Education at the EAC
 Puppet Class |  Painting Class |  Organ Demonstrations with Edward French |  Students working together |
What We Do
Sundays at the Arts Center
These popular Sunday Afternoon programs provide a window into the creative process in music, poetry, drama and storytelling. In addition to performing/reading/sharing a piece, the presenters talk about the artist, the artistic form they use, and the historic context of their creation. Together, the Eastport Concert Series and the EAC create wonderful educational experiences for young and old. These performances will start January 2009.
Youth and Adult workshops at the Arts Center
Youth get hands-on learning in a variety of artistic disciplines, such as painting, puppetry, dance, and Passamaquoddy arts. Some of the high quality classes taught for adults are painting, print-making, and fabric arts. Classes are offered during the summer and school vacation times. (See below for our summer schedule)
Arts in the Schools
The EAC collaborates with the schools in the area to introduce students to a variety of artistic disciplines and also give them an understanding of the creative process through direct hands-on experience. Sometimes students come as a group to the Arts Center for these experiences (such as the demonstrations of the Arts Center’s tracker organ). Other times artists work with students in the schools.
Scholarships
To ensure that everyone can participate in our summer workshops, we have scholarships available. Scholarships are available only to residents of Eastport and surrounding communities. If you cannot pay the full fee for the workshop, you can apply for a scholarship to cover part or the entire fee. You can also volunteer to help with ArtsBloom or other EAC events in exchange for scholarship assistance.
Please visit the volunteer page to do so.
2008 Summer Workshops
Youth Workshops
International Dance for Children I
Instructor: Dovie Gaither
Join this fun class where you will learn 10 to 12 dances from various countries in Eastern Europe. This weeklong class will
culminate in an exhibition of the dances learned for parents and friends!
Ages 6-8, M,T, W, TH, & F, June 16-20,
9am-10am
Registration Fee: $20
International Dance for Children II
Instructor: Dovie Gaither
Come dance! A class designed for older youth, you’ll have a chance to learn complex Eastern European dances and exhibit them to all of your friends and family at the end of the week.
Ages 9 and up, M, T, W, TH, & F, June 16-20,
10am-11am
Registration Fee: $20
Around the Waterfront
Instructor: Romantha Burow
Ever sit and stare at the water, boats, or watch the birds along the shore? Ever want to draw what you see? This is your chance—we will walk around, look at, and draw Eastport’s waterfront with oil pastels. Ages 9-15, M, T, W, TH, & F, July 7-11
9 am-11:30 am
*materials not included
Registration Fee: $50
Tie-Dye for Kids
Instructor: Shelby Howe
Do you want to create wearable art ? During our
2-hour session, we will explore the art of tie-dying and create some funky art to wear!
Ages: 6-12 T, July 15, 9am-11am, Materials included.
Registration Fee: $15
Passamaquoddy Medicine Plants and Visiting Sacred Places
Instructors: Fredda Paul and Leslie Wood
This three day workshop offers insight into the traditions of Passamaquoddy medicine plants. A hands-on learning experience, you will study plants onsite and learn about Passamaquoddy culture through field trips.
Ages 6-14*, W, TH,& F , July 23 9am-noon: Pleasant Point (2nd Island), July 24 9am-noon: Shaman Rock, Robbinston, and July 25 8am-2pm: Petroglyph site, Machiasport. ♦Rain date on Friday August 8♦. All children must be accompanied by a guardian over the age of 18. There is no fee for the parent/ guardian.
Registration Fee: $50
To register for the following culinary camps, contact Blueberry Point Chefs:
853-4629
Kids’ Kitchen Survival Camp I
Instructor: Audrey Patterson
Can you survive in your kitchen and turn out a healthy and tasty meal for your family? You’ll have fun while you learn basic knife skills, bake yummy desserts and create simple nutritious meals you can duplicate at home. Parents are invited to sample the day’s specialties at the end of each class.
Minimum age: 7; M & T, August 4 & 5, 10am-12:30pm at the Blueberry Point Chefs.
Materials included.
Registration Fee: $30 or $20 for one day
Enrollment limited, pre-registration required.
Kids’ Kitchen Survival Camp II
Instructor: Audrey Patterson
An International Culinary Adventure.. We’ll create a very special menu with flavors from Latin America, Europe and Asia using ingredients available at your local supermarket or your home garden. You’ll leave with new enthusiasm, cooking skills, and recipes. The class is open to parents also if space is available (please inquire).
For ages 10 & up, W, August 6, 4pm-7pm at the Blueberry Point Chefs.
Materials included.
Registration Fee: $30
Enrollment limited, pre-registration required.
Adult Workshops
Paint Eastport en Plein Aire
Instructor: Michael Chesley Johnson
In this two-day outdoor workshop, join award-winning artist Michael Chesley Johnson as he shows you his way of painting landscape. From basic approach to landscape abstraction, this class will help you develop your skills as an landscape artist. All levels welcome.
Adults, S & SU, July 12 & 13, 9am-4pm
Materials not included.
Registration Fee: $150
Three Book Forms and Book Printing
Instructors: Kris Sader & MaryAnn Schwarcz
You will construct 3 simple book forms, the basic flip-flop card, workshop keepsake accordion fold book and a palm book. Through exploring three basic printmaking techniques—stamp, gelatin and linoleum— you will embellish your books or make traditional image-based work. Ages 15 and up, T, W, & TH, July 29, 30, & 31 9am-3pm, Materials included.
Registration Fee: $100
Painting Portraits
Instructor: Cheri Walton
On the first day well-known Eastport artist, Cheri Walton, will teach you a method of drawing in charcoal that teaches illusion of form on a flat surface. You will use this technique to paint self-portraits on the second day.
Adults, F & S, August 8 & 9, 9am–5pm, Materials not included.
Registration Fee: $100
Painting from Photographs
Instructor: Cheri Walton
Learn to properly extract a good painting from a photograph using a process that can be as exciting and spontaneous as
painting on location.
Adults, F & S, September 12 & 13,
9am–5pm Materials not included.
Registration Fee: $100
Surface Design on Cloth: Traditional
Methods, Modern Applications I:
Bound-Resist
Instructor: Susan Lehnen, M.Ed
This workshop focuses on the Bound-Resist, which is sophisticated tie-and-dye method from Africa, Asia and India. Adults, M, W, and F, September 15, 17, & 19, 9am-noon, Materials included.
Registration Fee: $80
Surface Design on Cloth: Traditional
Methods, Modern Applications II:
Starch Batik
Instructor: Susan Lehnen, M.Ed
This workshop focuses on the Starch Batik method, which is drawn and stenciled patterning on cloth, as practiced in China, Japan and Africa.
Adults, M, W, and F, September 22, 24, & 26, 9am-noon, Materials included.
Registration Fee: $80
Surface Design on Cloth: Traditional
Methods, Modern Applications III:
Hand-Block Printing
Instructor: Susan Lehnen, M.Ed
This workshop focuses on Hand Block-Printing which is inspired by work from Ghana, India, Europe, the Arts & Craft Movement and the Bauhaus.
Adults, M, W, and F, September 29, October 1 & 3. 9am-noon, Materials included.
Registration Fee: $80
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