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Volunteers are always needed. If you want to volunteer or make a tax deductible donation contact Rosie Dixon at 630-682-5402 ext 241.

Spring Schedule   April, May, June, 2008

People's Art
Saturday mornings Date:  April 5 to June 28 Time:  10 am to 12 pm Teacher:  Ms. Glory Children age 5 to 15 accompanied by a parent or guardian are welcome. Enjoy exploring and creating art.	Pottery Monday evenings Date:  April 7 to June 30 Time:  6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Teacher:  Ben Calvert April Bird houses May Tea pots June Garden wall plaques Men and Women welcome
Women's Wisdom
Tuesday afternoons Date:  April 1 to June 24 Time:  1 pm to 3:30 pm Teachers:  Mary Hamlin & Sr. Jean Ford Stretching our Creativity April 1:   Complete lace projects April 8 to May 13:   Study of Abstraction: exploring special relationships within a composition. Each picture will build upon the preceding picture, using many different mediums. May 20 to June 24:   Animals A well-known artist, Ratindra Das, has offered to teach a water color class. Stay tuned! This could be great. We will try to work it out for July.	Thursday evenings Date:  April 3 to June 26 Time:  6:45 pm to 9 pm Teachers:  Mary Warner, Carol Kaswick, Cheryl Mahowald and Shari Schneider April: 4 weeks - cloth journals This will be a joint project using the expertise of the whole class. The journals can be stamped, painted, sewn or fused. Bring photos that we can transfer to cloth and whatever else you would like to add. This will take four weeks. May and June are not planned yet and we will take suggestions from the people in the journal group. Think about what you would like: more books or book binding, ATC or artists trading cards, collage on glass plates, more jewelry, felted paper (an experiment) collage, metal work, or something other. As always, this will be great fun!!
Writing Date:  April 16 to May 21 Time:  Wednesdays from 10 to 12 noon Teacher:  Margaret McKenzie This class will use a variety of methods including timed writing, journal techniques and guided meditation to facilitate class members in exploring their past, present and developing goals for the future. What do you hope to get from your writing? Margaret will help you to see how the writing group can support you in your writing goals. The focus of this class will be on you and what you need to discover your path.	Knitting Date:  April 23 to May 14 Time:  Wednesdays from noon to 1:30 pm Teacher:  Lindsey Pinkney from String Theory Yarn Co., Glen Ellyn We will knit a scarf using size 7 or 8 needles and knitting worsted wool or acrylic. Bring anything you have and we'll also have some material available. Questions? Call me! Do not be afraid!!!!!!!