents must contact one of the in-structors prior to class to discuss materi-als to bring to class.The class fee of $25, payable to the instructors at the first class, will include material to make one set of copper ear-rings and a copper bracelet. Metals for additional projects may be purchased at market value from the instructors.Monica Hunter & Susan WalseruSaturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm, Sep-tember 22 & 23 (2-day workshop) $120 public, $108 Friends

1051. FABULOUS HOLIDAY BLING! NEW!

Create a personal holiday ornament us-ing a favorite holiday memory or item as your inspiration for your design. We will be making pieces that fit together to cre-ate a lovely three dimensional hanging ornament in copper and/or brass to keep or give.

Students will be expected to fol-low along with the class projects. $12 studio fee and an $8-$20 materials fee, based upon current market prices of metals, paid to instructor at first class. PREREQUISITE: Beginning Metal-smithing: The First Step—Basic Techniques.Chrissy Jahnes uTuesday, 6:30-9pm, November 20-De-

cember 11 (4 weeks) $101 public, $91 Friends

1052. ELECTRO-ETCHING WORKSHOP NEW!

Get hands-on experience with elec-tro-etching copper, brass, and silver without using corrosive acids. Other advantages of electro-etching are that no dangerous gasses or fumes are cre-ated during the process, and a wider choose of resists is available because the resist does not have to stand up to a corrosive acid. We will focus on set-

ting up a simple electro-etching home stu-dio for surprisingly low cost. This work-shop is suitable for beginners and more advanced metalsmiths.$35 lab fee paid to instructor at first class. Fee includes all class supplies and an ample amount of copper for use during the workshop.John FetvedtuSaturday, 10am-4pm, October 13 (one-day workshop) $62 public, $56 Friends

1053. ADD MOVEMENT TO YOUR JEWELRYStudents will learn how to design and fab-ricate hinges, clasps and latches that are as beautiful as they are functional. Dem-onstrations will be given to help students better understand construction and pro-cedure, and samples will be made. Basic supplies will be provided. PREREQUISITE: Beginning Metalsmith-ing: The First Step—Basic Techniques and Beginning Metalsmithing: Soldering$10 studio fee and a $30 materials fee, paid to instructor at first classMonica HunteruThursday, 6:30-9pm, October 11-No-

Etched bracelet made in Con’t Metalsmithing class

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1054. ADD SPARKLE TO YOUR JEWELRYAdd sparkle to your designs with the ad-dition of stones. In this class you will be introduced to the most common settings such as bezel and tube setting. Learn how to gauge stones, which burs to use, and how to use a burnisher. We will first make samples to better understand these tech-niques, and then if times allows, a ring will be made. Basic supplies will be provided, including stones.PREREQUISITE: Beginning Metal-smithing: The First Step—Basic Techniques and Beginning Metalsmithing: Soldering$10 studio fee and a $30 materials fee, paid to instructor at first classMonica HunteruThursday, 6:30-9pm, November 15-De-cember 13 (no class Nov. 22) (4 weeks) $101 public, $91 Friends

1055. CYANOTYPES NEW!

The cyanotype, also known as the “blue print” or “sun print” provides a fun, easy and non-toxic exploration into the ori-gins of photography. The basic cyanotype recipe has not changed very much since Sir John Herschel introduced it in 1842. It is often the first alternative process that people try because it is quite beautiful and expressive and can also be seen as a gateway to further exploration of historic photographic methods. In addition, it gives experienced photographers and artists a great excuse to take their eyes off the

computer screen and get their hands dirty. Unlike photographs set in silver, as in black and white photography, cyanotypes are us-ing a solution of iron compounds. The pho-tograph can be taken with a camera, even a digital camera, and the resulting photo turned into a negative that can be used to make a cyanotype. Also, objects like flow-ers, lace or practically anything can be used to produce a photogram. $20 for chemicals, paper and digital negative film, paid to instructor at first class.Bryce LankarduSection A: Saturday & Sunday, 1-4pm, September 15-23 (4 classes) $120 public, $108 FriendsuSection B: Saturday & Sunday, 1-4pm, October 27-November 4 (4 classes) $120 public, $108 Friends

1056. TOY CAMERA WORKSHOP NEW!

Toy plastic cameras are simple and inex-pensive, yet are full-fledged cameras that manage to function with a body made of plastic, a spring for a shutter and minimal adjustments. Made in China, Holgas (the most common toy camera) have boomed in popularity since hitting the fine art scene in the 1980s. An excellent introduction to medium format photography, a break from super-techy digitals, and a cheap toy to play with and shoot with abandon, the $20-$30 Holga is both a toy and a serious photo-graphic tool, and it’s a heck of a lot of fun! Let go of complete control and allow the magic to happen.Some basic darkroom experience is required.Please bring your toy camera and film to the first class. There are many types, including your grandpa’s brownie, that will work, but a Holga or Diana are recom-mended. Recommended text: Plastic Camer-as: Toying with Creativity by Michelle BatesBryce LankarduSection A: Saturday & Sunday, 1-4pm, October 6-14 (4 classes) $120 public, $108 Friends

uSection B: Saturday & Sunday, 1-4pm, December 8-16 (4 classes) $120 public, $108 Friends

1057. INTRO TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY—at The Century CenterDo you have a digital camera and want tolearn how to use it more effectively? In this class, we will talk about general photographic technique such as framing, composition, and lighting, as well as gen-eral photographic terms that you should be aware of to use to take great pictures such as focus, depth of field, lens speed, aperture, shutter speed, effective ISO/ASA, white balance, and continuous high-speed shooting. In between classes, you will have shooting assignments, and we will review what you did in class. We will also delve into features specific to digital photogra-phy, such as suggested best practices for storing and archiving digital images, shoot-ing in RAW vs. other formats, panoramic shots, and sound and video capture. It will be a fun class that will help you to become a better master of your digital camera.Please note: This class takes place at The Century Center at the intersection of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro.Cosponsored with Carrboro Recre-ation and Parks DepartmentDilip BarmanuSection A: Thursday, 6-8:20pm,August 30-October 4 (6 weeks) $140 public, $126 FriendsuSection B: Sunday, 1-3:20pm, November 4-December 16 (no class Nov. 25) (6 weeks) $140 public, $126 Friends

1058. BEGINNING PHOTOG-RAPHY: FILM OR DIGITALFilm or digital, the elements of a good photograph remain the same. Understand these elements, and learn how to use them to create what your eye sees. Learn what to expect, from what your camera tells you to the final print. Weekly assign-ments will emphasis the concepts.Students must have a film or digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera with lens, or a

DARKROOM RENTALThe darkroom is available for rental to experienced developers. Please inquire at The ArtsCenter’s front desk for more information. Rental is $35 per month ($30 Friends) or $85 for three months ($70 Friends).

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camera that can control exposure manually. Todd E. GauluTuesday, 6:30-8:30pm, September 4-25 (4 weeks) $82 public, $74 Friends

1059. ADVANCED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: COMPOSITION AND EQUIP-MENT—at The Century CenterAre you familiar with basics of photogra-phy, such as effectively composing images, using aperture- and shutter-priority, the exposure triangle and depth of field? Are you also comfortable with digital photog-raphy with some understanding of work-flow, file formats, white balance and color management? In this 4-week class, we con-tinue with more compositional consider-ations in creating artful images for effect, such as balance, symmetry and asymmetry, golden ratio, golden spiral, tri-angulation, and avoiding “merg-ers.” We consider color theory to help in creating pleasing im-ages. We problem-solve several potentially challenging shoot-ing scenarios. Also, we discuss equipment choices that you may want to make, including tripods, monopods, and other portable stabilizing devices. For Digital SLR (DSLR) users, we consider types of lenses that may be useful for you. We discuss shooting in fully manual mode as well as “RAW” mode and present trade-offs of RAW vs. JPG photography.Please note: This class takes place at The Century Center at the intersection of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro.Cosponsored with Carrboro Recreation and Parks Depart-mentDilip BarmanuThursday, 6-8:20pm, Novem-ber 8-December 13 (no class Nov. 22) (5 classes) $116 public, $104 Friends

1060. ADVANCED PHOTO TECHNIQUESMastering photography takes an under-standing of how light and your camera work together. In this course, we will dis-cuss different types of light: natural light, man-made light, flash and studio lighting. We will also explore camera techniques with long exposure, multiple exposure and other trickery. This will be a very hands-on class, so expect to shoot a roll per week (or digital equivalent), as each student will be asked to present one or two photos for discussion in every class.Students need an SLR camera, either film or digital, with a hotshoe and external flash.Todd E. GauluTuesday, 6:30-8:30pm, October 9-30 (4 weeks) $82 public, $74 Friends

1061. AUTUMN PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPTake this Friday afternoon small-group

workshop to briefly review photographic technique, composition, and lighting and then shoot! We will collaboratively pick an area site where you can spend a few hours photographing with guidance and feed-back. You will also have the opportunity to share your images with others. Come with a digital (preferred) or film camera and ac-cessories (such as tripod and flash) that you are familiar with. We will meet for a second time to project images that y o u have shot and critique them.Please note: This class takes place at The Century Center at the intersection of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro.Cosponsored with Carrboro Recre-ation and Parks DepartmentDilip BarmanuFriday, 5-7:15pm September 21 & 5:30-7:30, September 28 (2 weeks) $49

public, $45 Friends

1062. DEFINING YOUR STYLE AND VISION: A PORTFOLIO BUILDING CLASS Many artists are defined by a signa-ture style. This style can be demon-strated by subject choice, artistic technique or other conceptual and presentational methods that make their work easily identifiable. This course will mature your vision and guide you to produce work that rep-resents your personal style. Create a cohesive body of work by evaluat-ing and editing your work. Examina-tions of signature styles of master photographers will help bring your personal vision into focus. In ad-dition to your best work, we may review your related outtakes includ-ing contact/thumbnail sheets, work prints, and/or digital files. We will encourage you to create new work or print new discoveries that fit your vision and theme. Students are not

required to produce new work, but may use the darkroom or digital lab to add to or refine their existing body of work. By

“Old Goals” by Jason Beverly (Winner, 1st Place Local Category in 2012 Community Photo Contest)

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the end of the course, each student will create a 12-15 image portfolio and artist’s statement representing their photographic style. This course is the perfect next step for students who are ready to pursue a portfolio project. Bryce LankarduWednesday, 6:15-8:15pm, September 12-October 17 (6 classes) $120 public, $108 Friends

1063. BEGINNING BLACK & WHITE DARKROOMEver want to make your OWN prints? Develop your OWN film? Take control of your artistic vision with a basic introduc-tion to black and white darkroom photog-raphy. Take one roll of black and white film completely through the steps needed to go from film to print. Process your film, make a contact sheet and a final print, while gaining solid understanding of the process behind the process.Recommended but not required: Begin-ning Photography or similar experienceBring a roll of exposed/undeveloped 35mm standard b/w film. Sorry, no APS or C-41 process film.$15 materials fee for chemicals, paid to instructor at first classTony BakeruWednesday, 6:30-8:30pm, September 12-October 3 (4 weeks) $82 public, $74 Friends

1064. THE FINE PRINTThis is a great follow-up course to the Be-ginning Black & White Darkroom course or equivalent experience. Improve all your printing techniques including exposure, contrast control, dodging, burning, toning, retouching and framing. This is a repeat-able darkroom course in which you will gain skills that last a lifetime.Some darkroom experience is strongly recommended.Required: processed, ready to print, 35mm b/w negatives and a 25-sheet pack-age of 8” x 10” RC Photo Paper$15 materials fee for chemicals, paid to instructor at first class

Tony BakeruWednesday, 6:30-8:30pm, October 17-December 5 (no class Oct. 31 and Nov. 21) (6 weeks) $120 public, $108 Friends

1065. HANDS-ON MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY FOR UNDER $20Do you like to take close-up images of flowers, insects and other items? Well, don’t be fooled by the Tulip Macro icon on your lens or camera—it does not let you take real macro images! However, by en-rolling in the course, you will learn how to take real macro photos (life size or larger) for less than $20. That’s right, you do NOT need to buy an expensive macro lens cost-ing $1100 or more. You will learn how to use your EXISTING lenses, turning them into real macro tools with a few simple, inexpensive items that can be purchased in advance of the class. This way you will gain hands-on experience with your own gear under the guidance of an experienced macro photographer.For Digital SLR cameras. Bring your camera, its manual, memory cards and fresh batteries. Optional: Bring your ex-ternal flash, its manual and fresh batter-ies.$15 materials fee, paid to instructor at beginning of classTheodore SalamoneuTuesday, 6:30-9:30pm, September 4-11 (2 weeks) $86 public, $77 Friends

1066. HANDS-ON POSING FOR FAMILY & EVENT PHO-TOGRAPHYDo you have trouble placing people for photos, or would you like to learn how the pros do it so quickly? By taking this class you will learn the basics of how to properly pose individuals, couples and small groups. Go from snapshots with too much headroom and no feet to wonderful portraits with grace, drama and attitude. You will learn how to pose for formal and casual settings. We will also cover “C” curves, “S” curves and geometrics.

