Young Artists 6-11 Week 3
Chautauqua's Classroom Chautauqua's ClassroomWeeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 204 | Ages 6-12 Get ready to create, and join us for fun and exciting projects!
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 204 | Ages 6-12 Get ready to create, and join us for fun and exciting projects!
Week 3 | M, W, F | LAC Alumni Hall Poetry Room | Ages 18+The 19th century was a time of great change and scientific and literary advancement.
Weeks 3, 6 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Arts Quad Annex 1 | Ages 14+ Explore Chautauqua visually in our daily landscape drawing class.
Week 3 | M, W, F | Alumni Hall Poetry Room | Ages 18+Participants will learn how to create poems with heart and soul.
Weeks 1 to 6 | M, Tu, W, Th | CVA Arts Quad Print Studio| Ages 14+ Our printmaking courses focus on the exploration and development of students’ unique ideas and sensibilities inspired by the printmaking medium.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Heinz Fitness 1 | Ages 16+Perfect for someone who has always wanted to try yoga, as well as for an experienced practitioner.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 105 | Ages 14+Spanish is one of the easiest languages to learn!
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hurlbut Marion Lawrance | Ages 16+Start your day with mindful movement.
Weeks 3 to 7 | M, W, F | Turner Gym | Ages 18+ Full body workout consisting of cardio strength and core movements.
Weeks 1 to 9 | Tu, Th | Turner 107 | Ages 18+ This class is designed to increase muscle strength and enhance range of movement while improving balance and overal mobility.
Weeks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 208 | Ages 10+Learn basic skills so that you can feel confident to join local ukulele groups when you return home.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hultquist 101 | Ages 15+We will examine how our partisan identities derail our ability to effectively acquire, perceive and evaluate political information, and why that poses a significant threat to democracy.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 201B | Ages 40+Learn about actual case studies and specific techniques to give meaning and significance to what you leave to your family.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W | Turner 106 | Ages 14+Investors are constantly seeking roadmaps to navigate the complex terrain of financial markets, especially in light of the ever-changing interest rate landscape and other economic headwinds.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 104 | Ages 14+ Students will learn the basics of the two types of felting with wool: needle felting and wet felting.
Weeks 1, 3, 6, 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 208 | Ages 12+The mountain dulcimer is a very sweet-sounding and versatile instrument.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center | Ages 7–12This course is for young sailors regardless of sailing experience. Instructional sights include on-the-water, classroom, and dockside.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center| Ages 13–18This course is for teen sailors regardless of sailing experience. Instructional sights include on-the-water, classroom, and dockside.
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | CVA Arts Quad Ceramics Studio | Ages 14+Students are introduced to the fundamentals of working with clay as an art medium.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Arts Quad | Ages 18+Ready to work on your own project? This one-week pass grants you access to the Fiber Studio for $99.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | CVA Arts Quad Ceramics Studio | Ages 18+Ready to work on your own project? This one-week pass grants you access to the Ceramics Studio plus a private studio for $225.
The Rev. Dr. Richard Kannwischer is the eighth Senior Pastor of the seven-thousand-member Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Richard has been a pastor for twenty-five years and has served congregations in Texas, California, and the NYC metropolitan area. He studied business at Trinity University in San Antonio before completing his master's from Princeton Seminary...
Weeks 3 to 6 | M, W, F | Sheldon Hall of Ed. 201 | Ages 9 mos–3 yrsJoin us for Toddler Time. Enjoy time with your toddler as we listen, learn, sing, move, and play together in a fun and educational environment that emphasizes early literacy skills.
Weeks 3, 7 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Smith Memorial Library Classroom | Ages 15+Students will read the assigned story for each class and come to class and engage in an open inquiry (Socratic) discussion of the story.
Enjoy watching master voice teachers at work as they mentor Opera Conservatory students.
Weeks 3, and 6 to 8 | M, W, F | Heinz Fitness 2 | Ages 12+ Weeks 4 and 5 | M, W, F | Heinz Fitness 1 | Ages 12+With a background in public health nursing, Miller discovered the life-giving power of yoga when she retired.
