Adult Enrichment Courses
September - December 2009
A collection of evening courses covering a variety of interests. For more offerings from the Cornwell Center's Art Studio and Learning Center, see those pages. As with all Cornwell offeings, these are open to the community.
TO REGISTER, call 704-927-0774.
Questions? Email the Cornwell Center at cornwell@mpbconline.org;
If needed we'll refer your query to the course instructor.
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The Art of Cake Decorating for Beginners
Learn the fundamentals of cake decorating including how to level and smoothly ice a cake, how to apply different borders such as shells and beads and how to write on a cake. Discover how to add basic flowers, leaves and simple designs including the classic basket weave . Price includes beginners cake decorating kit.
INSTRUCTOR: Penny Cunningham, avid cake decorator since 1982 and member of the International Cake Exploration Societe (ICES) since 1990 and show director for their 2007 and 2008 Carolina Cake Shows; currently serving on the 2011 ICES convention board (convention will be held in Charlotte)
Oct.26 – Nov.16 (4 Mondays)
6:30 – 9pm
Room: Cornwell Center, Art Studio
$159 ($139 for Cornwell members)
NOTE: Because of materials needed for this class and the delivery time involved, Registration will close on TUES, OCT.20
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Art of Life Balance with H.E.A.R.T.™
Busy moms and mompreneurs, experience the Five (5) Simple Guiding Principles to create your life of passion, prosperity and balance. We’ll chat, create vision boards, group coach and have FUN! Move from overwhelm, stuck and uninspired to overjoyed, passionate and ready to create.
INSTRUCTOR: Karen McMillan, ACC is a dedicated mom, internationally certified leadership & retreat Coach, author, radio show host and community volunteer with more than two decades of business-life experience. She wants to share her secrets for putting yourself back on your priority list and enjoying the full meaning of each day!
Sep.24 – Oct.22 (5 Thursdays)
10:30am – 12:30pm
Room: Cornwell Lounge
$125 ($99 for Cornwell members)
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Build a FREE Website
Have you always wanted to have your own website, but don’t want to spend thousands of dollars to get one? If so, this is the class for you! Learn to build a FREE website using Microsoft Office Live software and get a presence and start making money on the Internet! Great for personal or business use. Assumes basic computer skills.
INSTRUCTOR: Mary Stephenson has training from Microsoft on their Office Live FREE Website building software and she designed and built her own website. She teaches other people how to build their own FREE websites using Office Live software.
Oct.20 – Nov.3 (3 Tuesdays)
6 – 9pm
Room: Learning Center
$119 ($99 for Cornwell members)
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Dance - Social Dance Workshop
An ongoing series of fun-filled instruction for dancers with a range of experience, from beginners to experienced dancers. Each class is a five week series and participants can begin with any class. Takes you where you are as a dancer and works with you to increase the ease, enjoyment and diversity in your dance life. Covering all rhythms for social dancing such as shag, swing, mambo, samba, salsa, foxtrot, cha-cha, waltz, etc.
INSTRUCTOR: Richard Cousins, member of U.S.A. Dance, specializes in beginners and likes to “keep it fun and social.” He’s been teaching American style social ballroom dance for 40 years has also performed ballet and in musical theatre.
Session 1 Sep.17 – Oct.15 (5 Thursdays)
Session 2 Oct.22 – Nov.19 (5 Thursdays)
7 – 8pm
Room: TBA
$49.50 per person ($42 for Cornwell members)
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E-Mail... beginning
OK, you don’t do computers (and getting along just fine)… but the younger folks in your family do. Come in and get an easy-going introduction to E-Mail and how it can bring you in closer touch with the people most important to you. Set up an E-mail account you can get to from any Internet-connected computer. For those who can use the computer a bit.
INSTRUCTOR: Randall Ford or John Bambach
Nov.2 – 30 (4 Mondays - Skips week of Thanksgiving)
10:30am – 12pm
Room: Cornwell Learning Center
$25 (FREE for Cornwell members)
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eBay - Basic Selling
Learn step by step instruction to prepare you to become a successful seller on the Internet auction site, Ebay. You will learn everything from setting up a user name, registering a PayPal account, taking good photographs, and listing an item to sell as well as numerous marketing techniques. Assumes basic computer skills.
