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Period 1
9 - 10:15 am
Period 2
10:30 - 11:45 am
Period 3
1 - 2:15 pm
Period 4
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Period 5
4 - 5:30 pm
Evening Events
6:45 pm +
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: History and Practice with Qin Fang
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
An introduction to Chinese calligraphy and painting.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Earth Colors with Pat Brodowski & Ken Koons
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Making pigments extracted from plants and minerals
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Evening Events
Class Spans
1 Period
Gallery Talks
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn more about the work of our many wonderful Traditions Weeks Visual Arts instructors!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
iPhone: Magic Landscap with Sue Bloom
Available:
Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Take better photos with your iPhone, using apps and photography techniques.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Let's Paint Outdoors with Pat Brodowski
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to paint in the great outdoors!
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Pastels: Color, Markmaking, Form with Tara Will
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn techniques with pastels
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Realism to Abstraction (and back!) with James Griffin
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Explore abstract painting with James Griffin
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Up Close and Personal from Behind the Lens with Stuart Dahne
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to capture the beauty around you through photography.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Watercolor for All Seasons w Ellen Elmes
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Explore negative space of sky shapes using watercolor painting techniques.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Your iPhone Could Be the Only Camera You Need with Cary Wolfson
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Take your cell phone images beyond good photography and into the realm of fine art.
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Something For Everyone
Schedule a week or two, or three! Or, just sprinkle some classes in between other commitments.
Week 1
6/22/26
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6/26/26
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Week 2
7/6/26
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7/10/26
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