For Digital SLR cameras and point-and-shoot cameras. Bring your camera, its manual, memory cards and fresh batteries. Optional: Bring your external flash, its manual and fresh batteries.$15 materials fee, paid to instructor at beginning of classTheodore SalamoneuThursday, 6:30-9:30pm, September 6-13 (2 weeks) $86 public, $77 Friends

1067. PINHOLE PHOTO-GRAPHY WORKSHOPThis is a one-day workshop teaching the basics of pinhole photography. You will build the camera, shoot images with it and develop prints you take in the darkroom, all in an afternoon. We will cover construc-tion basics, shutter techniques, developing, and more.$10 materials fee, paid to instructor at beginning of classPlease bring a light-tight container to be your camera body. An empty Quaker oats container is a popular one.Please contact the instructor before the class with questions.Todd E. GauluSection A: Saturday, 11am-3pm, September 29 (one-day workshop) $46 public, $42 FriendsuSection B: Saturday, 11am-3pm, November 10 (one-day workshop) $46 public, $42 Friends

1068. HANDS-ON COMPOSI-TION PHOTOGRAPHYDo you struggle with your creative “eye” or vision? This class will teach you how to properly compose photos to tell a better story. You will learn all the basics, including simplicity, framing, mergers, lines (diagonal, converging), the Rule of Thirds, patterns, repetition and Dutch angles. Sample imag-es will be displayed for review and critiqu-ing to help you visualize “good” composi-tion from “bad” or none. For Digital SLR cameras and point-and-shoot cameras. Bring your camera, its manual, memory

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cards and fresh batteries. Optional: Bring your external flash, its manual and fresh batteries.$15 materials fee, paid to instructor at beginning of classTheodore SalamoneuTuesday, 6:30-9:30pm, November 6-13 (2 weeks) $86 public, $77 Friends

1069. MANUAL EXPOSURE AND SHOOTING WORKSHOPDo you have a digital SLR and want to move beyond photographing in an auto-matic or semi-automatic mode? You are a lot smarter than your camera, and, with a little guidance, you can guide it to an expo-sure that you like more than it might come up with on its own, particularly when you are photographing a scene with significant dynamic range. We will decide as a group where we are meeting, perhaps at an area garden or woodlands. We will review why and how you might want to shoot in man-ual mode and arm you with strategies for quickly exposing a photograph to achieve the way you want it to look. Then you will get to practice and get feedback. Bring your digital camera and accesso-ries (such as tripod and flash) with which you are familiar. Dilip BarmanuSaturday, 2:45-5pm, December 1 (one-day workshop) $27 public, $24 Friends

1070. HANDS-ON HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) PHOTOGRAPHYLearn and practice proper shooting tech-niques to create fabulous HDR images of landscapes and structures. Following the “HDR cookbook,” enrollees will learn how to create personalized, custom workflows. Students will also learn how to use wired and wireless remote shutter releases, how to expand the normal dynamic range of their cameras up to 4 f/stops, when to use flash, and more. The second class will demonstrate HDR software techniques using several types, including the fully func-tioning HDR software on the materials

disc. No need to bring a laptop, but you can if you like.For Digital SLR cameras. Bring your camera, its manual, memory cards and fresh batteries. Optional: Bring your ex-ternal flash, its manual and fresh batteries.$15 materials fee, paid to instructor at beginning of classTheodore SalamoneuTuesday, 6:30-9:30pm, December 4-11 (2 weeks) $86 public, $77 Friends

1071. HANDS-ON CUSTOM MATTING FOR PHOTOGRAPHY NEW!

Ideal for photographers of all experience levels, this course will quickly teach you how to expertly and inexpensively cre-ate custom mats, both basic and artistic, as well as image mounting tips and tricks. You will be guided step-by-step as you gain hands-on experience on how to cut single and double mats, use acid-free hinges, pro-fessionally apply dust covers and more. The use of spacers and various types of mounting hardware will also be taught. Other types of mounts, such as gallery wraps, shadow boxes and Euro displays will also be shown. This is a great way for you to get your photos professionally displayed without breaking the bank. After this course you will not have to pay labor costs at a framing shop, plus the included Materials Resource list will also show you were to shop for the greatest mounting hardware and accessories bargains. $15 materials fee, paid to instructor at beginning of classTheodore SalamoneuWednesday, 6:30-9:30pm, December 5-12 (2 weeks) $86 public, $77 Friends

1072. SEWING FUNDAMENTALSStudents will develop basic construction techniques and learn to use a home sewing

machine. The goal of this course is to de-velop a working knowledge of construct-ing garments. Terms, layouts, marking, construction and finishing methods will be explored. We will sew one complete garment. Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Please provide your own sewing ma-chine and bring it to the first class.Lauren ForduWednesday, 6:15-8:45pm, September 5-October 10 (6 weeks) $150 public, $135 Friends

1073. SEWING KNITS In this course, students will learn tech-niques specific to cut-and-sew knits. Emphasis will be on soft silhouettes and garments that drape and stretch. The variations in style will expand students’ creative and technical skills in garment construction.Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Please provide your own sewing ma-chine and bring it to the first class.Some basic sewing skills are required.Lauren ForduWednesday, 6:15-8:45pm, October 24-December 12 (no class Oct. 31 and Nov. 21) (6 weeks) $150 public, $135 Friends

1074. MAKE YOUR OWN PANTS! NEW!

Learn to make a pair of pants or shorts using your own measurements. In this flat pattern course, students explore the two-dimensional method to execute garment design. Go beyond following a commercial pattern and learn to make your own pat-tern, achieving optimal fit. Students start by making a paper pattern, fit it in muslin, then sew the completed garment in fabric of their choice. Basic sewing skills required. Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Please provide your own sewing ma-

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chine and bring it to the first class.Lauren FordMonday, 6:15-8:45pm, September 10-Oc-tober 22 (7 weeks) $174 public, $158 Friends

1075. SCREEN PRINTING FOR EVERYONEThis one-day class is an introduction to screenprinting. Artists, teachers and any-one else interested in creating multiples of original art work will benefit. The pa-per stencil and drawing fluid/screen filler methods will be taught. Students will print their own designs on T-shirts, cards, fab-ric and/or paper. Even if you have never printed before, you will be amazed at the results. Special emphasis will be placed on helping teachers incorporate screen-printing into their curriculum. Beginning and more advanced students are welcome.Vidabeth Bensen$45 materials fee, paid to instructor at first class, includes a screen and squeegee for each student to keep. Stencil materials, inks, and cleaners for use during the class will be supplied.uSaturday, 10am-4pm, October 20 (one-day workshop) $62 public, $56 Friends

1076. STAINED GLASS CRASH COURSE —at the artist’s studioIf you have always appreciated the beauty of stained glass, come find out how it’s done by doing it yourself. In a completely relaxed and casual atmosphere at the art-ist’s studio in Mebane, overcome the in-timidation of breaking glass with your bare hands (and a few handy tools). This one-day workshop is designed for complete be-ginners, but is also perfect for those who need a quick refresher course or want to gain more experience. We will cover all the basics of the copper foil method, in-cluding: glass cutting, grinding, foiling & sol-dering. Students will be allowed to choose from several patterns and glass combina-tions including seasonal, traditional, con-temporary and whimsical. This is a fun and fast-paced day with a 30 minute break for

lunch, which each student should bring. Each student will complete a small panel, ornament or suncatcher and will leave with suggested reading, resource informa-tion and a wealth of knowledge and expe-rience that prepares the student for the intermediate copper foil level.This class only employs the copper foil method.Students will be charged an estimated $40 for materials, paid to instructor on the day of the workshop (cash or check only, please). Students should bring a bag lunch and bottled drink.Dress should be casual with closed-toe shoes.Please obtain directions to artist’s studio at The ArtsCenter’s front desk or contact the instructor at [email protected] AustinuSection A: Saturday, 9am-5pm, Septem-ber 15 (one-day workshop) $105 public, $94 FriendsuSection B: Saturday, 9am-5pm, October 20 (one-day workshop) $105 public, $94 FriendsuSection C: Saturday, 9am-5pm, Novem-ber 17 (one-day workshop) $105 public, $94 FriendsuSection D: Saturday, 9am-5pm, Decem-ber 15 (one-day workshop) $105 public, $94 Friends

1077. BEGINNING / CONTINUING STAINED GLASS—at the artist’s studioIf you have always appreciated the beauty of stained glass, come find out how it’s done by doing it yourself. In a completely relaxed and casual atmosphere at the art-ist’s studio in Mebane, overcome the in-timidation of breaking glass with your bare hands (and a few handy tools). Beginning students will learn glass cutting basics and the terms and techniques of stained glass using the copper foil method. Students will be allowed to choose a medium-sized (roughly 17” x 22”) pattern from several

styles and glass combinations (prices vary on glass types). The instructor will assist and supervise students with previous ex-perience who have ideas, personal projects or ‘works in progress’. Students will not be required to purchase expensive equip-ment; only materials that are used in the creation of the project. Beginners will gain experience that prepares them for the intermediate copper foil level and Inter-mediates will leave ready for the Design & Leading Class.This class only employs the copper foil method.Students will be charged an estimated $85 for materials, paid to instructor at first class meeting.Intermediate students should bring pat-terns and ideas for planning purposes.Dress should be casual with closed-toe shoes.Please obtain directions to artist’s studio at The ArtsCenter’s front desk or contact the instructor at [email protected] AustinuSection A: Tuesday, 10am-noon, Septem-ber 4-October 23 (8 weeks) $155 public, $140 FriendsuSection B: Thursday, 7-9pm, September 6-October 25 (8 weeks) $155 public, $140 Friends

1078. STAINED GLASS OPEN STUDIO—at the artist’s studioOpen studio is perfect for students who have works in progress or have found themselves ‘stuck’ or perhaps a little frus-trated with their copper foiled or leaded project. The instructor will assist and su-pervise students as they begin new proj-ects or complete projects that have been gathering dust. Students are welcome to bring their own glass, tools and other supplies. However, there is no additional charge for the usage of tools while regis-tered for Open Studio. The student may purchase additional supplies from the in-structor as needed to complete their proj-ect. Framing guidance with zinc or lead

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will be offered. This class is open to students with at least beginner knowledge.Dress should be casual with closed-toe shoes.Please obtain directions to artist’s studio at The ArtsCenter’s front desk or contact the instructor at [email protected] AustinuSection A: Thursday, 7-9pm, November 1-December 13 (no class Nov. 22) (6 weeks) $113 public, $102 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 10am-noon, November 6-Decem-ber 11 (6 weeks) $113 pub-lic, $102 Friends

1079. BLOWN GLASS PAPER-WEIGHT WORKSHOP—at The Thermal Lab studioThis one-day workshop, held at Sally Rockriver’s Thermal Lab, is a solid foundation for future glass blowing courses. Intensive and hands-on, the day includes demonstrations on how to work with molten furnace glass accompanied by class exercises. Students will have close-up contact with the equipment, processes, concepts and materials. Each participant will gather hot glass on a long pipe and make their own colored glass paperweight and swizzle-stick canes.Students should wear 100% cotton long-sleeve shirt, non-synthetic pants, closed-toed shoes with hair back. Cameras are fine. Bring water and a bag lunch.Tuition includes all materials.Obtain directions to the artist’s stu-dio at www.thermallab.com or at The ArtsCenter front desk.NOTE: This class is a one-day work-shop that will occur each Saturday from October 17 through January 12. Payment and registration are through the The ArtsCenter Box Office, or online. Please

contact The Thermal Lab Studio at [email protected] or (919) 342 6605 in order to confirm your reservation for a particular Saturday.David Schaeffer uSaturday, 10am-4pm, ongoing, October 27-January 12 (one-day workshop) $175 public and Friends

1080. INTRODUCTION TO LAMPWORKING—at the artist’s studioCurious about hot glass? Wondering if lampworking is for you? This half-day in-troductory class provides you the oppor-tunity to try your hand at lampworking on a table-top propane/oxygen fueled torch. Students will learn basic information about safety, the use of the torch and other lamp-working equipment, and an introduction to some basic glass beadmaking techniques. There will be plenty of torch-time—class size is limited to 4, so every student gets use of their own torch!$10 materials fee, paid to instructor at first classNote: Students must be at least 16 years of age. Please wear cotton clothing (long pants and sleeves) and closed-toed shoes with long hair tied back. Safety glasses provided. Please bring water.Please obtain directions to artist’s stu-dio at The ArtsCenter front desk.

Sandra BeemanuSection A: Monday, 10am-1:30pm, September 24 (one-day workshop) $67 public and FriendsuSection B: Saturday, 10am-1:30pm, October 27 (one-day workshop) $67 public and FriendsuSection C: Monday, 10am-1:30pm,

December 3 (one-day workshop) $67 public and Friends

1081. GLASS BEADMAK-ING ON THE TORCH—at the artist’s studioThis is a comprehensive beginning lampwork-ing course. Students will learn about safety, lampworking and bead-making equipment, glass properties, beadmaking technique and annealing. Using table-top oxygen/

propane fueled torches and soft glass, students will learn to make wound glass beads of many shapes; the use of shaping, raking and poking tools; surface decoration; pulling and using stringers; and basic encasing. Class size is limited to four—so every student gets use of their own table-top torch and plenty of individ-ual attention from the instructor.Introduction to Lampworking is not re-quired before taking this class.$40 materials and equipment fee, paid to instructor at first classNote: Students must be at least 16 years of age. Please wear cotton clothing (long pants and sleeves) and closed-toed shoes with long hair tied back. Safety glasses provided. Please obtain directions to artist’s stu-dio at The ArtsCenter’s front desk.Sandra BeemanuMonday, 10am-1:30pm, October 1-22 (4 weeks) $247 public and Friends

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1082. ACTING INTENSIVEStudents will express their creativity while learning fundamental acting skills. This class is designed to focus on two specific areas of acting technique: Instinct and Prepara-tion. Class will begin with exercises and improvisations to deepen the actor’s sense of open honest listening and responding. This moment-to-moment reality will be explored within the framework of behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances. The actor will explore character creation, needs, obstacles, and being in the moment. Exercises are used to help actors dive into a character’s physical and emotional life, increase relaxation and concentration, and open up the actor’s instrument and imagi-nation. Next, scenes are carefully chosen that both suit and challenge the actor. A step-by-step approach to scene work fol-lows from analyzing text and making to specific effective choices, to developing a character and creating the role. This class is for the beginner AND ad-vanced student. However, careful consid-eration will be given to the scripts chosen. Virginia Queen DanforduThursday, 6:30-9pm, September 13-No-vember 15 (10 weeks) $246 public, $221 Friends

1083. ACTING ON-CAMERAStudents will become both creatively and technically comfortable while acting in front of the camera. Students will be exposed to a variety of on-camera acting techniques and will apply those skills to improvisation, exercises and scenes. They will explore different on-camera genres including film, episodic TV, commercials, and industrials. Students will learn about the framing of different shots, as well as important techni-cal aspects including hitting your mark and physical and emotional continuity. The main focus of the class will be on the minimalistic style of film acting, the importance of listen-

ing and reacting, and the challenges actors face in finding truthful organic behavior in front of the camera.Virginia Queen DanforduThursday, 6:30-9pm, November 29-De-cember 20 (4 weeks) $101 public, $91 Friends

1084. INTRO TO IMPROVWould you like to be a more confident per-son? Do you need some more fun and joy in your life? Would you like to learn secrets to unblocking creative and inuitive think-ing? Then this class is for you! This class is for the novice who would like to explore the world of improv theatre. Through fun games and exercises we will learn how to work together in a group, creating “group mind” to create scenes without a script or props! Relying on imagination and simple, easy-to-learn tools, we discover how to make scenes interesting and exciting on stage while learning valuable life lessons that have students reporting awesome changes in their professional and personal lives! Come join the fun! No Experience needed.No experience necessary. Anoo BroduMonday, 6:30-8:30pm, September 10-October 15 (6 weeks) $108 public, $97 Friends

1085. INTERMEDIATE IMPROV This is for the improvisor who has already learned the basics and wants to deepen into the improv experience! Discover more secrets to unlocking your creative potential while learning to be a more con-fident speaker or performer! We will also build on creating believable characters in a moment’s time, saying “yes” to your team-mates’ offers and learn why trusting your instincts on stage is imperative. Come join the fun and bring some more play into your life! “Intro to Improv” or equivalent experi-ence is required for this course.Anoo Brod uMonday, 6:30-8:30pm, October 22-No-

vember 19 (5 weeks) $92 public, $83 Friends

1086. ADVANCED IMPROV This class is for those who have taken the equivalent of Intro and Intermediate Im-prov and want more! In this session, we will delve deeper into scenework while staying rooted in the basics of “yes, and;” full commitment; and creating a believ-able environment through spacework. Emphasis will be on creating characters that come alive through strong vocal and physical choices. Become a more confi-dent performer, get anchored in the pres-ent moment, and take your play seriously! Come join the fun!This class is for those who have com-pleted Intro and Intermediate Improv or have equivalent experience. Anoo Brod uMonday, 6:30-8:30pm, November 26-December 17 (4 weeks) $73 public, $66 Friends

