CRAFT

1. Apple Basket

Students will make a 12 inch apple basket using prepared reed materials and traditional woven basket techniques. Ages 12-adult.

Sunday, August 3, 1-5pm, 4 hours. $51.00 W Essie Sherman

2. Art for Your Floor

This traditional craft uses heavy duty canvas which can be decorated in a variety of ways. Create a beautiful and durable piece that will be suitable for use on the floor. Ages 14-adult.

Tuesday, August 5, 9am-4pm, 7 hours. $90.00 C Doris Combs and Essie Sherman

3. Bead Weaving: Free Form Techniques

This class explores 3 traditional beading techniques in very non-traditional ways. The results are endless and truly amazing. A genuinely fun way to "play" with beads. Ages 14-adult.

Thursday, July 31, 9am-4pm, 6 hours. $84.00 M Ginger Manna

4. Bead Weaving: Herringbone Stitch Bracelet

Also knows as "Ndebele," this ancient African stitch uses needle, thread, seed beads and larger beads for embellishment. This strikingly beautiful bracelet is an easy, relaxing way to learn this technique. Ages 14-adult.

Tuesday, July 29, 9-noon, 3 hours. $47.00 M Ginger Manna

5. Bead weaving: Peyote Stitch Bracelet Cuff

In this beginner level class, students will create an exquisite cuff using needle, thread and seed beads. Quite easy with elegant results. Finishing off techniques and embellishment ideas will also be covered. Ages 14-adult.

Monday, July 28, 9-noon, 3 hours. $47.00 M Ginger Manna

6. Casual Cool Kitemaking

Make and fly a paper kite. Day 1: Make a Jamaican or American 6-sided kite. Day 2: Work on your own design. When the sea breeze picks up after noon, we'll fly kites. Ages 10 - adult.

Tuesday & Wednesday, July 29 & 30, 1-4pm, 6 hours. $68.00 W Robin Hansen

7. Clay Sea Creatures

Come hear a story about the ocean that will inspire you and your little ones to sculpt sea creatures to populate your own underwater world. Clay creatures will be fired after drying and displayed in the final showcase. Ages 4-adult.

Sunday, August 3, 10-11:30am, 1.5 hours. $20.00 C Anna Woolf

8. Clay Wind Chimes

Each participant will create a windchime/mobile by combining clay pieces with driftwood and other found objects. All ages.

Monday, Saturday, August 4, 9, 10am-noon, 4 hours. $45.00 C John Guyette

9. Cut and Pierced Lampshade Crafting

Learn the craft of cutting and piercing a design on lampshade paper and making a lampshade by attaching to frames and then trimming with ribbon. The finished shade will be approximately 12" across the bottom diameter. Ages 16-adult.

Thursday, July 31, 10am - 3pm, 5 hours. $60.00 H Sue Noddin

10. Elegant Hats and High Tea

The first day, students will design and make an elegant paper party hat. The second day, students will decorate them with handmade papers, feathers, beads. Then we will all have High Tea together. Ages 6-adult. Very young children with parent, please.

Monday & Friday, August 4, 8, 3-4:30pm, 3 hours. $32.00 W Essie Sherman & Doris Combs

11. Dichroic Glass - An Introduction

In this course you'll learn how to cut, stack, and fuse glass for making jewelry. Ages 15-adult.

Friday, August 1, 1-5pm, 4 hours. $80.00 M Karen Dittman

12. Introduction to Precious Metal Clay

You'll learn basic techniques needed to make at least two unique pieces of fine silver jewelry with step-by-step instructions and demonstrations. You will be able to take your beautiful handmade pieces of fine silver jewelry home with you at the end of class. All tools and materials will be provided. Ages 15-adult.

Friday, August 1, 8-noon, 4 hours. $80.00 M Karen Dittman

13. Jewelry Making With Wire Wrapping

We will learn spirals and coils and make our own jump rings, clasps, findings and all the things that a good wire wrapper needs to know about. Bead chains, earrings and wrapping a cabochon stone or nugget are among the projects that we will work on. Ages 10-adult.

