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CPR
May 17 CRN: 50198
Fourth Street Campus, Rm C10
8:30am-2:30pm
Fee: $40
Includes certification requirements for CCC students and the general public.
EMT Challenge Exam
May 3 CRN: 50200
May 4 CRN: 50201
June 12 CRN: 50119
Times for all 8:00am-2:30pm
Fourth Street Campus, Rm C10
Fee: $100
Motorcycle Safety Training
Fourth Street Campus, Room B1
Instructor: Dave Mills
Fee: $270
CRN: 50232 Sec. 1
May 9, 10 & 11 , Fri., 6-9pm; Sat., 7:30am-5:30pm; Sun., 7:30am-12:30pm
CRN: 50233 Sec. 2
May 10 & 11, 8am-6pm
Location for both sections: Camp Navajo military installation in Bellmont, AZ.
The Basic Rider Course (BRC) is the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s introductory motorcycle riding course. It is paced for beginners and satisfies the AZ State requirements to obtain a motorcycle endorsement should the student successfully complete the course.
The BRC gives the student an opportunity to learn proper methods at a measured pace in non-threatening, controlled conditions, guided by experienced Rider Coaches who have been trained and certified by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation to teach this curriculum.
This course in intended for students who have: (1) never been on a motorcycle; (2) some experience, but no training; (3) been long time (or long since) riders who want to refresh their basic riding skills.
The class requires approximately 5 hours of classroom and 11 hours of on-range riding time. Class schedule end times may vary depending on student progress.
The motocycle, gloves and helmet will be provided to the student to use during the course.
Upon successful completion of the BRC the student receives (1) a MVD Certificate of Completion that allows them to obtain a motorcycle endorsement on their drivers license and (2) a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course completion card which may entitle them to an insurance discount.
Writing and Publishing Your First Book
May 8, 6-10pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 505
Instructors: Bobbie Christensen
Fee: $35 CRN: 50175
This award winning author will fill you in on writing, publishing and marketing your book on a shoe-string budget. Learn how to sell your work to a publisher or self-publish, get information on ISBNs, copyright and other information. If you are a writer and are looking for publishing information, then this workshop is a must.
Building your Financial Portfolio (cancelled)
May 9, 6-10pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 505
Instructors: Bobbie & Eric Christensen
Fee: $35 CRN: 50176
Retired bankers, the Christensens have appeared on PBS Smart Money and other TV and radio shows. Learn about safe investing and how to do easy research on such things as splits, dividends and other topics. They will explain investments in a way that the layman can understand.
Plant Walk & Medicine Making (cancelled)
May 10, 9am-5pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 510--carpool to Cave Springs Campground
Instructor: Mike Masek
Fee: $60 CRN: 50177
Have you ever looked at a plant and wondered what it could be used for? There are several edible and medicinal plants in Oak Creek Canyon such as asparagus, bee balm, oregon grape, yucca and many others. Learn about medicinal herbs and how to identify local healing plants. Make tinctures, balms and salves in the afternoon.
Surviving Nature
May 17, 9am-noon
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Jon Helleson
Fee: $30 CRN: 50185
If you are a hiker, biker, hunter or just like being outdoors, there is always the possibilty of getting lost or stranded. Would you know how to keep warm, find food and water or find your way to safety? From learning which plants are edible to how to make rope from plant fibers, this hands-on workshop may save your life.
Flat Weave Tapestry Rug Techniques
May 19-23, 9am-4pm
Location: TBA
Instructor: Joanne Tallarovic
Fee: $350+ $20 notebook fee CRN: 50217
This workshop is an introduction to tapestry techniques on the floor loom to produce weft-face rugs. Using interlock, turn lock, and slits, each student will weave arrangements of squares, crosses, stars, diamonds, vertical and horizontal lines. This five day comprehensive workshop is for beginning through advanced students.
Summer 2008 Art Workshops
Introduction to Glass Fusing
June 3 – 19, Tues., & Thurs., 6 – 8 pm
Aristocraft Studios, 2900 N. West St.
Instructor: Pat Kearny
Fee: $200 CRN: 50013
Skill level: Beginning through intermediate
Learn the fundamentals of glass fusing and experience the excitement of creating your own fused glass art in this hands-on workshop.
