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Woven Bookmarks

$90

with Alicia Stiles

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 4, 2025 at 6 pm

Join us for a creative introduction to the art of weaving! This class requires no previous weaving experience, although it can be enjoyed by beginners and pros alike! During this class, you’ll learn how to warp your own loom, master the importance of tension and explore weaving techniques such as plain weave, twill, sumac, and rya knots.

Alicia, our seasoned instructor, meets each student at their skill level and provides individualized instruction for a meaningful experience. Students will have access to yarns in many colors and textures during class to create truly one-of-a-kind weavings. In addition to their beautiful and handcrafted bookmark, participants will be able to take home the small wooden loom from the Class for future projects. Learn something new in a fun and supportive environment!

2 Tuesday sessions

March 4-11, 6:00-8:00pm

Registration Fee: $90

Material Fee: $10, payable to instructor

Zentangle: 6 Zendala's Flower

$120

with Valeria Rienzi

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 4, 2025 at 6 pm

This project will feature working in the round. Each lesson in this series will live independently but also contribute to a greater mosaic. You will work in organic tangles, reflecting on inspiration from nature.

6 Tuesday sessions

March 4 - April 15, 6-8pm *no class 4/8

Registration Fee: $120

Material fee for Returning students: $5 (includes 6 Zendala Tiles)

Material Fee for New students: $13 (includes 6 Zendala Tiles, Sakura Black 01, Sakura Green 01, 1 black graphite, 1 white chalk pencil, 2 tortillon)

Material fees are payable by cash or check at first class.

 

Smartphone Photography

$80

with Steve McGrath

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 4, 2025 at 7:30 pm

This Class is dedicated to helping you with understanding how to use your smartphone photography, how to take a create great Images on your phone, what editing apps to use, how to share and print your images. Join Steve as we go over how to find out how to use essentials controls on your phone along with the best free and low-cost tools for editing and image management. This class is virtual only. You will be sent a ZOOM link prior to the start of class.

 

 

 

The Secret Language of Film

$45

with Wesley Skinner

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 6, 2025 at 5:30 pm

Join us as we discuss the various tools filmmakers use (cinematography, editing, sound, ect.) to communicate themes beyond the pages of the screenplay. For newcomers and veteran cinephiles alike!

Wesley grew up in New England. He has lived all over the country, working on multiple film sets, and written for various entertainment sites about film. He would like to share that passion and knowledge with others.

4 Tuesday sessions

Streaming Media: Cutting the Cord

$16

with Katie Lyons

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 6, 2025 at 6 pm
1 additional session on Mar 13, 2025

Rice Public Library Tech Series

Join librarian Katie Lyons for AE technology classes at Rice Public Library!

Have you considered ‘cutting the cord’ and getting rid of your traditional cable package? From local news to live TV to premium cable, find out all the ways to watch what you want and leave the rest behind.

 

Marbleize It!

$40

with Katherine Mayfield

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 6, 2025 at 7 pm

Marbleize it! Learn a simple, easy technique for marbleizing objects in your home, from vases and candlesticks to tabletops, walls, fireplace surrounds, and kitchen backsplashes. You can turn any paintable surface into a marble lookalike. A multi-faceted creative artist, Katherine Mayfield loves to repurpose household objects by marbleizing them—painting them to look like marble. Her favorite projects include candlesticks, vases, tabletops, and coffee tables. Please bring: an object or two that you'd like to marbleize.

Thursday, March 6, 7-9pm

Registration Fee: $40

Material Fee: $10, payable to the instructor by cash (ideally exact change) or check

Paper Quilling One Day Workshop

$38

with Dianne Couture

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 10, 2025 at 3 pm

Paper Quilling One Day Workshop

Paper Quilling looks intricate and complicated, but it is surprisingly simple. It's easy to learn and fun to see assembled shapes result in finished designs! In this class you will learn the art of rolling and scrolling pre-cut strips of quilling paper with a quilling tool, start a reference card of shapes and complete your first  project. 

Bring to class: Materials list 

Downsizing?

$22

with Jill Braceland

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 18, 2025 at 9:30 am

This seminar is designed to offer organizing strategies to start your downsizing efforts. Establish your project priorities, learn what supplies you might need, and set realistic time constraints.  Leave with an action plan. Class will meet at the Kittery Community Center.

Tuesday, March 18, 9:30-11:30am

Registration Fee: $22    





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