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Center 50+
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- Contact the Senior Center to verify times, dates, and activities: 503-588-6303.
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 Carvers
All carvers are welcome, whether you are a beginner or a professional. This group has their own web site that you can access from here. Woodcarvers meet on Fridays at 1:00 pm.
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 Lapidary
The Lapidary program consists of seven sessions for a cost of $27.00 with rock sawing, grinding, sanding, and polishing being taught. Successful completion of training is required before shop privileges are granted. Just a few of the many articles made from rocks, stones, gems and minerals, are: rings, broaches, pendants, necklaces, bracelets, pen stands, buckles and bookends.
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 Woodworking Shop
The woodworking shop is fully equipped to let you make a variety of projects. Come in and see some of the exciting projects being made or build something yourself. There are always items for sale: birdhouses, lawn chairs, and collapsible tables for example. Other items may be special ordered. If you would like to learn to build something, work with wood, or use power equipment or the scroll saw, we can help. There is a small donation required. The woodshop is open from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, Monday-Friday.
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 Jewelry Making
Both beginner and advanced classes are offered for Seniors 50 years and older. To make jewelry you will learn the following; silver soldering, jewelers saw, lost wax casting, wire wrapping and faceting. Examples of articles of jewelry that you can make include rings, necklaces, bracelets and buckles.
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 Boutique
You can purchase many unique and interesting items that are made by seniors and are sold on a consignment basis. Shoppers and browsers of any age are welcome. Boutique hours are: Monday through Friday, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.
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 Sewing
Our group meets every Thursday morning and consists of four ladies from ages 65 to 90. While we sew, we visit, and it is very interesting to learn what each has experienced in life and why we like to volunteer our time to sewing.We make big bibs, lap robes, small pillows for nursing homes, and book bags and hand puppets for schools. We appreciate all the materials donated for these projects, and if we can't use them, we donate to others who can.
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- Fridays
- 9:00 am-12:00 noon
This is a studio class with no instructor. Students meet to paint and learn from each other. Cost: $1 per session.
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- Mondays, beginning October 13
- 9:00am-12:00pm
- Instructor Hilda Lee
Come join this fun class on how to make beautiful baskets from pine needles. Register at the first class. Register at first class. Cost: $35.
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Call Edna Zielinksi at 503-588-6303 to indicate your interest in participating in monthly outdoor painting excursions with those who share this enthusiasm. Each participant would bring his or her own supplies. All levels would be welcome to join the instructor, Glenda Anderson. The tentative starting time for this class would be mid-May.
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Have you ever wondered about the tiny bodies and great big heads of cartoon characters? Or why they just stand there for a second looking down before they fall off a cliff?
Exploration of cartoon types and personalities with an emphasis on what distinguishes them, along with opportunities to develop your own drawing technique and style. No student draws better nor worse than another; rather, each student simply draws differently because cartooning concepts are abstract--no one can be wrong! You'll also make up your own characters and apply them in making your own comic strip. Bring 8 1/2x11 sketch pad of 50 sheets, pencil, and eraser. Call for day and time. Cost: $40/five sessions.
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This class incorporates history, imagination, art, and moving meditation into one. Specific skills in holding the brush and learning stroke technique to form Chinese words will be learned. Open enrollment 10-20 students. Call for day and time. Cost: $50/ten sessions.
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History, tools, paint mixing, stroke sequencing, drawing, layering, and finishing touches only begin to describe this wonderful class taught by a professional teacher and artist, Lee Bush. Enrollment range: 10-20. Cost: $50/ten sessions.
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6:00-8:30 pm
For anyone who has wondered how Alfred Hitchcock made that nightmarish dizzying staircase shot in "Vertigo" and what the shot is called, or how Rod Taylor opened an invisible door in "The Birds", or how a camera could pass through a solid table in a single, uninterrupted shot in "Citizen Caine", this class is for you.
You will learn about filmmaking techniques such as shots, angles, editing, and framing composition. Styles in directing will be discussed, and opportunities to identify those styles will be provided. Classes will include viewing movies followed by group discussion. Cost: $60/five sessions.
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- Saturday
- Instructor Carlee Justis
Learn how to use a watercolor to paint a detailed photographic rendering. Bring in your favorite house or building photo. It can be your house, your dream house, or just an interesting building. Be creative and take many photos to get a good one. Learn how to transfer your photograph to watercolor paper and then how to paint it like a professional. Bring small brushes, watercolors, water color paper, and a photo. Enrollment limited to 5-12. Cost: $35/four sessions.
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