No Fear! Watercolor
June 13 – 15, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Rm 536
Instructor: Roberta Rogers
Fee: $200 CRN: 50021
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
This is a class for the intimidated watercolorist! We will create an encouraging jump start for painters who would appreciate learning or reviewing the quick basics and taking those skills to outdoor painting. Paintings done outdoors on Saturday will be brought back to the studio for more creative development and exploration.
Tying Up Loose Ends
June 14 – 15, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Joanne Tallarovic
Fee: $100 + $30 material fee CRN: 50014
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
You will get a comprehensive look at finishes for different items and how to handle them aesthetically and effectively. The instructor will weave samples for all students that contain enough ends to tie seed knots, twisted fringes with different number of ends (spinning and plying simultaneously) to produce fringes that are exactly the correct length; even contoured. Learn a double, 7-strand braided finish with concealed ends. Add extra ends to make heavier fringes even though fewer warp ends actually exist. Borrow from adjacent threads to blend different colors and twist to give a variety of visual effects. All aspects of fringes and finishes will be addressed.
Using Dry Pigments with Watercolor and Acrylic
June 16 – 20, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 536
Instructor: Merrill Mahaffey
Fee: $300 CRN: 50022
Skill level: Intermediate through advanced
Learn how to work with dry pigments, watercolor and acrylic paint and mediums. Pure, dry pigments offer an unlimited potential for creating unique and vibrant effects in your paintings. Create rich and varied surfaces and shimmering layers of color. Work with renowned painter Merrill Mahaffey and expand your repertoire of materials and techniques.
New Rep Weave & Beyond: Design, Theory, and Technique
July 7 – 11, 9 am – 4 pm, Mon. – Thurs.; 12 – 4 pm, Fri.
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Joanne Tallarovic
Fee: 300 + $20 notebook fee CRN: 50015
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
More new projects that supplement Joanne’s book, The Weaver’s Studio Rep Weave and Beyond, from Interweave Press, 2004, will inspire your creative spirit to take a new and different approach to an old technique. Use the theory and technique of Swedish ripsmatta (or Scandinavian rep weave). Previous rep weave experience is required. The instructor will furnish worksheets, warping instructions and other important information one month prior to the workshop and looms must be ready for weaving the first morning.
Daily activities include weaving, lecture and technical information.
Wood-Fired Ceramic Mural Project
July 7 – 12, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 534
Instructor: Don Bendel
Fee: $250, materials and firing included
CRN: 50023
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
Create sculptural ceramic tiles for a mural that will be installed on the CCC Lone Tree Campus. Workshop artists will also have time to create their own work to fire in the Noborogama Tozan kiln and participate in the firing in the fall.
Introduction to Pastels
July 11 – 13, 10 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Gwen Waring
Fee: $150 + materials CRN: 50016
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
This well known artist will help you grow your artistic talents in this workshop. Gwen will present a variety of papers and pastels and discuss technique. Discover mixing and layering techniques, find out how to create realistic and impressionistic styles, and preview demonstrations of various painting techniques. The vibrant hues you find in pastels are perfect to create your own masterpiece.
Understanding the Landscape Through the Eyes of an Artist:
Introduction to Outdoor Drawing
July 11 – 13, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus and field trips
Instructor: Bruce Aiken
Fee: $250 CRN: 50017
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
Study the basics of landscape interpretation with painter Bruce Aiken. Topics include: how to discern composition in nature, drawing structure, dynamics and rhythm. Field trips to surrounding scenic areas, such as Sedona and San Francisco Peaks, will be included.
Slipping, Slicing & Stacking
July 14 – 18, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Rm 534
Instructor: Tony Winchester
Fee: $300, includes materials
CRN: 50024
Skill level: Intermediate through advanced
Concentration will be on altering thrown forms utilizing faceting & fluting techniques, texture and wet slip work. Participants will be encouraged to create composite pieces based off the three basic forms of cylinder, sphere, platter or bowl in varying proportions, including pitchers, teapots, etc. Bring throwing tools & any kind of textural implements.
Throwing & Smoking
July 21 – 25, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Rm 534
Instructor: Joni Pevarnik
Fee: $250, includes materials
CRN: 50018
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
Explore the Japanese tradition of Raku through the complete process, from clay forming techniques to the final firing process resulting in unique, colorful surfaces.
