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The Philadelphia region boasts the title of America's Garden Capital­, and with more public gardens than anywhere else in the country, it’s a well-deserved one. Spend a day with horticulturist Chelsea Mahaffey exploring two captivating green spaces in the area— the Scott Arboretum on the Swarthmore College campus and the Brandywine Valley’s Mt. Cuba Center—and gather new ideas for your own home garden.

For Ages 5 and up. Taiko drum artist Mark Rooney rocks the house with massive sound and energy as participants learn some fascinating musical history and Japanese vocabulary

For Ages 5 and up. Taiko drum artist Mark Rooney rocks the house with massive sound and energy as participants learn some fascinating musical history and Japanese vocabulary

Learn the history of redwork quilts and how this type of embroidery, primarily done in red but also in blue and black, can be used to make beautiful, delicate botanical illustrations. Students create designs based on plants native to their area, transfer those designs onto fabric, and then make a basic small quilt using their embroideries.

Explore the basis of abstraction by studying color, line, and shape as they relate to composition. Learn to create exciting, innovative works of art, using a series of drawing and painting exercises designed to examine nontraditional ways of handling traditional materials and subject matter.

Learn all the techniques you need to use chalk pastels to illustrate birds and their delicate feathers, glossy eyes, and unique wings and feet.

Explore the basics of color theory, including temperature, value, and harmony-creating color schemes. In hands-on projects, learn to use a color wheel with tinting and toning, color charts, and color harmony studies.

Using watercolor, learn the strategies Morisot, Turner, Monet, and Cézanne employed to harness light in their images. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)

Take a much closer look at your photographic subjects through the art of macro photography. Get an introduction to the technique’s aesthetics and design, as well as technical tips on lenses, close-up focusing distance, depth of field, tripod use, lighting, and other key elements.

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of his bloodiest and most haunting plays, distinguished by its recurrent use of the supernatural. Joseph Luzzi, professor of literature at Bard College, guides you through the rich verbal intricacies and captivating themes of the play, especially its treatment of political ambition and the nature of the monarchy. An analysis of the psychological makeup of main characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth leads to considering what made Shakespeare such an astute student of human nature.