business networking
This networking workshop is designed to help business professionals and entrepreneurs learn the fine art of networking to increase your customer base and your business presence. Students will learn the essential elements of networking including: word of mouth marketing, contact spheres and mixers. Learn the value of a old customer compared to the cost of acquiring a new customer. Grow your business by channeling the lost art of networking. Increase your bottom line by 10%-50% and stop cold calling sales leads. Make more money without financial investment! All students will receive a copy of “The World’s Best Known Marketing Secret.”
Joe Catalano was introduced to networking 15 years ago through BNI. He was president of two chapters and a regional advisor and trainer for two years. He has personally helped hundreds of people grow their bottom line through networking.
wine: basic
understanding
and appreciation
Explore the history and diversity of our oldest and most sacred beverage! Wine importer and lecturer Paul Chartrand will explore the many regions and styles of wine made around the world, how to taste and evaluate them, and help you learn more of who and what are behind a wine label. No prior knowledge necessary. Course outline after two introductory courses will vary depending on student interests. Optional homework will include some tasting and evaluation. Further classes will be offered on Tuesday evenings to “Graduates” of the two-session course: $15 per each succeeding course.
Paul Chartrand founded Chartrand Imports in 1985 after working as
an apprentice in several French vineyards. Chartrand Imports represents and
sells wine from organic grapes and is acknowledged as a founder and creator of
the worldwide movement towards more sustainable vineyards. Paul works with and
frequently visits family wineries in France, Italy, Spain, and the western US.
His wines are sold throughout the country.
See their web site at
www.chartrandimports.com for more details.
drawing
for the absolute
beginner
Join us for this one-day intensive drawing workshops with renowned artist Dyan Berk. Have you ever wanted to learn from a pro? Here is your chance to see like an artist sees. Making marks on paper begins at a very young age. You just do it and you do it with great joy! At age 9 or 10, however, when your drawings ‘don’t look right’ you become discouraged and stop drawing. Based on the premise that everyone can learn to draw, this workshop begins right where you left off. Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see. Once you begin to experience this new way of ‘seeing’, you will watch as your drawings begin to actually ‘make themselves’. A series of exercises will engage you in the process of direct observation. My job is to encourage you to see in this new way. When we experience drawing as a process of ‘seeing’ and not as an attempt to reproduce some idea of reality our work will reveal our personal vision and style. This workshop is a great introduction to the authentic drawing process. Course fee includes all materials and class will break for a one-hour lunch at noon.
watercolor
for the absolute
beginner
You do not need to have any prior experience for this class, just the desire to learn how to paint with using unmistakably beautiful watercolor. If you have always wanted to paint with watercolors, then starting at the very beginning of the painting process with Monhegan’s accomplished watercolor artist, Dyan Berk. This one-day workshop will cover: an introduction to materials including paper, paint and brushes; making marks with your brushes and learning how to make washes (application of paints); mixing colors to achieve your desired effect; learning to see values/doing value studies; composing a painting and much, much more! As a class, we will use the natural world as well as still life as our subjects. This is a fun and intensive workshop for all those wanting to start to learn the wonderful process of painting. Course fee includes all materials and class will break for a one-hour lunch at noon.
Dyan Berk holds a BFA/ART ED degree from the University of Miami. Her paintings and drawings have been shown in
numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. She is presently represented in several galleries
and private collections in New England and the US.
Dyan brings 30 years of teaching experience to her students and is an enthusiastic, patient, insightful instructor. She has taught students from elementary age to college level. She lives and works on Monhegan Island where she has been teaching workshops since 1994. To learn more about Dyan and her work, visit her website: www.dyanberk.com
introduction to
jewelry making
with PMC
Take a one-day intensive introductory course and learn how to make the jewelry you will want to give as a wonderful gift...or keep for yourself!
You will learn metallurgy and design concepts, create sketches and use real precious metal clay, or PMC. (PMC is composed of silver mixed with an organic binder, which can be molded and shaped however the artist chooses.) You will fire your pieces using a torch and we will discuss and critique our pieces to see where to go from that point. The ideas and decisions can be endless! The final stage is clean up, polishing and, if desired, setting a few stones in the pieces to make them complete.
jewelry making
with PMC
In this longer, four-session course, you will have the opportunity to complete several projects. Projects will include creating a weaved pendant or earrings, freestyle pieces, and more. All experience levels are welcome! If you have previous experience, the instructor will work with you on an independent project to suit your skill set.
PMC self-design
During this one-day workshop, Freedom will work with you to make pieces you
have always dreamed of creating! Prior experience would be helpful for this
class, but not necessary. Bring ideas, sketches, and/or a picture of what you
would like to create.
Freedom Hamlin is the co-owner of by George Jewelers in Rockland.
Freedom has taken extensive coursework in metalsmithing and jewelry, which
featured instruction by Tina Rath and Sharon Portelance. She is an experienced
and certified stone setter, which she studied in Arizona. Read more about
Freedom
Hamlin.
jin shin jyutsu self-help, part 1
- How would it be if you knew simple, effective, hands-on, in-the-moment practices to relax, energize, defuse strong emotions and refocus, any time and any place?
