Lincoln City Spring Learning Feast
Get away from it all and learn something new! The diverse workshops of the Lincoln City Spring Learning Feast are offered in appealing locations and created for the discerning traveler looking to enjoy the Central Oregon Coast as both a destination and a place to learn.
Courses to choose from include:
| Hands-on Italian Cooking Beginning Digital Photography Intermediate Digital Photography Advanced Digital Photography |
Introduction to Dance Couples Massage Human Anatomy for Artists Adult & Teen Contemporary Dance Hands-on Baking with Rockfish Bakery Cafe |
Sketchbook Journaling Beginning Drawing Shell Printing on Rice Paper Individual Spinning Individual Weaving |
Hands on Italian Cooking
Thursday, April 3 – Saturday, April 5, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Instructors: Chef Sharon Wiest and Chef Pati D’Eliseo, A Posto Personal Chefs
Location: Lincoln City Culinary Center, 801 SW Hwy. 101, 4th floor
This hands-on class gives students an opportunity to learn necessary techniques for the preparation of authentic Italian cuisine. Explore the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Le Marche, and Puglia. At the end of each day the class will enjoy their creations together, family-style, and discuss what was learned. Italian wines will be explored.
Cost: $325
Registration: 541-557-1125
Beginning Digital Photography
Thursday, April 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
This class will unlock the mysteries of your camera and get you on the way to photographic success. Whether you have a high-end single-lens-reflex or a basic point-and-shoot, you will find this class helpful. The instructor will go over the basics of camera operation and how to get the most out of your camera. The buttons and knobs on your camera will be simplified. Students will receive handouts and do hands-on photography around the immediate area. The concepts discussed will be demonstrated. Bring your camera and, if you have it, the instruction manual.
Instructors: Bob Gibson, Bluewater Photography; Jeri Knudson, JAKS Photography Studio
Cost: $50
Registration: 541-994-9994
Intermediate Digital Photography
Friday, April 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
This class is for those who have mastered the knobs and buttons on the camera. It will be about squeezing all of the photographic goodness you can out of your camera. The instructors will discuss how to create clear and sharp photographs that tell a story and how to adapt to a variety of photographic situations. Instructors will explain the basic rules of composition and discuss how they can be broken. Students will be given a photo assignment to complete on a walk around the Cultural Center and then the photos will be evaluated. Students will be given additional assignments to complete on their own. Bring your camera and, if you have it, the instruction manual.
Instructors: Bob Gibson, Bluewater Photography; Jeri Knudson, JAKS Photography Studio
Cost: $50
Registration: 541-994-9994
Advanced Digital Photography
Sunday, April 6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location: Bluewater Photography, 4846 SE Hwy. 101
This class is designed to supercharge both your photography and Photoshop skills. It will start off with a discussion of strategies for a photo shoot. The class will cover lens selection, quality of light, concepts of exposure, and other pieces of the puzzle. Participants will be given an assignment to complete on a photo walk or in the studio. The photos will be developed into finished images. The small class size allows this class to be customized for individual skill level and interest. Bring your camera and a notebook computer with the photo-editing software of your choice. Both Lightroom and Photoshop will be covered.
Instructors: Bob Gibson, Bluewater Photography; Jeri Knudson, JAKS Photography Studio
Cost: $200; maximum 4
Registration: 541-994-9994
Introduction to Dance
Saturday, April 5 & Saturday, April 12, 11 am – Noon (class is 2 sessions)
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
This is an uber-beginner class for adults. This class will get your feet wet in the dance studio in an encouraging atmosphere. Explore toning, alignment, musicality, and rhythm. Learn what to do at a ballet barre, what jazz hands are for, and what modern dance is all about. Any and all abilities are encouraged to come. All proceeds go to the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
Instructor: Nicole O’Brien
Cost: $8
Registration: 541-994-9994
Couples Massage
Sunday, April 6, 1-4 p.m. or Sunday, April 13, 1-4 p.m.
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
Do you want to learn to give a relaxing back massage to your partner? This fun class will teach you simple and effective massage skills to do with your partner.
Instructor: Tamara Merry, LMT; Amber Fox, LMT, Back in Touch
Cost: $120 per couple; maximum six couples
Registration: 541-994-9994
Human Anatomy for Artists (and massage therapists, yoga practitioners, athletes, gym rats)
Monday, April 7 – Saturday, April 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
6-Day Workshop
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
Learn human anatomy through building an ecorche (anatomical figure). Working in oil-based clay on an armature, students will construct the bones and attach the muscles and ligaments to the bones. Sculptors as well as two-dimensional artists, personal trainers, massage therapists and anyone else wanting to gain a greater understanding of human anatomy will benefit from this workshop. This three-dimensional approach to the figure is the most successful way to learn anatomy; students will learn by seeing, hearing, and doing. The ecorche will continue to be a resource for you for years to come.
The ecorché that you make in this class can be used to become a sculpture cast in bronze.
Instructor, Jill Perry Townsend
Cost: $455.00 per student
Registration: 541-994-9994.
Adult and Teen Contemporary Dance
Tuesday, April 8; Tuesday, April 15 (class is 2 sessions) 7 – 8:30 pm
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
This class will focus on ballet and modern dance. There will be warm-ups and center work from both disciplines, some more ballet, others more modern, but always a workout. The combo class is intended to allow busy adults and teens to explore multiple styles of dance throughout the year. Develop technique, improvisation, toning and flexibility.
Instructor: Nicole O’Brien
Cost: $8
Registration: 541-994-9994
Hands-on Baking with Rockfish Cafe
Saturday, April 12, 1-4:30 p.m.
Location: Lincoln City Culinary Center, 801 SW Hwy. 101, 4thfloor
This hands-on workshop will provide insight into the baking methods of Rockfish Bakery Café and their chef, Danelle Lochrie.
Instructors: Chef Sharon Wiest and Chef Danelle Lochrie
Cost: $55
Registration: 541-557-1125
Sketchbook Journaling
Tuesday, April 15; Wednesday, April 16, 1-2:30 p.m.
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
In this class we will be making our own sketchbooks with reclaimed book binding and fabric collage covers. The first few pages of your sketchbook will then be adorned with special drawings and entries.
Instructor: Krista Eddy
Cost: $25; minimum 5; maximum 20
Registration: 541-994-9994
Beginning Drawing
Monday, April 14 1 – 4 pm
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
If you’ve always wanted to learn the skill of drawing, here’s your chance. This beginning drawing class will give you the basic tools to learn through many fun and enjoyable drawing activities.
Instructor: Krista Eddy
Cost: $20; minimum 5; maximum 20
Registration: 541-994-9994
Shell Printing on Rice Paper
Friday, April 18, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
Students will explore techniques of shell printing using a variety of shells with acrylic and metallic water colors on rice paper. No prior artistic experience necessary.
Instructor: Vonelle Swanson
Cost: $35
Registration: 541-996-6794
Individual Spinning
Arrange with Instructor
Learn teasing and carding so you can spin your own yarn. Students spin their own single strand yarn and, with a little practice, will be able to make a usable yarn. 30 days’ equipment use is included with the class cost. All proceeds go to the Lincoln City Cultural Center
Instructor: Arlene Gowing
Cost: $25
Registration: 541-994-9994
Individual Weaving
Arrange with instructor
Location: Lincoln City Cultural Center
Students learn to warp a loom and weave a project of their choice. Warping is how you get the loom ready to weave and learn how to finish your project. 30 days’ equipment use included with class cost. All proceeds go to the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
Instructor: Lyle Gowing
Cost: $25
Registration: 541-992-5150
