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MONDAY
Instructor, John Aaron Blanchette
Mondays 7:45 – 8:55 pm
7 weeks/$140 MA1
Learn the basics of Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Cha Cha, Rumba, Mambo and Swing. We will focus on the fun and gregarious aspects of social dancing as we introduce ourselves to some of the most popular social dances. Additionally, this class will offer a “Gender-Neutral” environment where all members of our community can feel welcome, comfortable, and relaxed. Social Dancing is a fantastic way to literally connect with old friends, new friends, spouses and partners. Come on in and let’s get dancing! *NO PARTNER REQUIRED*
Instructor, Ellen Cornett
Mondays 6:45 – 8:45 pm (14 week session September 8 – December 15)
14 weeks/$448 MA2
In this class students learn the fundamentals of working with oil paints. We will cover material and supplies choice, handling and safety; canvas stretching and preparation; painting planning; composition; color theory; paint application; art evaluation and criticism. The class will be complemented with theory and examples in art history. Time permitting, there may be group critiques of work during the semester. This is intended to allow students to see what others are
doing and learn from their work and to enhance the student art vocabulary. There is strong emphasis on building a community in the classroom that allows students to comfortably take risks with their work. Students may be invited to meet for informal “field trips” to exhibits and other art-related events.
Materials: Oil paints, brushes and most other materials will be supplied for a materials fee of $20 per student. A materials list will be available for any students wishing to purchase their own materials. Students who already have paints and brushes may bring them or purchase their own may receive a refund of the fee with approval from instructor. Students should wear old clothing and bring a roll of paper towels and a glass jar.
Cabaret Theater for Adults
Instructor, Dean Reichard
Mondays 7:00 – 8:55 pm
7 weeks/$224 MA6
Students explore all aspects of building a successful cabaret act through assigned reading and performing. Topics include selecting material that’s right for you, song performance, creating patter and marketing your act. Course culminates in a showcase featuring small “sets” developed by students throughout the course. Enrolled students are strongly encouraged to invest in Bob Harrington’s The Cabaret Artist’s Handbook (available through various online sources). Students are expected to come to the first class with a prepared song of their choice.
Introduction to Metalsmithing and Jewelry Making
Instructor, Heidi Hess
Monday 6:30 – 9:00 pm
7 weeks/$280 + $25 Materials Fee MA3
Students will be introduced to the world of metalsmithing and jewelry making. A variety of introductory techniques will be taught such as, texturing metal, fold forming, wire wrapping and closures for wearable art. Students will also explore the use of epoxy resin and other cold connection techniques for securing organic and inorganic objects. We will examine artists’ pieces from around the world and samples brought in by the teacher.
Materials: Each student is expected to bring tools listed below. The instructor will purchase these tools for each individual with expected reimbursement. Please contact Heidi Hess with request to fill personal tool order at: poppyjo@gmail.com. If you choose to search out for your own tools you will find tools at most hardware stores, such as: Ace Hardware, Harbor Freight (Gaithersburg), TW Perry (Chevy Chase). Other tools and supplies (metal, specifically copper wire, sheet and tubing) will be provided by CHAW from additional materials fee. Please don’t hesitate to bring your own metal (silver wire for wrapping, copper tubing, sheet metal, etc.
Tools that need to be purchased by student prior to beginning of class:
1. Variety of sandpaper 250- 1,200 grit
2. Small needle files (variety pack)
3. Set (4-8ct.) precision pliers or jewelry pliers
4. Set of drill bits (.5mm – 3mm)
5. Epoxy Glue (5min. or 30min is fine)
6. Any found objects that you would like to bring for yourself and to share with the class. Example: beads, stones, shells, old buttons, antique photographs, material, etc. Let your imagination run wild!
Introduction to Digital Photography
Instructor, Bruce McKaig
Mondays 6:30 – 8:30 pm
7weeks/$224 MA4
This class is designed for beginners who want to better understand the world of digital imagery, or for students with experience who want to strengthen their basic skills. Topics covered include digital camera use, Photoshop basics, scanning and printing techniques. Students will be able to explore their own projects and develop the fundamental skills to continue digital work on their own.
Unsupervised Open Darkroom
No Instructor
Mondays 6:15 – 8:55
Ongoing/$10 per visit MA7
Use CHAW’s dark room facilities. Requires one-time orientation ($45). Call to schedule.
