Look & Learn: Carole Bennet on Playing Bridge

CLL Outside the Classroom

Let the CLL take YOU 'outside the classroom'

Learning, especially lifelong learning, is not defined by four walls. Whether you’re looking for a guided appreciation of nature, or ready for an urban immersion, let the CLL be your guide!
 Upcoming classes 'outside the classroom' include:

• Hiking Santa Barbara
• It’s All Happening at the Zoo: A Lunchtime Speaker Series
• Sustainable Garden Design Walkabout
• and more! 

These classes are starting soon, so register today – before they leave without you!:

Hiking Santa Barbara
with Rodger Sorrow4 Wednesdays, beginning May 13^th
9:30 a.m.-12 NoonCombine hiking and meditating in beautiful places, hiking the trails, beaches, parks and neighborhoods of Santa Barbara. Class Cost: $50

Register now!

It’s All Happening at the Zoo: A Lunchtime Speaker Series 
with Devon Pryor and Nancy Metoldridge
Tuesday, May 12^th: The Comeback of the Channel Island Fox
Tuesday, June 9^th: Islands of Change: Galapagos Islands
12 Noon - 1 p.m.
Take advantage of this unique partnership between the CLL and the Santa Barbara Zoo, presenting top experts discussing today’s many challenges of animal conservation, maintenance of habitat and societal relationships with wildlife. Class Cost: $15

Register here.

Sustainable Garden Design Walkabout
with Billy Goodnick
Saturday, May 16^th
1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden is a living, 3-dimensional gallery demonstrating the application of basic design principles. Learn to see garden design as more than a collection of colorful flowers and gain a better understanding of the multiple roles plants can play in the landscape. Class Cost: $25

Click here to register.

Antiques and Art: Field Trip

with Alice Karle
Saturday, May 30^th
9:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Join the CLL for a field trip to Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. A special exhibit includes, Manet's "The Railway" on Loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Class Cost: $21 Materials Cost: $70

Register here.

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CLL Newsletter April 2015

April 2015

April at the CLL The CLL Spring Term started on Monday, April 6th. With over 330 classes and 40+ brand new offerings, there's something new, just for you. Come choose from over 325 classes, 50+new classes, and more evening and Saturday classes than ever (to fit with working schedules). And don’t forget that for the rest of April, “Campaign for Student Success” donations will be matched - $1.00 becomes $1.50. In this issue: Campaign for Student Success Classes Starting Soon Summer Tuition Assistance Learn Something New with Look & Learn What Our Students Are Saying

Try something new at the CLL CLL at the ParentClick Kids Expo Important Dates: April 6 – May 1: SBCC Foundation Campaign for Student Success April 6 – May 8: Tuition Assistance Applications Available May 25: Memorial Day (No Classes/Offices Closed) June 13: Last Day of Spring Term

Campaign for Student Success: April 6 - May 1 Please consider “Paying it Forward” with a donation to support Tuition Assistance, Classes/Facilities, and Outreach for CLL students. Don’t forget that until May 1st, donations will be matched - $1.00 becomes $1.50. To contribute, visit www.sbcc.edu/supportCLL. (Scroll down and write “CLL” in the Specific Instructions field.)

Spring Term 2015 Classes Starting Soon Don’t miss out on these great classes, starting soon. April 9: Lawn Bowls, Your New Sport April 10: Singing from the Heart: Basics of Singing April 11: Successful Self-Publishing - Strategies and Tactics to Avoid Pitfalls April 13: Flavors of Latin America April 14: The Urge to Act: Level 1 Craving something different? Browse all classes here.

Summer Term Tuition Assistance SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning will accept applications for tuition assistance for summer classes April 6 – May 8, 2015. Interested students may apply for a $75 tuition e-voucher. Applicants who apply for tuition assistance must demonstrate financial need, and are limited to one voucher per term, and two vouchers per academic year. Here are THREE ways you can apply for Tuition Assistance for Summer Term 2014: Fill out the application online (click here). Download a printable form, fill it out and bring it to either the Schott Campus or Wake Campus. Come to either the Schott Campus or Wake Campus to pick up a form.