Surface: Layered Symposium & Workshops
July 28 – August 1
Color Mixing for Dyers
July 28 – August 1, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 536
nstructor: Carol Soderlund
Fee: $375, includes $70 material fee
CRN: 50025
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
Dye the color you choose, not the color that chooses you! Explore the unlimited number of hues possible by mixing only pure reds, yellows, and blues of Procion MX dye. Teams of students will use different sets of primaries that when mixed will yield hundreds of colors in a wide range of values. Sharing the results, each student will build a sample book of more than 1,000 dye formulas on 100% cotton fabric. This book will become an invaluable reference for future dying. Using the sample book as a guide, each student will apply the basic techniques of dying, including dying value gradations, over-dying, and low water immersion techniques to do further explorations as time allows.
Going Down Your Own Road
July 28 – 30, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 533
Instructor: Darcy Falk
Fee: $200 CRN: 50019
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
Explore methods of developing personal imagery and content, including ways of generating and developing ideas. Discover how techniques impact content, and look at various ways of working toward rich, meaningful artworks.
Direct Dye Painting and Composition
July 31 – August 1, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 534
Instructor: Melanie Testa
Fee: $175 CRN: 50026
Skill level: Intermediate through advanced
Explore design and composition with thickened dyes on cotton broadcloth and silk organza. Work in a small format using freezer paper and monoprinting and direct dye techniques to build a work of art while learning basic thickened dye techniques.
Creating Designs on Textiles
July 28 – 30, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 109
Instructor: Kathyanne White
Fee: $200 CRN: 50027
Skill level: Intermediate through advanced
Learn everything you need to know about bringing digital images to fabric using an inkjet printer. Ideas and discussions in this workshop will include design, content, composition, personal style, color, suitability, surface selection, surface preparation, getting a quality print and many others.
Participants will print images and do small studies and projects. Some knowledge of photo program software is necessary. Knowledge of Photoshop Elements or Photoshop will be helpful.
Puttin’ on the Rips
July 28 – August 1, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Joanne Tallarovic
Fee: $300 + $15 notebook fee CRN: 50028
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
Weave wonderful fabric for clothing using the same theory involved in ripsmatta (rep weave). A similar threading, used for placemats and table linens, is scaled down to produce dramatic handwoven fabric with loom-controlled ripsmatta images on the surface. Warps of unmercerized cottons; 8/2, 10/2, 12/2, 16/2, and 20/2 are set at 12 – 15 epi. Both thick and thin wefts are necessary to produce a rep weave pattern on the surface.
Students weave on their own 4 or 8-shaft looms threaded in four to eight-block designs with different wefts and tie-ups for maximum effect and design possibilities. Participants weave fabric for a vest or jacket, approximately 2-1/2 to 3 yards, or more. Emphasis will be placed on achieving a stable, flexible fabric suitable for clothing.
Students design their own warp with help from Joanne’s book, Rep Weave and Beyond, from Interweave Press, 2004.
Printing on Silks
July 28 – 30, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 534
Instructor: Barb Wills
Fee: $200 CRN: 50029
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
The unique qualities of silk make it an ideal canvas for painting and printing. Watercolor, acrylic painters and fiber artists will find silk paints are very similar to these media. This workshop combines fine art printing techniques with fiber art and takes students beyond the basics of printing on fiber.
The workshop will begin with painting silk scarves to become familiar with silk and silk paints. Then the workshop will progress to painting on stretched silk, creating relief plates, and nontraditional printing techniques for fiber. Students will leave with a painted scarf, painted and printed silk and several printing plates that can be used to hand print, as well as extensive resources on the techniques used.
Hand-Dyed Fabric Extravaganza
July 31 – August 1, 9 am – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 533
Instructor: Adrienne Buffington
Fee: $175 CRN: 50036
Skill level: Beginning
This workshop is an introduction to hand-dyeing. Explore basic color theory and learn to create clear, bright primary, secondary and tertiary colors through basic dyeing techniques. There will be plenty of time to play and experiment.
Oh, Dry-Up: Weaving Scandinavian Towels
August 11 – 15, 9 am – 4 pm, Mon. – Thurs., 12 – 4 pm, Fri.
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Joanne Tallarovic
Fee: $300 + $15 notebook fee CRN: 50020
Skill level: Beginning through advanced
Hand, kitchen, and sauna towels are the focus of this workshop. It is ideal for the patient, precise weaver who longs to weave fine towels in a variety of Scandinavian techniques. Lectures will cover selection of fiber for each technique as well as warping and weaving approaches to produce the finest quality possible. Information will be provided so that participants can warp, thread and tie-up their looms before the workshop begins.
