WAC offers a variety of classes and workshops for children and adults.
NEW! Artistry of Dance
Dancesport champions Sergei and Olga Bezrodnov will lead a number of classes in various styles of Ballroom and Latin dances for children and adults. Find out all about it on our Dance Page.
Children’s Art Enrichment Program
The 2011-2012 Children’s Art Enrichment Program features a Painting Enrichment Workshop and a Drawing Enrichment Workshop. Each cycle introduces new techniques and works to young artists.
Classes alternate Tuesday and Thursday dates each season. Sibling discount of $10 applied after first sibling paid in full. Please bring a small snack and drink to class.
In the Painting Enrichment Workshop, students create realistic pieces or let their imaginations go as they learn how to use non-toxic acrylics on canvas boards. Young artists will produce colorful works as they learn the basics of traditional technique of painting, composition and the color wheel. See what made Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso famous!
The Drawing Enrichment Workshop allows young artists to develop their natural ability, improve skills and explore new techniques as they learn the fundamentals of drawing. Students will use dry and wet media such as pencil, charcoal, oil or chalk pastels, India ink and watercolors as they discover how to sketch, shade and use perspective. Projects will include still lifes, portraits, landscapes in natural settings (weather permitting), optical illusions, abstracts and more!
Winter Class Schedule
Painting Enrichment Workshop
TUESDAYS from 4:30 — 6 p.m. (10 weeks)
January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 21, 28; March 6, 13, 20
Drawing Enrichment Workshop
THURSDAYS from 4:30 — 6 p.m. (10 weeks)
January 12, 19, 26; February 2, 9, 23; March 1, 8, 15, 22
Fees: $140.00 plus $15 supplies fee, $155 total
(members: $135 plus $15 supplies fee, $150 total)
Spring Class Schedule
Drawing Enrichment Workshop
TUESDAYS from 4:30 — 6:00 p.m. (8 weeks)
April 17, 24; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; June 5
Painting Enrichment Workshop
THURSDAYS from 4:30 — 6:00 p.m. (8 weeks)
April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Fees: $105.00 plus $15 supplies fee, $120 total
(members: $100 plus $15 supplies fee, $115 total)
Download the registration form.
Instructor: Monica Schraiber Otero has taught Art at elementary and high school levels since 1991. She received her BA in Art from Rutgers University, Newark College of Arts and Sciences with a concentration in oil painting. She teaches Drawing and Painting classes at WAC, is the Director of the Summer Art Camp, and curates the Children's Juried Art Exhibition each year. She is a professional artist who shows her work in many venues throughout NJ. She is a member of AENJ (Art Educators of NJ) and the Contemporary Art Group.
Photography
Unique Vision Workshop
2012 Meeting Schedule:
Mondays: Mar 19, May 21, Jul 23, Sep 10, Nov 12
Tuesdays: Feb 21, Apr 24, Jun 19, Aug 21, Oct 23
Meetings start at 7 p.m. Each session begins with a discussion of a timely creativity issue, followed by a critique from all of us, of ALL the photos you bring. We suggest 4 x 6 prints attached to display boards available from Staples (approx $7). What doesn’t fit on the board, INCLUDING THE REJECTS, should be brought as well. We study all the images, search for a direction that you might have overlooked, find relationships between the images. OK to bring matted prints, contact sheets of slides, if you prefer.
Fee: $5/session you attend. All proceeds to Watchung Arts Center.
Workshop and Class Policies:
The Watchung Arts Center’s classes are filled on a first-come first-served basis. Registrations are accepted when they are accompanied by a completed registration form and payment in full.
Refund Policy: 3 or more weeks prior to start of classes, full refund less $25 registration fee. Up to 2 weeks prior to start of classes, 50% refund. No refunds thereafter or due to inclement weather. The Watchung Arts Center reserves the right to cancel a class with low enrollment or to make changes in courses, instructors or scheduling.
Payment by check or money order only (please make payable to Watchung Arts Center). You will be contacted by the Instructor prior to class.
