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Learn to create three-dimensional works with clay using the potters wheel and various tools. You will study basic and intermediate forms along with surface decoration, glazing and firing techniques. Faculty:  Pamela Olson Classes: August 26 through December 16 Meets: Monday; 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM Cost: $200 Register Now!  Search for Wheel Throwing on Community Education Classes…

Make the most of your Windows 10 experience. Windows 10 is the latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for personal computers. We'll cover basic terminology and provide plenty of hands-on exercises. You'll learn to navigate the Windows hierarchy of folders and files to open, save and move documents. Learn how to organize your system to reflect how you use your computer, as well as how to use a variety of applications. By the end, you'll be proficient enough to… Continue Reading: Computer Basics: Windows 10

Grab your tap or hard-sole shoes and join Kitty, our amazing dance instructor, for a fun, spirited dance class! You'll increase your balance and find your rhythm as you shuffle-hop-step your way to fun and fitness. It will be the most fun part of your fitness routine!  Classes: August 27 through December 10 Meets: Tuesday; 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Cost: $25 Register Now!  Search for Tap Dance with Kitty on Community Education Classes…

You will learn all the necessary tools, tips, and technology to create an awesome painting. We will teach you how to handle brushes, how to mix colors, and how to grow and become a painter. We will study realistic still life and beautiful nature in Colorado. Faculty:  Lenka Sage Classes: August 27 through October 15 Meets: Tuesday; 12:00 PM - 02:50 PM Cost: $175 Register Now!  Search for Painting for the Absolute Beginner on Community Education Classes…

Practice your craft during self-guided studio time. You are welcome to use the studio when classes are not in session; facilitated studio time will be on Tuesdays from 2-5pm. You must have been enrolled in the CMC studio or ceramics class prior to enrolling in this studio. If you have questions about the studio, e-mail Willow Murphy wmurphy@coloradomtn.edu.  Classes: August 27 through October 15 Meets: Tuesday; 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM Cost: $155 Register Now!  Search for Ceramics Open Studio on Community Education Classes…

Pilates is a full-body workout - combining upper and lower body work, with a strong emphasis on the core. You'll strengthen the muscles of your arms, hips, back, abdominals and glutes. You will see changes in a matter of weeks with consistent practice. Faculty:  Kira Sadler Classes: August 28 through December 13 Meets: Wednesday, Friday; 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Cost: $186 Register Now!  Search for Mat Pilates - Wednesday/Friday on Community Education Classes…

Refresh and improve your basic Italian language skills. This class continues from the Beginning Italian class. The past and future tenses are introduced. Instruction emphasizes comprehension and more practice in conversation via interactive activities and practical situations. Faculty:  Carol Giuliani Classes: August 28 through October 23 Meets: Wednesday; 06:30 PM - 08:45 PM Cost: $175 Register Now!  Search for Intermediate Italian on Community Education Classes…

Do you want straightforward, powerful ways to process your digital photos so they look their best? Are you looking for efficient tools to organize your photos so they're easy to find? Then this Adobe Lightroom class is for you! Spend a full day learning what you need to know to enhance the appearance of your photos in Lightroom's Develop module, and manage your photos in Lightroom's Library module. The instructor will provide you with practice photos and walk you through… Continue Reading: Adobe Lightroom for Photographers

Using Adobe Photoshop, this workshop will teach you to master quick and efficient photo processing techniques for consistently professional results, as well as more in-depth layering, compositing and blending functions. If you want to go beyond Photoshop basics, this class will teach you more of the program's in-depth features made especially for digital photographers. You'll go step-by-step through the instructor's tried and true photo-processing workflow using Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw and/or the Develop Module from Lightroom, and Lightroom and/or Bridge's… Continue Reading: Adobe Photoshop for Photographers

This course will cover the Photoshop work area, opening, importing, saving images. We also cover basic editing of images including use of the most commonly used tools like the clone tool, the selection tool, the brush tool, lasso tool, eyedropper tool, eraser tool, type tool, pen tool, and shapes tool. We will start with images that will be provided and hopefully will have time for you to edit images that you bring in! You will be required to have your… Continue Reading: Beginning Photoshop