Scarsdale Adult School E-News
April 2022
Arts & Crafts at SAS
Get your creative juices flowing this spring with our many Arts & Crafts classes. Both in-person and online classes will cultivate your inner artist, with courses designed for novice and master alike.
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, Anne Johann begins a new online session of Drawing: An Invaluable Skill and a Fascinating Medium (11091). Starting with pencil, graphite, and charcoal and later adding pen and ink/ink wash, students will work from objects in still life arrangements and from their own photographs.

Having just joined our faculty, Christian Kunze will teach Deep Dive into Drawing (11255), for students with some experience drawing who want to develop a deeper understanding of drawing techniques. This in-person class begins on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

Katie Goldberg offers Drawing 101 (11209) for those with little to no experience but an appetite for learning and fun. Class meets via Zoom beginning Monday, June 6, 2022.

Budding Botticellis may be interested in Katie Goldberg's upcoming online course, Introduction to Acrylic Painting (11208), starting Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Experiment with color mixing, light and shadow, composition, brush handling, and mark-making techniques to acquire a new skill set. Create a new painting each week based on that session's lesson and exercises to stimulate your creativity and artist’s eye.

Watercolor classes just began this past week with Anne Johann (in person) and Hope Friedland (online). Hope Friedland's in-person session of Watercolor Painting (11240) begins on Thursday, May 5, 2022, right after her current online class comes to an end.

New sessions of evening Knitting for All Levels (evening: 11193; daytime: 11194) begin this week. Beginners, experienced, and lapsed knitters are all welcome in this collegial klatch.

Later in the month, Robin Ingram returns for a two-session class, A Tisket, a Tasket, Learn to Make a Cherokee Wheels Basket (11206). Students will weave a 7 1/2" by 7 1/2" by 5" basket to display your spring flowers and fall harvest.

Reserve now to ensure your spot!
Additions and Changes
Newly added to the catalog

  • Beginner Bridge (11248)
  • Deep Dive into Drawing (11255)
  • Short Stories Live (11256)
  • Walking Tour: Art Deco New York, 42nd Street East to West (11250)
  • Walking Tour: Art Deco New York, Murray Hill to Gramercy Park (11251)
  • Walking Tour: Art Deco New York, Tribeca and the Civic Center (11252)
  • Walking Tour: Art Deco New York, Upper East Side (11253)
  • Walking Tour: Art Deco New York, Washington Heights (11254)
  • Walking Tour: Artist Studio Visit with Steven Assael (11257)
Change in Schedule

  • The class meeting time for Walking Tour: Contemporary Galleries of New York City (11056) on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, has changed from 11am to 2pm and the date for Walking Tour: Contemporary Galleries of New York City (11058) has changed from Tuesday, June 21, 2022, to Tuesday, June 14, 2022.
  • The class meeting date and time for Artists of the Non Finito: Cubists George Braque and Pablo Picasso (11062) has been changed to Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 10:30am; because of the date and time change, this lecture will be recorded and distributed to all registered students.
  • On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, April 19, 2022, and May 17, 2022, Movement to Music (11177) will meet over Zoom instead of in person.
Classes Starting in the Next Two Weeks
All class listings are for the Eastern Time Zone. Course numbers appear in parentheses.
Week of April 3, 2022
Architecture
  • Architects of America: Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909) of New York's McKim, Mead & White (11074)* Lecture will be recorded and available to registered students to view on demand for one week
  • Palm Springs, Modernism Capital of the World (11138)
  • Armchair Tour: Art Deco New York, 42nd Street East to West (11097)
Art Appreciation
  • Yaacov Agam, Pioneer of Optical Art (11082)
  • Walking Tour: Contemporary Galleries of New York City (11056)* Please note that tour will begin at 2pm instead of 11am
  • Walking Tour: Bowery Boogie, Downtown Art Scene (11084)
  • Artists of the Non Finito: Cubists George Braque and Pablo Picasso (11062)* Please note: class has been rescheduled to Thursday, 4/7 at 10:30 am instead of Wednesday, 4/20 at 11 am; lecture will be recorded and distributed to all registered students
  • Frank Stella, Austere and Monumental (11051)

Arts & Crafts
  • Drawing: An Invaluable Skill and a Fascinating Medium (11091)
  • Knitting for All Levels (Tuesday evenings: 11193; Thursday mornings: 11194)

Games
  • Beginner Bridge (11101)
  • Bridge: Supervised Play (11100)
  • Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series (11090)
  • Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (11089)

History and Culture
  • Synagogues, Then and Now (11098)
Languages
  • Advanced Beginner Spanish (11220)
  • Intermediate Spanish (11218)
  • Advanced Conversational Spanish (11219)
  • Beginner French (11228)
  • Intermediate French (11227)

Literature, Film, and Television
  • Short Stories by Nobel Prize-Winning Authors (11102)
  • Artistry Behind the Series: Bridgerton (Netflix) (11130)* Lecture will be recorded and available to registered students to view on demand for one week
  • BookTalk with Harriet Sobol: Oh William! (2021) by Elizabeth Strout (11107)
  • Where Film and Painting Meet: Filmmakers Steal from the Masters (11123)* Lecture will be recorded and available to registered students to view on demand for one week

Performing Arts
  • Learn to Play the Ukulele for All Levels (11186)
  • World Drumming (11188)
Week of April 10, 2022
Reminder: Most classes are off this week for spring break. Exceptions are listed below.
Art Appreciation
  • Artists of the Non Finito: Paul Cézanne and Luc Tuymans (11061)

Literature, Film, and Television
  • Artistry Behind the Series: Succession (HBO) (11131)* Lecture will be recorded and available to registered students to view on demand for one week
  • Book and Film Discussion: Portraits of the Artist, Creative Lives on the Page and Screen (11059)
  • Where Film and Painting Meet: Steven Spielberg and Norman Rockwell (11124)* Lecture will be recorded and available to registered students to view on demand for one week
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Catalog of Spring/Summer Classes
All upcoming classes are listed in our Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Spring/Summer 2022 Catalog. New classes are added regularly.

Class times are for the Eastern Time Zone. Please check regularly for additional options to keep you engaged and learning, whether from the comforts of home or through our expanding number of in-person options.
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