INSTRUCTOR:Mary Stephenson, Certified eBay Education Specialist, Silver Powerseller.
Nov.17 – Dec.8 (3 sessions - Skips week of Thanksgiving)
6 – 9pm
Room: Learning Center
$99 ($84 for Cornwell members)
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Family Storytelling Circle
Learn to turn favorite stories, personal memories, and story fragments into a story that can be shared with others. Participate in non-threatening games and activities designed to inspire confidence and poise. Enhance your stories using characterization, voice, and gesture (the “Storyteller’s Toolkit”). Volunteers within the group will tell stories and receive coaching. Come together to share, laugh, love, and learn.
INSTRUCTOR: Janice Davin is a storyteller and an educator. She learned the power of a good story in the classroom by using stories to subdue mutinies and calm savage beasts. Currently, she performs for schools, churches, and retirement communities..
Beginning Fourth Week in January (dates TBA)
7 – 8:30pm
Room: TBA
FREE
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Fondant Fun for Beginners
Come learn how much fun fondant can be! In this class you will learn how to cover a cake in rolled fondant and decorate it with crimping, piping and brush embroidery. Learn how to make fabulous fondant bows and pearls as well as beautiful fondant roses and much more. Working with fondant doesn't have to be scary - come learn how to make your cakes extraordinary!
INSTRUCTOR: Penny Cunningham, avid cake decorator since 1982 and member of the International Cake Exploration Societe (ICES) since 1990 and show director for their 2007 and 2008 Carolina Cake Shows; currently serving on the 2001 ICES convention board (convention will be held in Charlotte)
Nov.23 – Dec.7 (3 Mondays)
6:30 – 9pm
Room: Cornwell Center, Art Studio
$119 ($105 for Cornwell members)
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Genealogy – Beginning
“Digging Roots on the Web,” using the Internet as your primary resource. With Ted Lucas as your personal research guide, you’ll go to the best sites, learn how to search, and get tips on how to best approach this research – and what to avoid. Assumes basic familiarity with the Internet.
INSTRUCTOR: Ted Lucas has been involved in genealogical research for 30 years, and has helped others navigate the complexities of this research since the internet. He is past president of the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society. A retired pediatrician, he’s actively assisted with many genealogical trees.
Oct.19 – Nov.2 (3 Mondays)
6 – 8pm
Room: Learning Center
$70 ($55 for Cornwell members)
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Internet... for the novice
Become more comfortable with your new computer skills while you learn how to get on the Web. Use the Internet to find information about nutrition, exercise, medication or whatever. Find out how you can correspond with other folks your age who have your interests and needs. For beginners, who have just started using the computer a bit.
INSTRUCTOR: Randall Ford or John Bambach
Nov.6 – Dec.4 (4 Fridays - Skips week of Thanksgiving)
3pm – 4:30pm
Room: Cornwell Learning Center
$25 (FREE for Cornwell members)
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Learn to use the FREE websites on the Internet
Explore the great FREE resources available on Google.com, including Skype, the FREE internet phone service – talk with and see people all over the world! Get Picasa, the FREE Photo Editing program and upload your photos to share with family and friends. Watch FREE TV Shows and Movies. Listen to FREE music online! Get a FREE e-mail account with G-Mail. Find out where you can get low prices on airfare, hotels and car rentals! And much, much more! Assumes basic computer skills.
INSTRUCTOR: Mary Stephenson has been selling on eBay, Amazon and other sites on the Internet since 1998. She has training from Microsoft on their Office Live FREE Website building software and she designed and built her own website.
Nov.10 (1 Tuesday)
6 – 9pm
Room: Learning Center
$39 ($30 for Cornwell members)
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Journey into the Writer's Secret Garden I
This course will use stories, quotes, drawing, writing, and sharing in small groups to facilitate the journey of exploration into creative space and use this fertile ground for the magical process of writing. We will explore planting guiding values, periods of silence, guided visualization and rituals like weeding out obstacles to connect the inner and outer symbols and experiences. Participants are encouraged to keep a dream journal.
