“Let’s Talk About It” Literary Discussion Series
Tues. evenings, 7:00-8:30pm, Jan 18, Feb 1 &15, March 1 &15. McCall Public Library. FREE Come explore the life stories of some very interesting & influential individuals, both past & present:
• Jan 18, Desert Exile by Yoshiko Uchida
• Feb 1, Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin
• Feb 15, Dust Tracks on the Road by Z.N. Hurston
• March 1, Mormon Mother by Annie C. Tanner
• March 15, Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt
Discussions are guided by visiting scholars in a warm, fun, and community-building environment. If you love literature and need a cure for cabin fever, come join us! For more information, visit www.mcall.lili.org. Contact the McCall Public Library to register, 634-5522.
Registration Required. Cosponsored by the MAHC.
Introduction to Digital SLR Photography with Gary Ertter
Thurs. Jan 20, Tues. Jan 25, & Thurs. Jan 27; 6:30-8:00pm, Ertter Studio. $35 This is a class for beginning photographers working with single lense reflex cameras and wanting to go beyond "AUTO" mode. Do you have a Canon Rebel, Nikon D90, or any interchangeable lens camera and long to know how it works? This is the class for you! Demystify your digital SLR camera with the guidance of a professional local photographer in his own professional photography studio. Class size limited to 8. Directions to Ertter Studio will be provided.
Registration Required -- bring your camera. View Flyer »
Make Your Own Paper: a Pennington Workshop
Saturday, Jan 22 OR Sunday, Jan 23, 1:00-5:00pm, Payette Lakes Middle School Art Room. Choose one of two 4-hour workshops. $30, all supplies included
Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn how to make your own lovely papers using materials found in your own home. Artist and veteran teacher, David Pennington, is an experienced craftsman with his own Nampa studio. Well-known for his fun, lively, and informative classes, David will bring his Pennington paper-making process to McCall students for just one weekend. Each workshop is limited to 10 students, so don't wait to register! Registration Required.
Dress for a mess! View Flyer »
Second Sunday Sounds at Six
Sundays at 6:00pm Feb 13, March 14, & April 10, Community Congregational Church. Each month, the Second Sundays Sounds at Six recital series brings a renowned and talented classical musician to McCall. These 90-minute performances are an incredible gift to the community and a wonderful opportunity for community members of ALL AGES to enjoy an evening of warm musical delight sure to melt away even the most stubborn cases of cabin fever. Cosponsors include the MAHC, the McCall Music Society, &
Community Congregational Church. FREE
February 13: Jennifer Dunn, violin accompanied by Robyn Wells on piano; "Sounds of Spring"
Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and others
March 14: Beverly Nokes Cochrane, piano accompanied by Sean Rogers on piano; "Jewels in a Setting"
Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and others
April 10: Nancy Grunewald, mezzo-soprano accompanied by Caroline Germain on piano "Amazing Grace: Intersections of Faith & Song"
Bach, Handel, Faur, Mozart, and others
To preview the full 2011 Second Sundays schedule, visit www.mccallucc.org/secondsunday.html.
Felt Your Own Scarf with Long Valley Fiber Artists
Mon. Feb 7 & Wed. Feb 9, 6:30-8:30pm. Payette Lakes Middle School Art Room. All materials included, $25 Join experienced Long Valley fiber artists Phyllis Bulgin, Shelley Platt, and Elaine Duarte to learn the popular art of fiber-felting while creating your own unique and beautiful scarf. Students will each felt their own scarf using a silk & mohair base. Instructors will also demonstrate and teach the technique of "flower pounding" using fresh flowers to impart pigments and patterns to fiber as unique design elements.
Registration Required
Fine Art Photography with Tom Stewart
Tues. Feb 8, Thurs. Feb 10, & Tues. Feb 15, 7:00-8:30pm. Payette Lakes Middle School Art Room. $35 Photography has an venerable history as a fine art discipline, and basic design components remain an essential part of creating beautiful photographs, in spite of the variety of digital editing technologies now available. In this class, Brooks Institute-trained photographer, Tom Stewart, will discuss photography as a fine art discipline and share techniques and tips to broaden students' understanding and use of light and composition. Students are invited to bring their work in a digital format to the third session for feedback and direction.
Registration Required
Pottery 101: Introduction to Wheel Throwing
Saturday, Feb 12 & 19, 9:00-11:00am. McCall Pottery Center, 115 Commerce St. $30 Experienced potter and educator, Cindy Leavitt, will guide students through an introduction to the basics of
wheel-thrown pottery. Come get messy playing with clay and unearth your inner artist in a fun learning environment! Clay, glazes, & firing included for one project.