1087. A DAY OF IMPROV: BE HERE NOW! Would you like to be a more confident person? Do you need some more fun and joy in your life? Would you like to learn secrets to unblocking creative and inuitive thinking? Then this class is for you! Come immerse yourself in a full day of improv! This one-day workshop is for all levels. Focus will be on play, learning and deepen-ing into basic skills to bring ourselves into the present moment. Exercises and games will be aimed at helping students be fully present on stage and in life through focus on their scene partner, environment and physicality, Tools used include mirroring; saying “yes” enthusiastically; body aware-ness and vulnerability on stage. If you are ready to have fun, go deep and be here now, then this workshop is for you!No experience necessary. Anoo Brod uSection A: Saturday, 11am-5pm, Septem-ber 29 (one-day workshop) $62 public, $56 Friends

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Golden Key Circle ($25,000+)North Carolina Arts CouncilGrable FoundationOak FoundationThe Nicholson Foundation

Founders Circle ($10,000-$24,999)Dalldorf FundLocal EdgeTown of CarrboroTown of Chapel HillVanguard Charitable Endowment

Leaders Circle ($5,000-$9,999)Carolina HurricanesGlaxoSmithKline Community FoundationOrange County Arts CommissionStrowd Roses FoundationVanguard Charitable Endowment

Benefactors Circle ($2,500-$4,999)Courtyard by MarriottChapel Hill Tire Car Care CenterDuke Energy FoundationOrange County State Employees Combined CampaignShared Vision FoundationThe Wachovia Wells Fargo Fund

Blue Cross Blue Shield of NCBrooks, Pierce, Mclendon, Humphrey, and Leonard LLPChapel Hill MagazineClearwater Construction GroupFenwick Foundation

Friends of World MusicNC Humanities CouncilSouthern SeasonTriangle Community FoundationUNC Center for Global Initiatives

Hartley ConstructionModern TimesThe LanternOdyssey StageUNC American South CenterFitch LumberFramemakersNight Light VideoSouthern Arts FederationTony Hall & AssociatesTyler’s TaproomWCHL

BowbarrMint RestaurantWUNC-TVThe Community Foundation of Western NC

Neal’s DeliProvenceSiena Hotel

Amante’sBada WingsChapel Hill Country ClubThe DeWald Family FoundationHarris TeeterMilltownPlaymakers Repertory CompanyThe Poster GuysSouthern RailTownsend Bertrum*Wilkinson Supply Company

Director Membership ($500 - $999) Patron Membership ($250 - $499)

Associate Membership ($150 - $250)

Chairman’s Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)

THANK YOUTo our many supporters and friends!

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The ArtsCenter’sBoard of Directors

Betsy James, ChairJohn Bahr, Treasurer Kara Taff, Secretary

Mark Costley

Gloria Evans

Ken Lerner

Barbara McFadyen

Bryan Monteith

Beven Ramsey

Don Rose

Philip Szostak

Academic Friendship ($35.00 per year) (Students/Teachers/ArtsCenter Instructors)• Acknowledgement on ArtsCenter website• Advance notice of events and advance presale period• Priority seating for events

Associate Friendship ($45.00 per year)• Advance notice of events and advance presale period• Acknowledgement on ArtsCenter website• Priority seating for events

Friend of The ArtsCenter ($75.00 per year)• Advance notice of events and advance presale period• $4 per ticket discount to concerts (limit 2 per concert)• Up to 10% off any other program for the Friend• Acknowledgement on ArtsCenter website• Priority seating for events• Free bottled water at performances

Family Friend of The ArtsCenter ($150.00 per year)(For up to 4 household Friends. This level required for discounts on programs for children)• Advance notice of events and advance presale period• $4 per ticket discount to concerts (limit 8 per concert)

• Up to 10% off any other program for the 4 family Friends• Acknowledgement on ArtsCenter website• Priority seating for events• Free bottled water at performances

Supporter of The ArtsCenter ($150.00 per year)All individual Friend of the ArtsCenter benefits, plus• 10% discount on Gallery purchases• Subscription to Chapel Hill Magazine

Patron of The ArtsCenter – ($250.00 per year)All Supporter of the ArtsCenter benefits, plus• Two complimentary tickets to a performance or concert (based on availability)• Recognition on Donor Wall

The ArtsCenter Leadership CircleFor more information about higher levels of contribution to the impact of The ArtsCenter, please call(919-929-2787x213) or email ([email protected]) our Development Director or visitwww.artscenterlive.org.

Become an ArtsCenter Friend Today and Receive the Following Benefits!

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uSection B: Saturday, 11am-5pm, Octo-ber 27 (one-day workshop) $62 public, $56 Friends

1088. BEGINNER / INTER-MEDIATE TRIBAL FUSION BELLYDANCE: BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE SHIMMIESWhat makes bellydance so beautiful? More than just the movements, tribal fusion bel-lydance is about fluidity and emo-tion. In this class, we will cover the fundamental moves (with layering for intermediate students) as well as presentation and the connection between movements, so all partici-pants will be dancing and challenging themselves from the first week! Em-phasis will be on technique as well as personal expression of the dance. Please wear comfortable cloth-ing.Dancers of all levels and abilities are welcome! Maqui OrtizuSection A: Monday, 6:30-7:45pm, September 10-October 22 (7 weeks) $98 public, $89 FriendsuSection B: Monday, 6:30-7:45pm,, November 5-December 17 (7 weeks) $98 public, $89 Friends

1089. INTRODUCTION TO MODERN DANCE NEW!

Interested in dancing? Come join us and be a part of a community experience that will allow you to move with others! This class aims to encourage creative expres-sion through movement, investigation and development of artistic ideas through im-provisation and understanding of dance technique, as well as performance—re-gardless of previous experience. Students will use whole body movements, strength, flexibility, endurance and proper alignment to understand and develop dance tech-nique. Utilizing time, space, weight, flow,

momentum and breath, students will learn how to move safely and naturally. Most im-portantly, it is an opportunity to establish a community in dance and a safe place to explore new or familiar ideas. Cosponsored with The Carrboro Mod-ern Dance CompanyStephanie LeathersuSection A: Monday, 8-9:30pm, Septem-ber 10-October 22 (7 weeks) $118 pub-lic, $106 FriendsuSection B: Monday, 8-9:30pm, Novem-ber 5-December 17 (7 weeks) $118 pub-lic, $106 Friends

1090. INTRODUCTION TO BALLROOM DANCELearn to dance fun, easy, basic steps in Rumba, Swing, Waltz and Tango.Shoes make a big difference. They must stay firmly on the feet and have leather or leather-like smooth, hard, non-stick soles with moderate, not-too-high heels for wom-en (but no flats, please). Please, no sneakers, hush puppies or other soft soled shoes.Jon Paul McClellanuSection A: Monday, 8:30-9:30pm, September 10-October 1 (4 weeks) $64 public, $58 Friends

uSection B: Monday, 8:30-9:30pm, October 15-November 5 (4 weeks) $64 public, $58 FriendsuSection C: Monday, 8:30-9:30pm, No-vember 19-December 10 (4 weeks) $64 public, $58 Friends

TAPPIN’ IS A BLAST!Nothing is more fun than tap dancing, and these classes are off the hook! Choose a level and stay in it until you feel ready to move on. Friends will enjoy these jam sessions while exploring such moves as: brushes, ball-changes, flaps, time steps and

much more. These classes are a blast that all ages will love. Rachel Kiel

1091. TAPPIN’ IS A BLAST (BEGINNING LEVEL)uSection A: Tuesday, 8:45-9:45pm, September 11-October 23 (7 weeks) $79 public, $71 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 8:45-9:45pm, November 6-December 18 (7 weeks) $79 public, $71 Friends

1092. TAPPIN’ IS A BLAST (ADV / BEG LEVEL)uSection A: Tuesday, 6:15-7:15pm, September 11-October 23 (7 weeks) $79 public, $71 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 6:15-7:15pm, November 6-December 18 (7 weeks) $79 public, $71 Friends

1093. TAPPIN’ IS A BLAST (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)uSection A: Tuesday, 7:30-8:30pm, September 11-October 23 (7 weeks) $79 public, $71 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 7:30-8:30pm, No-vember 6-December 18 (7 weeks) $79 public, $71 Friends

1094. JAZZ DANCERCIZENEW! This 12-week dance program

offers classes focusing on Jazz-style dance mixed with muscle toning, conditioning, fundamental technique and choreography. This course is offered for all ages and

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levels, beginner to advanced.Juliet EdenuWednesday, 6:15-7:45pm, September 19-December 19 (no class Oct. 31 and Nov. 21) (12 weeks) $179 public, $161 Friends

1095. BEGINNER HIP-HOP You don’t want to miss this popular class! Enhance your coordination, rhythm and strength while learning basic hip-hop moves. This is a beginner to advanced be-ginner dance class that includes a warm-up, combination drills in place, as well as a dance that we add to each week, followed by a cool down. Be prepared to sweat and have fun while finding your own style and increasing your dance skills. It’s a blast. Come and join us!TBAuSection A: Wednesday, 8-9pm, Septem-ber 5-October 24 (8 weeks) $90 public, $81 FriendsuSection B: Wednesday, 8-9pm, Novem-ber 7-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (6 weeks) $68 public, $61 Friends

1096. BOLLYWOOD Bollywood dancing is a fun, high-energy and contemporary form of Indian dance. It combines the styles of classical Indian dance, belly dancing and hip-hop with a hint of mystique. This class will provide a great workout while exposing you to a cultured dance form. Come and learn the sensual and breath-taking moves that have captured the eyes of Bollywood cinema lovers worldwide!!No experience is necessary. This is designed as a beginner level course. Come dressed in comfortable clothing that is easy to move in.Bianca PateluThursday, 6:15-7:15pm, September 6-October 18 (7 weeks) $79 public, $71 Friends

1097. BHANGRA DANCE Bhangra is a traditional Indian dance form from the state of Punjab. It is very up-

beat and energetic and will never have you bored! The rhythm of bhangra mu-sic lends itself to mixing with hip-hop and very popular beats. It is the perfect cardio workout, so come learn an exciting new dance form that will leave you feeling great every time!No experience is necessary. This is designed as a beginner level course. Come dressed in comfortable clothing that is easy to move in.Bianca PateluThursday, 6:15-7:15pm, November 1-December 20 (no class Nov. 22) (7 weeks) $79 public, $71 Friends

1098. SALSA / LATIN DANCELearn salsa, merengue, bachata. For begin-ning and continuing students. No partner needed. Please wear dress shoes.Each section has different steps. Michelle “La Rubia” DraughonuSection A: Thursday, 8:30-9:30pm, Sep-tember 6-October 18 (7 weeks) $86 public, $77 FriendsuSection B: Thursday, 8:30-9:30pm, No-vember 1-December 20 (no class Nov. 22) (7 weeks) $86 public, $77 Friends

SWING DANCE WITH Richard Badu

PLEASE NOTE: You may now register in advance for a month’s worth of swing (either online or through our Box Office). However, to buy a single class, you must purchase at the Box Office shortly be-fore the class begins. Check Swing flyers available near The ArtsCenter box office, or contact Richard Badu at 383-7054 or [email protected] for specific information on monthly classes since the class content or level may change.No partner necessary.

Lindy Hop—originally was the energetic form of partnered swing dancing that be-gan in Harlem in the late 1920s and con-tinues to thrive today. Lindy works well

with big band or jazz and can be danced to slower music as well. It takes a bit longer to get started as the basic is technically more difficult for both the Leader and the Follower, but the result is worth it as this dance has many fun variations.

East Coast Swing—the most popular swing dance in the area and the easiest one to learn. Recommended if this is your first partner dance. Originally danced to Rock and Roll and Rhythm and Blues in the 1950s, this style can be danced to many different kinds of music.

1099. LINDY TUESDAYS:

September 4-25uBeginning Lindy 1: 6:15-7:15pm (Learn the original fun swing dance from Harlem!)uIntermediate Lindy: 7:15-8:15pm (at least 4 months of Lindy required)uAdvanced Lindy: 8:15-9:15pm (at least 6 months of Lindy required and permission of instructor)Four 1-hour classes: $44 public, $40 Friends and college students with ID; sin-gle class: $12

October 2-23 (Oct. 30 TBA)uBeginning Lindy 2: 6:15-7:15pm (Begin-ning Lindy 1 or equivalent required)uIntermediate Lindy: 7:15-8:15pm (at least 4 months of Lindy required)uAdvanced Lindy: 8:15-9:15pm (at least 6 months of Lindy required and permissionof instructor)Four 1-hour classes: $44 public, $40 Friends and college students with ID; sin-gle class: $12

November 6-27uBeginning Lindy 3: 6:15-7:15pm (2 months of Lindy required)uIntermediate Lindy: 7:15-8:15pm (at least 4 months of Lindy required)uAdvanced Lindy: 8:15-9:15pm (at least 6 months of Lindy required and permission of instructor)Four 1-hour classes: $44 public, $40

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December 4 & 11uBeginning Lindy 3.5: 6:15-7:15pm (3 months of Lindy required)uIntermediate Lindy: 7:15-8:15pm (at least 4 months of Lindy required)uAdvanced Lindy: 8:15-9:15pm (at least 6 months of Lindy required and permission of instructor)Two 1-hour classes: $22 public, $20 Friends and college students with ID; sin-gle class: $12

1100. SWING WEDNESDAYS:

September 5-26uBeginning East Coast Swing: 6:15-7:15pm uIntermediate East Coast Swing (starts with Merengue Turn): 7:15-8:15pmuAdvanced East Coast Swing: 8:15-9:15pmFour 1-hour classes: $44 public, $40 Friends and college students with ID; sin-gle class: $12

October 3-24uBeginning East Coast Swing: 6:15-7:15pm uIntermediate East Coast Swing (starts with Tucks): 7:15-8:15pmuAdvanced East Coast Swing: 8:15-9:15pmFour 1-hour classes: $44 public, $40 Friends and college students with ID; sin-gle class: $12

November 7-28 (No class No-vember 21!)uBeginning East Coast Swing: 6:15-7:15pmuIntermediate East Coast Swing (starts with Blues ): 7:15-8:15pmuAdvanced East Coast Swing: 8:15-9:15pmThree 1-hour classes: $33 public, $30 Friends and college students with ID; sin-gle class: $12

December 5 & 12uIntermediate East Coast Swing (starts with Merengue Turn): 6:15-8:15pm (Inten-sive 2-hour class!)uAdvanced Coast Swing: 8:15-9:15pmTwo 2-hour classes: $44 public, $40 Friends and college students with ID; sin-gle 2 hour class: $24 Two 1-hour classes: $22 public, $20 Friends and college students with ID; sin-gle class: $12

1101. ONE-STRING DIDDLEY-BOW WORKSHOP NEW!

This workshop explores the history and playing techniques of this fascinatingly simple traditional roots instrument. The student will learn how to play the Diddley-Bow with a guitar slide, and learn songs in both Traditional Bluegrass and Roots Blues styles. The student will also be given tablature so they can practice the songs at home. This class is great for musicians of all ages and skill levels.Each student will be supplied with a Diddley Bow and slide. Students wishing to purchase their own Diddley Bow can do so for $40. These Diddley Bows are professional quality instruments made by MaduroBob Luthiery (www.MaduroBob.com). Justin JohnsonuSection A: Sunday, 11am-1pm, Septem-ber 23 (one-day workshop) $24 public, $22 FriendsuSection B: Saturday, 11am-1pm, November 10 (one-day workshop) $24 public, $22 Friends

1102. INTRODUCTION TO THE THREE-STRING CIGAR BOX GUITAR—at The Century Center NEW!

This workshop explores the history, tun-ings and numerous introductory tech-niques for the 3-String Cigar Box Guitar.

