Create a large, colorful basket with handle perfect for Easter. Participants will personalize this square to round basket by choosing from multi-colored reeds and embellishments

When you register, you will receive an email confirmation with a YouTube link to view a video. Please watch this prior to attending class!

So, you’re on a budget, managing a bank account, and wondering about the next steps in your financial journey. In Adulting 102, we will look at the differences between saving and investing, and if you are ready to invest, how to get started. Other topics will include protecting your assets (insurance), advanced budgeting, and understanding the role economics plays in our financial life.  Join Steve Kautz, Financial Education Programs Specialist from the Finance Authority of Maine for this 1-hour virtual workshop as you take the next steps into adulting.

Secluded Forest is from Joy of Painting season 6 episode 5. We will explore the magic of the deep forest where Bob's favorite little creatures love to hide. We will discover how easy it is to make reflections in the forest ponds.  Genuine Bob Ross ® materials provided and used. Students are asked to bring a roll of paper towels for personal use. 

Participants will learn about common financial frauds including check washing and check fraud. Also coveredare critical components of keeping accounts secure including password management and freezing one’s credit.

Learn how to depict plants through detailed observation and artistic techniques. Focusing on precision and botanical anatomy, the class covers sketching, shading, and color theory to create lifelike representations of flowers, leaves, and stems. Suitable for all skill levels, the course blends art with science, helping students develop a deeper appreciation for nature while honing their drawing abilities.

Students should bring their own 9x12 or 11x14 paper/sketchbook, #2 pencils, ruler, and eraser plus a $4 materials fee payable to the instructor.

Create an adorable, chubby bird sculpture using wool and a felting needle. This fun, hands-on workshop will guide you through shaping and sculpting techniques to bring your plump feathered friend to life and make you smile! No prior experience needed—just bring your creativity!

If you are hiking in the forest or wandering in your garden, this will be a nice basket for fiddleheads, mushrooms, or herbs. Size is approximately 4” Width x 8" Height x 10" Length.

Winter is a time to be warm. No blues or greens. Reds! Maybe some yellow.

We will be dyeing reds in this class. Madder, cochineal, lac, and Brazil wood. I will provide all materials. If you want to bring your own natural fiber, it must be mordanted with alum.

Students should wear old clothes (or an apron) and bring:

1. Notebook, pen or pencil
2. Indelible sharpie
3. Fiber, natural, up to one pound
4. Rubber gloves - dishwashing type
5. Plastic 3-5 gal pail
6. Medium size cooking pot, around a gallon, if you want your own personal dye bath.
7. Small laundry bags to hold loose fiber if you are bringing some
8. Plastic bags for wet fiber
9. Lunch and something to drink. Lunch will be question time.

Adult Education has a refrigerator and microwave for us to use.

If you have any questions, you can email the instructor at  susanne@mainecolor.com, or, as always, feel free to call the office at 422-4794. 

Please bring a $5 supply fee payable to instructor at class.