Tuesday, August 5, 10am-4pm, 6 hours. $75.00 M Donna Tumosa

14. Raku Workshop

In this 2 day workshop, you will have an opportunity to experience Raku firing first-hand. Raku is a method of firing pottery that began in Japan 300 years ago. In Raku firing, we fire pots fast, then remove them from the kiln and place them in some combustible material. This results in a wide variety of colors - no two are ever alike. Ages Adult (you know if you're old enough to play with fire).

Sundays, August 3 & 10, 1-4pm, 6 hours. $75.00 T Anna Woolf and Neale LaSalle

15. Scarecrows

Come and create your own original scarecrow or bird friendly garden friend. He or she may have a head made of a lobster buoy and be decorated with fanciful found objects. Let your imagination go wild with these recycled materials sculptures. Ages all ages (under age 6 bring an adult).

Monday, August 4, 1-5pm, 4 hours. $45.00 T Mary Wilson

16. Dichroic Glass - Setting In Precious Metal Clay

Combine Glass Fusing and Precious Metal Clay and learn how to set fused glass in Precious Metal Clay. The fused glass can be one made during the Dichroic Glass Fusing class or there will be pieces available for purchase during class. You will be able to take your piece of fine silver jewelry home with you at the end of class. Ages 15-adult.

Saturday, August 2, 8am-noon, 4 hours. $82.00 M Karen Dittman

17. Twig Furniture: Small table or chair

Participants build a sturdy small table or chair using green twigs (1/2" - 2" diameter) and ringed neck nail construction. Driftwood, stone or found objects can be incorporated in the design. Teens-adults.

Saturday & Sunday, August 9, 10, 10am-noon, 4 hours. $47.00 T Barbara Bowen

18. Wind Sculptures

Wind sculptures, like weather vanes, are outdoor artforms that also tell us which way the wind blows. This workshop will teach you why they work and how to make one. In the course of the workshop you will paint and assemble a two foot long wind fish that will pivot to indicate the direction of the wind and provide delight for seasons to come. Ages 10-adult.

Friday, August 8, 1-5pm, 4 hours. $65.00 C Marko Schmitt

19. Wooden Mosaics

The pallet is a large "buffet table" holding an abundance of wooden blocks and rounded shapes. The canvas is a thin plywood panel. The brush is glue and your imagination. Ages 12-adult.

Tuesday, July 29, 1-4pm, 3 hours. $45.00 H Blake Hendrickson

20. Wooden Mosaics - Kids

The pallet is a large "buffet table" holding an abundance of wooden blocks and rounded shapes. The canvas is a thin plywood panel. The brush is glue and your imagination. Ages 5-11.

Tuesday, July 29, 10-noon, 2 hours. $30.00 H Blake Hendrickson

21. Gourds-Mother Earth's Vessel

Throughout civilization gourds have been used as natural vessels for utilitarian purposes, musical instruments, toys and dolls. In this class we will explore the options that gourds offer and craft a vessel in our individual and unique style. Ages 14-adult.

Thursday, Friday, August 7, 8, 9am-noon, 6 hours. $75.00 C Doris Combs

DANCE

22. Beginning Jazz*

Students will learn some basic jazz techniques and choreography, and will learn a short choreography to present in the Festival Final Showcase. Classes will cover warm-ups, basic jazz dance posture and steps. Ages 10 - adult.

Monday - Thursday, August 4, 5, 6, 7, 10-11:30am, 6 hours. $70.00 OKIN Mary Okin

23. Jamaican Dance Hall*

Using funk and Jamaican music, learning the basic Afro-Caribbean moves and then a specific dance of Jamaican Dance Hall steps that are danced in the clubs of Jamaica. Teens.