NEW! Taming the Monkey Mind —
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
Forgot How to Relax? Mindfulness Meditation is a 2,500-year-old Buddhist practice that is increasingly relevant for the crazy and stressful time in which we live. Many of us feel that our lives are out of control; so much to do, always thinking and planning, and never catching up. It is as though we have forgotten how to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Meditation is a means of stepping aside from this ongoing life drama for a few minutes each day to calm down, clear your mind, and gain a better perspective on things. You return to your daily life feeling refreshed, restored, and a little wiser.
In each one-hour class, visiting instructor and life coach, Kerry Alan Rasp, will offer basic instructions in mindfulness meditation, lead a guided meditation, share simple techniques to calm the monkey mind, and allow time for discussion. The class itself is a relaxing and quieting, engaging experience.
Classes will run for 6 consecutive weeks, Thursdays from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: February 16, February 23, March 1, March 8, March 15, March 22
FEES: $96 six-week subscription ($91 WAC members), $18 walk-ins (please complete registration first class only). Download the flyer/registration form.
Instructor: Kerry Alan Rasp is a meditation instructor, MBSR facilitator and life coach. He completed his training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Jon Kabat-Zinn at the UMass Medical Center in 2000 and at Coach U in 2001. Kerry has been practicing meditation, primarily in the Theravada tradition for over 12 years and his teachers include Joseph Goldstein, Christopher Titmuss, Jack Kornfield, Stephen Batchelor, Bikkhu Bodhi and Shinzen Young.
He is on staff at Summit Psychological Services, a psychotherapy practice in New Jersey, and teaches meditation at Montclair State University. He regularly leads meditation groups throughout the NY/NJ metro area, and workshops to a variety of companies and organizations. He also enjoys traveling around the country sharing the experience of mindfulness wherever he goes.
Those who most benefit from his training include young adults, parents, caregivers, entrepreneurs, who are in transition, stressed out, in chronic pain or anyone seeking to live a clear minded, simple andfulfilling life.
Yoga
The physical body…is not something separate from our mind and soul. (BKS IYENGAR)
Winter 2012
General: 14 weeks, Monday, January 9 through Saturday, April 14.
| Level I | Mondays | 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. |
| Intro/Level I | Mondays | 7:30 – 8:45 p.m. |
| Embodied Anatomy & Yoga (Susan) | Tuesdays | 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. |
| Level I/II | Tuesdays | 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. |
| Level III | Tuesdays | 7:30 – 8:45 p.m. |
| Level II | Fridays | 8:15 – 9:30 a.m. |
| Gentle/Intro | Fridays | 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. |
| All Levels | Saturdays | 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. |
Fee: $175 for one series, any 11 classes out of 14; $330 for 2 series; additional class of same series: $12, Watchung Arts Center member discount: $5
Special:
| Restorative | Thursdays | 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. |
Fee: $95 for 6 classes: January 19; February 9 and 23; March 8 and 22; April 12.
For registration and information, contact Renata at 908-754-8433 or yoreca@aol.com. Please make checks payable to the Watchung Arts Center. Download the flyer and registration form.
Instructors:
Renata Cardinal is Iyengar Yoga certified. Visit www.iynaus.org.
In the mid-nineties she started training with Certified Iyengar Teacher
Theresa Rowland and became a certified Studio Yoga Teacher in 1998. She was certified as an
Iyengar Yoga Instructor in 2004, and is also registered at the 500 Level with Yoga Alliance.
She continues to study with Ms Rowland and takes many workshops and classes with renowned Yoga
Teachers.
*Susan Ahlstrom, RYT, Studio Yoga Certified, Teacher of Embodied Anatomy and Yoga,
has been teaching yoga since 1996. Susan is registered with Yoga Alliance. Ongoing studies include
Developmental Patterns & Yoga and Infant Developmental Movement Education. She also took advanced
studies in Yoga with a number of teachers, including BKS and Geeta Iyengar.