Explore how embellishing gift bags and gift tags using the Zentangle Method of art will give your gift-giving that extra Zing!! Instruction will include a lettering template, simple tangled designs, and suggestions for embellishments. Materials kits include a selected variety of small (2x2) and larger (3.5x3.5) paper tags in 3 colors, black Micron pens, GellyRoll pens, shading pencils & tools. Materials Kits can be picked up at the CLCAE Office in Damariscotta prior to class start date.

Cost of class includes all materials.

As a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT), Martha Brooks finds great joy in sharing this fun, relaxing, and easy-to-do art method! She is a retired Speech Pathologist and adjunct professor. Martha loves being a mom, an out-of-the-box thinker, the midcoast of Maine, and creating art using a variety of media!

Please note: The location of this class has changed from what was printed in our brochure. The new location for this class is Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta. 

Creating a naturalist’s sketchbook is a hobby that requires minimal equipment and expense, but can bring great satisfaction and a fresh perspective on nature. Record your nature discoveries with pen and ink and watercolor to create a one-of-a-kind journal of your adventures in the wild.

Artistic talent is not necessary to create a naturalist’s sketchbook. All that is needed is a sense of wonder and a desire to learn more about the natural world. Treasures found during the instructor’s adventures in nature will be on display to sketch or you can bring your own.

Laurel Dodge has a master’s degree in environmental studies and has worked for nature centers, land trusts and a zoo. She is an illustrator and nature photographer.

Create two different styles of stars using Zentangle tiles. Instruction will include simple tangle designs, use of color, and shading techniques that will enhance your star structures. Materials kits will include Star templates, paper tiles in a variety of shapes & colors, Micron and GellyRoll pens, shading pencils and tools. Materials Kits can be picked up at the CLC AE Office in Damariscotta prior to class start date.

Cost of class includes all materials. 

As a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT), Martha Brooks finds great joy in sharing this fun, relaxing, and easy-to-do art method! She is a retired Speech Pathologist and adjunct professor. Martha loves being a mom, an out-of-the-box thinker, the midcoast of Maine, and creating art using a variety of media!

Looking for a yoga class that will give you a sense of challenge and success in your flexibility, strength and overall well-being? Look no further! Designed for people with yoga literacy, i.e. those who have attended yoga classes before. We will practice Hatha yoga while growing a range of motion, endurance, and our own deeper connection to our bodies. The class will match the participants desired challenge level. Please bring a yoga mat.

Kathryn Jensen has a B.A in Dance, and is a registered yoga teacher with a Masters in Education. She has taught creative dance and yoga to children age 3-adults in their 80’s. Kathryn loves supporting people to find joy and play through embodied movement and living.

Learn and develop watercolor skills in this fun and relaxed environment as we begin the holiday season. Inspired by memories, books, and samples of vintage and contemporary Christmas cards, we will explore ways to paint trees, candlelight, holly, ornaments, and more.

Lots of techniques will be demonstrated as well as effective color combinations. Whether you choose to give your creations away, use them as place settings, or keep them as a mantle display, they are sure to become treasured, handmade keepsakes.

An $18 materials fee is payable to the instructor the night of class or students can purchase and bring items from a materials list provided by the instructor.

Margaret Dwyer holds a BFA and MFA in Visual Arts. Her watercolors have been published in fine art books and magazines and have been included in numerous juried national and international exhibitions. For the last several years she has been the artist in residence at Billings Farm & Museum and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, VT. Her work is now in Damariscotta at “River Arts” and “Gifts at 136”.

Gentle Vinyasa. Blending flowing movements and breath, allowing for an unraveling and softening of the body. This class is great if you are new to yoga, returning after a long hiatus, or are looking for something gentler for your joints and body. All levels are welcome.

Please bring a yoga mat, two yoga blocks and a blanket to class.

Jade Nelson is a retired bodyworker who shares her skills of observation and intuition through the practice of yoga.

Always wondered how to create mobiles that spin and dance in the slightest breeze? Join Chris Toy and learn the secrets of how to connect and balance recycled driftwood and wire to make beautiful hanging mobiles and tabletop stabiles. Tools and materials will be provided but feel free to bring needle nose pliers, wire cutters, spare wire clothes hangers, and coin (quarter, half dollar, dollar) sized pieces of weathered driftwood.

Chris Toy is a retired Maine educator, cooking instructor, author and Registered Maine Guide. He enjoys beach combing, where he finds his craft supplies. He creates rustic upcycled crafts by combing the coastline for driftwood, beachstone, and recycled wire from political signs. His work can be viewed on Facebook at Acadian Driftwood Arts.

This class will offer information and advice for what are the most important tools to begin with; How to arrange a shop for maximum efficiency; What are options for dust control; What shop-made jigs and fixtures are most needed.

The class will be geared to individual shop owners, so each participant is encouraged to bring a sketch of their shop layout with dimensions so we can discuss options.

Instructor Rick Gallion has been a professional woodworker for over thirty years and has taught many students the craft of woodworking. His shop is designed as a teaching facility. All classes will be held at the Clary Lake Woodworking School at 777 Gardiner Road (Hwy 126), Jefferson. Class size is limited.