Bluefield College’s Fine Arts Community School has released its schedule of courses for the spring 2011 semester.
In existence for more than 16 years, BC’s Fine Arts Community School (FACS) is designed to enable local families and students of all ages and interests, including home-schoolers, to explore and study the arts with the guidance of mentors who have appropriate training and experience.
Classes this spring will begin as early as January 25 with others beginning as late as April. The spring course listing includes “Private Instrument Lessons,” “Private Guitar Lessons,” “Private Voice Lessons,” Private Drum Lessons,” “Private Violin Lessons,” “Pottery,” “Jewelry Making,” “Bookmaking,” “Refrigerator Artist,” “Fun Fine Art,” “It’s All Greek to Me,” “The Lost Art of Basket Making,” “Circular Patchwork Quilting,” “Building a Better Vegetable Garden,” “Writing for Young Writers,” “Writing for Adults,” “Quilting,” “Forensic Science,” “Wreath and Bow Making,” “Basics of Growing Herbs,” and “Butterfly Gardening.”
Private Instrument Lessons
Piano, organ, saxophone, clarinet, tuba, trombone, trumpet, or flute
30-minute lessons once each week for 10 weeks
Days and times to be determined with student
Tuition: $170 or $90 for five-week session
Ages 5 and up
Instructors: Sharon Ziegler, Chrisa Johnson, and Dr. Charles Priest
Private Guitar Lessons
For beginners to intermediate students
30-minute lessons once each week for 10 weeks
Days and times to be determined with student
Tuition: $170 or $90 for five-week session
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Jeremy Hardy
Private Voice Lessons
For beginners or experienced vocalists
30-minute lessons once each week for 10 weeks
Days and times to be determined with student
Tuition: $170 or $90 for five-week session
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Sharon Ziegler
Private Drum Lessons
For beginners or experienced vocalists
30-minute lessons once each week for 10 weeks
Days and times to be determined with student
Tuition: $170 or $90 for five-week session
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Rosa Wilson
Private Violin Lessons
For beginners or experienced vocalists
30-minute lessons once each week for 10 weeks
Days and times to be determined with student
Tuition: $170 or $90 for five-week session
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Della Limbert
Pottery
Learn hand-building, wheel-throwing techniques, and glaze applications to form functional and decorative ware.
Tuesdays 6:00-8:00 PM
Beginning January 25 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $120
Ages 12 and up
Instructor: Jessica Chambers-Paris
Jewelry Making
A beginner’s class to crafting bead jewelry using a variety of styles and material.
Thursdays 5:30-6:30 PM
Beginning March 24th for four weeks
Tuition: $50
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Amanda Parks
Book Making
A beginner’s class to binding and creating books using a variety of styles from different cultures.
Mondays 5:30-6:30 PM
Beginning March 7 for four weeks
Tuition: $50
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Amanda Parks
Refrigerator Artist for the Younger Child
Hands-on enrichment course designed to stimulate learning and creativity through self-expression.
Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 PM
Beginning March 1 for six weeks.
Tuition: $60
Ages 5-7
Instructor: Marsha Boozer
Fun Fine Art Fridays
Four instructors team up to teach drawing, painting, pottery, theatre, and music.
Fridays 5:00-6:00 PM
Beginning February 4 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $120
Ages 8-12
Instructors: Jeri Lynn Anderson, Danielle Workman, Jessica Chambers-Paris, and Amanda Parks
It’s All Greek to Me
Designed to enrich the experience of reading the New Testament by learning to read it in Greek.
Mondays 4:00-5:00 PM or Mondays 6:00-7:00 PM
Beginning February 7 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $80
Ages 12 and up
Instructor: Dr. Shawn White
The Lost Art of Basket Making
Learn the basic techniques of basket making by making a napkin/mail holder.
Tuesdays 6:00-8:00 PM
March 15 and March 22 only
Tuition: $30 Ages 10 and up
Instructor: Mary Martin
Circular Patchwork Quilting
Beginner or experienced quilters will turn a square into a circle, back into a square and back into a circle.
Thursdays 10:00-11:30 AM
Beginning March 3 for six weeks
Tuition: $70
Ages 10 and up
Instructor: Gloria Coffey
Building a Better Vegetable Garden Workshop
Beginning or experienced gardeners learn how to improve soil, start seeds, and grow the best vegetables.
Saturday 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
March 19 only
Tuition: $20 Ages 12 and up
Instructor: WVVA-TV meteorologist Corey Henderson
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 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
April 9 only
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 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
April 9 only
Tuition: $60
Adults
Instructors: Susanna Holstein and Salvatore Buttaci
Quilting Workshop
Learn the basics for making and completing a quilt in six hours.
Saturdays 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
March 20 and March 27 only
Tuition: $70 Ages 10 and up
Instructor: Gloria Coffey
Forensic Science Workshop
Be part of a team collecting and analyzing evidence to solve a crime in this thrilling crime scene investigation.
Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
March 26 only
Tuition: $30
Ages: grades 9th-12th
Instructors: Emily Lambert and Kelly Walls
Wreath and Bow Making Workshop
Learn the basics of wreath and bow making.
Saturday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
May 7 only
Tuition: $20
All ages
Instructor: Sharon Porter of Friends of Christ Crafts
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 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
March 26 only
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 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
March 26 only.
Tuition: $25 Ages 12 and up
Instructor: Ellen Reynolds of Beagle Ridge Herb Farm
A $20 non-refundable registration fee is due when registering for BC Fine Arts Community School lessons and classes (but not workshops). If registering more than one person within a family, the registration fee is discounted to $15 per person. Registration fees for classes and tuition for workshops are due by the start of instruction and may be mailed and made payable to Bluefield College, 3000 College Drive, Bluefield, VA 24605.
To register or for more information about spring FACS classes, including payment plans, 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.