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Enjoy the pleasure and excitement of new knowledge and personal creation. Have some fun with activities offered through the College of Performing and Visual Arts Office of Community Arts. There are opportunities for all ages and interests.

Register by phone 970.351.2200. Pre-registration is required for all activities. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS TWO DAYS BEFORE EVENT IS SCHEDULED unless otherwise noted.

COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE
Every Tuesday 7 – 8 pm

All are welcome in these friendly, energizing community events. It won’t be long before your foot is tapping and you’re reaching for one of the large variety of available drums and rhythm instruments. You’ll be up and drumming in no time. No experience is necessary - 3 years old or 90, you can join in!
facilitator: Marcus Hues
facilitator courtesy fee: $5/week
Held at 1308 10th Ave.

CLIP CLUB for Pre-Schoolers
Sept. 19, Oct. 17,
Nov. 21 & Dec. 19
10 am – noon

Saturdays for 4 sessions
(attend 1 session or all 4)

Pre-school-aged children can create, learn, imagine and play through music making, singing, movement and finger play, with a main focus on an art project.
Ages: ages 3 - 5
Instructor: Sara Heimbecker
fee: $15 per session
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church 803 10th Ave.

NATURE CRAFT
Objects from nature were the very first art supplies. Ancient people used them to craft beautiful and useful things. Make your own contemporary nature crafts using the abudance of autumn’s natural treasures. Sign up for one class or both.
• Saturday, September 19
1 – 3 pm

Celebrate the autumnal equinox with traditions from different cultures—make corn dolls, autumn wreaths, decorate gourds and sample moon cakes.
Ages: 8 – adult
Instructor: Dyana Wyeno
fee: $15 (includes supplies)
(take BOTH classes for $25)
Crabbe 202
• Saturday, October 10
1 – 3 pm

Create cards, wall hangings and picture frames using ink and fresh leaves.
Ages: 8 – adult
Instructor: Dyana Wyeno
fee: $15 (includes supplies)
(take BOTH classes for $25)
Crabbe 202

BEGINNING DRAWING
September 24 - December 3
Thursdays for 10 sessions
6:30 – 8:30 pm

Have you always wished you could draw, but think you have no “talent?”Drawing is a highly teachable and enjoyable skill. Let us show you how. Learn basic drawing techniques and try different materials to capture the world around you.
Ages: 15 to Adult
Instructor: Dyana Wyeno
fee: $100 (supplies can be purchased from the instructor)
Crabbe 202

 

 

BEGINNING DRAWING
September 24 - December 3
Thursdays for 10 sessions
6:30 – 8:30 pm

Have you always wished you could draw, but think you have no “talent?”Drawing is a highly teachable and enjoyable skill. Let us show you how. Learn basic drawing techniques and try different materials to capture the world around you.
Ages: 15 to Adult
Instructor: Dyana Wyeno
fee: $100 (supplies can be purchased from the instructor) Crabbe 202

DESIGNING A MAGNETIC PALETTE
for OIL & ACRYLIC PAINTERS
1 Day Arts

Saturday, October 3
9 am – 4 pm

Every individual has a unique fingerprint, and no two people will see color in the same way. This class will emphasize development in a personalized palette using total immersion into color in order to form an exclusive and singular color personality. Color is everything!
Ages: young adult/adults
Instructor: Sylvia Greenfield
fee: $60
(students will provide own supplies) at Hometown Art & Framing 2816 W. 10th St.

HOLIDAY IDEAS WORKSHOP with ARTIST TRADING CARDS
Saturday, October 17
12:30 – 3:30 pm

ATCs are an international craze and widely collected. Learn to make your own using water media and other techniques, then turn them into holiday decorations, cards, gifts.
Ages: 12- adult
Instructor: Annie Surbeck
fee: $25 (includes supplies)
at Hometown Art & Framing

Dia de los Muertos
Saturday, October 24
10 – 2 pm

get ready for Hallowween and learn about Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead). Make your own sugar skulls, shrines and decorations.
Ages: 8 – adult
Instructor: Dyana Wyeno
fee: no charge
Call 351-2200 for location

POP-UP CARDS
Saturday, November 14
1 – 3 pm

Cut and fold your personal season’s greetings. Simple, but impressive paper engineering creates unique pop-up cards.
Ages: 8 to Adult
Instructor: Dyana Wyeno
fee: $12 (includes supplies)
at Hometown Art & Framing
2816 W. 10th St.

PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS
time, date and place to be arranged on an individual basis
Looking for a music teacher? UNC’s outstanding music education and music performance students teach private lessons to individuals of all ages and abilities.

Call 351-2206 for all the details


FALL OPERA-TUNITIES
$5 per event. Sign up one week
prior to each event. Call 351-2200
Enrich your opera experience with a pre-show lecture! These events feature our own exceptional School of Music faculty, but they are anything but dry, academic discourse: art, music, politics and history all mix to tell interesting stories about the creation of these works.

1) BROWN-BAG LUNCH:
COMPOSERS ROUND-TABLE
Saturday, October 17
Noon,
UCCC Two Rivers Lounge
Meet the composers and librettists of many of the operas featured in our fall opera scenes program (pg.7) “The Undiscovered Country: scenes from unknown and rarely-performed American opera and musical theatre.” Bring a lunch to enjoy this informal dialogue.

2) HANDEL’S SERSE (XERXES)
Thursday, November 12
(Repeated November 13 & 14)
6:30 pm, Frasier Hall 90

This rarely-performed opera gem features some of Handel’s most glorious and recognizable tunes (see pg. 9). What became of the work after its premiere, and how was it revived? Turn to UNC’s engaging music faculty for all the answers. Brian Clay Luedloff, Director of Opera Theatre & Dr. Russell Guyver, Director of Orchestras discuss “Production History and Politics in Handel’s Serse.” Choose from one of the following dates:
• Thursday, November 12
• Friday, November 13
• Saturday, November 14

 

College of Performing and Visual Arts • Guggenheim Hall, Room 204 • Campus Box 30 • University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639 • Phone: 970-351-2515 • Fax: 970-351-2699

Last updated October 23, 2009

 

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