Bluefield College’s Fine Arts Community School has released its schedule of courses for the fall 2010 semester.
Among the offerings available to the community this fall are courses in music, art, dance, quilting, Chinese history and culture, and Biblical Greek for students of all ages and interests, including home-schoolers.
Created for the purpose of enabling children and adults in the area to explore and study the arts with the guidance of mentors who have appropriate training and experience, BC’s Fine Arts Community School (FACS) has been in existence for more than 16 years.
Classes in the fall FACS program will begin as early as the latter part of September with others beginning later in the semester.
The fall course listings include “Private Instrument Lessons,” “Private Guitar Lessons,” “Private Voice Lessons,” “Private Drum Lessons,” “Private Violin Lessons,” “Beginning Pottery,” “Advanced Pottery,” “Preschool Art,” “Painting and Mixed Media,” “Quilt as You Go,” “Stepping to the Music,” “Beginner Scottish Dance,” “Children’s Scottish Country Dance,” “Scottish Highland Dance,” “Scottish Country Dance,” “Chinese History and Culture,” “Chinese Culture and Language,” and “It’s All Greek to Me.”
Private Instrument Lessons
Piano, organ, keyboard, saxophone, clarinet, tuba, trombone, trumpet, or flute
30-minute lessons once each week with days and times to be determined
Beginning the week of September 20 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $170 or $85 for five-week session
Ages 5 and up
Instructors: Sharon Ziegler and Chrisa Johnson
Private Guitar Lessons
For beginners to intermediate students
30-minute lessons once each week with days and times to be determined
Beginning the week of September 20 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $170 or $85 for five-week session
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Jeremy Hardy
Private Voice Lessons
For beginners to experienced vocalists
30-minute lessons once each week with days and times to be determined
Beginning the week of September 20 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $170 or $85 for five-week session
Ages 5 and up
Instructor: Sharon Ziegler
Private Drum Lessons
For beginners to experienced drummers 30-minute lessons once each week with days and times to be determined
Beginning the week of September 20 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $170 or $85 for five-week session
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Rosa Wilson
Private Violin Lessons
For beginners to experienced students 30-minute lessons once each week with days and times to be determined
Beginning the week of September 20 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $170 or $85 for five-week session
Ages 8 and up
Instructor: Della Limbert
Beginning Pottery
Students will study basic pottery techniques while utilizing their own creativity
Tuesdays 6-7 PM
Beginning September 21 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $100
Ages 12 and up
Instructor: Jessica Chambers-Paris
Advanced Pottery
This class will cover throwing and cater to the advanced students’ needs
Tuesdays 7-8 PM
Beginning September 21 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $100
Ages 12 and up
Instructor: Jessica Chambers-Paris
Preschool Art
Students will explore a variety of mediums, from paint, to clay, to different types of paper
Tuesdays 5:30-6:15 PM
Beginning September 28 for five weeks
Tuition: $60
Ages 3-5
Instructor: Amanda Parks
Painting and Mixed Media
Students will discover texture and color in painting and other mixed media
Thursdays 5:30-6:30 PM
Beginning October 7 for five weeks
Tuition: $60
Ages 6-8
Instructor: Amanda Parks
Quilt as You Go
Beginners to experienced students will learn the basics for making and completing a quilt
Thursdays 10-11:30 AM
Beginning September 23 for six weeks
Tuition: $70
Ages 10 and up
Instructor: Gloria Coffey
Stepping to the Music
An exercise class designed for the whole family, from kids to adults
Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-5 PM
Beginning September 21 for six weeks (twice each week)
Tuition: $35 individuals, $60 family
Ages 6 and up
Instructor: Jeri Lynn Anderson
Beginner Scottish Highland Dance
Learn the ancient art of Scottish Highland Dance, an expression of both personal and social emotion and danced in sets of eight
Tuesdays 4-4:30 PM
Beginning October 5 for six weeks
Tuition: $40
Ages 6-9
Instructor: Heather Sylvain
Children’s Scottish Country Dance
Children are invited to learn the social dance of Scotland
Tuesdays 4:30-5:30PM
Beginning October 5 for six weeks
Tuition: $20
Ages 5-9
Instructor: Heather Sylvain
Scottish Highland Dance
Intermediate to advanced students are invited to learn the ancient art of Scottish Highland Dance
Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 PM
Beginning October 5 for six weeks
Tuition: $60
Ages 10 and up
Instructor: Heather Sylvain
Scottish Country Dance
Intermediate to advanced students are invited to learn the social dance of Scotland
Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 PM
Beginning October 5 for six weeks
Tuition: $20
Ages 10 and up
Instructor: Heather Sylvain
Chinese History and Culture
Students will learn the history and culture of China from a visiting professor and students from China
Mondays 2-3 PM
Beginning September 20 for four weeks
Tuition: $30
Ages 12 and up
Chinese Culture and Language
Students will learn the culture and language of China from a visiting professor and students from China
Thursdays 6-7 PM
Beginning September 23 for four weeks
Tuition: $30
Ages 15 and up
It’s All Greek to Me
Learn the alphabet, sounds, vocabulary, and basic parts of speech of Biblical Greek to enrich the experience of reading the New Testament
Thursdays 2-3 PM
Beginning September 23 for 10 weeks
Tuition: $80
Ages 12 and up
Instructor: Dr. Shawn White