Lifelong Learning | The Holland Center

Watercolor Realism with Larry Charles – Afternoon Class

December 3rd, 2024|Categories: Creative Arts|Tags: art, artist, brain based health, Larry Charles, Lifelong Learning, watercolor|

In four Tuesday afternoon workshops, instructor Larry Charles will guide you through the techniques for creating more realistic watercolor paintings. Each class begins with a step-by-step instructor demonstration. Then you will create the same painting, as Charles provides individual mentoring. Topics include how to mix colors; proportions and composition; correcting mistakes; and getting more realistic landscapes, still life, and people. Expect to complete one quick sketch and one finished art [...]

Andrew Jackson – Jim Sherbert Lecture Series

November 27th, 2024|Categories: History, Arts, and Culture|Tags: Jim Sherbert Lecture Series, Lifelong Learning|

Learn why Andrew Jackson was one of America’s most highly regarded yet controversial presidents, and why he was the first to be called a “populous president”. We'll also explore the social-political times, circumstances, and actions of the 7th President in 1828, and then compare to today's times and current President -- and even look at the similar behaviors and actions between Jackson and Trump. FORMAT: In-Person – classroom INSTRUCTION METHOD: Lecture AGES: Adults [...]

Navajo Code Talkers – 6:00pm Session is FULL

November 21st, 2024|Categories: Featured, History, Arts, and Culture|Tags: Arizona History, history, Lifelong Learning, navajo code talkers, World War Two|

Come join us to hear award-winning writer and current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Laura Tohe tell the history of the Navajo Code Talkers of WWII -- a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines unaware that they would develop a secret code against the Japanese military that would save many American lives. Excerpts from live interviews with the Code Talkers tell their stories before, during, and after the [...]