Personal Enrichment "Options"
Arts, Sciences and Humanities
- Introduction to Playing the Guitar
- Introduction to Playing the Mandolin
- An Introduction to Screenwriting: Act I
- Introduction to Drawing
- Developing Commercial Voice Talent for Radio and TV
- Acting Fun for Everyone New!
- Geology of Kentucky
- Abstract Painting
- Painting Portraits New!
- Landscape Painting in Oil and/or Acrylic
- What If They Had Won: An Alternative Look at Post WWII
- On to Victory: Hollywood Goes to War
- Introduction to Silk Painting New!
- Basic/Intermediate Watercolor Techniques
- Buddhism 101
- Buddhism 102 New!
- Making Prints with Carved Linoleum Blocks New!
- Stargazing: How to See the Universe New!
- Introduction to Writing Creative Fiction New!
Introduction to Playing the Guitar
This class will cover parts of the instrument, string names, notes on the fret board, tuning, first position chords, strumming patterns, blues progressions, blues patterns, tab and music notation and the joy of playing the guitar! Bring an acoustic guitar (6-string) to class. Available for rental at Doo-Wop Shop, 1587 Bardstown Rd. (456-5250) and 2915 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy. (491-4191). . Enrollment is limited to 7 students.
Instructor: Ken "Boxman" Luchese, specialist with the 12 string guitar, student and performer of guitar for 35 years.
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099DPZ register
Day/Time: September 8-October 27, 2008 (8 sessions), Mon. 6-7 p.m.
Fee: $99
Introduction to Playing the Mandolin
This beginner's class covers the basic picking technique, how to tune the mandolin, the most important mandolin chords, how to play easy melodies and much more, including the enjoyment of making music! Please bring a mandolin to each class. Available for rental at Doo-Wop Shop, 1587 Bardstown Rd. (456-5250) and 2915 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy. (491-4191). Enrollment is limited to 7 students.
Instructor: Ken "Boxman" Luchese, who has performed and studied for 7 years; current teacher of mandolin.
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099DPP register
Day/Time: September 8-October 27, 2008 (8 sessions), Mon., 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Fee: $99
An Introduction to Screenwriting: Act I
After discovering how and why a screenplay works, you'll learn how to plot your story, create the characters, and structure the three acts. You'll leave this class with act one complete and the story plotted out for the rest of the script.
Agenda:
- Week 1: What is a Screenplay?
- 3-Act Structure and Story ideas - Week 2: Choosing the Story and Theme
- Week 3: Characters and Character Creation
- Week 4: Structuring Act One
- Scene Creation - Week 5: Description/Action/Dialogue/Conflict
- Week 6: Proper Screenplay Format
-Screenwriting Books and Software
-An Intro to Scriptwriting for Other Media
Instructor: John M. Risner, B.S., Film Production; judge, Project Greenlight 2, member of the American Screen Writer's Association
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099DPD register
Day/Time: September 11-October 16, 2008 (6 sessions), Thurs., 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Fee: $79
Introduction to Drawing
Explore the fundamentals of drawing using dry (charcoal, graphite) and wet (ink) monochromatic media. Participants also will study the visual possibilities of contour, mass, proportion, light and shadow as well as the expressive potential of their materials. A list of supplies will be provided following registration.
Instructor: Ken Lucchese, BA, University of Louisville, completed the Vermont Studio School Program
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099EPH register
Day/Time: September 11-November 13, 2008 (10 sessions), Thurs., 7-9 p.m.
Fee: $159
Developing Commercial Voice Talent for Radio and TV
Discover the world of commercial voice work as you learn about auditions, taking direction, the recording studio and the key ingredients of a voice demo. All participants will record a variety of commercial reads including straight pitch, characters, dialogue spots, PSAs, and cartoon voices.
Class size is limited to 15 students.
Instructor: Barbara Polk, freelance voice talent and 37-year veteran of radio, TV and the ad agency business.
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099FPS register
Day/Time: October 21-December 2, 2008 (6 sessions, skips Nov. 4), Tues., 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Fee: $89
Acting Fun for Everyone New!
Have you always wanted to learn how to act? Ever wonder what backstage is like at Actors Theatre? Want to know the secrets to performing in front of a crowd? Then this is the course for you!
In this highly successful course, students will learn the fundamentals to acting, engage in short five minute scenes, receive a free tour of Actors Theatre, and view movies to learn how to break into the acting world.
Enroll in this class that had more than three students earning money for their acting before the class ended.
