Maine Adult Education Program
with Irene Burgess
Next session: January 6th, 2027
Have you taken the Introduction to Zentangle class and are wondering where to go next? In this class, we’ll play with different tangles, different materials and different approaches using the base of your initial Zentangle experience. All supplies needed will be provided.
with Duncan Perry
Next session: January 6th to 27th, 2027
The five-string banjo is a blast to play! Learn the basics of chording, strumming, and finger picking and play some tunes! We’ll focus on playing clawhammer (“old-time”) and folk-style (think Pete Seeger) playing. Wouldn’t you like every day to be a banjo day! If you don’t own a banjo, please contact Duncan at uketime24@gmail.com for information. What are you waiting for? Grab a banjo and get ready for a musical adventure, then spread the joy!
with Joelle Webber
Next session: January 7th to 21st, 2027
A three-week series of book arts classes that will include making our own book cloth & decorative paste papers. Covering book boards with our fabrics, binding our books and casing them into the covers. All while we learn the basics of book binding tools & vocabulary. Tools & materials provided. *A material fee of $20 should be paid to the instructor on the first night. **Snow Date: 1/28.
with Ed Higgins
Next session: January 11th to February 8th, 2027
Soapstone is a beautiful material, very forgiving, easy and satisfying to carve and polish, and gets artists thinking about subtractive process sculpture. You will start with small forms (which make wonderful gifts, by the way) and by the end of the course, you may be able to move toward larger work. The instructor Ed Higgins calls soapstone a gateway stone which perhaps one day will inspire you to carve marble! Soapstone will be available to students and some carving tools will be available for use, but you may want to assemble some of your own tools. Contact Ed Higgins directly with any questions ed_higgins@icloud.com.
with Ed Higgins
Next session: January 11th to February 8th, 2027
If you’ve never tried to work non-objectively, you’ll find that it helps you learn important lessons that will serve you well in any of your future artistic endeavors. It helps you cure the dreaded fussies, as well as getting you to think more deeply about color, brushwork, and composition. This class combines an introductory studio course with an art appreciation talk. Every studio class will end with a short presentation spotlighting some of the great abstract painters of the modern era. If you’ve ever looked at abstract art and said to yourself “I could do that!” Here’s your chance to give it a try. There is no set materials list for this class. The instructor will be able to supply enough materials to get you started, but eventually you will develop your own projects and media preferences. Contact Ed Higgins directly with any questions ed_higgins@icloud.com.
with Deena Ball
Next session: January 11th, 2027
This one-night workshop is designed to introduce students to the corresponding course, FLOW 2: Intermediate + Advanced Watercolor. Though this workshop is not a prerequisite for the course, it is an opportunity to meet the instructor and preview lesson plans before committing to the full course.