Students will learn how to tune, hold, strum, finger-pick, and even read tabla-ture for the 3-String CBG. They will also learn how to perform songs from Roots Blues, Traditional Folk & Bluegrass, and Pop genres. Each student will be given a work-sheet explaining the tunings of the CBG. This worksheet will also have a chord chart explaining the chords on the CBG, and will contain an explanation of the tab-lature and the tabs for the songs we will learn in class. Students will be invited to join an online forum that will be created for the course where they can discuss the songs and techniques they are working on, as well as ask questions between classes. This class is perfect for absolute begin-ners, or students who have some experi-ence on a 6-string guitar, but have never played a Cigar Box Guitar (CBG) before. Acoustic-Electric 3-String Cigar Box Guitars will be provided for students pro-vided they register 24 hours before the class begins. Also, these can be purchased at a discounted price of $175 for students who register at least a week in advance. Otherwise the cost of the guitar will be $200 (purchase optional). These CBG’s are professional quality instruments made by MaduroBob Luthiery (www.Maduro-

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Bob.com).Please note: This class takes place at The Century Center at the intersection of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro.Cosponsored with Carrboro Recre-ation and Parks DepartmentJustin JohnsonuWednesday, 6-7pm, November 14-De-cember 19 (no class Nov. 21) (5 weeks)$57 public, $51 Friends

1103. INTERMEDIATE FOUR-STRING CIGAR BOX GUITAR—at The Century Center

NEW! This workshop is designed es-pecially for students who are familiar with the 6-String Guitar and want to learn how to translate that knowledge to the 4-String Cigar Box Guitar (CBG). Students will learn how to tune the Cigar Box Guitar in open and standard tunings and will learn how to incorporate the CBG into their pre-existing playing style using simple chord diagrams and musical examples. By exploring Roots Blues, Traditional Folk & Bluegrass as well as Pop songs, students will learn how to play the 4-String Cigar Box Guitar, employing several different tunings, strumming techniques, finger-picking, and even slide guitar! Each student will be provided with chord charts, tuning suggestions, tablature, and descriptions of the tips & tricks that will have them playing Cigar Box Guitar in no time.Students must have some basic 6-sring guitar experience to take this course.Acoustic-Electric 4-String Cigar Box Guitars will be provided for students pro-vided they register 24 hours before the class begins. Also, these can be purchased at a discounted price of $175 for students who register at least a week in advance. Otherwise the cost of the guitar will be $200 (purchase optional). These CBG’s are professional quality instruments made by MaduroBob Luthiery (www.Maduro-Bob.com).Please note: This class takes place at The Century Center at the intersection of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro.

Cosponsored with Carrboro Recre-ation and Parks DepartmentJustin JohnsonuWednesday, 7:15-8:15pm, November 14-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (5 weeks) $57 public, $51 Friends

1104. ADVANCED BLUES TECHNIQUES FOR THE CIGAR BOX GUITAR NEW!

This workshop is designed for students who are familiar with the 6-string Gui-tar, and would like to develop or improve their techniques for Blues Slide Guitar on the 4-String Cigar Box Guitar (CBG). This course will cover the open tunings for the 4-String CBG, as well as numerous Blues Slide Guitar techniques such as proper form, staying in tune, vibrato, left-hand mut-ing, right-hand muting, anchoring, modified Dobro techniques, and even beer bottle slide! Each student will be provided with tuning charts for the 4-String CBG as well as supplementary materials to help them employ the techniques discussed in class. A variety of guitar slides will be avail-able for the students to use and compare in class.Students must have some basic 6-string guitar experience to take this course.Acoustic-Electric 4-String Cigar Box Guitars will be provided for students pro-vided they register 24 hours before the class begins. Also, these can be purchased at a discounted price of $175 for students who register at least a week in advance. Otherwise the cost of the guitar will be $200 (purchase optional). These CBG’s are professional quality instruments made by MaduroBob Luthiery (www.Maduro-Bob.com).Justin JohnsonuSection A: Sunday, 11am-1pm, Septem-ber 9 (one-day workshop) $24 public, $22 FriendsuSection B: Saturday, 11am-1pm, December 1 (one-day workshop) $24 public, $22 Friends

1105. LET’S PLAY! BEGINNING GUITAR—at University Square If you are a beginner with a year or less experience, bring your guitar and explore the fundamental and different technical approaches to playing. This enjoyable and satisfying course not only covers all the basics of tuning, stringing and guitar main-tenance, but gives you the musical tools and know-how to embark on your guitar journey with confidence! Emphasis is placed on strumming and developing pick-ing techniques; the use of guitar tablature and chord diagrams are also introduced, along with some music theory. Popular songs, as well as folk, rock, blues and clas-sical tunes, will be explored.This class is located at University Square, 123 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill. The classroom is in the front of the build-ing to the right of Time Out.David RichteruSection A: Saturday, 10-11:15am, September 8-October 13 (6 weeks) $84 public, $76 Friends uSection B: Saturday, 10-11:15am, Octo-ber 27-December 8 (no class Nov. 24) (6 weeks) $84 public, $76 Friends

1106. LET’S PLAY MORE!INTERMEDIATE GUITAR—at University Square This course is designed for those com-pleting the Beginning Guitar course, or for those who already have some working knowledge on the guitar (chords, strum-ming, etc.), but who would like to take their playing to more competent, expres-sive and satisfying levels. Emphasis will be given to honing students’ playing and performance skills through individualized attention within a classroom atmosphere. Learn to really play the songs that you love to listen to the most. This class is located at University Square, 123 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill. The classroom is in the front of the build-ing to the right of Time Out.David Richter

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1107. COMMUNITY CHORAL JAM—at The Century Center

NEW! Did you used to sing in a school or church choir when you were younger? Or did you always want to sing but did not think you had the talent? Singing with a group is a wonderful way to connect with other people and to en-joy the basic human need to create music. Whatever your experience, or lack there-of, Elizabeth can teach you to sing through breathing and vocal exercises. Come join us and learn a vareity of different songs!Bring 3 copies of your favorite song, if you have one.All levels of experience welcome. Please note: This class takes place at The Century Center at the intersec-tion of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro.Cosponsored with Carrboro Recreation and Parks DepartmentElizabeth Longman-BerkowitzuTuesday, 6:30-8pm, October 2-De-cember 4 (10 weeks) $150 public, $135 Friends

1108. LUNCHTIME BEGINNING PILATES NEW!

Beginning Pilates teaches the basics of TheMethod Pilates as structured by Physi-calMind Institute. Students learn a series from basic to advanced exercises using proper controlled movements and form that help improve core strength and stabil-ity. TheMethod Pilates increases flexibility, improves balance and coordination, empha-sizes proper alignment, and facilitates the

development of efficient and effective pat-terns of movements to aid in everyday life. Kristi JohnsonuSection A: Monday, noon-1pm, Sep-tember 10-October 22 (7 weeks) $72 public, $65 FriendsuSection B: Monday, noon-1pm, No-vember 5-December 17 (7 weeks) $72 public, $65 Friends

1109. T’AI-CHIT’ai-Chi, an ancient Chinese art based on natural laws, teaches relaxation, erases tension and boosts energy. It works for all, regardless of age. Regard the art as a walk into your inscape, a dance of circles and a superior form of moving meditation. An added bonus is that T’ai-Chi may add to your sense of emotional well-being.Frank WonguSection A: Saturday, 10-11:30am, Sep-tember 8-October 20 (7 weeks) $103 public, $93 FriendsuSection B: Saturday, 10-11:30am, Octo-ber 27-December 15 (no class Nov. 24) (7 weeks) $103 public, $93 Friends

1110. ETHNIC VEGETARIAN COOKING—at the Century CenterWhether for health, environmental or ethical reasons, or to expand their rep-ertoire, many people are increasingly in-terested in learning to cook vegetarian dishes. This class will introduce students to basics about plant-based cooking, in-cluding vegetarian nutrition, and serve as a hands-on introduction to cooking a va-riety of ethnic dinners that are vegan, or fully plant-based. We will cover cuisines of countries like India, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Thailand and Indonesia, and America. In each class, students will work in teams of four to make several side dishes, one or two main dishes, and a dessert. We will eat at the end, and generally have yummy left-overs to take home. $80 for food, paid to instructor at first class.Please note: This class takes place at

the Century Center at the intersection of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Car-rboro.Cosponsored with Carrboro Recreation and Parks DepartmentDilip BarmanuWednesday, 6-9pm, November 7-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (6 weeks) $179 public, $161 Friends

1111. INDIAN COOKING—at the Century CenterThere are many varied flavor combina-tions throughout India, with dishes vastly different between the north and the south. Learn about the many ways of cooking the traditional and ethnic fare of India. Cook exotic foods filled with fresh produce and herbs, delicate spices, hot curries, home-made dairy products and semi-homemade ingredients. The cuisine is not only tasty, but nutritionally balanced. The course in-troduces students to ingredients for mak-ing both vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes, main and side dishes, and desserts. Students will learn how to make “Dosa,” “Sag Paneer,” “Chicken Curry,” “Chicken Biryani,” rice pudding and more.$30 for food, paid to instructor at first class.Please note: This class takes place at the Century Center at the intersection of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Car-rboro.Cosponsored with Carrboro Recreation and Parks DepartmentRani ImandiuSection A: Tuesday, 6-9pm, September 11-25 (3 weeks) $92 public and $83 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 6-9pm, October 30-November 13 (3 weeks) $92 public and $83 Friends

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MAGIC, WIZARDS, AND WARDROBES! In this 2-hour workshop, young wizards delve into the world of fairies, goblins, and magical creatures through storytelling, games, and art. Students are encouraged to come dressed in their most wizard-like attire! Oliver VestuMonday, August 27, 4-6pm

CERAMICS FOR KIDSThis 2-hour workshop will focus on the pottery techniques of scoring and hand-building and glazing! Students will create ceramic items that will be fired in our kiln and can be picked up approximately one week after the workshop. James WarduSection A: Monday, August 27, 4-6pm

uSection B: Tuesday, September 4, 4-6pmuSection C: Wednesday, August 29, 4-6pm uSection D: Wednesday, September 5, 4-6pm uSection E: Thursday, September 6, 4-6pm

CAPOEIRA FOR KIDS Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that incorporates elements of dance, martial arts, acrobatics, and music. During this seven-week class, students will learn to play capoeira while learning history and language through music and games. Stu-dents will also gain strength, flexibility, and have a great time as they become capoei-ristas. Please wear loose, athletic clothes. Giles Harrison-ConwilluSection A: Tuesday, August 28, 4-6pm uSection B: Tuesday, September 4, 4-6pmSCREENPRINTING

Young artist can create their very own back-to-school t-shirt in this 2-hour screenprinting workshop! Please provide 2 solid colored t-shirts and/or pillowcases. Vidabeth BensenuSection A: Wednesday, August 29, 4-6pm uSection B: Wednesday, September 5, 4-6pm

CREATE COMICS! This workshop will teach basic concepts of comics and graphic novels such as composition, character design, and story structure. Rio Aubry TayloruSection A: Thursday, August 30, 4-6pm uSection B: Thursday, September 6, 4-6pm

Workshops and Intensives for Young Artists

Workshops and Intensives are designed for young artists who would like to try a range of different artforms! Pre-Register for these workshops to receive a discount on tuition. Day-of walk-ups are also welcomed! All workshops are $20 in advance and $25 on the day of the workshop. A minimum num-ber of students is required for each work-shop to go forth, so register early!

AfterSchool Arts Immersion (AAI) is the area's only arts-based after-school program. Young artists in grades k-5 participate in a wide variety of art forms under the instruction of a professional teaching artist. Each month concludes with a family sharing event featuring an exhibition or performance. If your young artist loves puppetry, drawing, painting, hip hop dance,. capoeira, screenprinting and much more, AAI is the place for them! Part-Time and full-time options available with transportation from select schools!

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UPCYCLE! In this eco-cool workshop, young design-ers will create purses, pencil bags and much more from recycled materials.Claudia CarlettouSection A: Friday, August 31, 4-6pmuSection B: Friday September 7, 4-6pm

YAC 101: THE PLAY’S THE THING! (grades 3-5)Students explore theatre through games, creative movement and improv while using their imagination to learn character development, build worlds and create sto-ries. Students apply these skills to short plays and perform in a sharing at the end of the semester. Jerry SippuMonday, 4-6pm, September 10-De-cember 10 (14 weeks) $250 public, $225 Friends

YAC 102: 2-D ART! (grades K-3)Students will explore a variety of two-dimensional artforms including painting, printing, drawing and collaging. Students will also be inspired toward developing their own artistic skills in a fun and sup-portive atmosphere! $5 materials fee (paid to directly to in-structor) is due at first class.Jean CerasaniuSection A: Monday, 3-4:30pm, September 10-Oct. 22 (7 weeks), $160 Public, $144 FriendsuSection B: Monday, 3-4:30pm, October 29-December 10 (no class Nov. 12) (7 weeks) $160 Public, $144 Friends

YAC 103: PAINTING FOR KIDS (grades 4-9)Students will explore a variety of water-based painting media and experiment with different techniques including color mixing and brush handling. Students will also uti-lize historical art references as inspiration toward developing their own artistic skills in a supportive atmosphere. $5 materials fee (paid to directly to in-structor) is due at first class.Jean CerasaniuSection A: Monday, 4:30-6pm, September 10-Oct. 22 (7 weeks) $160 Public, $144 FriendsuSection B: Monday, 4:30-6pm, October 29-December 10 (no class on Nov. 12) (7 weeks) $160 Public, $144 Friends

YAC.104 ROCK BAND (grades 5-12)Students will explore the history of rock and roll while learning to play with other musicians, improvise in a band, write songs and develop stage presence. The class will form their own bands that will play clas-sic and modern rock songs along with their own original music. At the end of the semester, students will put on their own rock show at Cat’s Cradle! Requirements: prior experience play-ing your instrument.Performance on Sunday, Decem-ber 2.Billy Sugarfix uTuesday, 4-6pm, September 11-Novem-ber 27 (11 weeks) $217 Public, $195, Friends

YAC 105: DRAWING FOR KIDS (grades 3-6)Students learn to draw animals and people by using basic shapes and backgrounds using basic perspective and composition. They will also learn drawing mechanics and the elements of art: color, shade, line,

texture, and other drawing techniques. This course only has one session and is meant to compliment cartooning for kids. $5 materials fee (paid to directly to in-structor) is due at first class.Richard CloudtuTuesdays, 4-5:30pm, September 11-Oc-tober 23 (7 weeks) $135 Public, $122 Friends

