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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
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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 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Welding is Fun with Thomas Sterner
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Discover the art of welding! Learn techniques to build a metal sculpture.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Wheel Good Fun with Nick Corso
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Experience the fun of shaping clay on the pottery wheel!
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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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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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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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