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9 - 10:15 am
Period 2
10:30 - 11:45 am
Period 3
1 - 2:15 pm
Period 4
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Period 5
4 - 5:30 pm
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Sweetgrass Baskets with Mary Graham-Grant
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Make a basket from sweetgrass, a historical art form brought to South Carolina by slaves from West Africa.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
The "i" in iPhone Stands for IMAGINATION with Cary Wolfson
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to use the sophisticated features of your iPhone to create art.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
The Indigo Dye Village with Kibibi Ajanku
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Illumninating African Origins
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
The Winner is ... A Felted Tortoise, with Gayle Mathues
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a realistic tortoise using both dry and wet felting.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Trio of Egg Baskets with Sharon Schaeffer
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Weave a trio of egg baskets.
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Period 1
Class Spans
1 Period
Watercolor Sketching with Paint and Pen with Ellen Elmes
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to quickly capture the essence of a subject in watercolor and pen & ink sketch, to develop into a finished work later.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Wheel Good Fun with Nick Corso
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Experience the fun of shaping clay on the pottery wheel!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
You Know You Need a (Wooden) Tote with Ken Koons
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Find out how useful this historic carrier is - and make your own!
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Week 1
6/23/25
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6/27/25
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Week 2
7/7/25
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7/11/25
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Week 3
7/14/25
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7/18/25
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