YAC 106: CARTOONING (grades 3-6)Students in this course will learn to illus-trate and write their own stories, comic strips and comic books. They will also ex-plore the history and development of car-tooning as well as the chemistry of humor and drama as told in pictures and words. They will also learn the art of caricature and draw their favorite pop icons! $5 materials fee (paid to directly to in-structor) is due at first class.Richard CloudtuTuesdays, 4-5:30pm, October 30-De-cember 11 (7 weeks) $135 Public, $122 Friends

YAC 107: IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER PERFORMANCE CLASS (grades 6-12)No experience needed. Come learn im-provisation techniques in a safe, fun group environment that fosters teamwork. Through games and exercises, students learn commitment on stage, saying yes to scene partners and how to create char-acters in a moment’s time! Learn how to create funny, interesting scenes without a script! Students perform in a sharing at the end of the semester. This class is for the beginning/intermediate improviser. Anoushka (Anoo) Brod of Trans-actors Improv. Co.uTuesdays, 4:30-6pm, September 11-De-cember 11 (14 weeks) $250 Public, $225 Friends

YAC. 108: PLAYING WITH CLAY FOR TODDLERS (ages 3-4 w/ caregiver)

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This class will give children an excellent start in experiencing the art of clay. Tod-dlers will actually participate in creating finished products that will be either func-tional or decorative. We will use pottery tools, stamps and glazes! Jason AbideuSection A: Tuesday, 1-2pm, September 11-October 23 (7 weeks) $90 Public, $81 FriendsuSection B: Tuesday, 1-2pm, October 30-December 11 (7 weeks) $90 Public, $81 Friends

YAC 109: POTTERY FOR MID-DLE SCHOOLERS (NEW!) (grades 6-8)This class, for older kids of all skill levels, is longer than other kids’ ceramics classes and will allow older children more time to explore this exciting medium. Students typically complete one large hand-built project, either a functional vessel or a sculpture and spend several classes throw-ing on the wheel. The final class meetings are spent glazing our pieces. Jason AbideuSection A: Tuesdays 4-6pm, September 11-October 23 (7 weeks) $126 Public, 114 FriendsuSection B: Tuesdays 4-6pm, October 30-December 11 (7 weeks) $126 Public, $114 Friends

YAC 110: ON-STAGE KIDS (grades 3-5)In this class, students will focus on be-coming a good actor whether on stage or in film! Through a fun range of theatre games and techniques, young actors will become comfortable with various forms of self-expression. Students will also learn monologues and perform them for their peers, which will bolster the self-esteem and confidence that is essential for future auditions and performances!

A n o u s h k a Brod of Trans-actors Improv Co.u W e d n e s -days, September 1 2 - D e c e m b e r 19, 4-5:30pm, (no class Nov. 21) (14 weeks) $250 Pub-lic, $225 Friends

YAC 111: ACTING FOUNDA-TIONS (grades 6-8)Students learn the building blocks of act-ing using improvisation, acting exercises and scripted scenes. Students master the actor’s process by learning how to follow impulses, make strong acting choices and analyze text. The semester closes with stu-dents sharing techniques they’ve learned. Jess JonesuWednesdays, September 12-December 19, 4-6pm (14 weeks, no class November 21) $250 Public, $225 Friends

YAC 112: POTTERY FOR HOMESCHOOLERSStudents in this course will explore the creative possibilities of clay. They will learn hand-building techniques and how to cre-ate both functional and decorative pieces. They will also learn to throw small vases, bowls and mugs on the potter’s wheel. They will also decorate their pieces with underglaze or glazing. Beginners and expe-rienced students are welcomed! Jason AbideuSection A: Wednesdays, 1-2:30pm, Sep-tember 12-October 24 (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 FriendsuSection B: Wednesdays, 1-2:30pm, October 31-December 19 (no clss Nov. 21) (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 Friends

YAC 113: POTTERY FOR KIDSStudents in this course will explore the creative possibilities of clay. They will learn

hand-building techniques and how to cre-ate both functional and decorative pieces. They will also learn to throw small vases, bowls and mugs on the potter’s wheel. They will also decorate their pieces with underglaze or glazing. Beginners and expe-rienced students are welcomed! Jason AbideuSection. A (grades 2-3): Wednesdays, 3-4:30pm, September 12-October 24 (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 FriendsuSection B (grades 4-6) : Wednesdays, 4:30-6pm, September 12-October 24 (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 FriendsuSection C (grades 2-3): Wednesdays, 3-4:30pm, October 31-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 FriendsuSection D (grades 4-6): Wednesdays, 4:30-6pm October 31-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 Friends

YAC 114: SEW ‘N SEW CLUB! (NEW!) (grades 3-7)This class is for young sewers of all experi-ence levels. This class allows its participants to do some hand stitching and experiment with a variety of machine stitches. Sewing Machines are provided, but you may bring your own if you’d like. Students will also be given take-home projects, which have in-cluded pillows, drawstring bags, and other items as time permits.

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Chris GreenuSection A: Wednesdays, 4-6pm, September 12-October 24, (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 FriendsuSection B: Wednesdays, 4-6pm, October 31-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 Friends

YAC 115: SCRAP BOOKS AND MORE (NEW!) (grades 2-5)Students will create special books to contain their personal ideas and favorite things. Monoprints, stamp-ing, collage, color and texture will be ex-plored. The creation of decorative covers for bound blank page books and personal “story” books filled with dazzling visuals shall provide students an opportunity to play with several different techniques for variety. A $5 supply fee due the teacher at beginning of class. Jean CerasaniuSection A: Wednesdays, 4-5:30pm, Sep-tember 12-October 24 (7 weeks) $160 Public, $144 FriendsuSection B: Wednesdays, 4-5:30pm, Octo-ber 31-December 19 (no class Nov. 21) (7 weeks) $160 Public, $144 Friends

YAC 116: DANCE, DANCE, DANCE! (grades K-3)This dance course explores imaginative movement through creative discoveries in spatial awareness, expression, and commu-nication. Through storytelling, improvisa-tion, and musical accompaniment students will experience ways to create and build kinesthetic intelligence and self expres-sion as they dance. Students will learn to integrate their minds and bodies through a healthy, exciting, and inventive form of cre-ative movement.Special Note: Parents will be invited to see their final dance performance at the end of the session.

Erin CasanegauSection A: Thursdays, 4-5:30pm, Septem-ber 13-October 25 (7 weeks) $140 public, $126 FriendsuSection B: Thursdays, 4-5:30pm, Novem-ber 1-December 20, (no class Nov. 21) (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 Friends

YAC 117: HIP HOP AND STREET JAZZ (grades 4-12)You don’t want to miss this class! Enhance your coordination, rhythm and strength while learning basic hip-hop and street jazz moves. This is a beginner to advanced beginner dance class that includes a warm-up, combination drills in place, freestyle dance, as well as a dance that we add to each week, followed by a cool down. Be prepared to have fun while finding your own style and increasing your dance skills. It’s a blast. Come and join us! Special Note: Parents will be invited to see their final dance performance at the end of the session. Virginia Queen DanforduSection A: Thursdays, 4:30-6pm, Septem-ber 13-October 25 (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 Friends uSection B: Thursdays, 4:30-6pm, Novem-ber 1-December 20 (no class Nov. 22) (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 Friends

YAC 118: CREATE COMICS!Popularized by graphic novels such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant, the comics medium is an exciting and swiftly growing art-form. This

course will teach how to create cohesive comics nar-ratives (both short-form and graphic-novel length), while emphasizing clarity and ex-perimentation. A variety of materials will be introduced and explored while students simultaneously learn basics such as page composition, character design and story structure. Other topics in-clude basic color theory, do-it-yourself book binding,

and online promotion. This class blends hands-on exercises with in-class lectures and instruction. Over the seven-week course, students will create two to twelve pages to be collected in a class anthology that can then be distributed to family and friends. No prior experience in drawing or writ-ing is necessary and all skill levels are en-couraged to participate. Obtain materials list at The ArtsCenter front desk, prior to first class.Rio Aubry TayloruSection A: Thursdays, 4:30-6pm, Sep-tember 13-October 25th (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 FriendsuSection B: Thursdays, 4:30-6pm, Novem-ber 1-December 20 (no class Nov. 22) (7 weeks) 4:30-6p, $140 Public, $126 Friends

YAC 119: MAGIC SCIENCE! FOR WIZARDS (NEW!)This class explores the places where magic and science come together! Young wizards (armed with a full test tube lab) will watch and learn in delight as they make their ‘fingers smoke,’ create Wizard Wands and cast color-changing spells. Parents will be impressed by the basic science principles that go into creating these fun experi-ments using Silly Science, Weird Physics and Incredible Illusions! Levitate magnets, make water disappear, read the audiences’

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mind, lift up a bottle of rice using only a chopstick—it’s all possible and amazing! $10 materials fee (paid to directly to in-structor) is due at first class.Oliver VestuSection A (grades k-3): Fridays, 3-4:30pm, September 14-October 26 (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 FriendsuSection B (grades 4-6): Fridays, 4:30-6pm, September 14-October 26 (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 FriendsuSection C (grades k-3): Fridays, 3-4:30pm, November 2-December 20 (no class Nov. 23) (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 FriendsuSection D (grades 4-6): Fridays, 4:30-6pm, November 2-December 20 (no class Nov. 23) (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 Friends

YAC 120: POTTERY FOR HOMESCHOOLERSStudents in this course will explore the creative possibilities of clay. They will learn hand-building techniques and how to cre-ate both functional and decorative pieces. They will also learn to throw small vases, bowls and mugs on the potter’s wheel. They will also decorate their pieces with underglaze or glazing. Beginners and expe-rienced students are welcomed! Jason AbideuSection A: Friday, 1-2:30pm, September 14-October 26, (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 FriendsuSection B: Friday, 1-2:30pm, November 2-December 14 (no class Nov. 23) (6 weeks) $108 public, $97 Friends

YAC 121: POTTERY FOR KIDS (see below for ages)Students in this course will explore the creative possibilities of clay. They will learn hand-building techniques and how to cre-ate both functional and decorative pieces. They will also learn to throw small vases, bowls and mugs on the potter’s wheel. They will also decorate their pieces with underglaze or glazing. Beginners and expe-rienced students are welcomed! $5 materials fee (paid to directly to in-

structor) is due at first class.Jason AbideuSection A (grades 2-3): Fridays, 3-4:30pm, September 14-October 26 (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 FriendsuSection B (grades 4-5) : Fridays, 4:30-6pm, September 14-October 26 (7 weeks) $116 Public, $105 FriendsuSection C (grades 2-3): Fridays, 3-4:30pm, November 2-December 14 (no class Nov. 23) (6 weeks) $108 Public, $97 FriendsuSection D (grades 4-5): Fridays, 4:30-6pm, November 2-December 14 (no class Nov. 23) (6 weeks) $108 Public, $97 Friends

YAC 122: ADVANCED IMPRO-VISATIONAL THEATRE (grades 7-12)This class is for the experienced improviser who is ready to take their skills to the next level! Through fun exercises and techniques, students will continue to hone their skills, creating even more believable and inter-esting characters and making even more daring choices on stage. Focus will be on increasing confidence and becoming great on stage as well as in class. This class will include 3-4 performances at select venues in the community throughout the semester. Instructor approval required!Transactors Improv Co. is the South’s oldest improv company. Visit http://trans-actors.org/. Anoushka Brod of Transactors Improv Co.uFriday, 4:30-6pm, September 14-Decem-ber 14 (no class Nov. 23) (13 weeks) $240 Public, $215 Friends

YAC.123: ON-CAMERA ACT-ING (grades 6-12) Students learn the techniques of acting for the camera including movement and blocking, scene study, cold reading, im-provisation, memorization and expression

in relation to the camera. Students apply skills to actual scripts from TV, film and commercials and share an in-class perfor-mance at the end of the semester.Jerry SippuSaturdays, 11:30am-1pm, September 15-December 15 (no class Nov. 24) (13 weeks) $240 Public, $215 Friends

YAC 124: MOVEMENT FOR THE ACTOR This class will focus on a wide array of physical skills necessary for every actor. Skills covered will be: Juggling, Circus skills, tumbling, pantomime, hand to hand stage combat, sword play and character move-ment. Class is open to Middle and High School students. Limit 14 students. $5 materials fee (paid to directly to in-structor) is due at first class.Jess JonesuSection A (grades 9-12): Saturdays, 1-2.30pm, September 15-December 15 (no class Nov. 24) (13 weeks) $240 Public, $215 FriendsuSection B (grades 6-8): Saturday, 2:30-4pm, September 15-December 15 (13 weeks) $240 Public, $215 Friends

YAC. 125: ADVANCED ACTING CLASS FOCUS(grades 6-12)Through scripted or improvised material, students pursue a more intensive study of the craft of acting. Every 4 weeks of the semester will target the development of a particular skill: Scene study, audition-ing and monologues, Comedy and finally Dramatic works. No previous experience necessary. Jerry SippuSaturdays, 2:30-4pm, September 15-De-cember 15 (no class Nov. 24) (13 weeks) , $240 Public, $215 Friends

YAC 126: YOUTH REPERTORY TOURING TROUPE (grades 4-12) This audition-based ensemble acting company rehearses a play for touring performances. Auditions for this troupe of

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10-14 students is open to any student in grades 4-12. Students must be available for 3-4 performances throughout the community at various locations (possible performance venues including the lawn at Weaver Street, Southern Village and Carolina Meadows among others).NOTE: DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS UNTIL AF-TER AUDITIONS AND TROUPE Friends ARE ANNOUNCEDJess JonesuAuditions: Tuesday, 4-8pm, September 11uRehearsals: Monday, September 17; Tuesday, September 18; Thursday, Sep-tember 20; Friday, September 21; Monday, September 24; Tuesday, September 25; Thursday, September 27; Friday. Septem-ber 28, 4-6pm; $225 Public, $203 Friends

YAC 127: STRANGERS IN STRANGE LANDS SCIENCE FICTION (GRADES 6-8) Eileen Slade will lead young writers in ex-citing and diverse activities that will get imaginations churning. The middle school authors will map out new, unexplored lands with bizarre aliens and unique tech-nologies; and they will develop and finesse characters to populate those worlds. Each week will have a focus—setting, char-acter, conflict, and the like—and students will have the option of working over the course of the class on the same storyline or developing several story “starts.” Every class meeting will include a period for in-dependent writing, and students will have the opportunity to give each other con-structive feedback on their stories. Young authors will learn ways to make revision fun, and the course will culminate in the selection of pieces for a science fiction writing portfolio. Eileen Slade uSection A: Saturdays, 11am-1pm, Sep-tember 15- October 27 (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 FriendsuSection B: Saturdays 11am-1pm, Novem-ber 3-December 15 (no class Nov. 24) (6 weeks) $120 Public, $108 Friends

YAC 128: THE FUTURE SOON -- WRITING SCIENCE FICTION (FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS) (grades 9-12)Each week, high school authors will engage in a short group writing exercises explor-ing social issues and “world-building,” in science-fictional contexts. In addition to a handful of short stories, the class to read will read young adult science-fiction novel Feed by M.T. Anderson, a National Book Award finalist that satirizes and explores the hyper-connectivity of the Facebook age. (It’s a brief, fun, and powerful read that’ll provide a great example of how writers use futuristic settings to talk about the present day -- and it deals with a social issue that teens will connect with easily.) In the final weeks of the class, the students will write and workshop a complete short story of their own with the possibility of producing an anthology of the stu-dents’ stories at the end of the semester. Students will need to provide their own copy of Feed, by M.T. Anderson and have it available at the start of the class.Eric GregoryuSection A: Saturdays, 1-3pm, September 15-October 27 (7 weeks) $140 Public, $126 FriendsuSection B: Saturdays, 1-3pm, Novem-ber 3-December 15 (no class Nov. 24) (6 weeks) $120 Public, $108 Friends

Jason Abide is the Mississippi-born child of two artists and the brother of another two. He is pas-sionate about clay as an artistic medium and finds the special requirements and stages involved in working with clay to be conducive to artistic cre-ation and expression. When his hands aren’t in clay, he customizes open source software to cre-ate easily updated websites for himself and other artists. See examples of his ceramic and design work at reallyprettycardinals.com.