TUESDAY
Handbuilding
Instructor, Jeremiah Huth
Tuesdays, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
7 weeks $280 +$30 clay fee TA8
In this class we will explore the possibilities of ceramic handbuilding. We will learn begging to advanced techniques using the slab roller, extruder, and hump and slump molds. Finishing techniques and glazing possibilities will be discussed. In the class you can make functional or sculptural work and it is open to all skill levels.
Open Art Studio
No Instructor
Tuesdays 10:00 – 1:00
Ongoing/ $10 per visit TA7
Instructor, Heather Whyte
Tuesdays, 6:45 – 7:45 pm
7 weeks/$112 TA1
An introduction to tap for adults. Learn to shuffle, flap, and all the basics to get you moving. Students should have tap shoes and wear comfortable clothes. No prior dance experience required.
Beginning/Advanced Beginning Ballet
Instructor, Heather Whyte
Tuesdays 7:50 – 8:50 pm
7 weeks/$112 TA2
This class emphasizes the fundamentals of ballet and encourages ballet as a means of improved body awareness, poise, grace, musicality, flexibility, and self-expression. Classes are structured to include warm-up exercises, barre technique and center floor work. Ballet shoes and comfortable clothes are recommended. No prior dance experience required.
Instructor, Gina Clapp
Tuesdays 7:00 – 9:00 pm (12 week session September 16 – December 16. No Classes the week of October 13 or November 24)
12 weeks/ $384 TA3
This class is open to both beginning and more accomplished students. Beginning painters will learn the basics: how to use a brush, set up a palette, manipulate paint on paper, and make paintings. They will also be encouraged to learn to “see” as an artist. More experienced painters will concentrate on developing their ability to “see” the subject clearly and then paint it with skill and originality. We will also look at how other artists have handled similar artistic problems. A materials list will be provided at the first class
Instructor, Anna Wonson
Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:55 pm
7 weeks/$105 TA6
No experience necessary. Students should have their own film and printing paper, chemistry provided. Orientation required – call 202-547-6839 to schedule.
Instructor, Jeremiah Huth
Tuesdays 6:15 – 8:45 pm
7 weeks/$280 +$30 materials TA4
Students will focus on projects using the potter’s wheel such as plates, cups, pitchers and bowls. Beginners welcome.
Photoshop for Beginners
Instructor, Bob Savidge
Tuesdays 6:45 – 8:45 pm
7 weeks /224 TA5
Create images for flyers, postcards and the web using Adobe CS (Photoshop). Modify photographs and learn masking techniques, selection tools, brushes, formats and filters. Learn painting techniques in photoshop and strategies to help you put your best foot forward. Basic computer skills required. Bring a USB chip with you to class.
Imitation as Art: Writing for Style
Instructor, Monica Jacobe
Tuesdays 7:00 – 8:55 pm
7 weeks/*$224 TA7
Want to shake up your writing style? Need to fine your writer’s voice in a new or familiar genere? This workshop will provide novice and seasoned writers alike with a chance to play with and polish their writing style. Avid readers who want to write will even find this workshop a fun and useful starting point. Each week, students will read short selections from will-known writers of different styles and genres, discuss the elements of that writer’s style, and use those highlighted elements in writing exercises. All you need is a notebook and a pen that you love. Readings will be provided in class.
WEDNESDAY
Spanish Dance/Flamenco - Intermediate
Instructor, Jaime Coronado
Wednesdays 7:00 – 8:00 pm
7 weeks/ $112 WA1
This class will help intermediate level students further explore diverse Spanish Dance training and provide tools to foster a personal style recognizing the knowledge base students have already acquired. Castanets are required.
Introduction to Drawing
Instructor, Carolina Mayorga
Wednesdays 6:45-8:45 pm
7 weeks/ $224 WA2
In this class, students learn the fundamental concepts of drawing and 2D media. Observation, one of the most important elements in drawing, will be stressed through different techniques and experimentation with several materials. The class will be complemented with theory (composition, perspective, proportions) and examples in art history. Materials list will be provided at the first class.
A Walk in the Dark(room)
Instructor, Bruce McKaig
Wednesdays 6:45 – 8:45 pm
7 weeks/ $224 WA4
This unconventional, let’s break-the-rules class is designed for photographers of all levels who want to push the envelope on just what can a photograph be. Techniques we explore include painting with chemistry, successive doses of light, selective toning and hand coloring, combination printing techniques, and a few camera tricks are thrown in as well. If you are an adventurous risk-taker who thrives on discovery, this class is for you.
