Adams County Arts Council
Arts Education Center
January-February 2012 Course
Offerings
Materials fees are payable to the instructor at the
first class meeting.
*Back by Popular Demand!*
Introduction to Digital Photography
Thursdays, January 5-26, 6-8 p.m.
New to digital photography? This
class is for you! Learn how to use your camera,
take great photos, load photos onto your
computer, manipulate them using your camera’s
software, and make professional-looking prints.
Bring your camera and instruction manual to
class.
Bert Danielson $85 (nonmembers $95)
*Cooking Series!*
Cook’s Nook: Great Beginnings
Monday, January 9, 6-8 p.m.
CLASS REGISTRATION CLOSED.This
seminar—the first in a
series of three—focuses on appetizers. You’ll
learn six hot and cold appetizer dishes that,
with some adjustments, can double as meals for
tailgating or another festive event. The focus
will be on quick, easy, healthy—and definitely
delicious! Take all three classes in this series
and receive a 10% discount on tuition.
Sherry Riley $21 (nonmembers $24);
$10 for materials
*Learn to Knit!*
Knit a Sock
Mondays, January 9-30, 6-8 p.m.
Conquer the sock in time for
those dark February nights! In this class you’ll
learn to knit a pair of socks—you choose whether
to try tube-style or turn-the-heel. Some
knitting experience necessary. A materials list
will be provided.
Vanessa Rice $85 (nonmembers $95)
*Try Something New!*
Beginning Piano
Tuesdays, January 10-February 28, 10:30-11:30
a.m.
Have you ever wished you’d
studied piano when you were younger but feel
your life is now too busy to begin? Fortunately,
it’s never too late to learn new things. This
group piano class is designed for busy
adults—and kids! If you can commit to one hour
each week for eight weeks, you’ll learn to play
the piano or keyboard—and in just two months
you’ll be playing music by famous composers like
Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. The only
requirements are the access to a keyboard or
piano to practice outside of class and the
desire to learn something new. Materials fee
covers your lesson book, which will introduce
you to theory, rhythm, technique, and
sightreading.
Sharon Cooley $85 (nonmembers $95);
$20 for materials
*New Class!*
Crayons: Not Just for Kids Anymore!
Tuesdays, January 10-31, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
In this interactive workshop,
you’ll learn about the many ways pigmented wax
crayons—also known as wax pastels—can be used to
create portraits, landscapes, and still lives. A
materials list will be provided; materials fee
covers papers.
Nanette Hatzes $85 (nonmembers
$95); $20 for materials
*Cooking Series!*
Cook’s Nook: Main Dishes
Monday, January 16, 6-8 p.m.
This class has reached maximum enrollment.
In the
second installment of the
Cook’s Nook series you’ll learn four to five
main dishes, at least two of which will be
convenient one-dish meals. Included will be
soups, ethnic dishes, and techniques for
stretching your meal prep to include more than
one meal. The focus will be on quick, easy,
healthy—and delicious—recipes! Take all three
classes in this series and receive a 10%
discount on tuition.
Sherry Riley $21 (nonmembers $24);
$10 for materials
*Try Something New!*
Beginning Guitar for Adults
Thursdays, January 19-March 8, 7-9 p.m.
You've
waited long enough! This
class offers a practical way for adults to learn
how to strum and play guitar in a low-stress
environment. You’ll learn basic chords,
transposing, strumming, easy guitar theory,
guitar care and maintenance, as well as a brief
history of the instrument and the people who’ve
made it popular. Bring your guitar to class.
Bill Serfass $170 (nonmembers $190)
*Cooking Series!*
Cook’s Nook: The Perfect Ending
Monday, January 23, 6-8 p.m.
This class has reached maximum enrollment.
In
the final installment of the
Cook’s Nook series you’ll learn to make three or
four delicious, healthy, quick, and easy
desserts that you can make ahead of time. Take
all three classes in this series and receive a
10% discount on tuition.
Sherry Riley $21 (nonmembers $24);
$10 for materials
*Explore Something New!*
Introduction to Interior Design
Tuesdays, January 24-February 14,
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Explore the exciting profession
of interior architecture and design. In this
class you’ll learn the principles and elements
of the design process as they apply to the built
environment by utilizing line, scale, balance,
texture, and pattern to relate to the human
experience. We’ll cover basic space planning,
how to use an architectural scale, sketching
interior elevations, plumbing and electrical
design options, as well as lighting solutions.