Wednesday, July 30, 5-6pm, 1 hour. $20.00 H Debi Irons

24. Jitterbug Swing

This is a light hearted, fun dance, an easy to learn six count pattern to up tempo music; Swing era tunes, Jump Blues, Vintage Rock and roll, Country Music and Contemporary Music. Please bring a partner. Ages 15-adult.

Saturday, August 9, 9-10:30am, 1.5 hours. $15.00 W Keith R Heavrin & Donna Foster

25. Waltz

If you learn but one beautiful dance form in a lifetime, let it be waltz. Waltz is a graceful, elegant dance that can be either slow or fast and flying. This is the dance of weddings, smiles, and romance. Ages 15-adult.

Saturday, August 9, 1-2:30pm, 1.5 hours. $15.00 W Keith R Heavrin & Donna Foster

26. West Coast Swing

A smooth, beautiful, expressive dance to medium tempo music, R&B, Swing era, Pop Country and Contemporary. Ages 15-adult.

Saturday, August 9, 10:30am- noon, 1.5 hours. $15.00 W Keith R Heavrin & Donna Foster

27. Salsa the Spicy Dance

Salsa is the Spanish word for sauce. This spicy Cuban dance is flirtatious and sensuous. Salsa is similar to Mambo, with turns becoming an important feature. All ages.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, August 5, 6, 7, 1:30 - 3pm, 4.5 hours. $55.00. W Bailar Caliente

FIBER ARTS

28. Sky Dying

Learn basic dyeing techniques by recreating your favorite sky in wool. Use synthetic dyes to make a wool sky you can use in a rug hooking or fiber art project. Bring a sky photo, all other materials provided. Ages 14 and up.

Monday, July 28, 10 am - 4pm, 6 hours. $90.00 CH2 Rosemary Levin

29. Twined knitting: You've heard of it, Now try it

Learn and make a sampler of beautiful techniques rescued from obscurity by Swedish archeologists-knitting both ends of a ball of yarn to make a dense fabric with striking raised patterns. Ages 14 and older (Basic knitting skills a must).

Friday, August 1, 5-9pm, 4 hours. $40.00 W Robin Hansen

30. Crochet Rag Rug

We will be making an approx. 30" diameter round rug. A simple single crochet stitch is used. No crochet exp. is necessary. No sewing involved. Recycle mill end cut fabrics for strong, long lasting rugs. Machine washable & dryer safe. Ages 10-adult.

Saturday & Sunday, August 2&3, 9-noon, 6 hours. $80.00 H Beverly Richards

31. Indigo Magic

We'll learn the cultivation of Polygonum Tinctorium (Japanese Indigo) and use it fresh to make a magnificent, colorfast, and safe blue dye. We will harvest the indigo, use it to dye several different fibers, and batik and dye a cotton square to bring home. Ages 10-adult.

Friday , August 1, 9am-3pm, 6 hours. $65.00 DF Cynthia Thayer

32. Intarsia Knitting For Intermediate Knitters

Intarsia is the tapestry of knitting techniques. Learn to attach new colors, and let go of colors you are done with, while knitting in loose ends at the same time. Ages 14-adult.

Monday, August 4, 9am-3pm, 6 hours. $65.00 H Geri Valentine

33. Machine Quilted Jacket

This course will teach the student to cut-out and sew a quilted jacket. Sewing tips and in-class help will be provided with jacket lay-out design. Late teens - adult. Wednesday & Friday, Aug 6, 8, 9- noon, 6 hours. $60.00 M Jan Blackney

34. Rag And Twine Woven Rug

Twine Woven Rag Rug - We will be recycling mill end cut fabrics, to create a 2'x3' twine woven rag rug, on a simple loom. Two strips of fabric (wefts) twist around each other to enclose strips (warps) of fabric. Machine washable and dryer safe. No sewing is involved. Ages 10-adult.

