Watercolor Painting with Linda Berry
We all have gifts and we all have gaps! If you consider yourself a novice, or somewhat experienced artist, this class is an opportunity to strengthen your art and fill in many of your gaps. We will all paint a still life composition of flowers and also have time to work on a watercolor painting of a subject you choose.
iPhonography with Julie Stauffer
Discover the power of what's in your BACK pocket!
In this workshop with iPhone photography expert Julie Stauffer, you will learn to use your iPhone as a camera and editing device and will discover the vast technical capabilities of this electronic device. Your photographs taken with your iPhone promise to stand out as creative and personal interpretations of what you "see" before you press the shutter. This workshop is designed to meet you where you are so that those already familiar with some of the introductory information can take off in new directions.
Brain/Food: Rules of Civility
Discussion of Amor Towles’ first novel, Rules of Civility (2011). A 25-year-old ambitious woman, Katey Kontent, finds her way through New York City’s high society in 1938. She rises from the Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of society in search of a brighter future. When this book was initially published, it was…
The Forever Question
Eagles Mere Friends of the Arts is producing the East Coast premiere of the playwright James Christy Jr.'s The Forever Question, directed by Harriet Power. Winner of the 2018 New Comedies Festival, this rollicking play asks that eternal question: Why in the world do we have kids? We know it's the end of our independence,…
Introduction to Acrylic Landscape Painting with Gerry Mann
Participants in this class will work to finish a small landscape painting of a subject/place of their choosing by working from a photograph. Various painting tools will be discussed and modeled. The concept of an underpainting will be demonstrated and the basics of color theory will be taught as individuals build their images and experience the nuances of color expression.
Textured Mug Clay Class with Melissa Jenkins
Learn how to create a custom-made, functional clay mug or stein using slab building techniques in this beginner level class. Use our extensive collection of textures to create your own tapered mug with a personalized handle. We’ll all follow along the same basic steps, but each mug will be uniquely styled. Choose a color from our house-made dip glazes to finish off your design.
Runaway Stroller
Runaway Stroller features rhythm guitar/vocals of Johanna Kodlick and lead guitar/vocals of Anthony Latt. Exciting interpretations of Rock, Blues, Pop and Funk from the 60's to today. Runaway Stroller fans, (Stroller Chasers!) love dancing & singing to their energy-packed performances.
Brain/Food: From Trenches to Transplants
"From Trenches to Transplants: Changing Lives with Plastic Surgery" shows the progress of plastic surgery in America from the trenches of World War I to today's hand and face transplants. Barry Noone will discuss the birth, the growth and the amazing triumphs of the past century in plastic surgery. His half century of learning, teaching…
Music in the Mountains
A superb group of 5 professional musicians and educators, all alumni of the Philadelphia Trio workshops, co-directed by Deborah Reeder and Barbara Sonies. This is an annual reunion for them and a classical music treat for the audience.
Brain/Food: Invitation to the Dance
Invitation to the Dance. James Sutton, choreographer and NYU Professor of the Arts offers a lecture/performance on "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Dance (and Ballet) but Were Afraid to Ask." Jim has much to discuss as dance is a universal expression, a vital physical embodiment of human spirit.
Movement, Music, and Methods – New York Theatre Ballet
Movement, Music, and Methods: A Lecture/Demonstration/Performance with the Artistic Director, Dancers, and Music Director of New York Theatre Ballet on the process of Dance Performance and Collaboration.