An Claidheamh Soluis / Celtic Arts Center: Fall 2016 Schedule of Classes

Fall 2016 - Classes, Seminars, and Workshops

If you wish to become a member to get the discount class rate, you can join online or download and fill out a membership application, and we will process your membership application at the first class. Tuition for classes and workshops must be paid either through cash or personal check at the start of class.

Some of these classes will not be held unless a minimum number of registered students is reached.

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) Language Class
** For Beginners & Intermediates**

Monday Evenings
8 – 9:30PM (This offering will unfortunately end on October 17, 2016)
Location:
The Mayflower Club
located at 11110 Victory Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA
(held upstairs in the library)

Tuition: $5/meeting for non-members
but FREE for ACS/CAC members!

Emphasis is on pronunciation, conversation and reading. In the first part of each class, we usually review very basic material, and in the second hour, we work at a more advanced level, for continuing study group members. (Beginners are welcome to stay, of course.)

The textbook is Teach Yourself Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor (readily available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, or Amazon). Students are advised to purchase the complete "Teach Yourself Gaelic" course which includes the book as well as a CD/tape invaluable for ongoing listening practice. We will also include some Gaelic songs and practical conversation (Gaelic tea & biscuits, etc.).

Teacher - Eva Gordon has been studying Scottish Gaelic in books, online and via human interaction for the past 16 years. She has attended a number of workshops sponsored by ACGA (An Comunn Gàidhealach America/Gaelic Society of America) at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia, and at the Gaelic College, St. Ann’s, Cape Breton, N. S. A member of ACGA , she was the winner of ACGA's Distance Mòd Prose Competition (advanced) in 2002, ACGA’s Advanced Gaelic Scholarship, 2005, and winner of the Great Lakes Gaelic Mòd 2005. An active member of The Celtic Arts Center, she sings in the An Cór Ceilteach, the Center's choir.

Sorry, but online tuition payments are not available for this class.
Please make arrangements with the instructor at class.

4-Week History of the Celtic Nations Class

Monday Evenings
November 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2016
8–9:15PM
Location:
The Mayflower Club
located at 11110 Victory Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA
(held upstairs in a classroom)

Tuition: $10/class for non-members; $5/class for ACS/CAC members
*** BUY 3 GET 1 FREE! ***
If you sign up and pay for 3 classes in advance, you get the 4th class FREE!

The class surveys the history of the six nations where Celtic languages continue to be spoken: Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, and Wales. The emphasis of the course will be on how these various lands have developed national identities over the centuries and on their challenging relationships with their neighbors, who have often sought to subjugate them and have frequently succeeded.

Instructor - Todd Covert is a longtime member of both the Celtic Arts Center and the Celtic League American Branch. He has served multiple terms as president and treasurer of the Center.

Sorry, but online tuition payments are not available for this class.
Please make arrangements with the instructor at class.

Celtic Inspired Holiday Decorations Class
with Adrien Burke

Monday Evenings
November 7 – December 12, 2016
7–8PM
Location:
The Mayflower Club
located at 11110 Victory Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA
(held in the Green Room next to the stage)

Tuition: $30 for non-members; $20 for ACS/CAC members.
The object of this six-session class will be to produce a piece of art which can be used for home decoration, correspondence, gifts or any other purpose. Those who missed the previous Calligraphy classes can receive instruction in calligraphy as well!

The class will be held Monday nights in the Green Room (far side of the stage) from 7:00 to 8:00 PM.

Teacher -This class will be taught by Adrien Rain Burke, a noted graphic artist and longtime friend and leader of the Celtic Arts Center who uses Celtic themes and designs in her work. Click here for samples of her work.

Sorry, but online tuition payments are not available for this class.
Please make arrangements with the instructor at class.