Ergonomic and universal design issues will also
be discussed. Finish material options covered
will include environmentally sustainable
choices. This class is perfect for those who
wish to learn how to do-it-themselves as well as
students exploring a new career.
Andrew Dreves, ASID $85 (nonmembers $95)
*Pie-Baking Series!*
Easy as Pie: Pie Crust 101
Wednesday, January 25, 6-8 p.m.
In the
first in our three-part
pie series, you’ll learn about pastry making and
the equipment and techniques needed to create a
light and flaky pastry crust—including blending
and rolling out pastry dough, pre-baking crusts
when necessary, and creating attractive top
crusts. We’ll also cover other crust options
such as graham-cracker crusts, cookie crusts,
pat-in-the-pan crusts, etc. Take all three
classes in this series and receive a 10%
discount on tuition.
Tracy Hawkins
$21 (nonmembers $24);
$10 for materials
*New Class!*
Introduction to Wheel Throwing
Tuesdays, January 31- February 21, 6-8 p.m.
This class has reached maximum enrollment. Another
class will be forming in March or April.
Have you always wanted to learn
to throw on the pottery wheel? This
beginner-level class is for you! You’ll work at
your own pace and to your own ability in a
relaxing atmosphere as you learn to center and
make well-formed cylinders, bowls, and mugs. The
last class will be dedicated to glazing final
pieces.
Jack Handshaw $85 (nonmembers $95);
$20 for materials
*Pie-Baking Series!*
Easy as Pie: Covered Fruit Pies
Wednesday, February 1, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
In this class—the second in our
pie series—you’ll create an apple and pumpkin
pie from scratch, while learning the basic
techniques for creating all types of covered
fruit pies, including how to prepare the fruit
and roll out the crust. Take all three classes
in this series and receive a 10% discount on
tuition.
Tracy Hawkins $32 (nonmembers $36);
$15 for materials
*New Class!* THIS
Introduction to Wheel Throwing
Thursdays, February 2-23, 6-8 p.m.
This class has reached maximum enrollment.
Another class will be forming in March or April.
Have you always wanted to learn
to throw on the pottery wheel? This
beginner-level class is for you! You’ll work at
your own pace and to your own ability in a
relaxing atmosphere as you learn to center and
make well-formed cylinders, bowls, and mugs. The
last class will be dedicated to glazing final
pieces.
Lisa Harman $85 (nonmembers $95);
$20 for materials
*Explore the Basics!*
Painting Fundamentals
Mondays, February 6-27, 6-8 p.m.
You have your brushes,
turpentine, and paints … now what? Discover the
key elements of painting successfully with oils
as you learn about value, composition, and how
to use negative space to bring out the best of
positive space. A materials list will be
provided.
Ray Buchheister $85 (nonmembers
$95)
*Make Some Jewelry!*
Make It/Take It Polymer Clay Jewelry
Mondays, February 6 and 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Create wearable art using polymer
clay. You’ll learn how to layer colors and
accent your creations with gold foil,
translucent colors, glitter, and specialized
carving tools as you make unique brooches and
large beads.
Judy Pyle $64 (nonmembers
$72); $15 for materials
*New Class!*
Fused-Glass Candleholder
Tuesday, February 7, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Make
your own votive
candleholders from glass that you’ve picked out
and put together. You’ll make two votives by
stacking colored glass to create a pair of
beautiful, unique pieces for yourself or to give
as gifts! The pieces will be fired in a kiln to
fuse the colors together. A great class for
beginners and intermediates, as you’ll work at
your own pace.
Leah Wetmore Powell $21 (nonmembers $24);
$30 for materials
*New Class!*
Mixed Media
Tuesdays, February 7-28, 1-3 p.m.
In this eclectic class you’ll do
collage work in several different media,
touching on paints, pastels, colored pencils,
and different kinds of papers. The focus will be
on abstract compositions—and having fun in a
relaxing atmosphere.
Laurie McKelvie $85 (nonmembers
$95); $15 for materials
*Pie-Baking Series!*
Easy as Pie: Cream and Custard Pies
Wednesday, February 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Cream
and custard pies are so
delicious! In this class—the last in our pie
series—you’ll learn the techniques and
ingredients in these pies as you create a custom
cream pie from scratch. You’ll also learn how to
create the custard, as well as meringue,
whipping cream, and other toppings for cream
pies. Take all three classes in this series and
receive a 10% discount on tuition.