Limit 8 students -- Registration Required
Cake Decorating for Beginners
Saturday, Feb 12, 5:00-7:00pm. McCall Pottery Center, 115 Commerce St. $15 Join Cindy Leavitt and an accompanying certified Wilton Instructor, to learn cake decorating basics. Bring a frozen white cake to decorate, preferably two 8" or two 9" white cake rounds. Students will leave with basic tools to continue to develop their talents at home, along with their beautifully decorated cake.
Registration Required
Using Photoshop Elements: an Introduction with Howard Hamilton
Tues. Feb 22, Thurs. Feb 24, & Tues. March 1, 6:30-8:00pm. Payette Lakes Middle School Art Room. $35 This class, based on the latest version of Photoshop Elements, will include a presentation on the various aspects of transferring images to the computer, cataloguing, processing, and preparing for email, web, and printing. Image processing will include cropping, color adjustment, and many other powerful refinement techniques available with Photoshop Elements. Students will process a selected image during class, and prepare it for final printing. An inkjet print will then be produced for the student as a final product of the class. It is recommended, but not required, that a student bring a laptop computer to use during the class.
Long Valley Heritage Night: Winter Carnival
Sunday, Feb. 20, 6:30-8:30pm, Shore Lodge. FREE Folklore professor Lisa Gabbert from Utah State University will visit McCall to share her research on Winter Carnival's meaning, history & interesting highlights, assisted by a panel of our own old-time locals.
Professor Gabbert's book Winter Carnival in a Western Town: Conflict, Identity and the Good of the Community, will be published by Utah State University Press in April, 2011.
Parent & Tot Saturday Mornings
Parents with young children -- here is your chance to fight cabin fever and regain some sanity! Parents with tots ages 2 thru 5 are encouraged to join early childhood educator, Jeannie Cordtz, for a creative exploration of a variety of doughs & paints in a child-friendly creative environment:
Play with Dough! Saturday, Feb 26, 10:30-12:00 noon
Play with Paint! Saturday, March 5, 10:30-12:00 noon
• $5 per child per class, child(ren) must be accompanied by adult. Children’s House Preschool, 629 Thompson (corner of Davis) -- dress for a mess --
Registration Required
Seven Devils: a Photographic Journey
Date to be Announced. 7:00pm, Alpine Playhouse. FREE Join local Wilderness Volunteers leaders Dale Grooms and Debra Ellers for a beautiful photographic slide presentation on Idaho's Seven Devil Mountains. Wilderness Volunteers is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is stewardship of America's wild lands through organizing and promoting volunteer service in cooperation with public land agencies. For the last 10 years, Dale and Debra have been leading working volunteer trips into some of the most beautiful places in the West. This one-hour long slide show will highlight the beauty and work done in the Seven Devils, with discussion to follow. This presentation was offered to a standing-room only crowd recently at Boise's REI store. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about a wild jewel located only a few hours from McCall.
The Fine Art of Caribbean Cooking
Wed. and Thurs., March 2 & 3, 6:30-8:00pm, Alpine Village Sales Gallery 206 (park on Maverik-side of building). $35
She's back! In 2010, our cooking classes were the most popular of our Cabin Fever offerings. Now, Corinne Lewis returns in 2011 with two new fun classes sure to beat cabin fever. In this first class, students will learn to create authentic meals originating in the sunny Caribbean with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's own certified chef and French native, Corinne Lewis. Students will sample recipes and receive printed recipes to take home. Wine or beverage accompaniments will be suggested prior to each class. This class will likely fill early, so don't wait to register!
Registration Required
Ukulele in McCall: Workshop & Performance by Earl Mullins
& the Boise Ukulele Group
Saturday, March 5, 3:00-4:30 pm. Instructional workshop, $20 per person ages 16 & up -- bring your uke if you have one. McCall Golf Course Clubhouse.
What better way to beat the winter blues than to listen to the warm strumming of a tropical ukulele? Uke enthusiasts -- don't miss this unique opportunity to enhance your abilities and meet other McCall uke players at BUG's March 5th workshop. Don't have your own uke? If you're familiar with guitar, come anyway! The BUG will bring a few extra ukes with them. Earl Mullins is a professional musician experienced in both teaching and public performance. Workshop is limited to 15. Registration Required
Public performance for ALL ages, 7:00pm, FREE. McCall Golf Course Clubhouse. Come enjoy an informal and informational ukulele performance by Earl Mullins and the Boise Ukulele Group accompanied by a group of our own local musicians. The Club House restaurant will be open, so come early to dine, or grab a bite while you listen. The BUG will offer opportunities for audience members to try their own hands at ukulele after the performance.
Learn to Knit
Mon. March 7, Wed. March 9, & Fri. March 11, 6:30-8:00pm. Keep Me In Stitches, 136 E. Lake St. $30 Knitting goddess Lynda Vgora will teach all the basics you need to begin a lifelong journey in knitting. Students will gather at Keep Me In Stitches (near Paul's Market) and learn basic terminology, tools, and stitches used in knitting.
