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On Becoming an Author Writers’ Retreat

$150.00
Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Have you ever wondered how it feels to publish a book? You get a box in the mail, open it, and it's the first copy of your book with your name printed. You just became an author! This one-day writers' retreat will change your mindset on becoming an author. Throughout the workshop, participants will:

Explore questions like: why do you want to publish a book? In what genre do you want to write? What is preventing you from starting your book right at this moment?

Learn best practices on your writing space, time, and designing a writing system.

Participate in group discussions and exercises to motivate you to start and continue until you become an author.

Explore traditional and online publishing.

Learn how to visualize your book before it's published.

Take part in a Q & A session with a local author.

Beginners welcome. No complete manuscript is required. Bring your pen and paper, but most importantly, your desire to publish and become an author.

Ages: Adults 18+

Session: One-Time Workshop

Spring 1: January 13, 2024

Spring 2: February 10, 2024

Spring 3: March 16, 2024

Spring 4: May 11, 2024

Instructor: Victor Vélez

Cost: $150/session (includes lunch and Writers' Workbook)

Class Location: CCAC’s new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Class Size: 3 – 10 students enrolled per session.

About the Instructor

Victor Vélez Victor, a native of Puerto Rico, grew up in New York City and currently lives in Cincinnati. His creative talents are expressed through multiple artistic disciplines as a writer, poet, photographer, and musician. Victor studied Communication Arts at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, and began his writing career as a freelance writer in the early 1980s. Victor’s published works include:

Poetry collections – A Quest for Answers (2003), Conga Blues (2008), Donde Estas, Senor? (2014), Divine Reflections (2016), and Wandering Soul (2019)

Photography – Images (2013)

Children’s book – You Live Inside (2022)

Fictional and non-fiction works – Salsa in the 'Nati (2020), The Triduum of All Hallows (2021), The Twelve (2022), and Forecast (2022)

"Jennifer's Notes," a novel suspense thriller with a twist, is coming in 2024.
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Art + Tales: Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
In this art class for the preschool set (ages 2-4), we will read and explore a different picture book each week and then make our own art inspired by the story using a variety of materials. Dress to allow for a mess! Grownups must stay with their young artists during the class. Space is limited: registration is required to reserve your seat! View and register for upcoming Art + Tales events by clicking here.

Ages: 2-4 with an adult

Session: December 12, 2023

Instructor: Kelli Gleiner

Cost: Free, suggested $5 per class donation

Class Size: maximum of 8 children registered per program day

Class Location: The Upside Brew (329 Ludlow Avenue)

How to Register: enter donation amount in the box below then hit "donate"! Registration closes the prior to the program. If you do not see a "donate" option, the program is full!
About the Instructor

Kelli Gleiner Kelli is an author, fiber artist, and art educator in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a BFA in drawing and painting from Bowling Green State University. She’s taught art in the public and private sectors, made a lot of coffee, stayed home with a little human, wrote grants for a nonprofit, and coordinated events for the best children’s bookstore in the world, all while making art. Her two board books, Cheer Up, Monster and A Day With Monster, feature a quirky felted monster/abominable snowman friend that was popular on her (now defunct) Etsy site, and are available now from blue manatee press.
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Crafts & Cocktails: Alcohol Ink and Aperol Spritz

$60.00
Friday, May 17 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Mark your calendars each month for the most fun evening of creativity that you'll find. Craft a unique piece of art while enjoying the evening's signature cocktail (or any other drink). At this month at Crafts & Cocktails, you can work with alcohol ink to fashion colorful and functional abstract works of art.

