Classes

Select a class type:

• Painting
• Drawing
• Jewelry
• Pottery & Sculpture
• Art Appreciation
• Art & Technology
• Stained Glass
• Specialty Classes

Art & Technology

Page Plus Publishing by Serif
Instructor:  Norma Bradley

Page Plus is one of the best publishing programs available. Students will learn to make business cards, calendars, greeting cards, brochures, banners, posters, etc. You will also create cards using your own photos, and learn to create and restructure PDF files.

Creating PowerPoint Slide Shows
Instructor:  Norma Bradley

Learn to create eye-catching internet PowerPoint slideshows. Students will learn to use PowerPoint to produce a well-designed slideshow presentation using music and effects for the internet. Great also for animated Christmas and birthday cards on the internet. Students must have Power Point software on their home computer and must bring photos on a memory stick to use in class.

Introduction to Publisher
Instructor:  Norma Bradley

Microsoft Publisher is a great program for making almost everything that needs to be printed. You will learn to make professional looking business cards, brochures, mailing lists, greeting cards, flyers, banners, posters, calendars and anything you need to print.

Advanced Adobe Photoshop Elements
Instructor:  Norma Bradley

This is a continuation of the Photoshop Elements class, therefore students must have completed that class with Norma. In this class, you will learn use of filters, adjustment layers, unusual effects, proper use of scanner (including slides), advanced retouching, and restoration of old photos.

Adobe Photoshop Elements
Instructor:  Norma Bradley

Adobe Photoshop Elements is the user-friendly home version of the well known expensive Adobe Photoshop program. In this class you are taught about digitizing photos, file management of your photos, photo repair, colorizing photos, removing backgrounds and people, and finally making a slide show with music and voice narration.

Video Editing
Instructor:  Norma Bradley

Must have basic knowledge of your computer and Adobe Premiere Elements. Instruction will include  creating professional slide shows with music and voice recording, editing video from both digital cameras and camcorders, combining video and still photos with special effects, converting and editing music, and creating DVDs that will play on your TV.

Video Movie Making
Instructor:  Tom Hamilton

This course teaches how to tell a story using video as your media. Students will learn how to take an idea for a story through the scripting process; plan the video in terms of shots, lighting, audio and special effects; shoot the video footage; edit the video; and produce the movie on DVD and YouTube. Each student will produce a short video for class screening during the final class. The class utilizes flash-based video cameras for the video shots and Adobe Premiere Elements for editing. Students may use their own camera equipment so long as they are familiar with the operation of their equipment.

Better Digital Photography in Six Weeks
Instructor:  Chuck Crafton

This is truly a course in photography, not working with photos on the computer. Students will learn the basics of digital photography; camera selection, functions, and accessories; lens choices; lighting; fstops; composition ... everything you need to know to take good digital pictures.

Introduction to Website Design
Instructor:  Candee Gulick

Students will become familiar with Dreamweaver, and begin learning about some web basics such as site managers and documents, working with images and typography, linking, CSS, navigation styles, templates and tables, creating forms, and getting your site online.

Photoshop Elements
Instructor:  Spencer Pullen

Students entering this class should have a working knowledge of a computer. Topics will include: organizing and archiving photos, cropping and resizing, color correction, lighting, enhancing your subject, panoramic shooting, displaying and printing.

Digital Photography Exposed
Instructor:  Spencer Pullen

This class will teach the fundamentals of photography such as ISO, aperture and shutter speed and how they work together to create an image. We will go over other equipment that will assist the photographer in different situations. The fundamental rules of photography will also be taught such as the rule of thirds, simplifying backgrounds and leading lines to name a few. Upon completion of this course, the student will be an informed buyer as well as a competent photographer. The student will also understand different ways to display their work. Anyone with a digital camera is welcome to attend. The instructor will be using a DSLR to demonstrate the examples. The student should have a working knowledge of their particular camera and what most of the buttons do. At the beginning of most classes we will go over the images that the students shot for the class project. At the end of each session there will be time for questions.

Web Plus - Beginning Website Design
Instructor:  Norma Bradley

Web Plus is a user friendly website design program. Students will learn to design and create a personal webpage using familiar desk top publishing techniques. No knowledge of HTML language is necessary. Students must purchase Web Plus and load onto your own home computer after the first class.

HDR for Digital Photographers
Instructor:  Spencer Pullen

Wouldn't it be great if you could have perfect exposure every time? Have you ever wanted to take a picture of the inside of a building but either the windows were exposed properly and the room was black or the room was exposed properly and the windows were all white? Now the digital photographer can have the best of both worlds through technology called High Dynamic Range (HDR) where you take multiple shots of the same scene and blend them together in the computer to capture all the detail. This technology has been around for quite some time in the movie industry and now it has trickled to still photography. As with all of my classes, I will show you step by step how to achieve pro results; however, this class will be different than the others that I have taught. We will go out in the field to capture photos; then we will process the pictures on the computer. A list of hardware and software recommendations is available at time of registration.

 

Art Camp for Kids ages 6-12
Instructor: Multiple Instructors

PAINT - DRAW - POTTERY - MIXED MEDIA
Explore different projects and techniques through instruction by teachers experienced with elementary age children. Cost is $50 per student and includes all supplies.
Four 2-week sessions throughout the summer.

Pottery Camp for Teens ages 13-16
Instructor: Jack Vartanian

Learn how to throw, finish and glaze your own unique pottery pieces from the pottery "master" ... Jack Vartanian! Cost is $60 per student and includes all supplies.
Four 2-week sessions throughout the summer.

Video-Making Camp for 7th & 8th Graders
Instructor: Tom Hamilton

Learn to produce movie shorts using video camcorders to shoot material and PC based computers to assemble clips, edit the movie and produce DVDs or YouTube productions.
Two 2-week sessions throughout the summer.