CULTUREPASS EVENTS

Printmaking:
A wonderful opportunity to learn the fascinating world of printmaking. Whether it’s all-new, or you have the experience, we are offering Sunday afternoon open studio time to work on your own projects in the company of experienced and highly acclaimed printmakers. Alanna Baird and/or Ann Manuel will be on hand to advise, encourage and assist. Each month’s block of 4 sessions will be a look at a different technique of printmaking.
These sessions in our beautiful and bright renovated print studio will be relaxed and welcoming. Whether you want to produce your own cards, limited edition artworks, or simply learn new skills and express your creativity, this is the place to be!

Pottery:
This Social Sunday is an open studio where you can mingle, share ideas, and work on your independent projects. An experienced ceramicist, Travis Melanson, is our studio technician. The first week will include a short tutorial to introduce you to the studio and the materials available for you to use. The requirement is that you have basic knowledge of throwing pottery or some experience in working with clay.
You can be a beginner with basic knowledge or an experienced artist. Each Studio Social has appointed an experienced artist as a studio technician to help you with equipment, answer questions about our studios and materials will be available to you.

Come and practice a hobby or learn something new – have fun and be creative! This program at SSANC is aimed at providing a relaxed social opportunity to Seniors in our community – a chance to explore and share arts knowledge and skills. Materials will be provided where required. Informal instruction with an experienced facilitator will be offered to provide the chance to explore new media and work on small projects. We encourage participants to work on their own projects, help each other with shared skills and social interaction.
Each 4-week block will look at different media, including pottery, painting, printing, stained glass, photography and more.
SSANC provides the studio space (with safe social distancing), basic materials and experienced instructors. Come and learn something new – or revisit a former hobby. These classes are designed to be flexible and responsive to students’ needs and preferences and can evolve as they go.

With thanks to funding from the ESDC New Horizons for Seniors grants program.

Learn the Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language right from the comfort of your own home with weekly virtual language classes with Passamaquoddy Linguist Newell Lewey. Newell will be conducting the class over Zoom which will also be streamed to the Wabanaki Public Health Facebook Page. We encourage participants to download the Zoom app to join the meeting so you can talk directly with Newell and with other students.
To tune in via Facebook Live, visit the Wabanaki Public Health Facebook Page at the time of the event to view the class.
Students are required to register for this class. To register, click this link.

Machias Adult Ed Readers' Theater students will research ideas, choose a script, then read, analyze and discuss it in order to create an entirely remote performance piece using the Zoom Platform.

We'll use presentation, digital music, image and sound manipulation software to achieve "special effects" as students read their parts with scripts at-hand so there will be NO MEMORIZATION and no in-person meetings.

Students will gain the practical experience necessary to function as a member of a production team, learn to appreciate the collaborative nature of such work, the protocols of the professional theater and how to improve communication and organizational skills.

Join multi-talented artist Alanna Baird for this evening class in linoleum block printmaking. In this four-week course, students will be designing, carving, and printing their own linocut prints! Suitable for beginners and experienced printmakers alike, you can learn the techniques involved, or practice and refine your existing skills. Basic supplies included. We recommend students begin planning a 5″x 7″ design in advance of the course. Materials Required by Students: PPE (face masks)