Summer 2023 courses

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• Tote Bags: Basics and Beyond

  • When
    Wed, July 05, 2023
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    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Social Capital, 28 Spring Street, Belfast*
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Do you want to learn how to make your own reusable fabric tote bags? Are you puzzled about adding a lining or sewing a box bottom? Join me as I demonstrate how to create unlined and lined bags from a variety of cost-effective materials. I’ll show you a selection of bags with pockets, box bottoms, closures, and waterproof linings. You can try your hand at turning a lined bag right-side-out. You’ll receive a comprehensive handout with written instructions and resources.

  Note that parking around Social Capital is limited. You may need to park around the corner on High Street or farther downhill on Spring St.

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• Reflections on Providing Humanitarian Aid in North Korea and Other Authoritarian Settings

  • When
    Tue, July 11, 2023
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    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Social Capital - 28 Spring Street Belfast ME
  • Spaces left
    17

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  Increasingly, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provide humanitarian aid in countries with authoritarian governments. NGOs must ensure that the most vulnerable receive the allocated aid while concurrently liaising and coordinating with government entities who may not prioritize the needs of their at-risk populations by diverting funding or commodities to members of the military, influential entities, etc.

  Christy Gavitt is currently a global health consultant. During a six-month period in 1998 and 1999, the presenter was employed by a consortium of five US NGOs. She conducted project assessments and monitored the distribution of US food commodities through 152 food-for-work projects throughout North Korea targeting flood-damaged public works projects. This job entailed repeated contact with as many as 300 North Korean senior officials. She will discuss her experiences during the North Korean consultancy and lessons learned. 

  No required texts.  Recommended texts are:

  1)'Kim Il-Song's North Korea" by Helen Louise Hunter

  2) "North Korea Through the Looking Glass" by Kongdan Oh and Ralph C. Hassig

  Note that parking around Social Capital is limited. You may need to park around the corner on High Street or farther downhill on Spring St.
  

  
  

  
  

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• Acrylic Pour Class

  • When
    Thu, July 20, 2023
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    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Waterfall Arts, 256 High St, Belfast
  • Spaces left
    2

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  Acrylic pour is all the rage on social media! Students will explore working with acrylic paint and canvas, experimenting with colors and creation of various textural effects. A little color theory instruction will be thrown in to help students choose color combinations that will help highlight their designs. Abstraction is the key in this class. 

  If you've ever wanted to try this, now's your chance. You'll leave this class knowing a new art process and at least one finished abstract piece of art. 
  

  Sandi Cirillo has been a teacher at Senior College for over 9 years, teaching various courses in art history, drawing and fiber. She teaches classes all over the Northeast, working with various arts organizations, businesses and artist in residence programs.  She is currently represented by Local Color Gallery in Belfast, Maine and has her studio in Searsport. 
  

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• Milkweeds, Monarchs and Maine

  • When
    Tue, July 25, 2023
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    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Social Capital - 28 Spring Street Belfast ME
  • Spaces left
    13

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  A summer workshop to learn about Monarch butterfly life cycle and anatomy, the interaction between butterfly and milkweeds of Maine through lecture, art and field exploration. In this half-day workshop we will review the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), populations status, migration and related research including citizen science opportunities. We will also talk about the four native varieties of milkweed in Maine. The second half of the session will include observing, sketching and investigating milkweed nearby.

  Handouts will be provided. Bring a journal/sketch pad and drawing tools of your choice. A stool will be useful while doing field work. Hat, sunscreen, repellant - be comfortable while outside.

  Note that parking around Social Capital is limited. You may need to park around the corner on High Street or farther downhill on Spring St.
  

  Instructor: Cyrene Slegona has been engaged with Monarchs since she was a young girl in Lincolnville. As a classroom teacher she integrated work with them in grades 1 through 7. Since retirement she continues to work with citizen science projects as a Maine Master Naturalist as well as rearing, tagging and releasing Monarchs each summer. She gives presentations and workshops concerning Monarchs as an indicator species for the environment and the significance of milkweed as an essential plant for many pollinators and insects. She is a graduate of the University of Maine with a Master's degree in Education.

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