Creative Arts
Creative Arts is a wide-open studio class for trying different materials and finding what clicks. With Keith Yerger in the Arts & Crafts Studio, participants move between drawing, painting, collage and sculpture across the season, sampling techniques without any pressure to specialize. Projects are scaled to each participant’s interests and abilities, so the class suits […]
Fun Science (Day Program)
Fun Science is hands-on discovery in the Theater & Big Studio. With Jon Harrison, participants run simple experiments involving reactions, motion, light and sound, then talk through what happened and why. Everything is demonstration-led and highly visual, so participants can take part by observing, predicting or doing, whichever suits them best. Part of the weekday […]
Music Lab
Music Lab is where participants get to make something of their own in the Sound Studio. With Jordan Fogle, the group explores instruments, recording and layering sound, building tracks piece by piece and hearing them played back. Working in a real studio makes the results feel genuinely finished rather than like an exercise. Part of […]
Yoga Fun
Lyrics and Poetry
Lyrics and Poetry is about finding your own voice and putting it on the page. With Angie Schwarz in the Sound Studio, participants write verses, play with rhyme and rhythm, and read or record their work out loud. Ideas can be written, dictated or spoken, because the point is getting them out and then hearing […]
Karate
Karate with Mercedes Brito in the Yoga & Movement Studio builds strength, balance and focus through traditional forms and technique. Participants learn stances, blocks and strikes at their own pace, with movements adapted for seated or standing practice. The structure and repetition of martial arts builds real confidence over the course of a season. Part […]
Music Fun
Music Fun is an energetic group music hour in the Theater & Big Studio. With Frances Foster, participants sing, play percussion and move to the beat, with plenty of call-and-response and room to lead. It is social and immediate: no reading music, no experience, no waiting your turn to join in. Part of the weekday […]
Advanced Art
Advanced Art is for participants ready to move past the basics and develop a style of their own. Working with James Derungs in the Digital Art & Computer Lab, artists take on longer projects, experiment with mixed media and digital tools, and build up a body of work they are proud of. Instruction is adaptive […]
Karaoke
Karaoke in the Theater & Big Studio is one of the most popular hours of the week. With Jon Harrison, participants pick their songs, take the microphone and get backed by an audience that is always on their side. Singing together builds confidence, breath control and communication, and it is genuinely good fun. Sing solo, […]
Painting
Painting in the Arts & Crafts Studio covers color mixing, brushwork and composition with Stacey Ruud. Participants work in acrylic and watercolor on projects that build skills week to week, from simple studies through to finished pieces worth framing. Brushes, grips and setups are adapted so that everyone can paint comfortably and independently. Part of […]