Age: Adults 21+

Session: One Time Workshop, meets on May 17, 2024

Instructor: Melinda Welch

Cost: $60/student (includes 1 drink ticket)

Class Size: minimum of 7 students registered to run class; no more than 24 students total

Class Location: CCAC's new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Registration Deadline: May 16, 2024

About the Instructor
Melinda Welch Melinda E. Welch earned her Master’s degree and teaching license in Art Education from the University of Cincinnati’s school of Design Architecture, Art and Planning. Melinda’s Masters thesis focused on developing a visual arts curriculum for a community arts center. Currently, Melinda is teaching for the Clifton Cultural Arts Center and leading art classes at Bridgeway Pointe, UC Health, an assisted living residence. Melinda’s teaching experience includes 14 years as Art Director at the Wyoming Fine Arts Center. While Art Director, she developed her vision for a visual art community driven by a strong, cohesive art curriculum and relationships with her students and families. She sought to connect with surrounding communities by integrating free art programming through connections with local schools, libraries and recreation centers. She often collaborates with diverse music teachers, and other non-profit organizations such as Elementz and BioKoto. While in graduate school, she was employed by Kennedy Heights Art Center to teach adult and youth art classes. She also taught after-school art at Pleasant Ridge Montessori and the Pleasant Ridge Library. Her student teaching experience includes Walnut Hills High School, Sherwood Elementary, North Avondale Montessori, and Anderson High School. For the Contemporary Art Center, she taught an arts integration curriculum at Bond Hill Elementary. For the CAC she also led art programing at various local schools and in the UNMuseum. She has completed internships at the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Taft Museum of Art, Manifest Gallery and Prairie Gallery. She was part of a youth community photography program in conjunction with Happen Inc, Prairie Gallery and the Mill Creek Restoration Project. Melinda is an active and experienced artist who works in ceramics, photography, collage and whatever else strikes her artistic fancy. She and her husband reside in Camp Washington with their two children.
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Swing Dance Foundations: Balboa

$15.00 – $60.00
Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Born in Southern California during the Swing Era, Balboa is a close position partner dance that mixes well with Lindy Hop and Charleston. Legend has it that the dance halls in that region were so packed that dancers had to confine their movements to smaller spaces, giving rise to the style and technique of Balboa.

Age: Adults

Session: April 30 - May 21 (4 weeks)

Difficulty Level: Medium/Low

Instructor: Joel Domoe

Cost:

One (4-week) Session of Balboa: $40

One (4-week) Session of Balboa and Vernacular Jazz: $60

Drop In (1-hour) Balboa: $15

Drop In (2-hours) Balboa and Vernacular Jazz: $20

Class Size: minimum of 8 students required to run class, no more than 16 enrolled.

Class Location: CCAC's new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Registration Deadline: April 26, 2024

About the Instructor
Joel Domoe Joel Domoe coordinates the design, development, and teaching of Swing Dance Foundations in collaboration with CCAC and other swing dance luminaries in the Cincinnati Area. Joel is the founder of SupermurgaNati, whose mission is: To amaze, enable, and empower Cincinnati's Jitterbugs and Lindy Hoppers creatively, technically, and socially by providing opportunities for elite instruction, generous mentoring, exciting collaboration, supportive connections, and amazing dance. Joel has been teaching, performing, community building, and producing events in the Swing Dance community all over the Eastern United States for 25 years. He is a former Virginia State Open Jitterbug Champion and Southwestern Regional Lindy Hop Champion. He has served as Competition Coordinator and/or Head Judge for the American Lindy Hop Championships (Stamford, CT), Lindy Focus (Asheville, NC), and Beantown Dance Camp (Boston, MA) multiple times. Joel has taught classes at far too many events to name. He is a founding and honorary lifetime member of the Piedmont Swing Dance Society in Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was a founding member and first president of the Atlanta Swing Era Dance Association. He has founded and directed three different Swing Dance Troupes: Bums and Bombshells (Greensboro, NC), Heavens to Murgatroid! (Atlanta, GA), and The Cinci SnapShots (Cincinnati, OH). In Cincinnati, among other things, Joel served as a co-producer of SwinGallery (Cincinnati’s longest-running weekly swing dance event) from 2006-2016. To learn more about SupermurgaNati, find out exactly who is teaching each course, and see other activities and offerings, please visit supermurganati.com.

Class Policies

All classes are open to students with any range of experience, from beginners learning for the first time to experienced dancers looking to solidify fundamentals or expand their knowledge base.

Students are not required to bring a partner to class.

In class, we use a partner rotation system where Leads dance with all the Follows and Follows dance with all the Leads. All students are expected to participate in the rotation unless there is an extenuating circumstance. Our classes are not designed for students to stay with the same partner.

