VCU Community Classes (Spring 2008)
Late Spring 2008 Community Classes
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar announces non-credit community classes.
All classes are open to both women and men and are taught in English.
Introduction to Silver Jewelry
Instructor: Libby Smyth
Section 1
Morning Session – Level 1
April 10 – May 1, Room 012
Thursday, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Fee: QR600
These classes will introduce the basic techniques of cutting, forming and
soldering silver jewelry. Libby Smyth has been practicing and teaching
jewelry making for 30 years. Fee includes basic materials.
Beadworks
Instructor: Alexie Muzame
April 19 – June 21, Room 018
Saturday, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fee: QR 500
Get stated with beading! Learn to make beaded bracelets, necklaces, earrings
and pendants. Learn how to repair beaded jewelry. Kids from age 8 to 14
years are welcome to join this class. For more information regarding the
class, please contact the instructor [email protected].
Silk Painting
Instructor: Sabrina Puppin-Lerch
16 April – May 28, Room 018
Wednesday 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Fee: QR 750
Students will have the opportunity to experiment with the basics of silk
painting in this introductory class. Each student will plan, design and create a final silk piece as part of the class. Sabrina is an artist who has been teaching
for 10 years in Germany. For more information regarding the class, please
contact the instructor [email protected].
Watercolor Exploration
Instructor: Marina M. Paul
April 6 – April 15, Room 023
Sunday to Thursday 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Fee: QR 600
Participants will experiment with basic watercolor painting techniques. Each
student will plan, design and create individual watercolor pictures.
Design Your Home
Instructor: Manjulaskshmi
April 6 – May 6, Room 111
Sunday, Tuesday 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Fee: QR 600
This class introduces interior design essentials including lighting, color
and schematic drawings. Manjulaskshmi is a fashion and home furnishing
designer working in Qatar.
Garment Construction
Instructor: Majed Taleb
April 12 – 3 May
Saturday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Room 120
Fee: QR 600
This class will provide a wealth of information on basic sewing equipment
and skills. The class will also give detailed advice on tools, fabrics, notions
and techniques. Majed Taleb is a fashion designer from Lebanon. For more
information regarding the class, please contact [email protected]
Pottery
Instructor: Lauren O’ Brien
April 7 – May 12, Room 014
Level 1: Afternoon Session
Saturday 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Fee: QR 600
This class introduces basic wheel throwing techniques. Ms. O’Brien is a
VCUQatar faculty member. Fee includes basic materials.
Palestinian Embroidery
Instructor: Maha Kassab
April 7 – May 26, Room 104
Monday 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Fee: QR 600
This class will introduce Al Tatreez, the embroidery artwork of the
Palestinians. It will include discussions of the social significance of the
different designs as well as the basic construction of each design. Students
should have a basic knowledge of cross stitching. Class size limited to 8.
Fashion Craft
Instructor: Shamim Vimanwala
April 6 – April 27, Room 018
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Fee: QR 600
Participants will learn basic techniques of dyeing and printing Indian
embroidery. With the combination of dyeing and embroidery techniques,
students will create a final article.
Awareness Workshop
Instructor: Sana Al-Buainain, Jacki Woodworth
April 8 – May 13, Room VIP
Tuesdays 6:30pm- 8:30 pm
Fee: QR 350
(Ladies only)
Join this 6-week Awarness workshop and reach deeper levels of self
awareness through group exercises, discussions and interactive
presentations. For more information regarding the class please contact
[email protected] or [email protected].
Survival Arabic
Instructor: Abeer Hammad
April 6 – May 11, Room 102
Level 1: Sunday, Tuesday 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Level 2: Monday, Wednesday 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Fee: QR 600
This class will focus on basic conversational Arabic skills and will introduce
the Arabic alphabet. Abeer Hammad has been teaching Arabic as a second
language for over ten years.
The Art of Poetry
Instructor: Diana G. Woodcock
April 9 – April 30, Room 111
Wednesday 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fee: QR 350
This class will introduce the forms and elements of poetry, as well as, the
art and pleasure of writing poetry. Diana Woodcock is a published poet and
VCUQatar faculty member.
Adobe Photoshop
Instructor: Tarik Dibsi
April 12 – May 3, Room 139
Fee: QR 450
Level 1: Section 1. Saturday, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Level 1: Section 2. Saturday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
This class will introduce effective digital image manipulation techniques. Tarik
Samir is a local designer with years of experience.
Adobe Illustrator
Instructor: Tarik Dibsi
April 12 – May 3, Room 139
Level 1: Section 1. Saturday, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Fee: QR 450
This class will introduce Adobe Illustrator as a tool for creating illustrations,
drawings and figures. Tarik Samir is a local designer with years of experience.