Summer "Funshops" for Tweens & Teens
Yoga Fitness for Girls
12 – 15 year olds, Tues., & Thurs., June 10 – July 24 from 10 – 11 am
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Donna Jagielski
Fee: $95 CRN: 50034
Gain strength and flexibility while building self-esteem in this yoga funshop. Bring a mat and water.
Running Fitness for Girls
12 – 15 year olds, Mon. & Wed., June 9 – July 23 from 10 – 11 am
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Donna Jagielski
Fee: $95 CRN: 50035
Share comradeship with a running buddy while building strength and self-esteem in this fun workshop. Explore the local Flagstaff Urban Trail System just offsite from Coconino Community College’s Lone Tree Campus. Bring your running shoes and water. Nature Drawing & Journaling
10 – 13 year olds, June 9 – 13 from 1 – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Denise Minger
Fee: $95 + materials CRN: 50003
Good naturalists gain knowledge by devoting themselves to direct observation. Nature journaling is a process that fosters self-learning, challenging the observer to combine intellect with experience. Gain a greater appreciation of nature through your drawings and recordings. Denise will demonstrate quick and easy methods of recording what you see in the natural world with pencil, colored pencils and pen and ink. Create & decorate your own personal journals.
Point, Click & Customize: Digital Photography & Photoshop
13 – 15 year olds, June 16 – 20 from 1 – 4 pm, CRN: 50004
10 – 12 year olds, June 23 – 27 from 1 – 4 pm, CRN: 50005
Lone Tree Campus, Room 109
Instructor: Denise Minger
Fee: $95
See the world through a lens of a camera. Discover the basics of digital photography including composition, lighting and color. Then manipulate your photos using Photoshop. Cameras will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. You will be going outdoors to take pictures, so dress for the weather and hiking.
Bejeweled, Bedazzled, Belovely: Jewelry Making
13 – 15 year olds, June 23 – 27 from 1 – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Mon.-Tues. & Thurs.-Fri.
Fourth Street Campus on Wed.
Instructor: Araceli Walker
Fee: $95 + $75 material fee CRN: 50006
Day 1, June 23: Go Dichro Faux: Pendant & Earrings
Create jewelry out of glass pieces, film, powdered iridescent ink with the use of rubber stamps & a hot plate.
Day 2, June 24: Bamboo Mania
Make a necklace using bamboo, leather cord & beads while using rubber stamps & ink pads. Also learn basic stringing. Create a bracelet using glass beads and spacers & learn how to crimp on a clasp.
Day 3, June 25: Mini Me Booklet Necklace
Make a miniature book with the use of shrink-e-dinks. Use charms, glass beads, velum, leather cord, inks & rubber stamps to decorate your booklet.
Day 4, June 26: Crochet Away
Create your own unique necklace designs using wire, glass beads, charms and a crochet hook. Choose from a variety of colors of wire and beads.
Day 5, June 27: Fibers & Fun
Leather cord, wire, interesting fibers and beads come together to make lovely and fun-to-wear necklaces. Use Italian yarns to make a fluffy & fun one-of-a kind piece of art.
From Caveman to Rocket Science (full)
10 – 13 year olds, July 7 – 11 from 9 am – 12 pm
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Jon Helleson
Fee: $120 CRN: 50007
Day 1, July 7: Survival Skills
Make shelters, learn what to carry, signaling, fire basics and how to make fire without matches, knot tying, first aid, purifying water, knife safety-handling, sharpening, carving, map and compass.
Day 2, July 8: Plants
Make paper, carry out plant experiments & carrot cloning, identify parts of plants & different species, learn ethnobotany, prepare seed starts, ecology and more.
Day 3, July 9: Simple Rockets
Learn parts of a rocket and their function, make balloon rockets, alka-seltzer rockets, menthos and soda rockets, soda bottle rockets with parachutes and launch them.
Day 4, July 10: Self Defense
Practice rolling, punching, kicking (pads—not people), evading, escaping different types of grabs, blocking punches and kicks.
Day 5, July 11: Anasazi Hunting Skills
Make snares/traps, throw a rabbit stick, make a sling, atlatl, tracking, stalking and hiding games, edible wild animal foods walk, make a bull roar and play native fitness games.
If time allows, learn Anasazi Gathering Skills.
Make agave baskets with hand woven straps made from yucca rope and glue them together with pine pitch glue. Make a pair of tongs for gathering prickly pear fruit. Cook foods without steel pots. Learn how to make a deer figurine from bear grass.
Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Camp
12 – 15 year olds, July 14 – 18 from 1 – 4 pm
Fourth Street Campus, Room B35, Monday – Thursday
Lone Tree Campus, Friday
Instructor: Nicole Mills
Fee: $95 CRN: 50008
Want to improve your cooking skills and impress family and friends? Have fun creating tasty foods from main dishes to desserts. You also get to eat what you make!
Beginning Game Design
13 – 15 year olds, July 14 – 18 from 9 am – 12 pm
Lone Tree Campus, Room 110
Instructor: Jeff Jones
Fee: $95 CRN: 50009
Learn how to use a free piece of software and the web to design and create your own computer games that you can share with friends and family. Basic computer knowledge required.
Drum & Dance African Style
10 – 12 year olds, July 14 – 18 from 1 – 4 pm, CRN: 50038
13 – 15 year olds, July 28 – August 1 from 1 – 4 pm, CRN: 50039
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Mr. Amara Mansare
Fee: $95
Learn authentic drumming and dancing from this very talented African musician. Study beats, rhythm and style as you learn to listen and play.
Mountain Biking Adventures
10 – 13 year olds, July 21 – 25 from 9 am – 12 pm
Meet at the Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Shawn Nittmann
Fee: $95 CRN: 50010
These mountain biking treks will leave you feeling exhilarated as you discover some of the wonderful trails Flagstaff has to offer. Basic bike maintenance will also be included. Pack plenty of snacks and water and bring your bike and sense of adventure!
Lost & Found: Geocaching
13 – 15 year olds, July 21 – 25 from 9 am – 12 pm
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Jeff Jones
Fee: $95 CRN: 50011
Use your GPS to find and track multiple treasures all over the world. Make hiking an adventure. Requirements: GPS unit and basic knowledge.
Exploration of Media in Art
13 – 15 year olds, July 21 – 25 from 1 – 4 pm
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Gwen Waring
Fee: $95 + materials CRN: 50012
Have fun participating in this multimedia exploration in art, which will include pen and pencil sketching, painting with pastels, creating beautiful pine needle baskets, and making sculptural art in nature as inspired by Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy.
Additional Non-Credit Workshops
Jazzercise Lite
May 13 – June 26; Tues., & Thurs., 9:30 - 10:30 am
Sec. 1, CRN: 50117
July 1 - August 14; Tues., & Thurs., 9:30 - 10:30 am
Sec. 2, CRN: 50118
Fourth Street Campus, Room B32
Instructor: Kristina Hagen
Fee: $60
If you prefer low impact, you can't go wrong with this popular 60 minute light version of the original Jazzercise program.
Bring a mat, had weights (1 - 3 lbs.), and water
Creepy Critters in Oak Creek
June 7, 10 am – noon
Meet at Tlaquepaque on Hwy 179 in Sedona
Instructor: Shawn Nittmann
Fee: $35/family CRN: 50030
Discover and identify the critters (macroinvertebrates) that lurk in the waters of Oak Creek. Bring a lunch.
Container Gardens
June 7, 9 am – noon
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Loni Shapiro, Master Gardener
Fee: $30 CRN: 50031
Container gardens for small and large spaces will be demonstrated with emphasis on advantages for use in Flagstaff, materials and appropriate plants. Ideas for successful flower combinations, vegetables and herbs will be reviewed. Bring a trowel and gloves so you can get creative in the dirt for the last hour of class.
Sunny Side of Cooking
June 21, 10 am – 2 pm
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Lisa Rayner, author
Fee: $40 CRN: 50032
Construct and use solar cookers, solar food dryers and insulated box cookers to cook or dry food.
Beginning Hula Hooping for Adults
June 21, 10:30 am – noon
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Betsy Aurnou
Fee: $8 CRN: 50033
Yes, you CAN hoop! Use extra large, heavy hula hoops handmade for adults. Fun exercise and an incredible abdominal workout! Learn the basics and a few tricks. Hoops will be available for purchase.
African Drumming
June 14 & 21, 10 am – noon
Lone Tree Campus
Instructor: Mr. Amara Mansare
Fee: $50 CRN: 50037
Have a blast learning drumming techniques from this talented African musician.
CPR
August 21 Sec. 1 CRN: 50040
August 22 Sec. 2 CRN: 50041
August 23 Sec. 3 CRN: 50042
8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Fourth Street Campus, Rm C10
Fee: $40
Includes certification requirements for CCC students and the general public.