Joyce Allen has taught writing classes in the ArtSchool, in the Duke Continuing Studies pro-gram and elsewhere since the early 1990’s. Her publications include novels, short fiction and creative non-fiction. Her most recent novels are Hannah’s House (Wolf’s Pond Press, 2008) and Those Who Hold the Threads, a young-adult fantasy released this year. Those Who Hold the Threads is to be the first of a trilogy. The sec-ond, The Threads of Earth, is in progress. Website and blog: http://www.joyceallenwords.com

Carrie Alter grew up in Miami, Florida. She re-ceived a BFA from Ringling School of Art and De-sign in Sarasota, FL, where she studied Drawing and Painting, and a BFA from University of Tampa, where she concentrated on Art History. She also studied art at Skidmore College in Saratoga, New York and Bennington College in Vermont before coming to UNC-Chapel Hill where she earned her MFA. With an obvious love for school, she went on to teach Drawing and Painting locally through the Friday Center’s Continuing Educa-tion Program, Durham Technical College and Elon University. She was a Visiting Lecturer in the Art Department at UNC from 2010-2011 and has worked at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro since 2008. Carrie Alter always has a sketchbook within reach. She is an oil painter who strongly believes in the foundation of drawing. As a teacher, she feels a responsibility to nurture and respect the individual’s view of the world—while offering the tools and lessons to aid them in their own artistic journey.

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Nadjib Assani was born in France and traveled extensively as a child; spending time in Benin, Ivory Coast, Canada, Maryland and finally North Carolina. Everywhere he went though, he always had a sketchpad with him. As a result, Nadjib de-veloped a passion for illustration and telling sto-ries. When choosing a career, he decided on NC State’s Design School, subsequently earning a B.A. in Art and Design. Afterwards, Nadjib traveled to California to take classes at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Once he finished there, he worked as a freelance artist, doing illustrations, graphic designs and animation both 2d and 3d. But Nadjib couldn’t abandon his passion for cre-ative art that displays a positive message (through stories, animations or sculptures), so he decided to come back to NC to found a company that would allow him to do just that!

Jennifer Austin has been working in stained glass since 1995. She received instruction in the Tif-fany/Copper Foil method at the former Stained Glass Art Design Studio in Durham, NC. Ad-vanced instruction in Design and Leading was acquired through the Durham Arts Council. She holds a diploma in Interior Decorating conferred by The Professional School of Inte-rior Decorating, Atlanta, GA. Her studio, “The Kaleidoscope,” is located near her home in Me-bane, NC. She teaches both privately and pub-licly. She has taught for the Alamance County Arts Council and CCCC in Pittsboro, NC. She also enjoys designing for private commission, experimenting with hot glass and 3-D stained glass creations and painting children’s murals.

Anya Avrutskaya, a resident of Durham, has stud-ied pottery since 1998 with a focus on functional forms in stoneware and porcelain. Anya started her studies at The ArtsCenter’s wheelthrowing classes, and pottery quickly became a favorite hobby and a passion. She is a frequent participant

in local shows and fairs. Anya had been teaching pottery at Art Center for the past seven years and is excited to share her love for pottery and the inspirational process of clay forms creation.Richard Badu has been teaching classes and work-shops in the various forms of swing dancing—Lin-dyhop, East and West coast swing, St. Louis shag and Cajun jitterbug—in the Triangle since 1989.

He is a founder of the Triangle Swing Dance So-ciety and teaches Lindy in the dance program at Duke University. He attended the Berklee Col-lege of Music. Richard also teaches T’ai-Chi, locally and in workshops for dance camps and co-found-ed the award-winning music group Big Zucchini Washboard Bandits, learning Cajun dancing during the band’s annual tours to the Bayou. Since 1988, Richard has studied lindyhop with Frankie Man-ning, choreographer for Whitey’s Lindyhoppers during the 1930s. Movie credits include dance consultant to choreographer Toni Basil and actress Julia Roberts for the film Something To Talk About; and choreographer and featured dancer in Ches-terfield, a Black Mariah feature film. He co-founded Swing Steppin’ and Swing Feats, two performance groups for schools and special events. Since 1993, Richard has been teaching workshops and dancing in Europe, Mexico and Canada, as well as around the US.

Tony Baker has solved problems with the pho-tographic tools at hand for more than 25 years. His mottos: “You don’t need to make it too com-plicated. Not every negative is perfect. Visualize what is possible and work toward that goal.”

Dilip Barman is President of the Triangle Vegetar-ian Society (TVS, www.trianglevegsociety.org). He is an International Vegetarian Union (IVU) counsilor and North American IVU Regional Coordinator and Vice President of the Vegetar-ian Union of North America (VUNA); He has spoken on vegetarianism and given cooking dem-onstrations in many venues across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Brazil, including as an invited presenter for multiple World Vegetarian Congresses and the first annual Cooking Show in Raleigh in 2003. He has been an invited guest chef at the Nasher Museum at Duke University. He has published cooking articles in a number of books and newspapers, and has taught vegetar-

ian cooking for several organizations. Dilip is also an award-winning photographer who has been shooting images in black and white, color, and slides since elementary school. He photographs events, and has had his photography published in books and magazines and exhibited in muse-ums and arboretums. He is the owner of Vibrant Memories Photography. You can visit Dilip on

the web at his homepage that he has maintained since 1994, www.dilip.info.

Sandra Beeman lives and maintains a glasswork-ing studio in Southwestern Orange County. After 11 years as a professor of social work, she left be-hind the academic world to pursue art full-time. She has taken courses in photography, drawing, painting, printmaking and color theory at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and bo-tanical drawing, colored pencil and watercolor at the Minnesota School of Botanical Art. Turning to glasswork in 2003, Sandy has taken glass courses with Malcolm Potek, Doni Hatz, Andrea Guarino, Amy Johnson, Kate Fowle, Stephanie Sersich, and Kara van Wyk. She is a Friend of the Orange County Artist’s Guild and the International Soci-ety of Glass Beadmakers.

Vidabeth Bensen is a retired high school art teach-er who has resided in the Triangle since 1991. Prior to that, she taught overseas and worked as an illustrator and graphic artist in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Her medium of choice since col-lege days has been screen printing and her original prints are in many private and corporate collec-tions. She teaches locally and throughout the U.S. and conducts workshops for the National Art Education Convention and the NC Art Educa-tion Association. She has also been an Artist in Residence in the Durham and Chatham County schools. Her work may be seen at the Chatham Arts Gallery in Pittsboro, and the NC Incuba-tor Gallery in Siler City. She is a Friend of the Printmakers of North Carolina (PONC) and the North Carolina Printmakers Guild. Her recent book, A Simple Guide to Screen Printing, was pub-lished in April 2010 by Royal Fireworks Press.Anoo Brod has been performing improv profes-sionally since 1997. She is a current Friend of Transactors Improv Company, performing locally and nationally. She teaches improv and life skills

to people of all ages in a variety of venues. She is passionate about fun, play and living a deeply soulful life and inspiring others to do the same!

Erin Casanega received her BFA and NC teach-ing licensure in Dance from UNC-Greensboro. With a focus on release technique, improvisation and somatics, she has a wide range of experience

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teaching creative movement to children and dance technique to adults. Her choreography has been performed locally and out of state. She has taught as a guest artist and continues to teach around the triangle area. Erin has performed in dances at UNCG, Greensboro Fringe, Goose Routes Festival in West Virginia, Patchwork Arts Benefit , ACDFA, and other local arts based performance events. She continues to dance for local choreog-raphers in the community and is working to share her emerging voice as an artist through dance.

Jean Cerasani studied at Pratt Institute in Brook-lyn, NY, and at L’Academia in Venice, Italy. She began fabric design while at the School of Batik in NYC in 1969. She has worked as an interior designer and has several installations of her work in businesses and homes. She has designed and executed costumes for theater and dance and has created art-to-wear garments. Jean moved here from Miami, where she taught for many years. Primarily a fabric dyer, she also works in watercolor, clay and collaged box constructions.

Rebecca (Becky) Clewell is first and foremost a scientist, with a sense of curiosity that extends well past her day job. As a potter, she’s amazed (still) that it is possible to take a handful of clay and create a beautiful, useful and enduring piece of art. During her time at UNC, Becky found working with clay to be a much needed depar-ture from the routine of graduate school. Yet, over time, it became clear to her that science and art are not quite as different as they may seem—the process of creating is in itself an ex-periment. Becky has had the pleasure of working at The Arts Center for several years and learning under the instruction of very talented potters, and she welcomes the opportunity to share what she’s learned with others who want to experi-ment with their own artistic tendencies.

Richard Cloudt studied philosophy at Davidson College. He has worked as an editorial and comic strip cartoonist and done freelance cartoon illus-tration work for 25 years–everything from book covers to full-length comic books. He is best known, however, as a professional caricaturist. Beginning in 1986 at Carrowinds theme park in Charlotte, he has drawn live at countless venues

and events all over the state and caricatured over 20,000 live subjects. In 1992, he began teaching cartooning at Sertoma Arts Center in Raleigh and in 1999 at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro. In the fall of 2002, he was selected to serve as Artist in Residence at Guy B. Phillips Middle School for a special project arranged by the Chapel Hill Pub-lic Arts Commission. In 2009, he was selected by the Carrboro Merchant’s Association to create the Town’s first “Walk Carrboro” cartoon map to promote local businesses.

Virginia Queen Danford has a BFA in Acting from West Virginia U. and an MFA in Acting from The School of Arts at Penn State. She exercises a broad range with her craft and has a lifetime of perfor-mance experience. She relocated to the Triangle from New York City where she’d been working for eight years as a professional actor, teacher, choreographer and director. She also co-founded NYC’s Broad Horizons Theatre Company and currently serves on the Board of Directors. Vir-ginia is very passionate about her teaching and has worked with all ages for almost 20 years. In addi-tion to teaching drama and movement programs, she is involved in addressing social issues to in-spire change through theatre and film. In 2002, she was hired by FEMA to work as a crisis counselor through creative arts to deal with feelings of loss following the tragedy of 9/11. In 2003, she wrote and directed “Freedom and the American Revolu-tion,” a series of one-act plays that also included songs and dances. The fourth grade classes at Pub-lic School 87 in Queens, NY, performed the piece. She and the school were both recognized by The New York Times for integrating arts into the cur-riculum and for being advocates of arts education. She has currently worked with The ArtsCenter, Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre, UNC-CH’s Dept. of Education, Raleigh Little Theatre and The Dur-ham Arts Council, among others.

Annette deFerrari is a visual artist, graphic designer and illustrator. Her visual art encom-passes both representational and non-represen-tational works, has been exhibited throughout the eastern US, and is included in numerous private collections. Her design clients include North Carolina Museum of Art; W.W. Norton Co.; Princeton University Press; and American

Scientist Magazine. Samples of her work can be seen at deferraridesign.com and annettedefer-rari.net. Her teaching philosophy is that each person has a unique way of perceiving the world and an individual voice to discover, and so she sees teaching as helping students develop skills along with finding their own creative paths.

Christopher Donald received his BFA in Ce-ramics from the Center for Creative Studies in Michigan and has been a ceramic artist for 20 years. He was the head of the Greenfield Vil-lage and Henry Ford Museum of Pottery which produced reproductions of Early American ce-ramics. He has worked as a production artist making both wheelthrown and handbuilt ceram-ics and most recently taught ceramics at Boston University. A sample of his ceramic work can be seen at: http://www.chrisdonald.net/ceramics/index.html.

Michelle “La Rubia” Draughon entered the world of Latin night club dance in 1991 after years of ballet, ballroom and swing dance training. She was official instructor for Salsa Carolina for nine years. She has studied with a multitude of salsa professionals around the country, and she has taught and/or performed at hundreds of events at schools, universities, festivals, parties, clubs and pri-vate affairs, as well as appeared on local television. She can be contacted at [email protected].

Julie Eastman grew up in Illinois and received her B.A. from Kalamazoo College in Michigan. Over the years, she has explored many forms of visual expression. While living in the Boston area, she took watercolor classes from Linda Bond and a plein air workshop with nationally known watercolorist Betty Lou Schlemm, AWS. Since Julie’s move to North Carolina in 1997, she has taught watercolor at both the Sertoma Art Center and Pullen Art Center in Raleigh and also at CCCC in Pittsboro. Julie now paints

in watercolor and acrylics. She exhibits regu-larly in the Triangle area.

Klint Ericson is an artist and art historian. He received his B.A. in studio art and has contin-ued to practice as a painter while earning his M.A. in art history from UNC Chapel Hill. He is currently a Ph. D. candidate in art history and

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working on his dissertation in Latin American colonial art and architecture. He enjoys the relationship of art history with studio practice, and works to make art history accessible and interesting. He sees teaching as an opportunity to guide students in articulating their world, whether it is through visual experiences and cultural history, or through discovering and de-veloping their own voices as art makers.

Juliet Eden first began teaching dance classes (Jazz, Tap, and Ballet) at the age of eighteen. Since then, she has traveled throughout North Carolina as a performer with various compa-nies, including The Lost Colony (Manteo, NC); Temple Theatre Company (Sanford, NC); and Queen City Theatre Com-pany (Charlotte, NC). In 2010, while interning at the Fred Astaire Studio, she also earned certifi-cation as a Ballroom Dance instructor ac-cording to the studio’s techniques and curricu-lum. She still travels as a performing artist, but loves to teach anyone and everyone who wants to dance—her personal philosophy: “If you can walk, you can dance!”

Nora Esthimer is a lifelong writer and a long-time workshop participant. Nora will enforce a few—very few—rules of order, and will offer individual readings to supplement the groups’ comments.

