Beginning Watercolor

Instructor: Kristine Lingle

Learn the basics of watercolor painting, beginning with understanding materials and learning to mix colors. Classes will include demonstrations of watercolor techniques and how to apply these techniques to still life and landscape subjects, while developing individual, self-expressive style. Designed for those with little or no experience, or for lapsed painters who want to jump-start their practice. A supply list will be provided upon registration.

Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00 PM Next Session TBA

Advanced Beginners Watercolors

Instructor: Kristine Lingle

Focused on more advanced study of color, value, composition and perspective and how to apply these concepts to more challenging subject matter. Demonstrations will include a value study, 1-point and 2-point perspective, and using negative painting in florals and landscapes. Designed for those with some watercolor experience. Bring supplies you are comfortable using.

Tuesdays, April 4 - 25 - 5:30-7:30 PM

Cost: $50 for the 4-week class
Quantity: 1 2 3 4

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Tuesdays, Feb. 21 - March 13 - 5:30-7:30 PM

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Painting Spring Flowers in Watercolor

Instructor: Kristine Lingle

In this 4-hour workshop, students will work from lovely specimens of early spring flowers such as daffodils, tulips and hyacinths. Demonstrations will include wet-in-wet, washes, negative painting and other special effects to achieve vibrant, lively paintings.  Bring a lunch and whatever supplies you are comfortable using.  Floral specimens and props will be provided.  This workshop is for students with some watercolor experience.

Saturday, April 28 - 10:00-2:00 PM

Dancing Together

Instructor: Katherine Ferrier

This is a parent-child dance class for toddlers 18-30 months and their care-givers. These “mommy and me” classes are great for a child's development and also offer an opportunity to share the fun of music and movement along with loving caregiver. You and your child are led through a series of fun exercises designed to improve balance, increase coordination and develop body awareness. Children follow along, imitate their adult counterparts and socialize with other toddlers. Moms also get the benefit of a low impact workout with focus on balancing, stretching, and finding a sense of joy in all movement.

Wednesdays, Feb.15 - Ongoing - 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Cost: $40 per 4-week session
Quantity: 1 2 3 4

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Beginning Modern Dance

Instructor: Katherine Ferrier

An introduction to contemporary dance techniques and based on the belief that anybody (any BODY) can dance! Designed for students who are new to dance or for experienced movers who want to refresh and renew their approach to healthy whole body dancing.

Wednesdays, Feb. 15 - Ongoing - 5:30 - 6:30 PM

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Middle School Modern Movers!

Instructor: Katherine Ferrier

This fun and lively class introduces students to a variety of contemporary dance techniques. Students will be encouraged to embrace and hone their own unique movement style while learning basic elements of dance, including rhythm, shape, quality, space, and body awareness. Imagination and self-esteem are strengthened through easy to follow exercises in a fun and positive atmosphere. Emphasis on cooperation, participation and encouragement. No previous experiance is necessary.

Thursdays, Feb. 16 - Ongoing - 4:00 - 5:15 PM

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Intro to Tap Dancing

Instructor: Josie Gundy

This class will introduce you to the wonderful world of Tap Dance, both classic and contemporary. We will focus on rhythm tap: learning to be a percussive force behind the music, while learning to relax the legs and feet to create some wonderful sounds. Get ready to learn some classic moves of the greats: Honi Coles, Gregory Hines, Fred Astaire, and a little old school Broadway tap, too! Let your inner hoofer shine in this class. All levels welcome.

Mondays, Feb. 13 - Ongoing - 4:00-5:00 PM (YOUTH CLASS)

Tuesdays, Feb. 14 - Ongoing - 4:15-5:15 PM (ADULT CLASS)

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Ballroom - Salsa

Instructor: Diane Hopkins

Salsa is one of the most fun of the Latin dances. Cucarachas, anyone?! We'll start with the basics - the technique that results in Latin motion - and learn figures that can be danced with or without a partner.Also, practice lead and follow skills so you can feel comfortable on a social dance floor dancing to this rhythm. Come out and play!

Mondays, April 16, 23, 30 & May 7 - 7:00 - 8:00 PM

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Creating Comics

Instructor: Sam Carbaugh

Students will learn the fundamentals of creating comics and telling stories in panel to panel sequence! Learn tricks of the trade from penciling to inks. Students will create their own mini-comic to trade with other students at the end of class. All levels of drawing welcome.

Wednesdays, April 11 - May 2, 4:00 - 5:30 PM

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Pilates Mat Class

Instructor: Kathy Schiffman

Pilates is a series of exercises that can be modified to meet any fitness level. Exercises are designed to work your core while improving strength, flexibility, posture and balance. Weights, balls and other small props may be used in class. Students will need to bring a mat.For more information or to register contact Kathy at 603-989-3181 or schiffman@charter.net

Saturdays, 10:00 - 11:00 AM, Ongoing

Cost:Cost: $10, drop-in; 5 classes, $45; 10 classes $80

Zumba

Instructor: Kathy Schiffman

Zumba is an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness workout. No dance experience needed, just a willingness to have fun while you get fit. For more information or to register contact Kathy at 603-989-3181 or schiffman@charter.net

Mondays, 5:45 - 6:45 PM & Saturdays 9:00 - 10:00 AM, Ongoing

KRISTINE LINGLE earned a BFA in Art Education from UMass Amherst, and has been teaching art to students of all ages for over 20 years. Her collages and paintings have been exhibited locally and in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. Kristine coordinates the Gallery at WREN in Bethlehem, NH.

KATHERINE FERRIER earned her B.A. in Dance and Women's Studies from Middlebury College, and M.F.A. in Dance and Performance from Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-founder of The Architects, an improvisational quartet with a collaborative performance history spanning nearly 20 years. She teaches and performs regularly throughout the US and abroad, and directs Cultivate, a festival created to nourish a growing community of contemporary dance-makers in Northern New Hampshire.

DIANE HOPKINS has taught classes in ballroom ranging from swing, waltz, foxtrot and salsa across New Hampshire and Vermont. Her classes encourage a supportive and fun environment filled with music.

SAM CARBAUGH graduated with an MFA in sequential art from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2009; since then, he has been a working cartoonist and illustrator. In addition to creating work for clients, Sam draws short comics that appear on his website, www.samcarbaugh.com

KATHY SCHIFFMAN is certified to teach Pilates through Core Dynamics Pilates and has been teaching since 2004. She is the owner of Body Mind Pilates Studio, a fully equipped Pilates Studio in in Wells River, VT. In addition, Kathy is a certified Zumba Instructor and has been teaching since 2010.

JOSIE GUNDY has trained in tap dance for 17 years on the West Coast, most recently with Steve Zee, famous rhythm tap professor in Long Beach, CA. She’s also trained with Stan Mazin and various teachers at the Tap Dance Academy in Los Angeles, CA. She has experience performing tap in various musicals and cabaret performances in California, and Oregon. She has a B.A. in English from Reed College where she studied a great deal of classical voice and modern dance technique.