Life Enrichment Coordinator: Johnette (Jay) Dorsey.
You must be a member of a Fulton County Multipurpose Senior Center and registration is required for all in-person classes.
Below is a listing of the Art and Craft Classes that are being given in the 3rd Quarter 2025.
3rd Quarter 2025 Class Schedule
Class Size: 10
A continuation of techniques learned in Clay Hand Building.
You will create more utilitarian and or decorative objects.
Students are required to purchase a bag of clay.
Class Size: 10
Students should be able to work on their own Genealogy Research.
Come connect & socialize with others.
Must have your own computer for this class.
Class Size: 6
Prerequisite: Beginner Wheel Pottery, or prior experience.
The student should be able to center clay on the wheel with minimum difficulty and have working knowledge of throwing clay on the wheel.
Note: If you have pain in hands, elbow, shoulder, or a weakness in arms or back this may not be an ideal class for you.
Class Size: 7
Come and learn some basics of sewing.
Learn to thread a machine and basic sewing methods.
Some of the projects and techniques we will learn are French seams, basic mending - hemming, buttons/Velcro, mending, fabric pairing for each project, market bag/tote, travel roll up.
Limited space.
Participants are welcomed to bring their machines.
Class Size: 7
Come and learn some basics of sewing.
Learn to thread a machine and basic sewing methods.
Some of the projects and techniques we will learn are French seams, basic mending - hemming, buttons/Velcro, mending, fabric pairing for each project, market bag/tote, travel roll up.
Limited space.
Participants are welcomed to bring their machines.
Class Size: 10
Participants will learn the basics of how to knit using two needles and yarn.
Please bring your materials (needles, yarn etc.).
Class size: 4
This class is for beginners only, wanting to learn how to play the game of chess.
Participants will learn the rules of chess and build strategies while playing the game.
Class Size: 12
This class is for beginners only, wanted to learn how to play the game of Dominoes.
Students will learn the rules of dominoes and use multiples of 5 to score points.
Students will enhance their skills by playing dominoes with others.
Class Size: 8
Beginners will learn this tile-based strategy game, played by 2-4 players, where the goal is to form winning hands.
Players take turns drawing and discarding tiles, attempting to build combinations of three and four tiles called melds, and a pair of matching tiles.
Location: Building C
Class size: 10
Beginners will learn the basic rules of Rummikub, a fun and social game closely resembling “Gin Rummy” but played with tiles.
It is an easily learned game that is part luck and part strategy.
Once proficient the game room will be open on Friday’s 1:30pm-3:00pm, to those who are interested in joining on the fun.
Class size: 10
Students will learn alphabets, numbers, and common key phrases.
Class Size: 8
Participants will practice their improvisational skills with games like the show Whose Line is it Anyway.
Comedic improv encourages cognitive function and good humor.
Come willing to be silly and share some laughs.
Bid whist is a partnership trick-taking variant of the classic card game whist.
As indicated by the name, bid whist adds a bidding element to the game that is not present in classic whist.
Class Size: 12
Bridge, open to all, play for fun.
No instructor, no registration required.
No registration required.
Come play chess, a game played by millions worldwide.
Class Size: 10
In this class we will be exploring the technique of slab building.
Various projects utilizing slabs will be presented with students choosing their projects.
This class is available to both the novice and experienced.
Using different textures will be emphasized.
Come and play with clay!!
Class Size: 10
Have an hour to spare?
Join us as we take a creative break this session and dabble in a little bit of everything.
We will meet to be creative and create a piece of art in an hour that you can take with you...
Let’s have some fun!
Class Size: 10
A forum for experienced writers to share various forms of writing with peers to give and receive feedback and constructive criticism.
This class includes some short presentations relative to specific interests and the challenges faced by writers.
Class Size: 8
Participants will learn the basics of crochet, from how to hold the yarn and hook to crocheting all the basic stitches, including chain stitches, slip stiches.
Please bring your own materials (Crochet needles, yarn, etc.).
Class Size: 12
Increase your drawing skills as they apply to watercolor painting.
If you have an interest in watercolor or previous experience in watercolor, then this is especially for you.
This course is designed for ALL watercolor levels, but I do encourage taking my Drawing and Watercolor Level 1 first.
Drawing and Watercolor Level 2 concentrates on the Human Figure and Portrait.
Class Size: 10
A beginner's level course designed to introduce participants to the foundational techniques of art and design.
Exercises will cover line, shape, space, and color as well as references to art throughout history.
Students will learn the terms to describe and analyze art as well as gain confidence in their ability to convey ideas through visual medium.
All materials provided.
Class Size: 12
Mahjong is an ancient Chinese tile game, but here we play the American version.
Open to experienced players only (no beginners).
Class Size: 10
A two-component course that serves as a beginner-level introductory course, as well as offering a "continuance" of hands-on activities for the winter and spring Genealogy Beginner's attendees.
A personal research device (laptop, tablet, phone) is necessary.
Class Size: 3
Join our weekly gameshow as a contestant or the audience!
Each week, 3 members will have the opportunity to win the ultimate Benson Jeopardy prize: Bragging Rights!
No registration necessary, however, there will be a first-come-first served signup sheet to be a contestant.
Class Capacity: 12
Alan has been practicing transcendental meditation for seven years and hopes to help anyone who needs “a little peace”.
Meditation has been linked to a variety of health benefits including reduction in stress, anxiety, depression, headaches, pain, and blood pressure.
Meditation can positively affect emotional and physical health, improves concentration and memory, resulting in better academic and work performance.
Meditation helps you become a happy person.
Class Size: 12
Any participant who does Needlepoint, Cross-stitch, or Embroidery, and enjoys social interactions while stitching their own projects.
This is not an instructor led class
Organizer: Shirley Dobson
Create at your own pace.
Bring your own supplies!
Class Size: 8
In this class we will explore four different methods of making multiples of one image. Images and ideas will be provided by instructor or use your own.
The class will cater to both the beginner and those that have been in class before.
Individual assistance and instruction will be offered to students. If time allows, we will explore bookmaking.
Class size: 10
Get and overview of puppetry as an artform from ancient history to the present.
Students will learn performance basics and can create simple versions of five basic puppet types: hand, string, shadow, body and rod.
All materials provided.
Class Size: 10
This is a Level 2 Spanish you will be learning their foundational knowledge of the language, expanding their vocabulary and grammar, and deepening their understanding of Spanish-speaking cultures.
Class Size: 16
Each player seeks the best five-card poker hand from any combination of the seven cards: the five community cards and their two-hole cards.
Players have betting options to check, call, raise, or fold.
Rounds of betting take place before the flop is dealt and after each subsequent deal.
*No Instructor*
*No Registration Required*
Class Size: 10
The student should be able to center clay on the wheel with minimum difficulty and have strong working knowledge of throwing clay on the wheel.
Note:
This is not an instructor led class, you will be working on your own during studio hours.
If you have pain in hands, elbow, shoulder, or weakness in arms or back this may not be an ideal option for you.
Class Size: 10
In this class, students will make jewelry by crafting flexible wire and polymer clay into charms or pendants.
All materials will be provided.
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