Ages: Session one: 6 - 8 years old
          Session two: 9 years and older
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time: Session one: 9:00 - 11:00 am
         Session two: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Cost: $20 class fee, $18 MAC Members
Limit: 12
Instructor: Jennifer Merrill, M.S.
Students will learn the basics of identification and making and insect collection. Crafts include "glowing" firefly and a butterfly metamorphosis card.

Kids Glazestudio: Cereal Bowls

Ages: 6 — 12 years old
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Cost: $10 class fee, $9 MAC Members; plus $20 materials fee (payable the day of class)
Limit: 16 (6 minimum)
Instructor: Laura Mayer, BFA Ceramics/BA Art Ed
Spend some time painting on bisqueware (you don't have to create the bowl, just paint it!). Create a food safe piece of art exploring different glaze techniques.

Little Kids Glazestudio: Cereal Bowls

Ages: 3 -5 years old (must be accompanied by an adult)
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 5:15 - 5:45 pm
Cost: $5 class fee, $4.50 MAC Members; plus $15 materials fee (payable the day of class)
Limit: 10 (6 minimum)
Instructor: Laura Mayer, BFA Ceramics/BA Art Ed
Spend some time painting on bisqueware (you don't have to create the bowl, just paint it!). Create a food safe piece of art exploring different glaze techniques.

Glaze Class: Color Your Own Pottery

Ages: 12 to Adult
Session One: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 6:30 — 8:30 pm
Cost: $10 class fee (each session), $9 MAC Members; plus materials fee $55 lg. Mixing Bowl or lg. Round Platter; $45 sm. Oval Platter; $25 Cereal Bowl or Mug (payable the day of class).
Limit: 16 (6 minimum)
Instructor: Laura Mayer, BFA Ceramics/BA Art Ed
Spend some time painting bisqueware (you don't have to create it — just paint it!). Make food safe custom pieces exploring different glaze techniques. Sign up for one session, or more! Please pick out your pottery piece when you sign up for class.

Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
The term "flying saucer" was coined after a 1947 sighting near Mr. Rainier; the UFO craze that followed coincided with the dawn of the Cold War and with Hollywood's depictions of extra-terrestrials landing in the all-American landscape of the post-WWII boom years. Robert Horton will examine the underlying political and social anxieties that resulted in the alien-invasion scenarios of 1950s science fiction films, citing movies both thoughtful (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and silly (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers). Using clips to illustrate, he will discuss individual titles that provide angles on Atomic Age concerns. Sponsored in part by Humanities Washington and the Washington State Legislature.

LetterArt Quote: Watercolor & Ink
Ages: 10 to Adult
Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010
Time: 1:15 - 2:45 pm
Cost: $10 class fee, $9 MAC Members; plus $20 materials fee (payable the day of class)
Limit: 16 (6 minimum)
Instructor: Laura Mayer, BFA Ceramics/BA Art Ed
Learn calligraphy and lettering techniques as you create your own fancy handwriting and lettering styles. Illustrate with fancy lettering, swirls, and more to complete with pen, ink and watercolors - a one of a kind work of art using words and color.

Scrapbook Album
Ages:13 to Adult
Session One: Saturday, October 9, 2010
Time: 9:00 — 12:00 pm
Cost: $10 class fee (each session), $9 MAC Members; plus $35 materials fee (payable the day of class)
Limit: 12 (5 minimum)
Instructor: Taffy Jackson
You will complete a 6" x 6" 10 page spiral bound scrapbook album in each session. Please bring 20-25 photos. They should be copies, not originals. You'll learn how to use a variety of embellishments, including stamps, punches, ribbon, dry embossing and inks. Sign up for one session, or all four!

The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
with Jack Nisbet
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
"I can Hardly Sit down to Write:" - David Douglas in the Columbia Basin
Between 1826 and 1833, Scottish naturalist David Douglas brought unmatched enthusiasm to the pursuit of natural history in eastern Washington. Join author Jack Nisbet as he tracks Douglas's landmark collections, tribal and fur trade interactions, gardening adventures, and harebrained mishaps around the places where we live. Nisbet's most recent work, The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest, has been named as one of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Books of the Year for 2010. *includes booksigning

Felt Hat Making
Ages: 16 to Adult
Dates: Saturday, October 16 - 3:00 - 6:00 pm
           Sunday, October 17 - 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Cost: $40 class fee; plus $26 materials fee (payable the day of class)
Limit: 8
Instructor: Jeanne Bjorn
Explore the art and craft of draping with felt to create your own custom designed felt hat. Students will learn this highly creative form of hat making - using steam and their hands to create pattern, texture and shape for the hat. We will also explore the creation and application of embellishments to add the final touches to the finished hat. No prerequisite.