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PERSONAL ENRICHMENT COURSES
Art & Music Courses
Jewelry Design 101
Date: Mondays, September 17, October 29, November 26
Time: 6:30 - 9:30 pm on Sept. 17; 6:30 - 8:30 pm Oct. 29 & Nov. 26
Place: T-149, Fine Arts Bldg.
Instructor: Shirley Pisani
Cost: $49 for each workshop
Artist Shirley Pisani will lead workshops for organza necklace designs and for earring designs. Pisani is a resident of Porterfield and has been designing jewelry for 15 years.
On September 17 students will learn the basics of jewelry making including how to design their own jewelry using a variety of natural gemstones. Sterling silver clasp and closure will be used as well. This is the 1st of a 3 part class in jewelry making and will be the only session three hours in length to insure that the students learn the basic procedures.
On October 22 students will be designing their own lariat-style necklace using the basic techniques of jewelry making. They will be using natural gemstones in beautiful fall colors with sterling silver clasp and closure taking home their own creation(s).
On November 26, the theme is Holiday Sparkle! In this class students will create a bracelet and earring set perfect for gift giving or to jazz up your holiday wardrobe. Students will choose from Swarovski crystals and a sterling silver clasp and closure.
Life Drawing
Date: Saturday, October 13
Time: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Place: T-117, Fine Arts Bldg.
Instructors: James LaMalfa and Olga Orlovska-Soaltys
Cost: $39
This one-day course will encompass a slide lecture on human anatomy, the human face and portrait drawing. Live models will be used. Modeling and shading of the figure to produce realistic, solid form, i.e. the classic Italian Renaissance technique, will be stressed. Drawing techniques will be demonstrated by both instructors. The media covered will be pencil, vine charcoal and pastel.
Students will need to bring their own supplies which include a charcoal/pastel pad, pastal crayons (dry), a can of spray fixitive, assorted charcoal sticks (soft), assorted drawing pencils and an 11 x 14 sketchbook. These items are also on sale in the UW-Marinette bookstore. Students should also bring one kneaded eraser and a piece of chamois or rag for blending pastels.
The cost of the course is $39. To register, call Jane Jones at 715-735-4343 or email jane.jones@uwc.edu. Visa and Mastercard are accepted.
Music Composition
Date: Wednesday & Thursday, October 3 & 4
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Place: T-117, Fine Arts Bldg.
Instructor: Jeff Kurtenacker
Cost: $49
A Green Bay native, Jeff Kurtenacker is a nationally known composer and songwriter for Somatone Interactive Audio in Los Angeles. He has worked alongside some of the top film composers in the industry today and has also written music for TV commercials and films. This class is for ages 14 and over.
Language Courses
Russian Language and Culture
Date: Mondays, September 24 - October 29
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Place: M-132, Main Bldg.
Instructor: Nadezda Orlova/Christl
Cost: $59 + books
Practice basic Russian vocabulary and grammar while learning about the culture from native Nadezda Orlova/Christl.
Spanish Language and Culture
Date: Tuesdays, September 25 - October 30
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Place: T-153, Fine Arts Bldg.
Instructor: Kelly Rae Hoover
Cost: $59 + books
This basic course will give you practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing Spanish while gaining insights about the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries.
English as a Second Language
Date: Monday - Friday, September 4 - December 14
Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Place: T-153, Fine Arts Bldg.
Instructor: Susan Larche
Cost: $1875 + books
Great Books
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: The Landing Restaurant, Menominee
Discussion Leader: Jane Oitzinger
Cost: $40
Coded communications eloquently detail, both literally and figuratively, painful constrictions and unexpected rewards of the traditions by which 19th century Chinese country women conducted their lives. Lily, an elderly matriarch, looks back at her intimate friendship with Snow Flower, a relationship initiated when both were seven years old with a fan Snow Flower sent to Lily. Using a special women’s language called “nu shu,” the two pour out their innermost feelings to each other deepening their connection throughout the years until a betrayal divides them. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is both suspenseful and poignant as well as an absorbing historical chronicle.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: The Landing Restaurant, Menominee
Discussion Leader: Katherine Holman
Cost: $40
In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany’s, her poignancy, wit, and naiveté still continues to charm us 50 years later. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a lighter read – something the reader can maneuver despite all of life’s other demands, for Holly makes a holiday of life. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a beautifully written, excellently executed novel. As Norman Mailer said, “He (Capote) writes the best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm. I would not have changed two words in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which will become a small classic.”
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: The Landing Restaurant, Menominee
Discussion Leader: Sharon Kostelecky
Cost: $40
Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize and a popular television miniseries, Empire Falls is the story of a once thriving mill town long controlled by the Whiting family. Though the town is no longer prosperous, Francine Whiting, widow of the last Whiting son, wields near absolute power over its inhabitants, including Miles Roby, who manages The Empire Grill. Mrs. Whiting, who owns the grill, leads Miles to believe he will inherit the grill – to toy with him for reasons only she understands. Fascinating subplots arise out of other captivating characters that call the town home. This novel about family relationships, power, control and revenge is sure to spark an interesting discussion.
March: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: The Landing Restaurant, Menominee
Discussion Leader: Jennifer Flatt
Cost: $40
This winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Literature is about the father from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. It imagines his travails in the South during the Civil War (the reason the family was left alone in Massachusetts). Written in a style commensurate with a diary from the era, March: A Novel is a provocative story about good and evil and the compromises life demands of us.