Afternoon Courses for 2010
Pendulum’s Aerial Movement Class
This class is an introduction to aerial dance and new circus arts. We will focus on strength and flexibility training as well as exercises in trust, confidence, and expression. Students will have the opportunity to work on aerial apparatuses such as dance trapeze, aerial silks, and hammock. For those who are afraid of heights, don’t worry! We will just get a few feet off the ground, nothing too crazy.
Maximum enrollment: 15
Cost per person: $100
Timeblock: Afternoon
Leader: Bettina Gregg and Pendulum Aerial Staff
Pdf – Paper, Dye & Felt
This class is about papermaking, felting, and dyeing! It's about using color, artistic magic, and seeking instant art gratification! We will take clumps of beautifully dyed wool and turn it into pieces of felt using beach balls while watching movies and eating popcorn. Then we will create three-dimensional sculptural wonders from our artistic creations. We will go beyond the ordinary tie-dye dreams (although you can do this too!) and create giant pieces of stunning tie-dye designs on fabric, wrapping it around plumbing pipes and making Arashi “storm” designs. No artistic talent required. This class is about beach balls, color, wool, paper pulp, and having crazy fun!
Enrollment: 7-14
Cost: $60
Timeblock: Afternoon
Leaders: Sue Jensen and Tanja Horvat
Traditional Thai Massage
Spend your Winterim afternoons learning the basics of Traditional Northern Style Thai Massage. In this ancient practice the recipient wears loose clothing and the practitioner uses their hands, elbows, feet and knees to move the recipient through a series of poses and to massage specific acupressure points. Sometimes described as “yoga done to you,” Thai massage helps release energy blockages, stress and tension, and increases energy flow and flexibility. The course will be taught by David Weitzer, LMT and certified Thai Massage instructor. David is a parent of an OES graduate and lives here in Portland.
For more information or to contact David go to: www.traditionalthaimassage.org
Timeblock: Afternoon
Enrollment: 8-16
Fee: $150
Instructors: David Weitzer & Dana Mosher Lewis
Fused Glass Mosaic
Make fabulous glass art! Learn the art of fused glass while making a custom glass table lamp and finish the week making an amazing mosaic table. Students will create four fused glass panels that will be fused, then glued to a glass table lamp. The lamp is 9 by 4 inches, and the glass panels will measure 8.5 by 3.5 inches. These are great for bedside tables or as an accent to any room.
Hey, you can put your lamp on your beautiful mosaic table designed by you. In this class, students will design a mosaic table top while learning basic glass cutting and grouting techniques. Table Dimensions: 13 by 13 by 18 inches.
Timeblock: Afternoon
Enrollment:
Cost:
Leader: Katrina Perry and Jenny Wells (Jennifer Wells Design LLC, 1614 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR 97211 503-750-4921, www.jenniferwellsdesign.com)
Traditional and Contemporary Chinese Painting
Join parent and artist Yu Ping for a painting adventure in both traditional and modern Chinese painting styles. Ms. Ping has had many shows and is an art teacher in Wuhan. She wants to help you explore different techniques, different ways of seeing, and the use of different materials as you paint. She plans to bring special paper from China for this adventure! She wants you to know that different materials have different costs so to some extent you will control the cost of this course by your choice of materials. As she writes, “Art always has a way of helping students.”
Timeblock: Afternoon
Enrollment: 10-12
Leaders: Yu Ping (parent) and Ou Wang
Cost: About $150
ADAPT Training
Experience the ADAPT training system. This mini camp will expose you to a revolutionary approach to train the human body. Learn how to move the way nature intended. The experience is half boot camp and half Cirque du Soleil. Play on an adult-size playground while learning to use muscles you didn’t know you had. Learn how to effectively lift weights and increase your flexibility at the same time. This will be the most fun you have ever had training and will elevate you to a new level of physical condition. ADAPT can adjust to any activity level. Become a better athlete or get the start you are looking for to feel better and get into shape. Experience the training option you didn’t know existed. This year, for the first time, ADAPT will also provide an introduction to Parkour, which will be taught by one of their top instructors. You can learn more about ADAPT and Parkour at www.adapttraining.com.
Time: Afternoon
Estimated Cost: $105, for professional trainer fees & transportation
Number: 10-15
Leader: Peter Langley
Stage Set Design
This course will begin with a reading and discussion of one play that will be chosen for all students to design from. Class discussion will focus on ways in which the themes, mood, location, time, and director’s concepts of the play could be incorporated into a set design, and about the physical aspects of designing for the stage, such as composition, color, texture, etc.
Students will determine which objective, tone and meaning of the play they would like to pursue in their own designs, generate initial ideas and sketches, and problem-solve any practical requirements of the play. Once introduced to the building method used for models, students will work on their own finished pieces.
A display of student work could follow the completion of this class.
Timeblock: Afternoon
Enrollment: 10
Cost: $30
Leaders: Torie Van Horne and Jack O’Brien
