Monday, 14 Oct 2013
Photoshop Class
Explore the basic tools of Photoshop. This class will be a slowly paced, step-by-step, follow-along class for the raw beginner. Get a handle on the basic functionality of this complicated program including: layers, cropping, filters, brushes, text and shapes. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with Photoshop CS3 or higher. Otherwise, you are welcome to sit in and take notes.
Intermediate Metal Clay: Natural Agate with Copper Setting Class
Create a stunning pendant that features a natural agate set in copper. Learn to calculate shrinkage and design a metal clay setting with a bezel and prongs. Learn which natural stones can be fired in a kiln and which stones must be set after firing. If you have already taken a metal clay class, you are ready for this project.
Scientific Discovery and the Fight to End Global Hunger
Marc Van Montagu, Mary-Dell Chilton and Robert T. Fraley are joint recipients of the 2013 World Food Prize for their research and achievements in agricultural biotechnology. Norman E. Borlaug Lecture