Personal Enrichment Workshops

Community Education Workshop Refund Policy: If you withdraw at least one week before the first meeting, you will receive a 100% refund less a $15 processing fee. No refund is given for withdrawals made less than one week before the course starts. If 酴圖弝け cancels a workshop, you will receive a 100% refund of all fees. Please allow at least three weeks for processing refunds.

2024 Workshops

Art Culinary and Hospitality Kids and Teens Music Professional Development Self Care

Art

Painting palette and paints
  • Learn how to paint a Landscape Painting with little or no experience. Discover how to create the illusion of depth and distance through scale and color adjustments while using simple brush techniques. Beginners to experienced.
Painting class
  • Students will purchase pre-bisqued ceramics at the first class. There is an assortment of items: plates, some bowls, teapots, and a range of more special things like small vases, dog bowls and cookie jars at a variety of prices. Come sit together and play with stories, ideas and colors.
Poetry book
  • Join us for a fast-paced, low-pressure round of improvisational poetry writing exercises. Have fun and be inspired by interactive, surprising prompts and the energy of the group.
Sketchbooking class
  • This is a workshop for artists of all levels and experience. The focus is on process! Erika, the instructor, has designed and set up a challenge/game/project to be done specifically as exercise in a sketchbook.

Culinary and Hospitality

Artisan Bread
  • In this class we will be discussing and working with multiple forms of bread, both yeasted and sourdough, to understand how bread works.
Cake decorating
  • Join us for frosting-filled fun in a Beginner's Cake Decorating workshop, you will learn how to make your dream dessert and wow everyone for the next occasion.
Fresh pasta making
  • Chef Gaetano Arnone is a maestro in the art of Italian cuisine, particularly renowned for his expertise in crafting fresh pasta and imparting traditional Italian cooking techniques.

Kids and Teens

Teenager reading a computer screen
  • This empowering workshop is designed to equip teenagers with essential financial skills for a successful future. Throughout the workshop, participants will explore the fundamentals of budgeting, learning how to effectively manage their finances and make informed decisions with their money.
Kid chopping vegetables
  • Calling all young chefs! Learn the basics of cooking in a safe environment. From mastering kitchen safety and wielding utensils to creating yummy meals, we'll explore the joy of food preparation together. Come hungry for knowledge and leave with the skills to whip up your favorite dishes! For ages 8 to 12 years old.

Music

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  • In partnership with 酴圖弝け Music School, this workshop will focus on the fundamentals of composing music for film. Students will receive a film scene without music to score. These compositions will be presented to the participants for discussion led by the instructor, focusing on students' selections of instruments, musical themes, tempo, and placement.

Professional Development

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  • This 32-hour course teaches the original Dr. Vodder method and covers: the four basic techniques of the Original Dr. Vodder Method; the practical applications for the treatments of nine body regions; and the anatomy and physiology of the lymph system and connective tissue.
Person recieving a massage
  • Embark on a transformative journey into the intricate world of fascial. This workshop is an invitation to explore the fascial system's complexities its structure, unique properties, and the dynamic ways it can be manipulated to enhance wellness and vitality in your clients.
  • Location: 酴圖弝け main campus, Room H302 on Friday, Oct. 18 and Sunday, Oct, 20. Room G12 on Saturday, Oct. 19
  • Students will need to bring a portable massage table on Saturday, Oct. 19 only.
Person typing on a laptop
  • Do you have an idea for a children's book, short story, novel, e-book? If so, great! You can use this course as a guide to help you develop, write, revise, and find a home for your project.

Self Care

Self defense class
  • Learn the basics of how to protect yourself and your loved ones if you are ever in a dangerous situation.
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  • Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga that's done while seated or using a chair for balance, thus making the practice more accessible. In chair yoga, it's possible to move into various traditional poses all while seated. Start where you are, use what you have, "do what you can" is a perfect attitude for chair yoga.
Hypnosis chair
  • Through guided meditation using hypnosis and your positive action statement, learn the techniques that will help you to begin your successful journey to weight control.
Tai Chi
  • Tai Chi and Qigong combine slow, deliberate movements, meditation and breathing that help stimulate organs, circulation, balance and alignment, and restore your energy. This is low impact for everybody no matter your fitness level.