Instructor: Samer Yahyawi, actor and director with over 20 years of experience in theatre and film; writer of “The. C.D.I”, a play which made its off-Broadway premiere in October, 2006.
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099DPA register
Day/Time: September 16-October 21, 2008 (6 sessions), Tues., 6-8 p.m.
Fee: $89
Geology of Kentucky
Kentucky's landscape is influenced by rocks beneath the soil and processes that build mountains and erode them back to the sea.
This new class explores the Commonwealth's ancient past. What was it like over the past billion years? How do we know? Why aren't there gold mines in Kentucky? Can you find crystals or dinosaurs?
In addition to class time, you’ll discover the past first-hand during three field trips to central Kentucky. Site visits may include parks, quarries, exposures along the highway, and a less-known (but spectacular) part of the Commonwealth's cave country. Field trip dates are March 15, 29 and April 5.
Instructor: Charles Oldham, Environmental Geologist, Retired, with over 30 years experience
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099DP6 register
Day/Time: September 10-October 8, 2008 (5 sessions), Wed., 7-9 p.m. and two field trip dates (TBA)
Fee: $99
Abstract Painting
Learn formal and expressive techniques of abstract painting. Discover understandable techniques for using space, mass, color and line. In addition to broad principles, this class explores a basic abstract "alphabet," the fractured image, spatial arrangement, the image forsaken, and textural devices.
Instructor: Ken Lucchese, BA, University of Louisville, completed the Vermont Studio School Program
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099EPY register
Day/Time: September 8-November 10, 2008 (10 sessions), Mon., 1-4 p.m.
Fee: $159
Painting Portraits New!
Students will learn to paint the human face and body. Attention will be given to shape, form, light and shadow. This class will also explore the use of color and composition for psychological effect.
Instructor: Marty Edlin, Bachelors degree from the University of Louisville and Masters degree from the Art Institute of Chicago. Marty has been teaching art since 1986 and his artwork has been exhibited since 1984.
Location: Shelby Campus
Course #: 099FPD register
Day/Time: October 1-December 3, 2008 (10 sessions), Wed., 6-9 p.m.
Fee: $159
Landscape Painting Oil and/or Acrylic
This class will focus on the potential that the local landscape offers for visual expression in paint.
You will receive instruction in linear and atmospheric perspective; long and short depth of field; light, color, time of day and season; and the horizon--water, sky and ground. Through the use of photographic references and on-site study, you will work to produce a small number of paintings that successfully translate their landscape.
You will have the option to work in oil or acrylic or both. A list of supplies will be provided at time of registration.
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: Ken Lucchese, BA, University of Louisville, completed the Vermont Studio School Program
Course #: 099EPG register
Day/Time: September 9-November 18, 2008 (10 sessions, skips Nov. 4), Tues., 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Fee: $159
What If They Had Won: An Alternative Look at Post WWII
The world as we know it today was shaped by the events that took place between September 1939 and September 1945, but how different would the world be if, at key moments during that period, history had taken an alternative path? In this class we will review the actual details of some of the most pivotal events of the war, and then examine the possible, even probable impact on the world had the outcome of those events been different.
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: Ted Zucker, United States Marine Corps (1969 - 1973), chairman of the "World War II Round Table Group," a local organization made up of veterans and fellow military history enthusiasts
Course #: 099CPA register
Day/Time: September 8-29, 2008 (4 sessions), Mon., 1-3 p.m.
Fee: $40
On to Victory: Hollywood Goes to War
From the anti-war films of the 1920's, realistically portraying the horrors of WW I, through the "America must prepare for war" in the late 1930's, the "Flag Waving" and/or "Buy Bonds" propaganda films made during WW II, to the post war era & the return to realistic films that looked at our enemies, and ourselves in a different light. Using clips from various examples of each type, this class will examine the full spectrum of the "War Film" & the people who made them. It is for both the film fan & the history buff.
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: Ted Zucker, United States Marine Corps (1969 - 1973), chairman of the "World War II Round Table Group," a local organization made up of veterans and fellow military history enthusiasts
Course #: 099DPQ register
Day/Time: September 11-October 16, 2008 (6 sessions), Thurs., 1-3 p.m.
Fee: $40
Introduction to Silk Painting New!
Explore and enjoy the magical flow of color and fabric. Through the exercises and demonstrations, learn the process of creating your own original hand painted scarf, banner or tie. Express yourself in a new media using an unconventional technique: painting on silk.
