Courses – Page 29

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Invasive Bittersweet Baskets

with Zack Rouda

Jan

Next session: January 16th, 2027

$55 More Info

So-called “Oriental” or round-leafed bittersweet is a creeping vine with inedible berries that is considered invasive in North America. Frustrating to gardners and arborists, and not readily favored by birds, bittersweet is a largely useless bane on wild land. We can use traditional harvesting techniques to tend Asian bittersweet in the wild: harvesting material for baskets while controlling and suppressing future damaging growth. We will cover identification, responsible collection, materials processing and storage, and creation, including the basics of stake-and-strand twining and weaving. We will shoot for a basket about 8-inches wide and 4-inches deep. *A $40 materials fee is required and payable to the instructor on the day of the workshop.

Waiting list available

Start a Nature Journal: Sketchbook Techniques

with Claire Loon Baldwin

Jan

Next session: January 16th, 2027

$95 More Info

Learn skills for capturing nature in your sketchbook with watercolor pencils, paint, and ink. We’ll start with exercises on capturing landscapes with both accuracy and efficiency, then work on techniques for illustrating natural specimens. Along the way, we’ll explore approaches for building a powerful composition. Along the way, we’ll cover ways to capture light, shadow, and color with precision. You’ll finish the class with a unique sketchbook spread, and the techniques and skills needed for continuing a nature sketchbook practice. Students can either buy themselves the required materials or they can buy material kits from the Mix, an art store in Brunswick. *Snow Date: 1/23.

Student Grade Kit

Professional Artist Grade Kit

Program-specific Add-on Kit

Candle Dipping

with Asia Cole

Jan

Next session: January 16th, 2027

$30 More Info

Come spend a relaxing afternoon making beautiful beeswax candles. We will be hand-dipping taper candles of your chosen shape and color design. Join us for this slow yet oh-so-rewarding traditional craft! A $10 materials fee, payable to the instructor, must be paid the day of class.

Registered Maine Guide Training Course

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Jan

Next session: January 19th to March 30th, 2027

$500 More Info

Train to become a working Registered Maine Guide not just a test taker. Learn the skills that guides use daily including: map & compass, coastal navigation, shelter building, separated client searches, cooking, advanced first aid, weather predicting, trip planning, canoeing, snowshoeing, SUP’ng, id’s, plus specialty skills for future guides for these specialties: Recreation, Sea kayaking, Tidewater Fishing, Inland Fishing, and Hunting. This ten-session hybrid program includes Zoom, optional all-day skill workshops, and homework assignments. Optional skills workshops are at an additional cost. Those thinking of becoming a Registered Maine Guide will need to take a first aid and CPR course, not included. This 10-wk course is taught online over Zoom. *No Class: 2/16.

Spirit Doll

with Diane Doiron

Jan

Next session: January 21st to 28th, 2027

$80 More Info

Join me for a two-part workshop that blends meditation and creative weaving as you bring your own Spirit Doll to life. We’ll begin by connecting with your older, wiser self to explore a matter of personal importance, allowing insight and intuition to gently guide your process. From this place of inner wisdom, you will weave a Spirit Doll that is uniquely yours. Over time, you may find a special relationship forming. As you gaze upon your doll during moments of reflection, they become a reminder that your own inner guidance is always present, always available, and always with you. Participants will have the use of a loom throughout the two-part workshop. The loom must be returned at the end of the second class. Please note that a bit of additional weaving at home will be necessary before attending the second class. *A $25 material fee which includes the loom rental, payable to the instructor, must be paid on the first day of the class. Led by Diane Doiron of Wise Women Sacred Art.

Chunky Blankets

with Elizabeth Sokoloff

Jan

Next session: January 23rd, 2027

$58 More Info

Create a beautiful chunky blanket like you see in the expensive shops. Using soft jumbo yarn in the color of your choice, you will learn a simple weaving technique. No experience is necessary! A $55 materials fee is due immediately following registration and is non-refundable after yarn orders are placed.