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Free Class: Absolute Beginning Ballet

PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE WORKSHIP. Absolute Beginning Ballet is for teens and adults who have never taken a Ballet class before and would like a little extra explanation while learning the basics. Register in advance. 7p—8p. Free

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FREE Dance Class: Pre-Contemporary

PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE WORKSHOP. Trokanski Dance is celebrating National Arts & Humanities Month by offering free classes throughout October. For ages 6-8 focusing on building a strong core, correct alignment, technical vocabulary that includes outward rotation & parallel work, contraction & release, fall and recovery, leaps, turns, jumps, & transitions between movement levels. Register in advance. 4p–4:45p. Free

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Sisterhood Community Wellness Network Workshop

Welcome to the Sisterhood Community Wellness Network! For women in business in Davis and the surrounding areas. Join us to network and learn Welcome! Whether you manage a company, own your own business, have an idea for a start-up, or are self-employed, this community is for you! All are welcome! Running a business can be

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Paint Night: Basic Land(scapes)

Davis Cards & Games presents our very first guided paint night. Join professional artist, Stephanie Peel, in a beginner friendly painting session. Participants will paint a landscape on a canvas using acrylic paint in two hours. All supplies will be included. Tickets are $40 a person and available on our website: daviscardsandgames.com

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Drawing and Painting with Oil Pigment Sticks with Sara Post

Learn to draw, paint, shade, and enhance oil paintings using pigment sticks. With guidance from artist and R&F tier instructor Sara Post, participants will learn how to employ techniques including solvent-thinned brushstrokes, rich subtle grounds, color blends with cold wax (medium, monotype, and thickly textured), and dramatic color.   Dates: Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 29–30

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Squared: An Abstract by Design Workshop with Michael Shemchuk

This workshop tackles the square. Under the guidance of artist Michael Shemchuk, participants will create mixed media artwork using the Abstraction by Design method, a mixed media process in which one applies paper and paint to panels in simultaneous layers. Students will build up a surface that enables one to sand, scrape, saturate, peel, paint,

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Exploring Abstraction with Judy Knott

Do you want to try and create evocative abstract art? Are you struggling with even starting on a work of abstract art, or are you disliking the results you get? Under the guidance of artist Judy Knott, you will engage in exercises on color, line, shape, and composition that will help you start and finish

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