INSTRUCTOR: Debra Moffitt's fiction and non-fiction essays and articles have appeared in publications in the US, Europe and Asia. Her fiction, Depression Glass, was broadcast globally by BBC World Services Radio. She presents workshops in the US and Europe on connecting writing with symbols and guiding values for self transformation.
Oct.8 – 29 (4 Thursdays)
6:30 – 8 pm
Room: Cornwell Lounge
$99 ($84 for Cornwell members)
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Make Money Selling on the Internet
See how you can easily make money by selling items on the Internet using numerous easy to use websites. You will learn step by step how to sell on eBay, Amazon, Craigslist and various other sites, including Etsy, which is a website for selling handmade items. Get registered on them all & start selling. . Assumes basic computer skills.
INSTRUCTOR: Mary Stephenson is an eBay-trained Education Specialist and the highest rated eBay trainer in the Carolinas. She's been selling on eBay, Amazon and other sites on the Internet since 1998 and has achieved Powerseller status on eBay.
Sep.22 – Oct.6 (3 Tuesdays)
6 – 9pm
Room: Learning Center
$119 ($99 for Cornwell members)
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Oil Painting with Water Soluble Oils
An intro to painting with water soluble oils presenting the basics of painting, composition, lighting and perspective. A hands-on course for all skill levels; customized to meet individual needs. Supplies list provided upon registration.
INSTRUCTOR: Kevin Brown, professional artist.
Sep.14 – Nov.2 (8 Mondays)
6 – 9pm
Room: Art Studio
$189 ($169 for Cornwell members)
Nov.9 – Dec.14 (6 Mondays) NEW LISTING!
6 – 9pm Room: Art Studio
$126 ($144 for Cornwell members)
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Perennials & Annuals for the Piedmont
A visual survey of annuals and perennials that do well in Charlotte, this class provides both beginning as well as experienced gardeners with flower gardening fundamentals, and the opportunity to get answers to individuals' gardening questions. After taking the course students are welcome to visit the instructor's garden which has been on numerous tours.
INSTRUCTOR: Pam Crown has been a Master Gardener with Cooperative Extension Service for over a decade.
Oct.12 (1 Monday)
6:30 – 9pm
Room: Conference Center
$45 ($39 for Cornwell members)
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Photoshop... Beginnings
Improve snapshots, make good pictures better, restore old photos using this program to turn them into something you’ll be proud of and your family will treasure. You needn’t be a photographer or have a digital camera. Great fun! Assumes basic computer skills – keyboard and mouse, starting programs, saving files, etc.
INSTRUCTOR: John Bambach has taught and worked in photography since 1969. His career in education and technology spans 35 years as teacher, manager, and media producer, in both higher education and public television. He is coordinator of the Cornwell Learning Center.
Session 1 Sep.17 and 24 (2 Thursdays)
6:30 – 9pm
Session 2 Nov.5 and 12 (2 Thursdays)
6:30 – 9pm
Room: Learning Center
$70 ($55 for Cornwell members)
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Photoshop – Photo Restoration
Old family photo treasures are disappearing with time. Most are damaged by poor storage, handling, and general wear and tear. Learn to use Photoshop to salvage and restore these priceless relics of family history! Assumes basic Photoshop knowledge and general computer skills.
INSTRUCTOR: John Bambach has taught and worked in photography since 1969, using Photoshop since 1995.
Oct.15 and 22 (2 Thursdays)
6:30 – 9pm
Room: Learning Center
$70 ($55 for Cornwell members)
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Photoshop – Second Steps
If you’re already cropping, adjusting image quality and removing red-eye, you’re ready for this. Increased creativity and image control with the most powerful feature of Photoshop… LAYERS! Also, refine your selection techniques for greater ease and precision. Great fun! Assumes basic Photoshop knowledge and general computer skills.
INSTRUCTOR: John Bambach has taught and worked in photography since 1969, using Photoshop since 1995.
Oct.6 and 8 (2 Thursdays)
6:30 – 9pm
Room: Learning Center
$70 ($55 for Cornwell members)
NOTE change in first class date from earlier OCT 1 and 8 schedule.