John Fetvedt works primarily with silver, gold, and titanium. The techniques he uses include chain making, fold forming, casting, anticlastic raising, etching, forging and stone setting.He finds chain making particularly interesting because it com-bines art, mathematics and construction tech-niques into each different chain pattern: there is art in the way the finished jewelry decorates the body. Mathematics comes into play in calculating the new ring size to use when changing the wire gauge or creating a new pattern. The techniques needed to properly construct a pattern are like solving a jigsaw puzzle. John teaches chain making

classes at the Bead and Button Show in Milwau-kee, WI, the Crafts Center at NCSU, the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris GA, the Interweave Bead Fests, The ArtsCen-ter and the Sawtooth School for Visual Art in Winston-Salem. John served as co-president of the North Carolina Society of Goldsmiths from 2008 through 2010, and currently serves on the Executive Board.

W. Axel Foley was born and raised in New Jersey and attended Rutgers University before making the leap to the big city of Manhattan. Axel worked in journalism for 6 years before starting his own video production company, Fifth Column Films. In 2006, Axel switched gears and taught High School video production at a Charter School in Manhattan. New to this area, Axel and his wife moved to Durham in early 2009.

Lauren Ford graduated from the Fashion Insti-tute of Technology in New York with an Associ-ates in Fashion Design in May 2011. She worked in NYC in fashion design and technical design be-fore returning to Carrboro to make clothing on her own. She received her BA at UNC-Chapel Hill in English and Spanish and taught English as a Second Language in the US and Argentina for 6 years to students ranging ages 3 to 80 before em-barking on the fashion road. She also co-founded Nightlight, a music venue in Chapel Hill, in 2003.

Todd E. Gaul is a local photographer specializ-ing in music and event photography. His works have been published internationally by National Geographic and seen in various local art shows and openings. He has been experimenting with photography since he made his first camera from the center of a Ranger Rick magazine when he lived in Bangkok, Thailand.

Chris Green has been sewing, knitting, quilting, embroidering and crocheting since she was ten years old. She enjoys teaching the needlecraft and sewing skills she has. For ten years, she worked and taught sewing at the Cotton Boll, as well as teaching privately in her home. She loves children, having raised eleven of them, both biological and adopted, as well as many foster children. With her husband, she has developed a history farm

(Woodcrest Farm) which is a model of the small family farm of 1880-1930, when needlecrafts and sewing were an essential part of daily life.

Eric Gregory’s short stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Shine: An Anthol-ogy of Optimistic Science Fiction, and more. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing at North Carolina State University, and currently edits the fiction section of Bull Spec, a sci-fi magazine based in Durham. He lives in Chapel Hill, where he is working on his first novel.

There are some things that can only be created by hand–like great dentistry and creative jew-elry. Monica Hunter is a licensed general den-tist and has filled many teeth in her lifetime. As she slowly bids farewell to fixing teeth, she is allowing for a different craft in her life thanks to the generosity of her mentor, Fran Schultzberg. Monica took classes and made jewelry for the past several years under Fran’s tutelage. Now, she shares the knowledge accumulated thus far and continues to grow as a goldsmith. Her other interests include painting, ceramics, snow skiing, scuba diving and being at peace.

Rochelle Hurt is an Ohio native who currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she taught creative writing courses for several years. Ro-chelle has served as a writer-in-residence at the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Wyoming, and she has been awarded prizes from several literary journals, including Arts & Letters, Hunger Moun-tain, and SDSU’s Poetry International. Rochelle’s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have been published in a variety of journals, including the Kenyon Re-view, the Southeast Review, Cincinnati Review, Passages North, Columbia Poetry Review, cream city review, Versal, Meridian, CALYX, and Image.

Rani Imandi has a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts from Garhwal University in India. She has studied art and crafts in many forms and media like oil, acrylic, glass, nib painting, pot decora-tion, block printing with vegetables and making models with recycled materials and dry leaves. She has been teaching arts and crafts for over a

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decade. She loves Indian folk art and has been drawing Rangoli, a traditional Indian method of drawing using rice flour, since she was a child. Rani would like to increase awareness of Indian folk art in today’s world. Besides Rangoli, she also loves the art of Henna and Indian cooking. and teaches classes in these subjects. Rani has been cooking and serving for a decade and loves to teach her cooking skills to new students.

Chrissy Jahnes finds great joy in making fun and unusual Art Jewelry and loves infusing that pas-sion into her students. Her interest in jewelry making began with a metals class in Connecti-cut in the 80’s. She rekindled that interest with classes at The ArtsCenter with Fran Schultzberg in 2003. She has continued learning from some of the most talented jewelers in the area and nationally known jewelers through many classes at The ArtsCenter and other classes and work-shops sponsored by the North Carolina Society of Goldsmiths, Pullen Arts Center in Raleigh and Warg Enamel and Tool Center in Scarborough, Maine. Chrissy is a Friend of the Chatham Art-ists Guild. She shows her jewelry on the Cha-tham Studio Tour, at Frank in Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh and the Arts Incubator in Siler City. She has lived in Chatham County for 19 years.

Multi-instrumentalist and award-winning slide Blues guitarist Justin Johnson has become widely known for his captivating solo performances. Throughout his decade-long professional career he has performed over 2500 shows, and shared bills with greats such as The Allman Brothers, Vic-tor Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Widespread Panic, Tim Reynolds, and many others. Justin’s passion for advancing the rich traditions of American Roots Music has won his many awards such as 1st Place Winner of the 2006 “Slidestock” International Slide Guitar Competition, and 1st Place Win-

ner of Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival’s Guitar Competition in Fall of 2011. His proficiency with slide and Blues guitar has also earned him en-dorsements with Hwy 55 Cigar Box Guitars and MaduroBob Cigar Box Guitars. Justin currently performs throughout the country, performing as a soloist and teaching clinics & workshops on Traditional American Roots instruments.

Kristi Vincent Johnson earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Modern Dance from Texas Chris-tian University and a certification in TheMethod Pilates from Physicalmind Institute of NYC where she trained with a second generation teacher, Su-san Huffman, who was a student of Pilates Elder, Eve Gentry. Kristi has studied with such promi-nent dance-artists as Fernando Bujones, Sabrina Madison-Cannon, Joe Alegado and faculty at the Alvin Ailey School of Dance. Presently, Kristi is the Founder/Director of The Triangle Dance Project, a comprehensive online dance resource for the triangle dance community.

Jess Jones is a Barton College grad. She re-cently took classes with StudioACT in San Francisco and was an Acting Apprentice at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ during the summer of 09. She is very excited to be working with this wonderful group of people. Recent credits include Othello (Cape Fear Regional Theatre), Love Drunk (J&J Productions), After the Revolu-tion (Deep Dish Theatre), Ether Steeds (Stillwa-ter Theatre), Macbeth, No Exit, Afric’s Muse, and Waiting for Godot (KCT). Herb Slapo has been painting and teaching portraiture for twenty years, receiving top awards in various arts or-ganizations. His work is in private and public collections from Florida to Canada.

Barbara H. Kenyon is Hillsborough’s Poet Laure-ate for 2012-13. Her poetry is distinctive because of the emphases on sounds and discrete use of rhyme and rhythm. She incorporates imagery using photographs, original art and illustrations specifically created for her poetry. Ms. Kenyon has had a life-time career as a classroom lecturer and in the music studio. She holds a BA degree in English from the University of Hartford, CT and an MM degree in music performance from James Madison University in Virginia.

Rachel Kiel is a tap dancer, songwriter and musi-cian. She started tap dancing with Gene Medler at the age of 5, and traveled in her teen years with the NC Youth Tap Ensemble, performing all over the United States and Europe. Rachel grad-uated with a degree in music from Wesleyan Uni-versity in 2007, and moved back to NC in 2009. In addition to teaching at The ArtsCenter, she has

also taught tap at Ninth Street Dance, The Ballet School of Chapel Hill, and The Seymour Center.

Brian Kuebler received his Bachelor of Art de-gree in Studio Art, with an emphasis in paint-ing from the College of Charleston. In 2005 he earned his MFA in Painting from New York Academy of Art. He was awarded a scholarship award from the faculty Friends and received The Vasari Classic Oil Colors Award. He has shown in several galleries in and around New York City, receiving painting and sculpture commissions for private collectors. He has completed ceiling mu-rals and other large decorative works through-out the United States and internationally. During his travels abroad, Brian has studied art in Venice, Rome, Paris and Amsterdam, among other Eu-ropean cities. His studio practice is informed by historic traditional methods, and he explores this technical narrative in a largely representational oeuvre. He enjoys sharing his own research and studio methods with students while allowing them to discover their unique creative visions. Brian has recently moved to Raleigh with his wife and newborn son.

Bryce Lankard’s career has been immersed in photography from nearly every angle. He has been an art director, curator, educator, creative director, arts administrator, designer, and editor. An acclaimed editorial and fine art photogra-pher, his work has been exhibited around the globe alongside such luminaries as Henri Cart-ier-Bresson, Andres Serrano, Bruce Davidson and Robert Frank. A native of North Carolina and UNC alumnus, he has spent significant time in New Orleans and New York City. In 1995 he was a co-founder of Tribe Magazine in New Or-leans and served as Creative Director for the celebrated publication. He went on to work for 9 years in New York City and has photographed for publications ranging from the New York Times Magazine and Newsweek to High Times and The Village Voice. In late 2006, following Hur-ricane Katrina, he returned to New Orleans and co-founded the non-profit New Orleans Photo Alliance which hosts the PhotoNOLA festival.

Stacye Leanza is a professional muralist & illus-trator, with a BFA from Parsons School of De-

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sign in NYC. Her cartoons for kids have been published locally. She has taught drawing and art to grown-ups and kids, privately and in classes and workshops in both instructional and thera-peutic settings. Her focus in the drawing class is on learning how to see, by accessing the cre-ative, perceptive Right Brain. The immediate re-sult is the ability to draw more realistically. An-other result is that the capacity for abstraction is embellished by the increased “vocabulary” of images gained from drawing what you truly see, instead of what you think you see. This enriches the art-making process, whether your goal is to draw realistically or to deepen your abstract work. Visit her Facebook page at “Leanza-art, etc.,” or her website: www.leanza-art.com.

Stephanie Leathers, dance educator/ choreog-rapher/ performer/ visual artist, uses dance as a medium for exploration of community, social issues, identity and culture. Stephanie holds an MA in Dance Theories and Practices and BA in Dance from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She previously studied dance at Columbia College Chicago and The Paul Taylor School. Stephanie is a former Friend of Elojes Dance Theater (NYC) and John Gamble Dance Theater (Greensboro, NC). She has also had the pleasure of performing with Mark Dendy, David Dorfman Dance (in underground), Gerri Houli-han, Kirby Reed and B.J. Sullivan. Her work has been presented in North Carolina and Wash-ington, DC. Stephanie currently teaches dance in North Carolina public schools.

Elizabeth Longman-Berkowitz is a professional singer who has sung with The New York Grand Opera withConductor Maestro Vincent La Sel-va in NYC as well as with The Mannes College of Music Opera. She has also given numerous recitals at The Juilliard School of Music, The Mannes College of Music and The Ann Good-

man Recital Hall as well as Merkin Conert Hall in NYC. Her coaches have been Arlene Schrut and Joan Krueger. Eliizabeth holds degrees from New York University, Columbia University and The Mannes College of Muisc as well as Post-Graduate Studies at The Juilliard School. She is an active Friend of N.A.T.S. and maintains her private vocal and coaching studio in Chapel Hill.

Elizabeth Andersen May has a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She also stud-ied at the New York Academy of Art and at the Art Students League of NY with Nelson Shanks. She received a Merit Scholarship from the New York Academy of Art and has painted reproduc-tions in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has exhibited her work in New York and North Car-olina and has been teaching painting since 2002.

Jon Paul McClellan has taught hundreds of people to dance in the Triangle over the last 25 years.

Maqui Ortiz has been spreading the “bliss gos-pel” of bellydance as a performer since 2003, with a dance style distinguished by her joyful presence and fluidity of movement. As a teach-er, she focuses on creating a supportive envi-ronment within which all people can enjoy and feel beautiful. She performs solo and with the Devoted Bellydance Collective, and is a Friend of the Association of Central Carolina Middle Eastern Dancers. “My whole-hearted mission is to share the physically and emotionally transfor-mative power of bellydance!”

Carol Owen has been a full time artist for over 30 years. She was a weaver for a long time before switching to handmade paper and then mixed me-dia. Altered books has been her passion for the last ten years. She has exhibited her work and taught workshops in many parts of the United States. She and her husband now live in Fear-rington Village where she has a studio in her home.

Linda Passman, a North Carolina artist, works in a abstract style, with oil, acrylic and watercolor paint and collage. Originally from New York, she received a BA in Art History and Studio Art and MA in Printmaking and Teaching and has taught art in college and high school. Her artwork has been exhibited at Universities and private galler-

ies in Westchester County, NY.and in North Car-olina. Since moving to North Carolina in 1996 she has been an exhibiting artist and teacher. She shows with Air & Light Gallery in Chapel Hill, The ArtsCenter in Carrboro and the Durham Arts Guild and is a Friend of the Orange County Artists Guild, participating in their Open Studio Tour since 2000. She has had solo shows at The

Horace Williams House, The North Carolina Arts Gallery in Chapel Hill and The Durham Arts Guild in Durham and has participated in many art shows in the Triangle and Winston-Salem. Linda has been teaching at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro for the past thirteen years where her courses have included Mixed Media Painting, Pastel and Mixed Media, Expressive Drawing and Focus On Color. She holds workshops and critiques for artists in her home studio and has taught, The Visual Journal, a creative journaling workshops in Chapel Hill, Angers, France and Norfolk, Va. and Datona Beach, Florida.

Bianca Patel is a Senior student at UNC-Chapel Hill and has been dancing since a young age. Her passion for dancing has developed ever since and has led her to become captain of “Bhangra Elite,” a dance group on the UNC campus. She has also been performing Bollywood dances since a young age, accompanied by a love for Bollyood movies. In addition, Bianca has been classically trained in Indian dancing for five years and has participated in Indian folk performances (Garba/Raas) for ten years.

Luna Lee Ray received her BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon in 1988, in printmaking. She has lived and shown her work in Oregon, Hawaii, Arizona and New Mexico before relocating here in 1998. She now focuses on mixed media drawings and paintings, and shows her work locally at Frank in Chapel Hill.

David Richter has performed to critical acclaim throughout the USA and Europe. His live, solo performances have been broadcast on television and radio nationwide by NPR’s Performance To-day; CBC’s Arts National (Canada); RAI Televi-sion’s In Concerto (Italy) and the Hungarian Na-tional Television. A four-time First Prize winner in competitions, including the 20th International

Guitar Competition in Milan, Italy and the Na-tional Wurlitzer Artist Competition, USA, David has also been recipient of numerous awards and grants, including a Solo Recitalist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Theodore “Ted” Salamone has photographed on six continents over a span of more than 30

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years. He enjoys teaching photography as much as he enjoys taking photos because he enjoys meeting people. Ted has taught on both coasts, led many field workshops, and is also available for private tutoring. Ted is the Official Photogra-pher of Carolina Ballet, and he runs his Raleigh-based studio when he is not teaching.

