WEAVE YOUR OWN – The Center for Community Arts offers beginning and advanced basket weaving and weaving with yarn among many other art classes in February. Others start in March, and April. Pictured are Stina Ferguson, Nancy Benson and Bobbie Del Prete with their creations. Call 884-7525 for a brochure. (Photo: Laurie Schiffelbein)

CCA WINTER ART CLASSES: REGISTER NOW!

The Center for Community Arts (CCA), in partnership with the Nature Center of Cape May, offers an exciting range of opportunities to explore your creative self. No experience is needed, and supplies are included. Most of the classes are in groups of three two-hour sessions over the course of a month, with new offerings February through April. Fees are low, with sliding scale discounts for seniors, active military, those on fixed incomes, seniors and CCA members.

Whether you enjoy weaving, textiles, fine arts, functional art such as jewelry design or yoga, CCA has something to entice the body, mind, and spirit. Some are designed for parents and children; most are aimed at adults. All classes (unless otherwise noted) are held at the Nature Center of Cape May, 1600 Delaware Ave, Cape May. Six hours of instruction start at $75 and are discounted as low as $35.

Pre-registration is required and classes fill up quickly. Stop by the Center for Community Arts office at 712 Lafayette Street, Cape May to pick up a registration form or call the Center at 609-884-7525 and one will be mailed.

February classes include: Yoga, Basic Basket Weaving (pictured), Creative Basket Weaving, Weaving with Yarn; Sterling Silver Jewelry Design, Pottery, Glass Painting, Valentine Collage Workshop and Fancy Cookie Art Workshop; Fabric Dolls, Floor Cloth Painting, Learning to Knit; Watercolor Painting, Drawing Portraits, and Fire, Earth & Water. Learning to Knit and Fancy Cookie Art are also offered for parent and child.

These Center for Community Arts programs are made possible in part by grants from the Lower Cape Alliance, Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many generous businesses and individuals.

Center for Community Arts is a multicultural educational nonprofit organization whose arts and humanities programs foster creativity, community building, and appreciation for the rich diversity of our world. CCA’s programs serve year-round residents, including low-income families and seniors, as well as visitors to the area. Its artist-in-residence programs employ artists to help engage the community’s collective imagination for community healing, problem solving and visioning. CCA’s arts programs serve ages 6-96 in Cape May, Wildwood and Lower Township. Its Community History Program is dedicated to preserving, interpreting and celebrating Cape May’s African American heritage through exhibits, tours, and its John and Janet Nash African American History Archive. The Center is currently rehabilitating the Franklin Street School, a Cape May African American Historic Site, to house a community cultural center. For further information, call (609) 884-7525 or access CCA’s web site at http://www.centerforcommunityarts.org/.

Click here to view the brochure:
Adults%20Brochure%20WINTER%20SPRING%202008.pdf


Click here to open and print the 8.5" x 11" registration form with teacher bios on back:
CCA%20Winter%20Spring%20Registration%20Form.pdf

We are working on getting the brochure online. Please call 884-7525 or send your mailing address to info@centerforcommunityarts.org and and we'll mail you one.