Students are allowed to choose their own role in class, Lead or Follow. Students may also switch roles as frequently as they like.

It is highly likely that in every class, students will dance with some partners of the same gender and some of different genders during the rotation. The expectation is that all students be respectful of all other students at all times.
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After Care for Winter Camp

$40.00

After care extends your child's Winter Break Art Camp day until 5:30 p.m. You will need to purchase after care for each child enrolled in camp. For example, if you enroll two children in camp, you'll need to add "2" after cares to your cart!

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The Make a Mess Club

$58.00
Wednesdays, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Get prepared for a riot of creative chaos! You'll unleash your imagination, splatter paint, squish clay, and have a blast making beautiful messes while learning the joys of self-expression through art.

Age: Ages 8 - 12

Session: March 13 - May 22 (11 weeks)

Instructor: Melinda Welch

Cost: $58/month

Class Size: minimum of 7 students registered to run class; no more than 15 students total

Class Location: CCAC's new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Registration Deadline: Rolling!

About the Instructor
Melinda Welch Melinda E. Welch earned her Master’s degree and teaching license in Art Education from the University of Cincinnati’s school of Design Architecture, Art and Planning. Melinda’s Masters thesis focused on developing a visual arts curriculum for a community arts center. Currently, Melinda is teaching for the Clifton Cultural Arts Center and leading art classes at Bridgeway Pointe, UC Health, an assisted living residence. Melinda’s teaching experience includes 14 years as Art Director at the Wyoming Fine Arts Center. While Art Director, she developed her vision for a visual art community driven by a strong, cohesive art curriculum and relationships with her students and families. She sought to connect with surrounding communities by integrating free art programming through connections with local schools, libraries and recreation centers. She often collaborates with diverse music teachers, and other non-profit organizations such as Elementz and BioKoto. While in graduate school, she was employed by Kennedy Heights Art Center to teach adult and youth art classes. She also taught after-school art at Pleasant Ridge Montessori and the Pleasant Ridge Library. Her student teaching experience includes Walnut Hills High School, Sherwood Elementary, North Avondale Montessori, and Anderson High School. For the Contemporary Art Center, she taught an arts integration curriculum at Bond Hill Elementary. For the CAC she also led art programing at various local schools and in the UNMuseum. She has completed internships at the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Taft Museum of Art, Manifest Gallery and Prairie Gallery. She was part of a youth community photography program in conjunction with Happen Inc, Prairie Gallery and the Mill Creek Restoration Project. Melinda is an active and experienced artist who works in ceramics, photography, collage and whatever else strikes her artistic fancy. She and her husband reside in Camp Washington with their two children.
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Art + Tales: How to Catch a Star
Tuesday, May 21, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
In this art class for the preschool set (ages 2-4), we will read and explore a different picture book each week and then make our own art inspired by the story using a variety of materials. Dress to allow for a mess! Grownups must stay with their young artists during the class. Space is limited: registration is required to reserve your seat! View and register for upcoming Art + Tales events by clicking here.

Ages: 2-4 with an adult

Session: May 21, 2024

Instructor: Kelli Gleiner

Cost: Free, suggested $5 per class donation

Class Size: maximum of 12 children registered per program day

Class Location: CCAC's new home (3412 Clifton Avenue)

How to Register: enter donation amount in the box below, then hit "donate"! Registration closes prior to the program. If you do not see a "donate" option, the program is full!
About the Instructor

Kelli Gleiner Kelli is an author, fiber artist, and art educator in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a BFA in drawing and painting from Bowling Green State University. She’s taught art in the public and private sectors, made a lot of coffee, stayed home with a little human, wrote grants for a nonprofit, and coordinated events for the best children’s bookstore in the world, all while making art. Her two board books, Cheer Up, Monster and A Day With Monster, feature a quirky felted monster/abominable snowman friend that was popular on her (now defunct) Etsy site, and are available now from blue manatee press.