Learn Something New with Look & Learn Discover hints on how to master a new language. with CLL Spanish instructor, Silvia Morgan, in the CLL’s Look & Learn video: Ways to Learn a New Language. Learn something new in just a minute or two with our growing collection of Look & Learn ‘how-to’ videos, featuring the CLL’s expert, professional teachers. View ALL Look & Learn videos on the CLL’s YouTube Channel.

What Our Students Are Saying "I have so enjoyed my recent cooking classes at the CLL. Thank you again for the innovations and outreach.” – Dana Simpson, CLL student Did you have a great experience at the CLL? We'd love to hear from you! Send us an e-mail us at infoCLL@sbcc.edu.

Arts and Crafts at the CLL

Discover Arts & Crafts at the CLL

Do you want to make the world a more beautiful and fascinating place? This spring, try your hand at something creative. The CLL offers Santa Barbara’s best variety of art classes. These classes are starting soon. Register today!

• Figure Drawing and Painting
• Paint with Thread
• Landscape Oil Painting from Photos  
• and more! 

Evening Class!

Figure Drawing and Painting

5 Tuesdays, beginning April 7

6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Students enhance their ability to draw and paint the human figure. Short and long poses by live models contribute to skill acquisition in perception, expression, composition, and proportion. Class Cost: $99 Materials Cost: $5

Register Now

NEW!

Paint with Thread

4 Tuesdays, beginning April 7

1 p.m.-3 p.m.

Learn the traditional Japanese technique of painting with thread (Bunka Shishu) as you create amazing pictures resembling fine oil paintings. Join an experienced teacher as we explore a wide variety of techniques, from simple to complex adaptions. Class Cost: $40

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Landscape Oil Painting from Photos

9 Thursdays, beginning April 9

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

This class includes instruction and demonstration of creating an oil painting from a photo from start to finish. You will analyze your photo through drawing, color mixing and create paintings from your own photos, with individual hands-on help and critique from the instructor. Class Cost: $135 Materials Cost: $5

Register Now

You can view ALL Arts & Crafts classes here.

Just Curious?  Discover tips on how to approach works in a gallery with our Look & Learn video, "What to do When You Go to an Art Gallery?"

Explore over 325 Spring Classes! Click here to browse our printed schedule. 

Want to be the first to find out about new classes and special CLL ‘insider’ info? Follow @sbccCLL on Facebook and Twitter!

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Spring Term begins April 6. Come choose from over 325 evening, weekday and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. Register today at www.sbcc.edu/CLL.

Look & Learn: Elaine Wilson on "How to Make a Better Painting from a Photograph"

Look & Learn: Silvia Morgan on "Ways to Learn a New Language"

CLL Spring Term Music Classes

Make Music at the CLL

This spring, the CLL is offering music classes that fit your schedule. Whether you’re a professional or an aspiring musician, the CLL has hands-on classes and workshops, just for you! Stimulate your brain and keep it healthy with these music classes, starting soon! Spaces fill fast, so be sure to register now.

Here’s what’s coming up:

• Harmonica Blues, Getting Started
• Choral Singing
• Beginning/Intermediate Piano

Evening Class!

Harmonica Blues, Getting Started

5 Mondays, beginning April 6

6 p.m.-8 p.m.

Do you have a desire to play music but don't want to commit the kind of time it takes to master any instrument? Grab a Harmonica and start playing the blues without being bogged down with too much music theory or an expensive instrument. Class Cost: $75

Register Now

Choral Singing

9 Tuesdays, beginning April 7

9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Learn vocal techniques, song interpretation, tone, pitch, dynamics and performance technique to effectively perform choral music in front of an audience. Class Cost: $90 Materials Cost: $5

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NEW!

Beginning/Intermediate Piano

9 Wednesdays, beginning April 8

7:15 p.m.-8:45 p.m.

This class is open to all levels! Develop both musicianship and confidence through an introduction to beginning and intermediate level theory. Performance opportunities will be available for those who want to share what they have learned. Class Cost: $81

Register Now

You can view ALL Music & Performing Arts classes here.

Just Curious?  Discover the benefits of singing with our Look & Learn video, “Singing and Your Health”

Explore over 325 Spring Classes! Click here to browse our printed schedule. 

Want to be the first to find out about new classes and special CLL ‘insider’ info? Follow @sbccCLL on Facebook and Twitter!

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Spring Term begins April 6^th. Come choose from over 325 evening, weekday and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. Register today at www.sbcc.edu/CLL.

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