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Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard (ACE MV) will hold a course sampling fair with walk-in registration on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the regional high school.
Enrichment courses begin the first week of October, as will two Island courses being offered for college credit (English composition and a medical terminology class) and essential English and math courses for those seeking a high school diploma or college prep.
Wind Farm Talk
This morning, Sept. 17, Paul Pimentel of the Vineyard Power Committee, a grassroots group devoted to creating a windfarm at a site beyond Noman’s Land, will discuss the feasibility, benefits and economics of a wind farm at that location. He will also examine the feasibility of an electricity co-op.
Mr. Pimental is a professional engineer with 40 years experience in energy systems including the development of windmills, solar power and cogeneration.
Art with Lani Carney
Lani Carney is beginning her fall season art workshops at Featherstone Gallery in Oak Bluffs. Miss Lani’s ever popular, imaginative classes offer something for every budding child artist.
The slate of classes includes portrait painting, animals in art, oil painting and world of color. Each class is geared for different age groups ranging from three to eleven years old.
Classes meet weekly throughout the fall and into the new year. Call 508-693-1850 or visit featherstoneart.org for schedule and fees.
Viking Scholar to Give Lecture
Like any selfrespecting Viking, Leif Eriksson roamed far and wide. A difficult guy to pin down, the subject of his actual homestead has been in much debate among Viking specialists. Relatively recently, 1960 to be exact, L’Anse aux Meadows, translation Jellyfish Cove, a cozy nook at the northernmost tip of Newfoundland, has been touted as the place Mr. Eriksson hung his helmet.
Painter Mark Bullen is offering a three-day intensive master class in portrait painting at Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oct. 1 to 3.
Through daily demonstrations from the live model, Mr. Bullen will show you how to achieve drawing, form and color in your own work. There will be an emphasis on mixing flesh tints, drawing with a brush and understanding light and shade. The class is designed for both beginning and advanced painters’ benefit. The class runs Friday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuition is $375.
Dementia Care
Family caregivers or professionals may attend a Dementia Certificate Program course on Friday, Sept. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional Transit Authority in Edgartown.
Tuition for this training from Alz-heimer’s Services of Cape Cod and the Islands is $85 and includes a certificate of completion and 6 CEUs.
Tuition for family caregivers is $10 to cover the costs of materials.