Thursday & Friday, July 31 & August 1, 9am-5pm, 14 hours. $160.00 W Beverly Richards

35. Rag Bag Library Tote

Rag bag library tote - We will be recycling mill end cut fabric to make an approx. 18" long, 8" wide, 7" tall tote bag. A simple single crochet stitch is used. No crochet exp. is necessary. No sewing involved. Ages 10-adult.

Saturday & Sunday, August 2 & 3, 1-4pm, 6 hours. $72.00 H Beverly Richards

THE ART OF FISHING

36. Carve And Paint A Shorebird Or A Trout

Participants are invited to carve a traditional New England decoy style shorebird, one of the 80 species of sandpipers can be seen in the area. These attractive carvings will be finished according to the choice of the carver either with paint or left natural. Ages 15-adult.

Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1, 1-3pm, 10 hours. $109.00 T Zsolt Megai

37. Fish Print

Using the patterns we find on fish and the texture of their scales as inspiration this class will provide a brief introduction to mono printing, relief printing and serigraphy. Participants will explore mark making through wood blocks, lino cuts, and photo silkscreens. Ages 12-adult.

Saturday , August 2, 10am-3pm, 4 hours. $40.00 T Abby Sadauckas

38. The Art of Lobster Cuisine

The Maine Lobster has long played a role in Maine cuisine and recipes "boil lobsters to eat cold the common way" appeared in 1664. Today's Maine lobster cuisine is international in scope and this class will prepare a selection of innovative and delicious recipes. (An appetizer, soup, salad and entree if the class is filled) Ages 12-Adult. Wednesday, Aug 6, 9:30am-12:30pm, 3 hours. $80.00 MASONIC Cheryl Wixson

39. Carve the Majestic Humpback Whale

From the supplied wooden blank, the student can create a breaching whale, rising above the crest of a wave. The 10-inch carving will be realistic as well as artistic in its colors and movement. Ages 14-adult.

Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1, 3-5pm, 10 hours. $108.00 T Zsolt Megai

40. Dinner Plate Dissection

In conjunction with their lobster dinner, we will take diners through a step by step look at the anatomy of this delectable crustacean. All ages.

Monday, August 4, 3 - 5pm, 2 hours. $20.00 MASONIC Dr. Bob Bayer

41. Carve Floating Tug Boats

These attractive boats can be assembled painted and be ready to be tried on the beach or displayed at home as one of the first creations of the youngster. Ages 8-12.

Monday-Wednesday, July 28-30, 10-noon, 6 hours. $68.00 T Zsolt Megai

42. Carve Half Hull Boat Models

The graceful lines of a wooden boat are recreated faithfully from a blueprint line-by-line, and displayed on a plaque. The final product is finished with shellac and can be displayed in the home. Adult.

Monday-Saturday, July 28-August 2, 8-10am, 12 hours. $132.00 T Zsolt Megai

43. Lobster 101

Interesting facts and fiction about Maine's favorite crustacean. You'll learn the basics about the lobster and the lobster industry.

All ages, Monday, August 4, 1-2:30pm, 1.5 hours. $15.00 MASONIC Bob Bayer & Cathy Billings

44. Maine Fishermen's Mittens

The warmest and best mittens you'll ever wear will be Maine fishermen's mittens, knit big and garmy, then shrunk until they're "molded to your hands." We'll knit and shrink (full) them in this class. Ages 14-adult.

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, July 30, 31, 9-11:30am, & August 1, 9 - 10:30, 6.5 hours. $75.00 MASONIC Robin Hansen

45. Making Japanese Sushi Roll

In this class, you learn where to get the ingredients to make sushi rolls, how to prepare the ingredients, how to cook, put all together and roll on sushi mat. And then we celebrate our creations by eating them. Ages 15-adult.

Saturday, August 2, 2-5pm, 3 hours. $40.00 M Akemi Wray

HONORING THE NATIVE CULTURE OF MAINE

46. Burned Out Bowls

By placing a coal on a block of cedar wood and then blowing on the coal by use of a straw made of water grass you will hollow a bowl and a spoon. This is much the same way as indigenous people made dug out canoes. We will make our own tongs to handle the coals, by making cordage from inner basswood bark and saplings. Ages 14-adult.