Always admire those beautiful window drapes and handmade Derby scarves? Do you spend hours trying to find a unique gift for a family member or friend? It's a good time to learn and enjoy your own silk paintings.
Class size limited to 12 students.
Location: Shelby Campus
INSTRUCTOR: Luci Mistratov, PhD in Art Education, Kaliningrad, Russia. Research Scholar at the University of Louisville and honored member of the Cambridge Who's Who registry
Course #: 099EPC register
Day/Time: September 11-November 27, 2008 (12 sessions), Thurs., 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Fee: $159 (List of supplies will be furnished after registration)
Basic/Intermediate Watercolor Techniques
This course is for beginning and intermediate watercolor artists who want to improve their range of techniques in the application of watercolor paint to paper and learn how to move the paint on the paper. Students can build their repertoire of techniques to achieve specific effects. Individual instruction will be provided in a group setting with demonstrations of technique along with observation and critique of technique development. Personal feedback will be provided in a constructive and interactive manner.
Enrollment is limited to 8 students. A list of necessary supplies will be provided following registration.
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: Linda Lococo, watercolor artist for over 20 years whose work has received recognition in numerous galleries and shows in the Louisville area.
Course #: 099EPJ register
Day/Time: September 8-November 10, 2008 (10 sessions), Mon. & Wed., 9 a.m. - 12 noon
Fee: $159
Buddhism 101
This introductory class will offer a textual, historical, and anthropological survey of the Buddhist tradition. Topics covered will include origins and history, doctrine, ethical beliefs, meditation, ritual, monastic, and popular traditions. Students will learn about basic Buddhist concepts, terms and teachings concerning the Buddha, His Teachings, and the Sangha, i.e. the community of clergy. Also, students will be able to demonstrate the relevant historical motives and links underlying these concepts as Buddhism spread from India to other parts of Asia and eventually to the world outside of Asia.
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: Thich Hang-Dat, M.A., Buddhist Studies, Dharma Realm Buddhist University
Course #: 099DPJ register
Day/Time: September 18-October 16, 2008 (5 sessions), Thurs., 6-8 p.m.
Fee: $60
Buddhism 102 New!
For those with a basic understanding of Buddhist theories and their applications or who have taken Buddhism 101, Buddhism 102 details the development of Buddhism as it is observed by the laity and clergy communities, and its spread throughout Asia and the world. The two contemporary schools of Buddhist thought, Theravada-Southern tradition and Mahayana-Northern tradition are examined, with an emphasis on their various principles and practices to achieve ultimate realization.
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: Thich Hang-Dat, M.A., Buddhist Studies, Dharma Realm Buddhist University
Course #: 099EPA register
Day/Time: October 23-November 20, 2008 (5 sessions), Thurs., 6-8 p.m.
Fee: $60
Making Prints with Carved Linoleum Blocks New!
Learn the process of creating your own original art by making prints from carved linoleum blocks. Make prints in time to give original gifts to your family and friends for the holidays. Linoleum blocks can be used to make holiday cards or just be given as unique art prints.
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: Linda Lococo, watercolor artist for over 20 years whose work has received recognition in numerous galleries and shows in the Louisville area.
Course #: 099EPD register
Day/Time: September 8-November 10, 2008 (10 sessions), Mon. & Wed., 1-4 p.m.
Fee: $159
Stargazing: How to See the Universe New!
This class will focus on astronomy from an observer's point of view.
Questions answered:
- What resources do I need to discover the universe?
- How much of what is "out there" can I see?
- Do I need to invest in expensive equipment to get the most out of stargazing?
In six sessions, the universe will be revealed to you! It is an exciting place and you have a ringside seat! And we will answer the last question here and now.....definitely not!
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: Alan Goldstein
Course #: 099EPP register
Day/Time: October 1-November 12, 2008 (6 sessions, skips Oct. 8), Wed., 7-9 p.m.
Fee: $99
Introduction to Writing Creative Fiction New!
This course will explore the wide and varied forms and genres of the world of creative fiction writing and look at the history and development of the craft. Students will read, discuss, and practice writing various forms of creative fiction.
The emphasis of this course will be on the construction of individual and original manuscripts of creative fiction and sharing those manuscripts with other members of the class.
Location: Shelby Campus
Instructor: James H. Peterson, III, Master of Arts, University of Louisville. Master of Fine Arts, Murray State KY
Course #: 099EPB register
Day/Time: October 16-November 11, 2008 (8 sessions, skips Nov. 4), Tues., 6-8 p.m.
Fee: $99