Each week we'll paint a picture. Expect something different each week; we'll mix it up with loose and realistic painting and try different techniques. Before class you will receive an email with a sketch, a reference photo, and a list of materials (paint colors, brushes, accessories (sponge, masking fluid, etc.). Each painter is encouraged to make the painting their own - choosing different colors, or applying their own style and perspective to the painting. Mostly we'll have fun sharing painting ideas. Prerequisites: Beginners Watercolor & Zoom Experience

Assume an attitude of benevolence toward yourSELF. My hope is this course will be open, personal, and reflective, as well as chronically encouraging. This course is FOR you, ABOUT you, the topic is You. Let prudence be your guide. (The prudence of right judgement.) There are many, many other aspects about your life, your sense of "self", to talk about. I never want you to feel pressured or forced to say anything. You are free to be quiet, observe, listen, and reflect at any given time or moment. Let this be a time for peace, reflection, and reflection and appreciation for the life you've been given. When you realize who you truly are, many dissatisfactions will simply fall away.

Abraham Lincoln was one of our keenest theorists of democracy. For most of his life, democracy in America failed to deliver justice on what Lincoln believed was the most crucial moral test the nation ever faced, yet he never wavered in his belief that nothing was "as clearly true as the truth of Democracy." This short class will examine one speech of Abraham Lincoln's each week for six weeks. We will set the context for these speeches and discuss their insights, looking for what was unique and enduring about Lincoln's vision of the republic, his approach to the conflicts of his time, and his remarkable trust in the future.

In 1959 Studebaker recorded it's most profitable year ever, yet by 1963 all of the workers in South Bend were laid off. What happened? This history course will discuss why Studebaker went out of business and several chances that might have saved them. Studebaker made great cars, but that wasn't enough for them to stand the test of time. We'll focus on the business decisions Studebaker executives made and discuss the external forces that ultimately led to the end of the line for South Bend's once largest employer. It's a story of drama, dividends, suicide, brilliance, idiocy, great successes, and huge losses. This is a special, one time, 90 minute presentation.

This course will explore the ways of visually exploring the world around you. The emphasis will focus on how artists, particularly painters and photographers, have used their mediums to enhance ways of seeing. We will also touch on elements of the visual through history in philosophy, psychology and religion. The course will steer participants to utilize simple capture tools, such as their phone's camera, to put these thoughts to use in their everyday lives. No prior experience with photography is necessary, and cameras/cell phones are not required for the course.