Wednesday, August 6, 9am-4pm, 7 hours. $85.00 SERC Barry Dana

47. Dream Catchers

Each participant will make his or her own hoop and weave a spider's web. Add a wooden bead and a feather to catch your dreams. The web catches your good dreams and the feather transfers them into your sub-consciousness. Ages 10-adult.

Thursday, August 7, 1-5pm, 4 hours. $47.00 SERC Sikwani Dana

48. Fish spear

Carve your wooden fish spear by splitting a straight shaft and carving two barbs from the halves created by the split. These barbs will hold the fish if executed with skill and accuracy. Using deer hide you will secure a wooden wedge to create a spacer for the split. Ages 14-adult.

Friday, August 8, 9am-4pm, 7 hours. $83.00 SERC Barry Dana

49. Traditional Penobscot Birch Bark Baskets

Choose to make either a food storage bucket or fold-up water container. The traditional use for a bucket is to store dried foods. This vessel will have a cedar rim and will be laced together with spruce root. Birch Bark Bowls are intended to hold and boil water. Ages 14-adult.

Tuesday, August 5, 9am-4pm, 7 hours. $100.00 SERC Barry Dana

MUSIC

50. Build and Play the Cookie-Tin Banjo*

Learn the high art of Cookie Tin Banjo construction and playing. This course assumes no prior musical or instrument-making experience. Each student in the class will build, and take home, a funky, but world-class, CTB and learn enough music theory and technique to suitably impress family, friends and even complete strangers. Ages 12-adult.

Thursday, August 7, 9am-4pm, 6 hours. $95.00 M Richard Hill

51. Schoodic Arts Festival Showchoir*

Love to sing? Love to dance? This is for you. The Festival Showchoir is a group that will learn a few short songs and then put it together with choreography. By the final showcase they will amaze you. Grades 4-12.

Tuesday-Friday, July 29, 30, 31 & August 1, 3:30-5:30pm, 8 hours. $97.00 MASONIC Lisa Blanchette

SCULPTURE

52. Clay Sculpting

Students will learn basics of hand-building a sculpture in clay; working from their own ideas or from a chosen class subject. Printed basics will be reviewed at the start of class. Ages 12-adult.

Monday & Tuesday, July 28 & 29, 9am- 3pm, 10 hours. $115.00 C Karen Dale Turdo

53. Pinned Stacked Stone Sculpture #1

This course covers basic stone-working techniques such as drilling, splitting, and carving, and focuses specifically on using steel pins to mount pieces together for sculptural and functional applications. Ages 15-adult.

Monday, July 28, 9am-3pm, 5 hours. $70.00 SERC Obadiah Buell

54. Pinned Stacked Stone Sculpture #2

This course covers basic stone-working techniques such as drilling, splitting, and carving, and focuses specifically on using steel pins to mount pieces together for sculptural and functional applications. Ages 15-adult.

Tuesday, July 29, 9am-3pm, 5 hours. $70.00 SERC Obadiah Buell

THEATER

55. Acting for You, and YOU, and YOU*

Has one of your friends ever asked you, "Do I look fat in this?" To which you replied, "No." Then you're an actor. Come fine-tune those thespian skills so your friend will believe you next time. It doesn't matter what level of experience you're at. You'll learn everything from the basics up to some intense scene study. Scene from the class may be performed for the final showcase. Ages 10-adult.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, August 4,6&8, 1-5pm, 12 hours. $132.00 M Tony Cox

56. Guerilla Filmmaking*

Tired of watching Hollywood big budget movies and know you could do them better? Well this is the course for you. Learn the methods behind independent films turned box office hits. The art of filmmaking without pesky annoyances like funding, or a film crew. You'll learn how to plan, shoot, edit and distribute your very own feature length film. Ages 15-adult.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, July 28, 30 & August 1, 1-5pm, 12 hours. $140.00 H Tony Cox

57. Improv*

How does an ensemble create something out of nothing? With Improv. Come and learn with veteran improviser Jen Shepard as she teaches the basics of comedic improvisation. Prerequisite: Life. Ages 10-adult.

