2008 Workshops
All workshops meet daily Monday through Friday. Workshops have enrollment limits and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Early registration is strongly encouraged. Some workshops have required supplies and/or a materials fee payable onsite to the instructor. Complete supply lists for each class are available.
Skill Level Guidelines: No special qualifications or skills are required for students to attend the School of the Arts. However, for the convenience of participants, you will find listed with each class the suggested level of skill needed.
College credit is available through Learning Through the Arts.
Details registration and instruction fees can be found on the SOA General Information page.
Workshops areas for SOA 2008 include:
These descriptions are sorted alphabetically by class topic. Download the schedule at-a-glance sheet for a listing of classes and instructors organized by class time.
Class enrollment notes will be updated twice weekly. If you are interested in a class that is full or nearly full, please call (608) 263-2790
Art and Folk Art
For detailed descriptions visit the Art and Folk Classes page
The Art of Composition - Class is cancelled
Basic Relief Carving
Basics of Drawing
Beginning Watercolor - Class is full
Broom Making - A Lost Art
Dyeing and Surface Design on Fabric - only 3 spots left
Exploring Mandalas
Fundamentals of Plein Air Painting
Intermediate Drawing
Introduction to Woodcarving
Jewelry Making: Beading, Embroidery and Embellishment - Class is cancelled
Keeping A Visual Journal - Class is full
Pastels: Lay Down Color Fast and Easy - only 1 spot left
Portraits of Homes, Churches, and Other Structures
Painting Portraits
Radical BookWorks
Sand Carving
Studio for Artists: Drawing
Studio for Painters
Watercolor & Beyond - only 1 spot left
Watercolor Techniques
Computer Classes
For detailed descriptions visit the Computer Classes page
Basic Website Design using Dreamweaver
Basic Photoshop Elements - Class is full.
Desktop Publishing with Microsoft Publisher
Culinary Arts: Food Artistry with Linda Arndt (D35)
Skill Level: All
1:30-4:30 pm
We eat first with our eyes. When food looks beautiful it seems to taste even better. This class will explore the artistic tricks of the culinary arts industry that transform good food into incredible creations.
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Mind, Body and Spirit
For detailed descriptions visit the Mind, Body and Spirit Classes page
Sunrise Yoga
Jump Start Your Creativity - only 3 spots left
Keeping A Visual Journal - Class is full
Meditation and Relaxation - only 2 spots left
Exploring Mandalas
Yoga & Creativity
Music
For detailed descriptions visit the Music Classes page
Beginning Guitar
Fingerstyle Blues - Class is cancelled
Dulcimer Ensemble
Individual Music Lessons - Class is full.
SOA Chorus
Photography
For detailed descriptions visit the Photography Classes page
Basic Photoshop Elements - Class is full.
Community Portraits - only 1 spot left.
Digital Photo Management - Class is full.
Taking Great Photographs with Digital Cameras - Class is full.
Theatre and Drama
For detailed descriptions visit the Theatre and Drama Classes page
Acting - Class is full
Introduction to Playwriting
Introduction to Improvisation
Playwriting Lab for Actors
Playwriting Lab for Writers
Storytelling
Writing
For detailed descriptions visit the Writing Classes page
Advanced Poetry - class is full
Busting Through Writer’s Block
Creative Nonfiction - class is full
Elements of Fiction
Exploring Mandalas through Drawing and Writing
Fiction Workshop: Read like a Writer
Introduction to Playwriting
Marketing and Selling What You Write- only 1 spot left.
Novelist’s Boot Camp: Drills & Strategies - only 3 spots left
Novelist’s Boot Camp: Advanced Tactics for the nearly- and newly- published
Playwriting Lab for Writers
Poetry as Peace-Maker - Class is full
Poetry Books: Create a Manuscript from Your Stack of Poems - only 1 spot left
Poetry: Sounds and Images
Poetry without Tears: A Workshop on the Reading of poetry - only 3 spots left
Short Story Magic - Class is full.
Subtext in Fiction & Critique
Writing your Life Stories - Class is full