- What if these practices also promoted health and healing by helping you to harmonize your energy and body-mind?
- Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help, Part 1, will teach you how to effect all of the above in simple, fun ways, using books, discussion, drawings, activities and your own hands-on practice.
- You will learn about the anatomy of energy, where it flows through your body, how it can become blocked, and how to restore energy flow to relieve stress, fatigue, symptoms and pain.
Jin Shin Jyutsu is the ancient art of harmonizing the life energy in the human body. The practice of Jin Shin Jyutsu releases tensions, which are the causes for various symptoms in the body. This is accomplished by the simple application of hands, over clothing, to specific areas called safety energy locks. This clears blocked energy pathways that are needed to feed life into our cells. When one or more of the energy pathways are blocked it may lead to illness, pain or disease.
The class fee includes the text, Jin Shin Jyutsu Is, Book 1. Please bring materials for notes and colored pencils or pens (yellow, blue, green, gray or black and red); for self-help practice, bring cushions, blankets and/or pillows to be comfortable lying on the floor. Dress comfortably and bring water and snacks, if desired, and a bag lunch if you are attending the one-day intensive. This class is a prerequisite for Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help, Part 2, with Karen Searls, which will be offered in the winter term. Part 2 emphasizes first aid and healing chronic labels and specific health disharmonies. Nurses can attend all four weekly classes or all hours of the day-long intensive to receive 7 Continuing Education Credits. There is a $10 fee for CE certificate, paid directly to the instructor.
Karen Searls is a certified practitioner of Jin Shin Jyutsu and a certified teacher of Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help. She has worked as a complementary health care practitioner since 1996 and has trained in reiki, shiatsu, neurosomatic bodywork, anatomy/physiology, ethics and empathic communication. Karen is nationally certified through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. She is approved to offer this class for CE credits through Empowering Connections, LLC, an approved provider of continuing education by ASNA, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
hypnobirthing®
~ the mongan
method ~
HypnoBirthing® is an alternative technique designed to eliminate the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome that occurs during childbirth. HypnoBirthing® has several advantages:
- Eliminates or greatly reduces the need for chemical painkillers
- Shortens the first stage of labor by several hours
- Eliminates fatigue during labor, leaving the mother fresh, awake and with energy for actual birthing
- Eliminates risk or hyperventilation from “shallow” breathing methods
- Promotes special bonding of the mother, baby, and birthing companion
This course is designed to teach couples who are expecting a child to eliminate fear and tension before, during and after birthing. HypnoBirthing® uses the tools of relaxation and self-hypnosis to bring on calm, confidence, and comfort to help produce a shorter and more peaceful labor. Call the MSAD#5 Community Education Office at 596-2018 to request a brochure with more information on this and other Hypnotherapy courses offered by the instructor.
Emily Genever is the owner and operator of Acadia Hypnotherapy & HypnoBirthing®, located in Winterport. Emily is a certified hypnotherapist as well as a certified HypnoBirthing® childbirth educator and practitioner. She received her training as a hypnotherapist through the National Guild of Hypnotists as well as the Hypnosis Motivation Institute. She received extra training for her certification as a HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Educator and Practitioner through the HypnoBirthing® Institute. For more information on HypnoBirthing®, visit the official website www.hypnobirthing.com.
stage combat
Students will learn the fundamentals required of all staged combat for film and theatre, as well as look at the more specialized aspects required for broadsword, rapier and unarmed routines. Students will be provided with safety practice weapons for use during classes, but are encouraged to bring their own leather gloves as well as dress in clothing that will allow them to move freely.
Sebastian Fox is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors. He acts semi-professionally.
greenland-style
sea kayaks
consultant: andrew malcolmb
for updated course information, visit www.visionwright.com
Enjoy the “lumber to launch” experience of building your personalized, custom-fit kayak during this 120-hour course. The Greenland Sea Kayak is based on a design that is 10,000 years in the making and are not only sea-worthy, but elegant and beautiful!
Whether you are an avid kayaker, or a beginner, the investment in a kayak which fits your needs is essential. And what could be more rewarding than building your own craft? To learn more about this incredible boat-building experience that awaits you, please contact the instructor with all your kayaking questions and dreams! You can reach Andrew Malcomb by phone at 691-6274 or by email at:
andrewj@visionwright.com. Class information can be found online at www.visionwright.com.
quilting ~
delectable
mountains
quilt with
appliqué center
Create a beautiful quilt blanket or wall-hanging in the brand-new store, Quilt Divas! The store’s workshop is cozy and inviting...register with a friend and expect to have a wonderful time learning how to quilt, or improving your quilting techniques!
quilting ~
christmas
stockings
Learn how to make a unique and beautiful Christmas stocking during this one-day workshop, which will be held at the Quilt Divas store in Rockland. Apply your newfound skill to make stockings for the whole family. By suggestion of the instructor, if you have previous quilting experience, quilt the fabric before class.
Deb Rogers is the co-owner of Quilt Divas, a new quilting supply store located at 607 Main Street, Rockland. For more information on these and many other quilting courses, contact Deb or Doris at 594-9447.