Tracy Hawkins $32 (nonmembers $36);
$15 for materials
*Back by Popular Demand!*
Introduction to Watercolor
Wednesdays, February 8-29, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Designed for beginners, this
class will include an introduction to watercolor
brushes, paints, and papers, as well as how to
handle them. You’ll learn all the tools and
techniques you’ll need to complete a simple
painting and launch yourself on a versatile and
challenging new hobby! A materials list will be
provided.
Ron Schloyer $85 (nonmembers $95)
*Cooking for Two!*
Love at First Bite
Saturday, February 18, 3-5 p.m.
Learn
to make a romantic dinner
for two just in time for Valentine’s Day. On the
menu: smoked salmon with cappellini, cucumber
and caviar; filet mignon Oscar topped with jumbo
lump crab and Béarnaise sauce, accompanied by
rice pilaf and asparagus; and chocolate mousse
with macerated berries. Couples encouraged to
attend!
Jeremy Schaffner $21 (nonmembers
$24); $15 for materials
*Explore Photographic Technique!*
Layering and Filtering Techniques for Digital
Photography
Tuesdays, February 21 and 28, 6-8 p.m.
Explore techniques for
transforming your digital photographs from
mundane to magnificent. You’ll learn how to use
layers to create a collage out of multiple
images, add text to an image, add graphic
shapes, or create a special effect like a drop
shadow or glow. You’ll also learn how to use
adjustment layers to hold color or tonal
adjustments that affect the layers beneath it.
And you’ll learn how to alter your images using
filters to create a watercolor effect, brush
strokes, lighting changes, and more. Some
experience with digital photography a must.
Bert Danielson $42 (nonmembers $47)
Instructors
MARK BROCKMAN is a
full-time artist working in oils and pastels. He
works in the studio as well as en plein air.
He has given numerous demonstrations and
workshops for art groups and has taught oil
painting and pastel classes for the past 12
years.
RAYMOND BUCHHEISTER works
in a variety of media including pencil,
charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and oil. His work has
been accepted into various juried exhibitions,
and he teaches the fundamentals of drawing and
oil painting at his Fairfield studio.
Buchheister is a member of the Portrait Society
of America and the Salmagundi Club Center for
American Art in New York City. In 2009 he
received a teacher’s recognition award from the
U.S. Department of Education for his work with
student Peter Ferguson, a 2009 Presidential
Scholar of the Arts.
SHARON
COOLEY holds a B.A. in performance and
pedagogy from York College and has been teaching
music privately for 37 years. She owns Cooley
Music Studio in Biglerville, where she teaches
piano, voice, and organ. In addition to her
studio she is a substitute teacher at Upper
Adams School District, choir director at Zion
United Church of Christ in Arendtsville, and
interim organist at St. Paul’s United Church of
Christ in New Oxford.
BERT DANIELSON, owner of
Gunnar Galleries in Gettysburg, is a
photographer focusing on scenic images and some
cityscapes. His images have appeared in such
regional publications as Carroll magazine
and Celebrate Gettysburg, and he has
shown his work regionally, and locally at
Gallery 30 and the Adams County Arts Council’s
Juried Art Exhibition.
ANDREW DREVES, ASID is a
NCIDQ certified interior designer with more than
20 years of industry experience. He is an
associate with Noelker and Hull Associates,
Inc., a full-service architectural firm with
offices in Chambersburg and suburban
Philadelphia. Dreves’s design experience prior
to joining Noelker and Hull includes numerous
high-profile projects with nationally known
architectural firms in both Princeton and New
York City. His work has been featured in
numerous interior design magazines and
architectural books, and he has previously
taught classes as an adjunct professor at The
College of New Jersey.
HOLLY FOX holds a B.F.A.
in dance performance and education from Towson
University. She has also studied at the Broadway
Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, the Martha
Graham School, and the Alvin Ailey School, among
others. Her choreography has been performed at
the Gettysburg College Summer Theater Festival,
the Broadway Dance Center’s Choreographer’s
Showcase, and in numerous Gettysburg Area High
School musicals. Fox is the founder and former
director of the Gettysburg Dance Center and has
taught at Gettysburg College, Harrisburg Area
Community College, and at area public schools.