Students will work on a scarf or a hat during class, with Lynda’s guidance. Includes a pair of knitting needles to keep and project yarn.
Registration Required
Creating Mandalas
Tues. March 8 & Thurs. March 10, 6:30-9:00pm. Whirling Circles Studio 125E Commerce St. $30 Mandalas are an ancient and widespread art form used to focus attention and awareness through the use of the sacred symbol of wholeness -- the circle. In this class, local artist and healer, Uma Mulnick, will lead students through the creation of their own unique and beautiful mandalas. All materials included.
Registration Required
Pottery 102: Introduction to Hand Building
Saturday, March 12 & March 19, 9:00-11:00am. McCall Pottery Center, 115 Commerce St. $30 Join experienced potter & educator, Cindy Leavitt, for an introductory workshop on building with clay slabs. There is more to clay than meets the eye. Come and learn how to work with the unique structure of clay by preparing it, rolling it, joining it, and working with it properly. Clay, glazes, & firing included for one project.
Limit 12 students -- Registration Required
Authentic Italian Cooking: a 2-part Workshop
Wed. & Thurs., April 6 & 7, 6:30-8:00pm, Alpine Village Sales Gallery 206, (park on Maverik-side of the building). $35 Explore authentic Italian cuisine and learn to create your own gourmet Italian meals with certified chef &
French native, Corinne Lewis. Corinne will guide students through the creation of the components comprising an entire Italian meal. Students will sample creations and receive printed recipes to take home. Accompanying wine selection be suggested prior to class. This class will fill early, so don't wait to register!
Registration Required
Boise Public Art: a Guided Walking Tour
Saturday, April 9. Meet in front of the Boise Zoo in Julia Davis Park at 10:00am. $5 Boise City Art Council's Joshua Olson has slated this tour especially for participants from the greater McCall area. Enjoy an early spring day in Boise as you participate in a 120-minute walking tour exploring Boise's
unique public art. Participants must provide their own transportation -- carpooling is encouraged.
Registration Required
Renaissance Drawing
Tues. April 5, Thurs. April 7, Tues. April 12, 6:00-8:00pm. Whirling Circles Studio, 125E Commerce St. $50
Learn the basics of contour and gestural drawing and discover how to use light and shadow to create shape and form like a Renaissance master under the guidance of artist and arts educator, Debra Facchin. The class will use a variety of drawing materials and techniques to reproduce the Renaissance effect. Materials will include pencil, charcoal, conte crayon, and gouche on a selection of specialized papers. Class is suitable
for beginning/beginning-intermediate levels. All supplies are included.
Registration Required
The Ancient Art of Bookbinding & Repair: a Demonstration
Thurs. April 14, 6:30 to 9:00pm. McCall Public Library. FREE Booklovers -- mark this date on your calendars! Enjoy a rare opportunity to learn about old books, their construction, care, & repair with Sister Placida of St. Gertrude's Monastery. Sister Placida is a bookbinder and has repaired antique books for people all over Idaho and beyond. Her workshop at St. Gertrude's monastery is a magical place for those who love books. Don't miss Sister Placida's visit to McCall and this opportunity to learn more about an ancient and dying art. Light refreshments & discussion included.
Introduction to Batik
Saturday, April 16, 9:00am-4:00pm. Whirling Circles Studio, 125E Commerce St. $50 Beat cabin fever with this hardy, day-long hands-on workshop designed to provide students with basic skills needed to practice batik art. Batik is a traditional art using a wax-resist method and a series of dyes to create patterns or pictures on fabric. Taught by veteran batik artist, arts educator, and Gallery 55 participating artist, Noreen Shanafelt.
Registration Required
Memoir: Writing the Story of a Lifetime
Saturday, April (date to be announced), 10:00am-2:00pm, (location to be announced). $40 University of Idaho professor & poet, Ron McFarland, will lead this workshop exploring the art of memoir. Using familiar works as a point of departure, students will use poetry & prose to begin creating written portraits of their own unique experiences. Published poet and educator, Georgia Tiffany, will assist.
Registration Required
All skill levels welcome, open to ages 16 and up. Please call to be put on a contact list to receive date/location info as soon as it is available -- or keep an eye on our website for updates.
Venetian Plaster: Decorative Wall Finish & Art Motifs
Tues. April 19 & Thurs. April 21, 6:00-9:00pm, Whirling Circles Studio, 125E Commerce St. $80 Artist Debra Facchin will teach students how to use a very fine grade of marble plaster using a hawk-and-trowel application to create beautiful wall finishes. Students will also learn to utilize a stencil relief method to apply |