Weeks 1 to 9 | Tu, Th | Turner 107 | Ages 18+ This gentle Hatha class is for all levels of experience.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 202 | Ages 12-14Drawing, painting, and sculpture are avenues for exploration within this class.
Kori Schake is a senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, where her research areas include national security strategy, NATO, and alliances and U.S.-led international order. She returns to the Chautauqua Lecture Series for a week on “What We Got Wrong: Learning from Our Mistakes” to...
Play CHQ invites families to explore together through games, crafts, STEM activities and more throughout the 2024 season. You can join the fun at pop-up locations across the grounds! In case of inclement weather, all Play CHQ events will be held at Sheldon Hall of Education, Room 202.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W | Turner 205 | Ages 18+In this class, Bestor Fresh Market finds will inspire flavorful, easy-to-prepare dinners that highlight ingredients at their peak and make seasonal selections shine.
Weeks 2, 3, 6, 7 | M, Tu, W, Th | Seaver Gym | Ages 12+Experience the joy of group hand drumming through world rhythms, free form drum circles and relaxation/meditative drumming to create a greater sense of well being.
Presenters Mark Wenzler and Bethanne Snodgrass will lead a community discussion on our Week Three CLSC selection, The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance, by Dan Egan
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 106 | Ages 14+Create a colorful, fun, easy wreath out of fabric scraps.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hultquist 201B | Ages 16+The Reformed Movement was a major force politically and religiously in Scotland, England and New England, and echos of Reformed thinking remain potent in contemporary American politics.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hultquist 101 | Ages 18+From the perspective of Jungian psychology, the paradox of failure is the golden road toward the possibility of newness and fullness of life to emerge.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Pickleball Courts at Chautauqua Tennis Center | Ages 12+Pickleball is exploding worldwide.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hultquist 201A | Ages 14+Make better healthcare decisions based upon longevity research while exploring six major aging pathways and their amelioration.
Weeks 2 and 3 | M, W, F | Heinz Fitness 1 | Ages 14+Do you find your activities (cellphones, etc.) cause gravity to curve your thoracic spine, leading your head heavily forward?
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 103 | Ages 14+Play pre-dealt lesson hands illustrating principles of declarer bidding and play and defensive bidding and play.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Smith Library Classroom | Ages 14+This course will explore the nature of violence, misconceptions about violence, and the various approaches that writers and activists have taken toward nonviolence. We examine myths about violence and a spectrum of approaches to nonviolence, all in attempt to understand the...
Weeks 3, 4 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 105 | Ages 18+In this class we will explore genre from poetry to ghost stories, noodlehead stories to fairy tales, and discover tales from many different cultures. We will study the precepts that create an enjoyable storytelling performance.
Weeks 2, 3 | M, T, W, Th | Alumni Hall Poetry Room | Ages 14-18A workshop that will allow students to read and write based on the formal freedoms and constraints of contemporary writers such as Terrance Hayes, Natalie Diaz, Chen Chen, and more. We will specifically avoid poetry written before 1940 and focus...
Enjoy learning more about the lake and water-shed conservation efforts while paddling along during this hour-long guided kayak tour. The tour begins and ends at the Sports Club. The cost is for rental of single or tandem kayak plus $10 per person for the tour guide. Limited spots so please reserve one day before the...
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 203 | Ages 18+This class focuses on gaining strength for the whole body, while also emphasizing core musculature development and balance and coordination movements through using body weight exercises only.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, W, F | Sports Club | Ages 14+ This is a wonderful opportunity to learn in a friendly stress-free and supportive environment.
Presenters Shannon Rozner and Mary Pat McFarland will lead a community discussion on our Week Three CLSC selection, When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era, by Donovan X. Ramsey
Week 3 | MWF | Prose Room, Alumni Hall | Ages 18+Our lives are rich with stories passed on from families and friends. How do you decide what's material for a short story, novel, essay or memoir that anyone outside your family will want to read? How do you decide which details to keep and...
Weeks 2, 3, 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hurlbut Marion Lawrance | Ages 18+Tai Chi is a mind-body exercise from ancient China. Movements are fluid, graceful, circular and slow. It's suitable for anyone because exertion levels can be adjusted to suit your physical condition. Tai Chi improves strength, flexibility, aerobic conditioning and...
