Education
Covid Policy: For your own protection and that of the community, we ask that everyone wear a mask while participating in MSA classes and events. We’ve requested all staff and faculty to be fully vaccinated and are limiting class size to ensure we can be distanced.
Scholarships: Thanks to the generosity of our donors, MSA has a scholarship fund available to make sure our courses are accessible to all. Please call to discuss how we can help.
Scholarships: Thanks to the generosity of our donors, MSA has a scholarship fund available to make sure our courses are accessible to all. Please call to discuss how we can help.
Upcoming Classes
ART & MUSIC
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Figure Drawing with Charles Norris-Brown: An opportunity
to draw unsupervised from live, unclothed models in the upstairs theater space with a maximum of 10 participants. Bring your own materials, but please don’t use wet media that can spill! Dates TBD |
String Band with Jill Newton: String Band welcomes new members! Come and enjoy Main Street Arts’ longest running educational class. Play your instrument in a group setting and practice traditional square dance and fiddle tunes from around the world. Jill provides most of the music, choosing selections that are accessible but still beautiful, while at the same time keeping the group focused and in tune.
Wednesdays 5:00 - 6:15 pm LEARN MORE |
MOVEMENT
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QiGong Practice with John Bohannon: Participants in this class will learn and practice a variety of exercises, postures, and poses developed in China over many centuries. All of these fall under the title of Qigong, or “healthy breath cultivation” and are designed to help maintain a healthy body and spirit. This class is appropriate for both beginner and experienced practitioners.
Starts Sept 21 Tuesdays 11:00 - 12:00 pm LEARN MORE |
Feldenkrais Method Workshops with Paris Kern : The Feldenkrais Method® focuses on utilizing the potential of the brain and the nervous system to learn new patterns of movement while at the same time releasing old patterns that may be causing dysfunction, pain, or discomfort.
Saturdays, Jan 29 and March 19 9:30 - 12:30 pm and 9:30 - 4:30 LEARN MORE |
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Main Street Arts has consistently offered educational programming throughout its history. We've provided regular classes in the fine arts, motion, music, and theater with specific offerings targeted to virtually all ages and abilities from the disabled amateur to the established arts professional. We offer a scholarship program that is open to everyone of all ages, so no one will be unable to attend our classes because of lack of funds. |
Here is a sampling of some of the types of classes we've offered in the past: String Band, Drawing Studio Sessions, Altered Art, Felting, Musical Instrument instruction, Watercolor and Acrylic Painting, Home-school Theater, Dance Workshops, Printmaking, Creativity Journals, Selling on Etsy, Puppetry, and Colored Pencil in addition to many others. |