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Coleman Center for Arts and Culture

Summer Workshops

Coleman Center

Knitting and Felting Workshop

The Coleman Center for Arts and Culture is pleased to announce a knitting and felting workshop led by Alicia Seale that will take place the first three Saturday’s in July. The workshop will teach the basic knit stitch, troubleshooting techniques, and the felting method. Participants will each knit and felt their own bag, and will have the option of using materials provided by the Coleman Center or bringing their own yarn and needles. The first session will take place on the Coleman Center’s monthly celebration of the arts, First Saturday, July 1st from 10 AM to 1PM. The cost of the workshop is $35 for Coleman Center members, and $40 for non-members.

This workshop is part of a series of Coleman Center workshops led by local artists. If you are interested in registering for the workshop please contact the Coleman Center for Arts and Culture at (205) 392-2005 or email info@colemanarts.org. For more information please visit the Coleman Center’s website at http://www.colemanarts.org.

Youth Photography Workshop

The Coleman Center for Arts and Culture is pleased to announce a youth photography class that will be offered this summer to area youth. The class is free and open to kids ages 8 to 14, and slots will be filled on a first come first serve basis. The class will meet from 2-4 PM every Tuesday and Friday starting on Friday June 30th and ending Friday August 4th.

The class will teach basic photographic and design principles and will include an introduction to the history of photography, building a room-sized camera obscura to understand fundamental photographic principles, self-portrait workshops, and ongoing group discussions and critiques of the student’s assignments. The final class project will be to design two group images that will be printed on vinyl and displayed outdoors in York and Livingston and an accompanying gallery exhibition of the student’s best work in September of 2006.

All materials including point and shoot cameras, color film and processing, and printing costs will be provided by the Coleman Center.

This class is made possible by funding from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Alabama Power Foundation, the Black Belt Community Foundation, and the generous contributions of individual supporters. If you have equipment or materials that you are interested in donating, would like to make a financial contribution, or are interested in registering you or someone you know for the class please contact the Coleman Center for Arts and Culture at (205) 392-2005 or email sberger@colemanarts.org.

More details and photos at http://colemanarts.org/2005/index.php

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