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Creating With Watercolor - Beginners

$149

with Kathryn Carter

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 8, 2025 at 10 am

Join Kathryn Carter and learn how to create stunning seascapes, landscapes, plants, flowers and birds with professional instruction and step-by-step demonstrations. Learn how to select the right materials and handle them properly; color mixing ( to avoid making mud); the use of exciting techniques to capture light and shadow; and much more. Watercolor teaches us to slow down, be present, and enjoy the journey with confidence, gratitude, patience, and joy. Let’s paint!

MATERIALS – 2024-2025

PALETTE Mijello 18-well airtight (Amazon $20). Any covered palette will work.

PAINT I recommend small tubes. Pans are hard to work with. Sets contain colors we do not use and they omit ones we do need. Windsor Newton, DaVinci, Daniel Smith are a few of the trusted brands we use. Colors Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, French Ultramarine, Sap green, Titanium white. Additional but optional: Raw Sienna, Permanent Rose, Cerulean, Payne’s Gray

PAPER Arches Watercolor Paper Pad, 140 lb. Cold Press- 9x12.

BRUSHES Synthetic rounds in sizes #2, #4, #6, #8. 1/2” Flat. #1 Liner (optional). Black Velvet brushes are a blend of natural hair and synthetic, hold a good point and lots of paint or water. I use my #8 all the time along with a few synthetic brushes.

MISCELLANEOUS White and kneaded erasers, masking tape (1/2”), paper towels, HB pencils, notebook, kitchen towel, toothbrush, old credit card. I will supply water containers for class use. SOURCES: Cheap Joe’s, Dick Blick, Daniel Smith, Jerry’s Artarama

CPR/First Aid/AED Training

$120

with Maria Romano

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 14, 2025 at 12 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on May 15, 2025

This American Heart Association (AHA) Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED course uses a combination of video, lecture, and guided skill practice to teach participants to respond to cardiac and other health related emergency situations. Topics include basic first aid, response to environmental emergencies, warning signs of heart attack and stroke, CPR including AED training, and foreign object airway obstruction for adults, children, and infants. Certification is valid for two years. Participants should dress in comfortably fitting clothing that allows for movement, as the class includes both desk and floor work. No written test. Instructor: Maria Romano

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Lemons! Pitcher

$49

with Firefly Pottery

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 18, 2025 at 10:30 am
1 additional session on Mar 20, 2025

Create the perfect pitcher for refreshing beverages! In this workshop, you'll design and hand-paint your own unique pitcher, perfect for all your gatherings. Whether you're hosting a casual get-together or a special event, your custom creation will be a standout piece. Join us and add a personal touch to your entertaining. 

at Firefly Pottery, 72 Mirona Rd Suite 1, Portsmouth, NH 03801

Adulting 102: Money Grows

Free

with FAME (Finance Authority of Maine)

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm

So, you’re on a budget, managing a bank account, and wondering about the next steps in your financial journey. In Adulting 102, we will look at the differences between saving and investing, and if you are ready to invest, how to get started. Other topics will include protecting your assets (insurance), advanced budgeting, and understanding the role economics plays in our financial life. Join Steve Kautz, Financial Education Programs Specialist from the Finance Authority of Maine for this 1-hour virtual workshop as you take the next steps into adulting. #FAME

Earrings Workshop

$69

with Alice Carroll

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 29, 2025 at 10 am

In this workshop, you'll explore textures and fold forming to create unique earrings. Templates will be provided to help you choose the shape, which you will then saw out of metal. After folding the metal in half, you'll gently hammer it to create a seam, then open it up again to texture the folded seam. Each student will also learn how to make small granules to solder onto the earrings for added design details. No experience is required, and all materials and supplies are included. Join us to craft a distinctive pair of earrings from start to finish! Instructor: Alice Carroll

Class is located in Alice Carroll's Studio in The Button Factory, 855 Islington St. #202 Portsmouth, NH 03801

Basic Accounting and Quickbooks

$89

with Val Landry

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2025 at 8:30 am, runs for 3 weeks
1 additional session

During these three sessions you will learn basic accounting principles and how to apply them to setting up QuickBooks online for a small business or organization. The design of the course is that you'll attend the class and also do 2-3 hours of work between sessions which greatly enhances your learning.For this workshop, you have the option to receive a yearlong subscription to QB online. Upon registration, the survey provided will provide information about this opportunity. This is a live online class using ZOOM. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey included in your automated receipt so the instructor can tailor the course to meet your needs. You will want to have Microsoft Excel on your computer for this workshop and many people find it helpful to have two monitors though it is certainly not necessary to benefit from the sessions. There are two ways to accomplish this: 1) attach an external screen to your computer (contact our program if you need technical assistance with that); 2) use two computers (one for Excel and the other for the ZOOM meeting.  Instructor: Val Landry

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The History of Plastics

Free

with James Kences

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 2, 2025 at 6 pm

Plastics-while we encounter a variety of these materials throughout the day, we rarely give any thought to history. But in fact, plastics not only possess a history, but that history yields clues as to how they became so ubiquitous in a relatively brief period of time, measured only in decades. This course will offer a history of plastics in a broad context, from the technology to the social impact. It is hoped that you will never look at plastics in quite the same way again. Instructor: James Kences

Please Note: These dates are different from the catalog. These are the correct dates. April 2, 9 & 16

Page Turners Book Club

$39

with Beth Knight

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 2, 2025 at 6:30 pm
1 additional session

Are you tired of reading in solitary confinement? Bored of never having anyone to gush about your latest literary obsessions with? Look no further! Our diverse and open-minded community welcomes readers of all kinds – whether you're a seasoned bookworm or a newbie eager to dive into uncharted literary waters. The only requirement for joining the Page Turners' Book Club is a desire to get together to discuss each month's book! Let's read, laugh, and bond over the stories that make our hearts race and our imaginations soar! We will choose the following months’ books together. If you enjoyed our past book clubs, Voices of Women and Voices of Us, you will love Page Turners' with Beth Knight. She is an amazing facilitator and teacher. Join us for book club spread across three separate sessions, each lasting three months. We meet on the first Wednesday of every month. Fall: Oct, Nov, Dec Winter: Jan, Feb, Mar Spring: Apr, May, Jun

March Book: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

April Book: Birds in Fall by Brad Kessler

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