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | CVA Arts Quad Ceramics Studio | Ages 14+ Students are introduced to the fundamentals of working with clay as an art medium.
Tara Isabella Burton is the author of the novels Social Creature, The World Cannot Give, and the forthcoming Here in Avalon: out from Simon & Schuster in January 2024, as well as the nonfiction books Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World and Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians. She...
Weeks 3 and 6 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Arts Quad Annex 2 | Ages 14+Embark on a visual exploration of Chautauqua with our daily landscape painting class.
Weeks 1 to 6 | M, Tu, W, Th | CVA Arts Quad Print Studio| Ages 14+Our printmaking courses focus on the exploration and development of students’ unique ideas and sensibilities inspired by the printmaking medium.
Weeks 3, 5, and 7 | M, W, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center| Ages 18+The John R. Turney Sailing center is offering a unique, interdisciplinary workshop.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center | Ages 18+This course is for adult sailors regardless of sailing experience. Instructional sights include on–the–water, classroom, and dockside.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center| Ages 10+This course is for advanced sailors of all ages, or anyone looking to take their sailing skills to the competitive level.
Weeks 1 to 8 | Tu, Th | Children's School | Ages 0 to 4 with an accompanying adultReconnect with other children from the Chautauqua community each afternoon.
Weeks 2, 3 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 104 | Ages 14+In a world bombarded by graphics, hand lettering is at a premium — and you can do it, too!
Pillar Talks: Reflections on 150 Years of Chautauqua Programs, featuring Jack Voelker, former Director of Recreation at Chautauqua.
"The Quran and What it Says About Other Faiths"
Week 3 | M, T, W, Th, F | Online | Ages 18+One must treat failure and success with equal respect.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner Conference Room | Ages 60+Learn the basics of improv, while playing games, engaging with other class members, and making stuff up.
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 105 | Ages 14+In this class, students will learn how we got the Bible, the basics of exegesis (what did the text mean back then?), hermeneutics (what does it mean for us right now?), and much more!
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 201A | Ages 16+Ben Jonson, English Renaissance playwright, famously said of Shakespeare, "He was not of an age, but for all time!”
Week 3 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 201B | Ages 16+Delve into the world of art through the eyes of a curator, whose job it is to select, display and interpret artworks in museums.
Celebrate Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary with the Play CHQ team. In this session, you will have the opportunity to build models showing your dreams for Chautauqua's next 150 years. Play CHQ invites families to explore together through games, crafts, STEM activities and more throughout the 2024 season. You can join the fun at pop-up locations across...
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 3 to 4 Explore movement through music in a fun, creative and supportive environment.
The Miami String Quartet, lauded for its rich and balanced sound, has earned widespread acclaim over its three-decade-long career in chamber music. With prestigious awards such as the Cleveland Quartet Award and residencies at esteemed institutions like the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University, the quartet has solidified its reputation as...
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 5 to 6 Explore movement through music in a fun, creative and supportive environment.
Week 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 13+This class requires four to five years of formal ballet study
Week 3 | M | Turner 106 | Ages 21+ Absinthe is one of the most misunderstood spirits available today, largely a result of modern misconceptions about its past, a pessimistic opinion of its modern production and its divisive black licorice and wormwood flavors.
Sound Meditation from An Artist and Poet
CVA Lecture Series, Sachiko Akiyama, School of Art Faculty: "Carving the Figure" Sachiko Akiyama received her MFA in sculpture at Boston University and continued her studies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Akiyama lives and works in Portsmouth, NH. Her proximity to the ocean, woods, and wildlife has deepened her connections to the natural...
150th Anniversary StoryCorps Archive: The Cohen Multimedia Studio is available for recording your StoryCorps conversation for inclusion in Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary Archive. Book your recording time online here. Available times will be highlighted on each day’s schedule with a white box. Each recording session is designed for two people to be in conversation. Think of...
The extraordinary Alexander Gavrylyuk serves as Artist in Residence for Chautauqua Institution. His international career has included appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Scottish Symphony, and the Hollywood Bowl. Following what was hailed as an “electrifying performance” broadcast at the 2017 Proms in Royal...
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