Bluefield College will offer a variety of Saturday workshops for the community this spring in gardening, quilting, forensics, writing, and bow making.
The workshops will be offered through BC’s Fine Arts Community School, in existence for more than 16 years to enable local families and students of all ages and interests, including home-schoolers, to explore and study the arts and other topics and trades of interest with the guidance of mentors who have appropriate training and experience.
As part of the classes and instruction this spring, the school will offer eight one-day workshops in “Building a Better Vegetable Garden,” “Quilting,” “The Basics of Growing Herbs,” “Butterfly Gardening,” “Forensic Science,” “Writing for Young Writers,” “Writing for Adults,” and “Wreath and Bow Making.”
Building a Better Vegetable Garden Workshop
For beginning or experienced gardeners who want to learn how to improve soil, start seeds, and grow the best vegetables.
Saturday, March 19, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Tuition: $20
Ages 12 and up
Instructor: WVVA-TV meteorologist Corey Henderson
Quilting Workshop
Learn the basics for making and completing a quilt in six hours.
Saturday, March 19, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Saturday, March 26, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Tuition: $70
Ages 10 and up
Instructor: Gloria Coffey
Basics of Growing Herbs
Get all your questions about herbs answered while getting your hands dirty in planting an herb pot to harvest fresh herbs all summer long.
Saturday, March 26, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Tuition: $25
Ages 12 and up
Instructor: Ellen Reynolds of Beagle Ridge Herb Farm
Butterfly Gardening: How to Attract Flying Flowers to Your Garden
Learn the lifecycle of the butterfly and host and nectar plants, and take home a garden plan, host plant, and plant list.
Saturday, March 26, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Tuition: $25
Ages 12 and up
Instructor: Ellen Reynolds of Beagle Ridge Herb Farm
Forensic Science Workshop
Be part of a team collecting and analyzing evidence to solve a crime in this thrilling crime scene investigation.
Saturday, March 26, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tuition: $30
Ages: grades 9th-12th
Instructors: Emily Lambert and Kelly Walls
Writing Workshop for Young Writers
Hear a writer and storyteller read Appalachian poetry and prompt students to find their poetic Appalachian voice, and learn from a retired English professor and writer a step-by-step process for writing flash fiction.
Saturday, April 9, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Tuition: $60
Ages 10-18
Instructors: Susanna Holstein and Salvatore Buttaci
Writing Workshop for Adults
Explore with a writer and storyteller your place in the mountains through discussion and creative writing, and learn from a retired English professor and writer how to create different forms of poetry.
Saturday, April 9, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Tuition: $60
Ages: adults
Instructors: Susanna Holstein and Salvatore Buttaci
Wreath and Bow Making Workshop
Learn the basics of wreath and bow making.
Saturday, May 7, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tuition: $20
All ages
Instructor: Sharon Porter of Friends of Christ Crafts
To register or for more information about the spring workshops, call 800-872-0175 (x4246) or 276-326-4246, or e-mail [email protected], or visit the Bluefield College web site at bluefield.edu/facs.
Tuition for workshops is due by the start of instruction and may be mailed in advance and made payable to Bluefield College, 3000 College Drive, Bluefield, VA 24605.