David Schaeffer has a BFA in Sculpture from Florida International University, a MFA in Sculp-ture from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA in Glass from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Currently, he is working as an Adjunct Instructor of Digital Art at Elon Col-lege, in addition to teaching glass blowing. He has exhibited regionally and nationally, includ-ing several solo shows. His work is included in both private and museum collections.

Jerry Sipp has enjoyed a varied 25 year theatre career. He served as Producing Artistic Direc-tor for Temple Theatre in Sanford and The Play-house Theatre in Rocky Mount. He has directed nearly 100 productions and performed in over 100 plays and musicals. He co-founded TRIO Productions, a touring educational theatre with an 18 year touring history. Jerry has seen nine of his original scripts produced and is thrilled to be back directing a new script for 10 By 10.

Eileen Slade is an experienced literature and writing teacher living in Carrboro. She loves helping young people find their “sparks” and encouraging them to nurture their creativity. When Eileen is not teaching or studying, she enjoys writing poetry and creative nonfiction, reading novels, painting, and gardening.

Herb Slapo has been painting and teaching por-traiture for twenty years, receiving top awards in various arts organizations. His work is in private and public collections from Florida to Canada.Billy Sugarfix is a songwriter, teacher and all around entertainer who has been performing mu-sic for over two decades as a solo artist and with numerous bands. Additionally, he runs a successful songwriting business, Custom Serenade, which has landed him work writing everything from com-mercial jingles to personalized gift songs. Under the name “Bill McCormick” he was once a full time elementary school teacher, and currently has

devised a songwriting curriculum that has been shared with students in numerous settings.

Rio Aubry Taylor is a multidisciplinary artist who specializes in sequential art, both narrative and abstract. Having received an MFA from the Cen-ter for Cartoon Studies, Rio continues to create content for a number of publication groups, in-cluding his own Light Riot Productions. Eschew-ing boundaries, Rio strives to express himself in the most unique and uplifting ways possible. As an educator, he hopes to help others do the same. To visit Rio’s blog, where he showcases new art three times a week, please go to lightriot.com.

Oliver Vest is a graphic designer/photographer/writer (www.ojvest.wix.com/ojvestportfolio, visual artist, and comedy improve performer (Zen Fried Improv) with a love of storytelling and all things creative. When he isn’t herding the cats who inhabit his house, he is busy exploring the world around him and finding new ways to share his imaginative outlook with those around him. He enjoys challenging and teaching others to look at the world in new and fascinating ways.

Steven Walls was born and raised in California. His earliest recollections involve drawing, paint-ing and a pronounced interest in hand-made objects. A bookshelf full of Monographs fueled his interest in visual art and his involvement in southern California’s surfing, skateboarding and indie-rock culture, led him further into pursu-ing creative expression and aesthetic experi-ences. He received a BA in studio art and art history from San Diego State University in 1996 and an MFA in painting from Yale University in 1999. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally. Steven’s work stems from an interest in meshing seemingly contradictory modes of representation. He has a background in traditional naturalistically rep-resentational painting, but intuitively gravitates towards the paradox of painting.

Susan Walser decided to try her hand at design-ing her own jewelry in 1999 under the guidance of Fran Schultzberg and has continued honing her skills through workshops and classes at The ArtsCenter, Pullen Arts Center, NCSG, and FSG. Susan works in silver, copper and PMC. She is a

Friend of the North Carolina Society of Gold-smiths and the Florida Society of Goldsmiths. Susan received her PMC Certification in 2007. She lives in beautiful Orange County with her husband and three dogs.

James Ward was drawn to clay in order to make pots for his many Bonsai trees. Since taking his first wheelthrowing classes some five years ago, he has been intensely studying pottery tech-niques and is currently an instructor at The ArtsCenter. Along with taking care of his many trees, James enjoys reclaiming clay scraps and trying to fashion them into functional forms. He throws daily on an old kick wheel that he has in his shed next to his home on the north side of Chapel Hill where he hopes to one day create the perfectly imperfect tea bowl.

Kim Werfel has been painting in pastel since 1999. She has won awards for her paintings of animals and children’s pastel portraits. She holds her BFA from NYIT and her Masters in Art Education from L.I.U., C.W.Post, NY. Other workshops include those with Sally Strand, Doug Dawson, Dawn Whitelaw, Susan Sarbach, and Christine Debarry, among others. Kim has taught art in both public and private schools in Cary and Apex, NC, as well as workshops at the Cary Arts Center. When not painting in pastel, she oc-casionally works in acrylics and oils. Since moving to Pittsboro, Kim is now a juried Friend of the Chatham Artists Guild and Fearrington Artists. She is also an active Friend of the Pastel Society of NC, Friend of the Pastel Society of America and the Fine Arts League of Cary. See examples of her work on her website: http://www.kimw-erfel.com and follow her latest work on her blog at http://www.kim-werfel.blogspot.com Frank Wong studied t’ai-chi under the world-renowned grand master Cheng-Man Ch’ing. He has been teaching in the Triangle since 1975 and is the author of several articles about t’ai-chi.

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REGISTRATION INFORMATION:* Please register in advance to ensure your enrollment. Courses with insufficient enrollment may be cancelled up to 72 hours in advance of the first class meeting. See below for info about our day-of registration fee. TAC will contact you if your class is canceled.* All courses are open to adults and teens ages 15 & up unless otherwise noted. Thirteen and 14 year olds may be admitted to many courses— please check with the instructor prior to registering.* All materials fees are paid directly to the instructor at the first class meeting (please bring exact change), except where otherwise noted in the course description.* You may register in person at The ArtsCenter front desk; by mail with the registration form below; or by phone (929-2787 x 201) with a credit or debit card. You may also register online at www.artscenterlive.org. * The ArtsCenter front desk is open 11am-5pm weekdays and noon-4pm on Saturdays.*Please make checks payable to The ArtsCenter. There will be a $25 service charge on returned checks.*College students with ID are eligible for Friends’ prices on up to two courses per session.*Material lists are provided to students for certain classes. Students may wish to wait until their class has met its minimum enrollment before purchasing their materials. TAC is not responsible for materials purchased for a class that is canceled. Please contact the front desk to inquire if your class has met its minimum.*Beginning summer of 2012, students registering the day a class begins (or after class begins) will be charged a $5 late fee. (Swing Dance registration is the exception to this rule).

REFUND INFORMATION: All refund requests must be made in writing The ArtsCenter will retain a $10 processing fee on all registrations. When the course is held as scheduled, the refund policy is as follows:* Full tuition refund (less $10 processing fee) up to one week prior to the first class meeting.* 50% tuition refund (less $10 processing fee) during the week prior to the day of the first class meeting.*The etix fee for registering online is non-refundable. PLEASE PRINT Today’s Date _______________

Last Name ___________________________________ First Name _____________________________________

If under 18 years old: Age _____ Parent’s Name ___________________________

Address ____________________________________________________________________________________

City/State / Zip _______________________________________________________________________________

Day Phone _____________ Night Phone ______________

E-Mail Address _________________________________________________________________________

Become an ArtsClub Friend of The ArtsCenter and receive discounted prices on ArtSchool Classes!

$ 100 + up ______ amount (Minimum individual contribution is $100).

#1 Course # ______ Section _____ Start date ____________ Fee $________

Title ___________________________________________

#2 Course # ______ Section _____ Start date ____________ Fee $________

Title ___________________________________________

Subtotal $________Note: All materials fees are paid directly to the instructor unless otherwise indicated.

Why not round up your tuition payment, and let the balance benefit scholarship students! Contribution to ArtSchool (Your donation to this fund may be in any amount over $1) Scholarship Fund $________

CREDIT CARD # _______________________________________________/ (expiration date) __________ CASH CHECK #_______________ Total Amount Enclosed $________

Students are requested to register early! Insufficient registration could cause cancellation of some courses, in which case tuitions will be fully refunded. There will be a $5 fee for all day-of registrations except for Swing Dance. Students may register in person at The ArtsCenter, by mail, by phone (929-2787 ext. 201) or on our website at www.artscenterlive.org. Registration constitutes enrollment. Checks should be written payable to The ArtsCenter. Mail completed registration to: ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter 300-G East Main Street, Carrboro, NC 27510.

NO TUITION REFUNDS ONCE A COURSE HAS STARTED.

ArtSchool registration policies and registration form

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Today’s Date: ____ Student’s Name:_________________________________ Date of Birth: ____________ Age:______ Grade: ______ School: ____________________________ Parent/Guardian:__________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________ City:_______________________ State:____ Zip:________________ Phone: (Day) ___________________ Cell Phone:__________________ Email:__________________________*By providing your email address you will be added to the MINICAMP Listserv & receive updates including special invites and announcements!

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((ssiiggnnaattuurree)) A.M. CERAMICS CLASS ($50)*

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

Name of Child: _______________________ Birthdate:___________________

Course Name & Number Section Start Date Tuition Amount Transportation

youth art class registration

Transportation At an additional cost, transportation is provided from select schools to The ArtsCenter on class day. Inquire at the box office as to which schools apply. Please provide a snack for your child in case s/he has time to enjoy it before class. You are responsible for picking your child up immediately after her/his class ends. If your child is under 8 years old or weighs less than 80 lbs, you may be asked to provide a booster seat. Transportation costs are: $30 per 6 week class, $35 per 7 week class, and $70 per 14 week class.

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payment Fees paid by (Please check one): ___Check (payable to The ArtsCenter) ____Cash _____Visa/MC/Discover?AmEX**

Card #______________________________________________________Exp. Date: ________________ CVV:________

** A processing fee of $2 is added to all credit card payments.

Contribute to the Youth Art Class scholarship fund. Your donation may be in the amount of $1 or more: ___________

Total Amount Enclosed: _________

*When paying by credit card, forms may be faxed to 919.969.8574. Call 919.929.2787 X 209 to confirm the fax has been received.

refund policy Students are requested to register early. Insufficient registration could cause cancellation of some courses, in which case, tuitions will

be fully refunded. Registration closes one day after the 2nd class. Registration constitutes enrollment. You will not be contacted prior to the first class unless there is a problem with your registration or if the class has been cancelled. All refund requests must be made

in writing. The ArtsCenter will retain a $10 processing fee on all registrations. When the course is held as scheduled, the refund policy is as follows: full tuition refund (less $10) up to one week prior to the first class meeting; 50% tuition refund (less $10) during the week

prior to the first class meeting. SORRY, NO TUITION REFUNDS AFTER THE COURSE HAS BEGUN.

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Adult and Youth Scholarship Application

Applications will be processed only after all information is submitted and the application is filled out com-pletely. Please return this application with requested support materials to The ArtsCenter Box Office during business hours, or mail to the address above.

Please provide all requested information on this form so that The ArtsCenter can grant scholarships in a fair and consistent manner. All information provided herein is kept confidential for The ArtsCenter’s use only and is used solely to determine eligibility. Please bear in mind that scholarships are limited and available only to those who express significant financial need. The ArtsCenter reserves the right to determine criteria for scholarship awards. Many scholarships are partial and require some financial participation from the family.

In the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District (CHCCS) eligibility for free or reduced school lunches is based on gross monthly income and family size. For our Youth Scholarships, The ArtsCenter has taken CHCCS guidelines and expanded them so as to increase eligibility. Meeting these guidelines does not guarantee a scholarship. In addition to income and family size, scholarships are awarded based on the information you provide on this application and the order in which we receive requests. We are rarely able to fulfill all scholarship requests.

To process your application, please attach one of the following: - (for youth scholarship only) award letter from school district indicating student’s eligibility for free or reduced lunch or - copy of your most recent tax return or - copies of the last two pay stubs for all adults contributing to household expenses or - copy of your current Medicaid Identification Card (MID)

Today’s Date: _____________________

Student’s Name: ________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

City: _______________________________State: ______________ Zip: ___________________

Daytime Phone: _________________________ Evening Phone: ___________________________

Email address: _________________________________@__________________________

If Youth Scholarship, Student’s Age: _______ ; Student’s Grade:_______; Student’s School: ________________________

If this is Youth Scholarship, Parent/Guardian’s Name(s): __________________________________________________

Please list the program(s) for which you are requesting assistance in order of preference.

1. ___________________________________ 3. ___________________________________

2. ___________________________________ 4. ___________________________________

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Employment Information (Parent’s Employment for Youth Scholarships)

Employer: _________________________________________ Work Phone: ________________

Position: ____________________________________ Length of Employment: _______________

Full-time: _________ Part-time: ________ (If Part Time, do you work another paid job? YES NO)

Are you a full time student? YES NO If yes, where?_______________________________

Spouse/Partner Information (If applicable:)

Spouse/Partner’s Employer: __________________________________ Work Phone: _______________

Position: ____________________________________ Length of Employment: _______________

Full-time: _________ Part-time: ________ (If Part Time, does s/he work another paid job? YES NO)

Is your spouse/partner a full time student? YES NO If yes, where?____________________________

HOUSEHOLD GROSS MONTHLY INCOME*: $__________________________*Including child support, government assistance and combined income of all adults sharing household expenses

Total number in household: _________

Does your family receive child support? YES NO

Does your child receive free or reduced school lunch? YES NO

Do you receive government assistance? YES NO

How much tuition can you afford to pay? $ ________________

Is there anything else you would like us to know when considering this application, particularly about your financial situation, the reason you are applying for scholarship assistance, or if this is a youth scholarship, information about the student?

_____________________________________________________________________________

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I verify that all the information submitted is correct and accurate. If I submit inaccurate information, I understand that I will lose my scholarship and be charged the full price for the class.

________________________________________ _______________Signature of Applicant (or Parent, if Youth Scholarship) Date

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BOTTOM ROW: Shirlette Ammons, Brooke Kesterson, Louise Tremblay. SECOND ROW: Natalie Grif-fin, Phaedra Kelly, Jeri Lynn Schulke Julie Tomkovick. BACK ROW: Tracy Thomas, Tess Mangum Ocaña, Brad Porter, Adam Graetz, Art Menius, Mandey Brown, Will Clinton (House Manager). Not pictured: Heather Gerni. Adam Dodds and Sara Mixter.

Shirlette Ammons, Youth Arts Coordinatorext. 209, [email protected]

Mandey Brown, ArtSchool Assistantext. 208, [email protected]

Heather Gerni, Gallery Coordinatorext. 401, [email protected]

Adam Graetz, Marketing Directorext 219, [email protected]

Natalie Griffin, Accounts Directorext. 211, [email protected]

Phaedra Kelly, ArtSchool Directorext. 207, [email protected]

Brooke Kesterson, School & Family Performances Coordinator ext. 214, [email protected]

Art Menius, Executive Directorext. 217, [email protected]

Tess Mangum Ocaña, Concerts and Facility Directorext. 206, [email protected]

Brad Porter, Operations Directorext. 205, [email protected]

Jeri Lynn Schulke, Director, ArtsCenter Stageext. 221, [email protected]

Tracy Thomas, Arts in Education Coordinatorext. 400, [email protected]

Julie Tomkovick, Development Directorext. 213, [email protected]

Louise Tremblay, Summer Camps Coordinatorext. 204, [email protected]

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