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Photoshop Workshop
This workshop-format course will take you and your project to whatever your next level would be. Whether it’s a restoration of an old family photo (using cloning and layers), fixing a bad expression in a group photo (replacing that face with another of the same person taken at the same time), or trying to improve distinct areas within a landscape (as did Ansel Adams in his printing), bring it on! Your project is our content. Assumes basic familiarity with some version of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.
INSTRUCTOR: John Bambach has taught and worked in photography since 1969, using Photoshop since 1995.
Nov.19 and Dec.3 (2 Thursdays - Skips week of Thanksgiving)
10am – 12pm
Room: Learning Center
$55 ($45 for Cornwell members)
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Pottery
Open to all levels of experience this course covers wheel, hand building, altering and finishing techniques. Open access to the studio is given to all students enrolled in class (when studio is not in use for other classes) during normal Cornwell Center hours. Enrollment includes 1 (25 lb) bag of clay per class. Extra clay is available at $15 per bag. Tools are available for purchase from the Cornwell Center at $17 per kit.
INSTRUCTOR: Charlotte Myers has been creating functional and decorative pottery for over 12 years. Her artwork has been on display and for sale in various venues in Charlotte and Asheville, NC and was featured in the Asheville Mountaineer.
Session 1 Aug.18 – Oct.13 (8 Tuesdays – no class Sep.29)
10am – 12pm
Session 2 Aug.18 – Oct.13 (8 Tuesdays – no class Sep.29)
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Session 3 Aug.20 – Oct.15 (8 Thursdays – no class Oct.1)
10am – 12pm
Session 4 Nov.3 – Dec.15 To be RESCHEDULED for early JAN.2010
10am – 12pm
Session 5 Nov.3 – Dec.15 To be RESCHEDULED for early JAN.2010
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Session 6 Nov.5 – Dec.17 To be RESCHEDULED for early JAN.2010
10am – 12pm
Room: Art Studio
$165 ($150 for Cornwell members) – for 8 wk Sessions
$125 ($115 for Cornwell members) – for 6 wk Sessions
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The Power of Poetry
Examine poems and discuss the uses of image, rhythm, rhyme, diction metaphor and form. Writers of all levels are invited to bring poems already written and waiting to be written as we explore the joys and power of poetry.
INSTRUCTOR: Diana Pinckney’s poems have appeared in Green Mountains Review, Atlanta Review, CALYX, Iodine, Cave Wall, Main Street Rag, Kakalak and other publications. She has three collections of poetry: Fishing With Tall Women, White Linen and Alchemy.
Oct.20 – Nov.17 (5 Tuesdays)
1 – 3:30pm
Room: Cornwell Conference Ctr.
$99 ($84 for Cornwell members)
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Windows… START-ing
START HERE! Begin working with a computer, use the mouse, search for Help… and find out what the heck “Windows” are! Find out how working with Windows makes your computing experience more user-friendly with pictures, menus, user options. An orientation to where you can go by clicking on the START button. For absolute beginners, or those who have been stumbling along until now.
INSTRUCTOR: Randall Ford or John Bambach
Nov.4 - Dec.2 (4 Wednesdays - Skips week of Thanksgiving)
10:30am – 12pm
Room: Cornwell Learning Center
$25 (FREE for Cornwell members)
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Writing to Make a Difference
Learn to write for magazines and on-line publications including blogs to help bring positive and constructive change. Whether you’re concerned about the environment, health issues, or community, this course for writers at any level will focus on using the written word to make a positive impact in the world. Learn how to query editors and publications, structure articles, do research and interviews, source photos and serve up powerful writing that focuses on making the world a better place.
INSTRUCTOR: Debra Moffitt Leslie writes for publications on both sides of the Atlantic. Her recent articles include, The Power of Understanding, on the CEO of a shelter for battered women, Eco-Tourism in Switzerland, Soothing Speech: The Healing Power of Words, and an interview with the bestselling author of The Not So Big House, titled, Sarah Susanka: Remodeling Our Lives.
Oct.6 - 27 (4 Tuesdays)
7 – 8:30pm
Room: Cornwell Lounge
$99 ($84 for Cornwell members)
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