Watercolor: Communicating Through Painting
Instructor, Gina Clapp
Wednesdays 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (12 week session September 17 – December 17. No Classes the week of October 13 or November 24)
By permission of instructor only
12 weeks/*384 TA3
This class is open to students with several years of experience with transparent watercolor. We will begin with a review of the basics essential to a skillful use of watercolor. However, we will concentrate on increasing the students’ level of skill as well as their originality: their ability to interpret a theme, and/or develop a creative or unique viewpoint in their work. Looking at the work of other artists, as well as classroom critiques, will be essential parts of the class.
Claywork: Vessels and Sculpture
Instructor, Twylene Moyer
Wednesdays 6:15–8:45 pm
7 weeks/$280 + $30 materials TA6
Designed for students with previous ceramics experience, this class focuses on skill development and the creation of a new, or expanded, personal clay repertoire. Students will concentrate on individual projects—hand-built and/or wheel-thrown sculptural and one-of-a-kind functional forms. Eccentric shapes, formal alterations and modifications, and carving and raised relief additions are all encouraged. Students should come prepared with an idea of what they want to accomplish during the class and be ready to experiment with new ideas and approaches. Fee includes one 25-lb bag of clay, kiln firing, glaze, and tools
THURSDAY
Drawing Studio
Instructor, Carolina Mayorga
Carolina MayorgaThursdays 1:30 – 3:30 pm
7 weeks/ $224 RA1
This class will give you the opportunity of learning, practicing or improving your drawing skills by working with the fundamental concepts of drawing. Thanks to the informal setting of this class, we are able to accommodate students with different levels of skills and knowledge as it works directly from individual interests. It will be complemented with theory and art history.
Instructor, Roberta Rothstein
Thursdays 6:30 – 7:30 pm
7 weeks/ $112 RA2
This Pilates course, designed for all levels, strengthens and streamlines your body without building bulk or stressing your joints. The class is a mat-based Pilates class emphasizing the lengthening of your torso and graceful movements while improving your overall balance. Pilates coordinates your mind, body and breathing techniques to develop strong abdominal muscles, and long back and full body alignment. Mats are provided.
Instructor, Ellen Cornett
Thursdays 6:45- 8:45 (14 week session September 11 – December 18. No class
November 27)
14 weeks/ $448 RA3
In this class students work on increasing their understanding of and comfort with rendering the human figure. It is assumed that all students taking this class have some prior drawing experience, and materials preferences. Instruction will be individual, with an emphasis on helping students grow through trying new materials and new approaches to rendering the figure. The class will be complemented with theory and examples in art history. Time permitting, there may be group critiques of work during the semester. This is intended to both allow students to see what others are doing and learn from their work and to enhance the student art vocabulary. There is strong emphasis on building a community in the classroom that allows students to comfortably take risks with their work. Students may be invited to meet for informal “field trips” to exhibits and other art-related events.
Amanda Stulz
Thursdays 6:15 – 8:45 pm
7 weeks/$280 + $30 RA5
Working all week and want a break from rules and deadlines? Try digging into fresh clay and release that creative spirit within. The instructor understands that working in clay is a personal experience and everyone develops different ways of handling the clay. The course is ideal for the beginner who needs a start to the experienced who needs advice from a potter with many years of experimenting and fine tuning her craft.
Digital Photography from A-Z
Instructor, Joe Yablonsky
Thursdays 6:30 – 8:30 pm (Nov. 25 - Dec. 16)
7weeks/$224 RA6
This class is designed for beginners who want to better understand the world of digital imagery, or for students with experience who want to strengthen their basic skills. Students will be able to explore their own projects and develop the fundamental skills to continue digital work on their own.
SATURDAY
Instructor, Staff
Saturdays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
7 weeks/ $224 + $30 materials
Orientation Required. Call 202-547-6839 to schedule.
Saturdays 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
$10 per visit. One time orientation required $45 SA1
Instructor, Ariel Ashwell
Saturdays 10:10 – 10:55 am
7 weeks/ $112 SA3
This Pilates course, designed for all levels, strengthens and streamlines your body without building bulk or stressing your joints. The class is a mat-based Pilates class emphasizing the lengthening of your torso and graceful movements while improving your overall balance. Pilates coordinates your mind, body and breathing techniques to develop strong abdominal muscles, and long back and full body alignment. Mats are provided.
Instructor, Anjana Neupane
Saturdays 11:05 – 11:50 am
7 weeks/$112 SA5
Shivanda Yoga utlizes the most basic yoga poses to gently develop strength, flexibilty and agility over time. No prior experience is needed or expected.