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2 Tuesdays and 1 Thursday, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. January 7, 9, and 14 (3 days, 9 total hours of instruction) AAC Art Studio How do you like your coffee? Made with your own two hands! Let's move away from the disposable cup and make something that lasts. In this beginner-friendly course, students will learn hand-building techniques—pinch, coil, and slab—to create functional drinking vessels. We will give special attention to coffee cups to encourage students to enhance their own morning coffee rituals; however, any favorite beverage will fit. We will learn to handbuild: mugs (cups with handles) tumblers (cups without handles) espresso cups matching saucers matcha bowls pour over coffee drippers While this is a beginner-friendly course, intermediate and advanced students may join. Students will learn how to: Wedge clay Roll out slabs using a rolling pin and wooden guides Utilize hand-building techniques for form and function Use templates Compress & strengthen clay to reduce air bubbles, cracks, and warping during the drying process Make handles Trim and carve into leather hard clay Apply decoration and texture Glaze vessels and reduce mishaps Materials: Clay will be provided. Please purchase a standard-size rolling pin and beginner’s pottery tool kit. Tools can be purchased locally at Freeform Ceramics in National City. We will also learn how to improvise tools with common household items. Please bring a notebook / sketchbook to class to keep track of wonderful ideas. Max students: 12 Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/classes/53 Athenaeum Music and Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

Tuesdays, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. January 7–February 11 (6 weeks, 18 total hours of instruction) AAC Art Studio (Includes model) This is a unique opportunity to study with two accomplished and warmhearted artist-educators in the same course. Ken and Stephanie are both well known for their ability to help each person find their own unique drawing abilities. Each week there will be a life model. On day one, Ken will introduce a simplified approach to gesture drawing and the fundamentals of figure and head construction. During Weeks 2 and 3, Ken will go deeper into the importance of gesture drawing in relation to constructing and composing longer poses. During the final three weeks, Stephanie will continue to build on Ken’s lessons but will include longer poses that will allow students time to incorporate the basics into an actual process of drawing or painting more finished figures and portraits. Materials: You do not need to buy everything on this list. Only buy materials that relate to the medium you plan to work with, or if you are more advanced, bring your own supplies. On day one you will only need newsprint, a drawing board, vine charcoal, kneaded eraser, and one colored pastel for accents. Charcoal: Soft vine charcoal; 4B charcoal pencil; kneaded eraser; smooth newsprint; drawing board; rags or paper towels. If you prefer graphite: 2B, 4B, and 6B graphite pencils; kneaded eraser; 18˝ x 24˝drawing pad or 18˝ x 24˝ smooth newsprint; drawing board. Max students: 12 Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/classes/51 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

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DILATION( )/INTERSTITIUM is a durational sub/merging of light movement, & image. in this study, dancer & mfa candidate erika roos considers how the fluidity & disintegration of time shape the in-betweenness of bodily forms. Visit: https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20250113-17_erikaroos.html UCSD Visual Arts on Instagram and Facebook

México mantiene la esperanza de quedar exento del incremento en los aranceles al acero y el aluminio, después de que el presidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump prometió aumentarlos a un 50% a partir del miércoles, destacó el martes el secretario de Economía Marcelo Ebrard.

In the shadow of President Trump's efforts to lower drug prices, the Medicare drug price negotiation process that began in the Biden administration continues.

Commerce Department employees who were fired, reinstated, and fired again learned belatedly that their health insurance has been cut off. Some had already racked up thousands in medical bills.

The Red Cross says Israeli forces killed 27 people attempting to get aid in Gaza on Tuesday. An Israeli American advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that account is "not accurate."