MUSIC—YOUTH, TEEN & ADULT

School Year Private Music Lessons

Private music lessons are a great way to build discipline and take your music playing to the next level. Develop through customized instruction as you build the skills, abilities, and techniques necessary to express yourself through music.

Our faculty is comprised of professional teaching artists who are dedicated to personalized and high-quality music education in a community setting. We have instructors offering instruction in: piano, guitar, ukulele, voice, flute, violin, viola, cello, percussion, and more. Private music lessons are priced at $29 per half-hour. Lessons are held weekly and run through the school year (October through early June). We are always accepting new applications as registration is ongoing and availability is built around current instructor schedules. Lessons are $29 per 30-minute lesson, with monthly and quarterly payment plan options available. To review all of our private music lessons program policies and to start the registration process, please visit MAC’s application form at: bit.ly/maclessons

Instructor Availability

Encaustic Painting

Age 13 & Up

“Encaustic Painting is about creating without limits.” —P. Seggebruch. Encaustic painting is an ancient medium practiced since the 5th century in Greece. This art form celebrates luminous color and incredible textural possibilities. This class is about mixing colored beauty into plain white beeswax. The areas explored will be colored wax pigment, collage, adding paint and inks, image transfer, and incising. All levels welcome. Price includes a materials fee of $45 which covers all basic supplies. Students may bring supplemental materials to class.

M 9:30am–12:30pm

$325 [8 Classes]

10/9–11/27

1156793 Jan von Bergen

Beginning Calligraphy: Humanist Bookhand

Age 13 & Up

Humanist bookhand, the basis for the most widespread typefaces in use today, is an ideal starting point if you’re new to calligraphy. This friendly, legible calligraphic script was revived and reinvented again and again over the centuries because of its usefulness in diverse contexts. Get comfortable with nibs, ink, and paper and find out about the history of this widely practiced artform. You’ll come home with an attractive handmade booklet showcasing your work. Get materials list online. *No class 11/23

Th 9:30am–12:30pm 10/5–11/30*

$256 [8 Classes] 1157180 Stephanie Byrd

Nature Journaling: For the Joy of It

Age 13 & Up

Journaling is a relaxing, delightful way to record what charms you, with simple drawing and watercolor, and some writing. Learn to see in a new way, to create pages that reflect experiences, observations, musings. Not for mastery, but as a personal, creative way to “pay attention, be astonished, tell about it.” (Mary Oliver) Lots of ideas, with support and encouragement. No art experience needed! Get materials list online. *No class 11/14

Tu 9:45am–12:45pm 10/3–12/12*

$320 [10 Classes]

1156794 Jude Siegel

Watercolor & Mixed Media

Age 13 & Up

Got a drawer full of art stuff you’ve never used? This mixed media class will incorporate basic watercolor techniques with several other mediums such as drawing pencils, pastels, gouache, ink, wax resist crayons and collage. Focus will address value improvement, color training and composition. Subject matter will include wildlife, landscapes, still-lifes (floral & fall produce) and abstract explorations, along with examples of work from contemporary and historical artists. Basic drawing experience helpful. Get materials list online. *No class 11/22

W 1:00–4:00pm 10/4–12/6

$288 [9 Classes]

1156804

Char Fitzpatrick

Drawing—Mixed Media

Age 13 & Up

Students begin by using in-class materials and experimenting with mixed media drawing and paper choices. Media includes: color pencil, color pastel, and caran d’ache crayons, color inks, and watercolor pencils (no oil paint). The class progresses to a series project with the help of the instructor and the class to present and display at the end of the term. Get materials list online. Prerequisite: basic drawing experience. Get materials list online. *No class 11/23

Th 9:30am–12:30pm 10/5–12/7*

$288 [9 Classes]

1156765 Brian

Art for Seniors—Color!

Age 60 & Up

Shannon

Light, bright, dark, wild colors! Tints, shades, values! Through a variety of fun exercises and projects in a relaxed and fun atmosphere, students will learn to create an endless array of colors, explore color theory, and use color to create beauty and harmony in their work. Get materials list online.

*No class 11/24

F 9:30am–12:00pm 11/3–12/8*

$133 [5 Classes]

1157633 Tobi Piatek

Book Arts—Japanese Bookbinding

Age 13 & Up

Discover the traditions and methods of the handmade book, focusing on the Japanese Stab Binding method. This method produces a book with a spine that does not allow the book to be laid flat. No need to fold papers to create separate book signatures―instead, the papers are merely gathered and holes for binding are ‘stabbed’ into the paper. It slightly resembles a photo album with metal screw posts for binding papers/signatures. Add original cover papers such as marbling, suminagashi, as well as handmade paper. Price includes a $50 materials fee which covers all basic supplies. Get materials list online for suggested supplemental materials, plus a list of what is included in materials fee.

*No class 12/14

M Tu W F 1:00–5:00pm 12/11, 12/12, 12/13, 12/15*

$256 [4 Classes]

1157874 Yuji

Hiratsuka