Acrylic Painting, all levels
Adults, Limit 10 People
Instructor: Connie Kassal
10 sessions • Wednesdays, Sept 9 - Nov 11, 3:00-5:00 PM
$125
Beginning students will learn all about painting from sketch to finished art. Experienced students may pursue their own work while taking advantage of the instructor’s feedback and group critiques.  This class is taught by Connie Kassal, a painter and illustrator living in Long Beach Indiana. She is an art professor at Purdue University Northwest and active in arts in Northwest Indiana including exhibiting, managing galleries, and involvement in artists groups.
Supply list will be given when you register.

Adult Improvisation
Limit 15 People
Instructor: Peyton Daley
8 sessions • Mondays, Sept 14- Nov 2, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
$75
Have a good time and laugh while exercising the mind and stretching your creativity in this positive, active environment.  Beginning students mix well with continuing students as all are challenged to develop and refine collaboration and communication skills through building scenes and playing performance games.  The instructor assists individuals as well as the group to find their level of success in this easy-going, mentally stimulating and very enjoyable class.

Adult Watercolor
Adults, Limit 10 People
Instructor: Neil Kienitz
Beginners 12 sessions • Tuesdays, Sept 8 - Nov 24, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Former Students 8 Sessions • Tuesdays, Oct 6 - Nov 24, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Beginners 12 weeks $135
Experienced 8 weeks $95
Watch the magic happen as your brush, loaded with translucent color sweeps across your paper. This class will give beginning students an overview of the materials and introduce them to basic techniques, such as layering colors. More experienced students will join the class on the 5th week and learn some new tricks as well.
Supply list will be given first day of class

Beginning Knitting (New)
Ages 12 and up, Limit 12 People
Instructor: Joanne Hale
8 sessions • Wednesdays, Sept 9 – Nov 11, 6:30-8:30 PM
$80
This class is for anyone who wants to learn the basics of knitting or enjoys the camaraderie of knitting with other knitters. Students will learn techniques and can expect to make a scarf, just in time for winter! 
Supply list will be given when you register.

Book Arts: Identity and Personal Story (New)
Adults and Teens, Limit 10 People
Instructor: Amanda Heise
5 sessions • Thursdays October 22 – Nov 19, 6:30-8:30 PM
$70
Everyone has a story. Your experiences, your feelings, ideas, thoughts, and dreams all combine to form your life and your journey, which is your story. This class is based on the story of Anne Frank who told her story through her journal. Instead of keeping a journal participants will be creating an artist book derived from personal objects, photographs, and texts. Participants will learn how to do image and Xerox transfers, a printmaking process, along with other basic printmaking, book binding, and collage techniques to create a beautiful one-of-a-kind book.

Design in Fine Art Painting
Teens & Adults, Limit 10 People
Instructor: Neil Kienitz
Beginners 12 sessions • Mondays, Sept 14 - Nov 30, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Former Students 9 Sessions • Mondays, Oct 5 - Nov 30, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
12 weeks $135
Experienced 9 weeks $95
Open to artists of all levels who work in any color media, from painting to fiber.  Using a comprehensive approach, students will learn to apply the ten elements and seven principles of design to make their works more dynamic. This course does not focus on technique or materials, but rather on design and composition. A must have course for all artists.

Monoprinting & Collage (New)
Adults and Teens, Limit 10 People
Instructor: Amanda Heise
5 sessions • Thursdays Sept 10 - October 8, 6:30-8:30 PM
$70
Using water based ink and paint with different techniques, participants will discover the beautiful qualities of prints with the direct spontaneity of painting. Learning how to handprint, we will explore collage, and mixed media to enhance our images.  Participants can expect to take several prints home each week with the knowledge of a basic printmaking method they can do on their own.
Supply list will be given when you register.

Self-Portrait Workshop (New)
Teens & Adults, Limit 10 People
Instructor: Debra Sawyer, MAAE
8 sessions • Tuesdays, Sept 22- Nov 10, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
$120
Supply list will be given at first class. Most supplies provided.
Self-portraits have been a method of self-exploration since humans gazed at their own reflection in a pool of water. With the invention of the mirror came an even stronger fascination to capture one's likeness. For all artists, the self-portrait is an exploration, an opportunity to see beyond the image in the mirror and begin to search the soul. In the course of 8 weeks we will study other famous artist self-portraits throughout art history; review the landscape of the face and the body covering perspective, composition and color: and explore different mediums to find interpretive methods of expression of our own self image.