CALLIGRAPHY: COPPERPLATE
Kathy McCreedy / Studio 4
Wed 6/12-7/31
6:30-8:30pm / 8 weeks
$180 / Members: $160
Learn and practice the beautiful bridal hand called Copperplate. This style of calligraphy can be used on formal and informal invitations, cards for friends, and certificates. We will cover the history of Copperplate, study examples, and learn the upper and lower case letter forms in a systematic manner to simplify the process. Towards the end of the semester, we will learn a contemporary Copperplate script that is popular for correspondence, as well as experiment with colorful and metallic ink.
BEFRIENDING DEATH: GRIEF IN NATURE
Brent Harris / KNC Visitors Center, Cooper’s Glen Auditorium
Wed 6/12-7/31
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
$270 / Members: $250
We all have our personal and shared experiences of grief. Death of a loved one, climate anxiety, illness, and life transitions are just a few examples. Memorializing these events through ritual, community, and art making has been an important, but forgotten, part of human history. In this class, we will explore our understanding of life/death and its relationship to ourselves and the natural world. In a secluded wooded property, our class will engage in group discussions, nature walking meditations, writing reflections and create personal memorials of grief and loss using clay and natural materials.
WRITING FICTION
Deborah Gang / Boardroom
Wed 6/12-7/17
6:30-9pm / 6 weeks
$185 / Members: $165
Write flash fiction, also known as micro fiction or short-short stories, in a workshop style setting. Become increasingly familiar with terms and concepts used to discuss fiction as you learn what makes stories work, and develop your craft. Generate your own collection of flash fiction through peer review and weekly exercises.
WRITING POETRY
Scott Bade / Boardroom
Tue 6/11-7/16
6:30-9pm / 6 weeks
$185 / Members: $165
Discover how language and imagination come together to create the literary arts. Read, write, and discuss contemporary poetry, and a little prose, in a range of styles. Classes will be conducted in a workshop setting with the primary focus of the class being discussion of one another’s writing. Additional activities may include in-class writing exercises.