Adobe InDesign
Instructor: Tarik Dibsi
April 12 – May 3, Room 139
Level 1: Section 1. Saturday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Fee: QR 450
Adobe Indesign is a program that is essential for designing and publishing
magazines, leaflets and newsletters. Tarik Samir is a local designer with years
of experience.
For registering please call:
Tel: 492 7200
i might attend adobe photoshop classes..
how about photography?
cheers,
paul
Novi
hey now dont go there lol... talking about that kind of stuff in public is not good hehehe
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
thanks the xonic ... cant pull your leg ... you are bigger than me !!!!
My wife did this course at VCU last year. The instructor is good and you can learn properly.
cheers,
Novita... ah u got a chance to pull my leg didnt u :P j/k... why r u upset???
By section 1 and 2 are different levels actually, there will be classes every saturday for section 1 and there will be classes every saturday for section 2... I was just informing u where the instructor is from, I know he wont bother u
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
"Adobe Photoshop
Instructor: Tarik Dibsi
April 12 – May 3, Room 139
Fee: QR 450
Level 1: Section 1. Saturday, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Level 1: Section 2. Saturday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
This class will introduce effective digital image manipulation techniques. Tarik
Samir is a local designer with years of experience."
----> May i ask ... i dont really understand about the schedule. Is that means the class running every saturday from April 12 to May 13th or ... the lecturing only consist of 2 classes?
I always want to learn adobe photoshop properly ... but never get around to it. And so what if the instructor is lebanese? Doesnt really bother me where are they from.
Novita, my pleasure :D... the instructor is awesome... He's also lebanese :D
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
the xonic, thank you for posting. I am interesting to learn about photoshop. Will give them a call tomorrow.
i want to join in arabic class but conflict with my working schedule ....
I have to go all the way to Malaysia to learn bead stringing, got my tools from there too.
I was asking about Arabic Class...ok...If you are intersted we will join together...
CB
lol, richard might not be happy with me going to a university to attent some community classes with Mila and why's that?
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
I used to knit all my own sweaters at one time, here we don't need it so much. As a back scratcher can only confirm the needles are good and long. lol
We can team up for this one if you care to. I am always glad to put a couple more words into my vocabulary lol.
thexonic
Yes, you do that good thing Richard 123 is on vacation he might not be happy with that. lol
U r most welcome Aunt Polly.
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
and knitting is a health hazard as one could easily fall on one of the needles...they make good backscratchers though..oh! and good to tie hair back with...who needs wool anyway!!
Thank you , Supernurse, canary bird and thexonic.
I tried learning crochet from the net and also from books; but I always manage to lose stitches in between and end up with narrower items than what I started with .
When i see pictures of crocheted items like scarves or purses, I pray that one day maybe i too can crochet and produce items like those .
Aunt Polly
She's not mean :D
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
In your imagination I guess - have a little more respect for your elders boy
I can teach you knitting as this is easy - crochet the basics .
Aunt Polly, the aim in knitting is something like knit one purl one.....and be able to cast off otherwise you end up with a long scarf! Crochet is the same thin except you end up with a slightly thinner scarf, depending on taste.
lol CB u see this is why i considered u as a second option and not the first one, cuz u r always mean to me
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
I'm sorry Aunt Polly, I'm afraid I dont know about knitting lessons. U might wanna check out the Garment Construction course, may be they have something related. Give them a call and check with them... who knows :/
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
Then think twice before you take my name in vain - let this be a lesson to you!!!!
pottery??And come out covered in brown stuff with a wobbly rimmed bowl with a hole in the bottom??No way! i'll stick to advance astrophysics for beginners for now....
Anytime I like any kind of classes especially hand work .
Sorry to hijack this post , but do you know of anyone who can teach crochet or knitting ?
thanks
Aunt Polly
CB, i was just joking at that time :$ hehe... u wernt my worst case senario, u were actually my second option :$.. I actually cosidered u over mila lol
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
Gypsy Gal u r welcome. u wont be alone, the students there are from all over the world. I was there for a few classes and the people were really nice. most of the students with me were lebanese or europeans.
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
No don't you remember I am your worst scenario for a date - your memory doesn't serve you well.
thanks Xonic...I dont want to go alone....anyone else planning to join please let me know... CB you keen?
I'm sorry, there was an error from the main source. It's fixed now :D, the beadwork classes are in the morning at 10 am. U wanna join me, we'll learn to make something out of beads togather lol.
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
I actually enjoy such things but are you sure there is a class mentioned up there from 10 p.m. to 12 p.m. rather late or not??
Do you have a telephone number??
Hey man
u r most welcome
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."
thanks for the info thexonic and hi
Here's an oppertunity for u... u can learn some survival arabic, so when they come to attack u, u can defend yourself lol.
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
even to the hand that crushes it."