Alliance for the Arts

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This class will meet Mondays and Wednesdays for 2 weeks

In this workshop, students will investigate one of the oldest and most elusive questions: what is a human? Rather than approaching the question through anatomy, behavior, or language, participants will explore humanity as an abstract condition- an idea, an energy, a presence, or a relation.

This class is not about learning art as an end in itself. Instead, art becomes a means of inquiry—a way to think, feel, and encounter complexity through creative process. Students will use artistic expression not to perfect technique, but experience how making can itself become a form of exploration.
Through guided discussion and creative exercises, students will be challenged to think beyond the physical form of the human being and consider what remains when the body is set aside. They will then create non-representational, mixed-media art using color, texture, and shape to explore what is human in a language without words.

This session cultivates conceptual thinking, emotional intelligence, and aesthetic experimentation. It invites participants to confront the limits of definition and to discover new ways of expressing understanding—without the reliance on words or recognizable imagery.

This class will meet Mondays and Wednesdays for 2 weeks

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Three Wednesdays, May 20–June 3

Edible Art: The Craft of Sourdough is a three-part, hands-on culinary arts series that explores sourdough bread as both nourishment and artistic practice. Rooted in time-honored traditions of grain, fire, and fermentation, this course invites participants to approach bread not simply as a recipe, but as a creative medium.

Like painting or sculpture, sourdough requires structure, intuition, patience, and attention to detail. Participants will learn to transform flour, water, and salt into expressive, golden-crusted loaves while exploring how flavor, texture, and design elevate bread into edible art. Through guided demonstration, hands-on practice, and curated tastings, the series emphasizes craftsmanship, sensory awareness, and creative expression.

No prior baking experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

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Step into a deeply calming and restorative environment in this immersive sound healing class, led by Musician and practitioner Amy Noel Walters. Using instruments such as singing bowls, chimes, and gongs, this session invites participants to experience sound not just as something we hear, but as something we feel.

As you rest comfortably, layers of soothing vibrations will guide you into a meditative state, helping to quiet the mind, release tension, and restore a sense of balance. This class offers a gentle introduction to sound as a tool for relaxation, mindfulness, and emotional well-being.

No experience is needed—simply come as you are and allow the sounds to wash over you. Participants will leave feeling grounded, refreshed, and reconnected.

Please bring your own yoga mat, a blanket and an eye pillow accordiing to your comfort level