[Nome-announce] Beading, writing, portraits, sculpture

[Carol Gales]

Bring out your artistic side with upcoming courses at Northwest  
Campus. We have a thriving arts program here on campus. Catch the  
excitement!

TO REGISTER, stop by campus or call 1-800-478-2202 (in Nome, 443-2201).

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BEADING FOR BEGINNERS with Dora Ahwinona

Mondays  /  7-9 p.m.  /  Oct. 13-Dec. 1  /  REGISTER BY: NEXT Monday,  
Oct. 6
Eight 2-hour sessions  /  1 credit  /  APAR 150
Cost: $137 + beading supplies

Learn to create beaded earrings, necklaces, bracelets and pen covers  
in this introductory course on basic bead jewelry making. Students  
will learn to use a pattern working with brick stitch and peyote  
stitch, and basic bead stringing. Make beautiful pieces to wear—or to  
give as gifts!

Dora Ahwinona has been beading and skin-sewing full-time for the past  
five years while caring for her children. Her pieces have been  
honored at the Iditarod Fine Art Show.

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NORTHWEST CAMPUS WRITERS GROUP with Nancy Mendenhall

Weekly meeting date to be set at first meeting, Oct. 7  /  7-9pm  /   
REGISTER BY: NEXT Tuesday, Oct. 7
Nine 2-hour sessions  /  Non-credit workshop  /  Cost: $20

This writers workshop is open to anyone age 16 and older who is  
interested in a peer critique of their works in progress, and who  
will bring samples of their own work of fiction, personal history, or  
other nonfiction to share. We will all offer positive critiques for  
each other’s samples. Regular attendance and participation are  
important!

Nancy Mendenhall has lived in this region since 1970 and taught  
English at Northwest Campus. Now retired, she has written regional  
social histories and is working on a book on small-scale fishing. She  
coordinated an oral history project for Nome in 1996-99.

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TRADITIONAL PORTRAITURE with Autumn Falls

Tuesdays & Thursdays  /  Oct. 14-Nov. 6  /  6-9 p.m.  /  REGISTER BY:  
NEXT Tuesday, Oct. 7
Eight 3-hour sessions  /  1 credit  /  APAR F150
Cost: $137 + supplies

Create portraits in the traditional medium of your choice: oil,  
watercolor, pastel, graphite, charcoal, ink, pencil, etc. Instruction  
will emphasize self-expression by developing spontaneous artistic  
ideas into a more focused style. Learn to paint or draw portraits  
through easy-to-understand lectures and exercises. For beginning and  
advanced students. Instruction in the various media will be given as  
needed.

Autumn Falls has been a courtroom artist and tattoo artist, and does  
portrait commissions. She holds certificates in fine and commercial  
arts. Her work has won Best in Show at the Iditarod Fine Arts Show.

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SCULPTURE & MOLD-MAKING TECHNIQUES FOR
BRONZE & CERAMIC SCULPTURES with Cam Kristenson

Thursdays  /  6-9pm  /  Oct. 16-Dec. 11  /  REGISTER BY: NEXT  
Thursday, Oct. 9
Eight 3-hour sessions  /  1 credit  /  ART F193
Cost: $137 + supplies

In this course students will be shown how to make armatures for clay  
sculptures. When the sculptures are made students will then learn how  
to replicate their sculptures in a variety of mediums including:  
plaster, wax, rockite, and ceramic slip.

Award-winning artist Cam Kristensen holds a bachelor of fine arts  
degree in metalsmithing and Native arts from the University of Alaska  
Fairbanks. Cam works for Crowley Marine Services.

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These three courses will start in the next week. You can register up  
to the first day of class!

GILGAMESH: CIVILIZATION’S FIRST EPIC with Paul Korchin
Fridays  /  Oct. 3 – Nov. 7  /  6:30-9pm

COLOR THEORY & APPLICATIONS with Kathy Mallory
Mondays  /  6:30-9pm  /  Oct. 6 – Dec. 8

BEGINNING BOOKBINDING with Heather Neal Kasvinsky
Thursday – Sunday  /  Oct. 9 – 12

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Still coming up this semester ...

PC HARDWARE CONFIGURATION & TROUBLESHOOTING: A+
Mondays & Wednesdays  /  Oct. 27 - Dec. 17  /  6:50-10pm  /  REGISTER  
BY: Monday, Oct. 13

CLIMATE CHANGE IN ALASKA with Claudia Ihl
Tuesdays & Thursdays  /  Oct. 21 – Nov. 20  /  6-7:30pm  /  REGISTER  
BY: Tuesday, Oct. 14

TRADITIONAL PORTRAITURE (another section!) with Autumn Falls
Tuesdays & Thursdays  /  Nov. 18-Dec. 16  /  6-9 p.m.  /  REGISTER  
BY: Tuesday, Nov. 11

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Carol Gales
Program Development Manager

University of Alaska Fairbanks - Northwest Campus
Pouch 400
Nome, AK 99762
907-443-8407 (phone)
800-478-2202, ext. 8407 (toll-free)
907-443-5602 (fax)
www.nwc.uaf.edu

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