Lifelong Learning

Explore the art of fused glass, and make some stunning cabochons (pendants) for yourself or to give as gifts!  Students will make 5 to 8 cabochons during the class.  Little or no glass cutting is required.  At the end of the class you will have up to 8 finished pieces that will then be fired in a kiln and be ready to pick up the following week. These are perfect [...]

  Do you love the ocean?  How about bringing it into your home? Come and make a restful piece of art depicting a wave that swells but never crashes. Using Frit (ground glass) of various sizes, a picture of a wave will emerge to grace your wall. Your piece will be taken to the kiln and fired. The finished piece will be returned to you the next week. Kathy Nelson [...]

The mud of trench warfare in World War I seems an unlikely catalyst for the creation of a new art form. But this is exactly what happened when local artisans in Belgium saw their livelihoods disappear as war was waged in their farmlands and trenches took over their beautiful, pastoral landscape. Sue Palmer, a native of England, will share her collection of “silks”—postcards made only during WWI. She will explain [...]

Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. Specific applications of Artificial Intelligence include expert systems, natural language processing, speech recognition and machine vision. Dive into Kirby Plessas' world of technology and let her simplify this complicated topic. This slide talk and video presentation will demystify Artificial Intelligence and explore the development, uses, and controversies in Artificial Intelligence. Kirby's deep technology background includes a [...]