She currently teaches at the Gettysburg Dance
Center and the Taneytown Dance Center.
LISA HARMAN holds a B.S.
in art education from Temple University and has
been teaching art in the Upper Adams School
District since 1993. She has a master’s degree
in education from Shippensburg University, where
much of her focus was in ceramics. She works and
teaches a wide variety of techniques, but one of
her favorites is wheel throwing, which she
currently teaches at Biglerville High School.
NANETTE HATZES holds a
B.F.A. in fine art and photography from the
University of Maryland in Baltimore County, an
M.Ed. in special education, and a Ph.D. in
educational psychology. She has shown her
artwork widely, won numerous awards for her
work, and has been juried into a number of
competitive art and photography exhibitions.
TRACY HAWKINS started
baking on her own when she was 10, and since
then has enjoyed making cookies, cakes, breads,
and pies. Several years ago she started
experimenting with pies, and she enjoys teaching
others her secrets to a great pie.
CATHLEEN LEREW is owner of
Under the Horizon Pottery and Arts Studio in
Gettysburg. She works in a variety of media,
including casting slips and moist clay, as well
as with paints and a sketchpad. She holds a
master’s degree in management.
LAURIE MCKELVIE graduated
from the University of Delaware with a degree in
art education. She has taught everyone from high
school students to senior citizens to
medium-security inmates in a county jail.
McKelvie has shown her work in several museums,
including the Huntsville (Alabama) Museum of Art
and the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California.
LEAH WETMORE
POWELL holds a B.S. in fine art and art
education from the American University in
Washington, D.C. She did graduate work at
American University, Trinity College, and
Kutztown University. She has taught at The
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Smithsonian
Institute, and the Northern Virginia Community
College, among others.
JUDY PYLE graduated from
Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and taught
art at Gettysburg Area High School for many
years until her retirement in 2001. She has
taught jewelry making in the continuing studies
program at the Maryland Institute College of Art
in Baltimore since 2003. Her jewelry and small
metal sculpture have been juried into
exhibitions in Philadelphia, Baltimore, St.
Louis, and Harrisburg, where her work was judged
First in Craft in the Art of the State 2006
exhibit at the Pennsylvania Museum.
VANESSA RICE has a
teaching background and has been knitting for
decades.
SHERRY RILEY has been
cooking and catering for groups and dinner
parties for decades. She enjoys sharing her
recipes and cooking techniques with others who
love to create with food!
RON SCHLOYER has studied at the Schuler
School of Fine Arts, McDaniel College, and in
many workshops. A member of the Pennsylvania
Watercolor Society, the Baltimore Watercolor
Society, and the American Watercolor Society,
Schloyer has received awards from the WITF-TV
Art Auction, the York Art Association, the Adams
County Arts Council, and the Hanover Area Arts
Guild.
JEREMY SCHAFFNER is the former chef-owner
of Seasons Bakery and Cafe in Gettysburg, and
the future chef-owner of Seasons Restaurant.
With more than 14 years of culinary
experience—including four years of
teaching—Jeremy has run a fine dining restaurant
in Hilton Head Island, S.C., consulted in New
York, and served as chef instructor at the
Yorktowne Business Institute School of Culinary
Arts. He currently runs the ServSafe training
program for low income and underprivileged
individuals at South Central Community Action
Programs.
BILL SERFASS has been learning to play
guitar since 1972!Currently a music teacher in
the Gettysburg Area School District, Bill has
been playing rock and roll music in local bands
since 1983, most notably as a member of The
Willys.
ELIZABETH SPICER has been involved with
dance for the past 25 years as a student,
professional, and teacher. She has studied at
Slippery Rock University, the Broadway Dance
Center, and Steps on Broadway, among others, and
has attended master classes with the New York
City Ballet and with many choreographers. She is
owner and director of LA Performing Arts Academy
in Hanover and also teaches at Carroll
Gymnastics in Hampstead, Maryland, working with
students aged 18 months through 10 years. Spicer
also has experience as a preschool teacher and
has taken classes in early childhood, special
education, speech, and teaching for early
childhood.
DONNA TRAPANI taught elementary-school
art for 37 years and now attends the Delaplaine
Visual Arts Center for jewelry design.
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