Tuesday, August 5, 12 - 3pm, 3 hours. $40.00 H Jennifer Shepard

58. Pirate Fighting for the Stage

Learn the sword moves that you see in Pirates of the Caribbean and other piratical movies. We'll explore the basic cuts, thrusts and parries that make sword fighting so much fun. Embrace your inner pirate. Ages 10-14.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, August 6, 7 & 8, 1-3 pm, 6 hours.$70.00 H Angela Bonacasa

59. Swashbuckling for the Stage

Learn the sword moves made famous by Pirates of the Caribbean, The Princess Bride, and swashbuckling movies of the 30s and 40s. Using stage combat principles of safety, we'll create choreography that allows you to "sling steel" with power and grace. By the end of class, you'll be fighting up a storm. Ages 15-adult.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, August 6, 7 & 8, 10am-noon, 6 hours. $70.00 H Angela Bonacasa

VISUAL ART

60. Life Drawing

An introduction to figure drawing which will enable participants to learn to draw and portray the human figure accurately. Working from a live model, we will use simple drawing mediums, pencil, ink, charcoal and pastel. Ages adult.

Wednesday, Thursday, July 30,31, 9am-noon, 6 hours. $80.00 C Doris Combs

61. Drawing With Wax Medium

Learn to combine Dorlands Wax Medium, an oil painting medium, with charcoal and/or oil sticks and paints. Working on paper, we will explore ways to layer color, line and form to create original images. Ages teen-adult.

Saturday, August 9, 9am-noon, 3 hours. $45.00 M Kristin Onuf

62. Free Range Stained Glass

Try the art of stained glass without a pattern. Turn glorious colored scrap glass into mini-works of art. Learn to grind, foil and solder. Cutting of glass is possible, but not required. Ages 14-adult.

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, July 28, 29 & 30, 9am-noon, 9 hours. $105.00 WOH Pam Broderick

63. Watercolor

Using the unique property of this medium --mineral colors moving in water -- we will explore different techniques to achieve the orderly chaos of nature.

Ages 14-adult, Monday & Tuesday, August 4-5, 10am-3pm, 12 hours. $134.00 WHO Wendilee Heath O'Brien

64. Oil Painting: Getting the Most with a Limited Palette

This oil painting class will focus on using a limited palette of colors to create strong paintings. Through a combination of demonstration and practice students will learn color mixing, effective value choices, strong compositions, good start strategies, fluid brush work and when it's time to say "It's done." This class will increase your sense of ease and confidence when you paint, whether you are a beginner or have been painting for years. Ages 14-adult.

Friday, Saturday, August 1 & 2, 10am-4:00pm, 12 hours. $148.00 C Marko Schmitt

WRITING

65. Writing Dynamic Dialogue

Dialogue must move a story, raise questions, and create tension. This workshop will be an exploration of what makes good dialogue through short writing exercises, discussion, and supportive and honest critique. Because dialogue is the heart and soul of good writing and the bane of bad, we will spend the day intensively examining all its aspects. Be prepared to do lots of writing, laughing, taking chances, trying out new ideas. Ages 14-adult.

Sunday, August 3, 9am-3pm, 6 hours. $60.00 D Cynthia Thayer

66. Once Upon A Time*

This workshop will explore the art of story telling with children and their parents, grandparents or older sibling. We will orally tell each other stories, talk about what a story needs to be effective, and write some of them down. Then we will rework them until we are happy with the results. There will be an opportunity to read stories at the final performance. Ages 6-adult.

Tuesday, Thursday, August 5, 7, 9am-noon, 6 hours. $60.00 D Cynthia Thayer