About the Book

An inspirational story of a boy who loved the stars so much, he decided to catch one of his very own. The beautifully illustrated, original debut picture book from shining talent Oliver Jeffers. There once was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own. Every night he watched the stars in the sky from his bedroom window and dreamed of how he could be their friend and how they could play hide-and-go-seek together. So, one day, he decided to set about catching a star of his very own…
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Art + Tales: The Watermelon Seed
Tuesday, May 14, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
In this art class for the preschool set (ages 2-4), we will read and explore a different picture book each week and then make our own art inspired by the story using a variety of materials. Dress to allow for a mess! Grownups must stay with their young artists during the class. Space is limited: registration is required to reserve your seat! View and register for upcoming Art + Tales events by clicking here.

Ages: 2-4 with an adult

Session: May 14, 2024

Instructor: Kelli Gleiner

Cost: Free, suggested $5 per class donation

Class Size: maximum of 12 children registered per program day

Class Location: CCAC's new home (3412 Clifton Avenue)

How to Register: enter donation amount in the box below, then hit "donate"! Registration closes prior to the program. If you do not see a "donate" option, the program is full!
About the Instructor

Kelli Gleiner Kelli is an author, fiber artist, and art educator in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a BFA in drawing and painting from Bowling Green State University. She’s taught art in the public and private sectors, made a lot of coffee, stayed home with a little human, wrote grants for a nonprofit, and coordinated events for the best children’s bookstore in the world, all while making art. Her two board books, Cheer Up, Monster and A Day With Monster, feature a quirky felted monster/abominable snowman friend that was popular on her (now defunct) Etsy site, and are available now from blue manatee press.

About the Book

With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love. With bold color and beautiful sense of design, Greg Pizzoli's picture book debut takes this familiar childhood worry and gives us a true gem in the vein of I Want My Hat Back and Not a Box.
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Art + Tales: The Digger and the Flower
Tuesday, Apr 30, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
In this art class for the preschool set (ages 2-4), we will read and explore a different picture book each week and then make our own art inspired by the story using a variety of materials. Dress to allow for a mess! Grownups must stay with their young artists during the class. Space is limited: registration is required to reserve your seat! View and register for upcoming Art + Tales events by clicking here.

Ages: 2-4 with an adult

Session: April 30, 2024

Instructor: Kelli Gleiner

Cost: Free, suggested $5 per class donation

Class Size: maximum of 12 children registered per program day

Class Location: CCAC's new home (3412 Clifton Avenue)

How to Register: enter donation amount in the box below, then hit "donate"! Registration closes prior to the program. If you do not see a "donate" option, the program is full!
About the Instructor

Kelli Gleiner Kelli is an author, fiber artist, and art educator in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a BFA in drawing and painting from Bowling Green State University. She’s taught art in the public and private sectors, made a lot of coffee, stayed home with a little human, wrote grants for a nonprofit, and coordinated events for the best children’s bookstore in the world, all while making art. Her two board books, Cheer Up, Monster and A Day With Monster, feature a quirky felted monster/abominable snowman friend that was popular on her (now defunct) Etsy site, and are available now from blue manatee press.

About the Book

From the acclaimed author/artist of Beyond the Pond and Rulers of the Playground comes a breathtaking new book with a powerful message about the environment, perfect for fans of Peter Brown’s The Curious Garden and Kadir Nelson’s If You Plant a Seed. Each day, the big trucks go to work. They scoop and hoist and push. But when Digger discovers something growing in the rubble, he sets in motion a series of events that will change him, and the city, forever.
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Art + Tales: Snow
Tuesday, Jan 2, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
In this art class for the preschool set (ages 2-4), we will read and explore a different picture book each week and then make our own art inspired by the story using a variety of materials. Dress to allow for a mess! Grownups must stay with their young artists during the class. Space is limited: registration is required to reserve your seat! View and register for upcoming Art + Tales events by clicking here.

Ages: 2-4 with an adult

Session: January 2, 2024

Instructor: Kelli Gleiner

Cost: Free, suggested $5 per class donation

Class Size: maximum of 8 children registered per program day

Class Location: The Upside Brew (329 Ludlow Avenue)

How to Register: enter donation amount in the box below, then hit "donate"! Registration closes prior to the program. If you do not see a "donate" option, the program is full!
About the Instructor

Kelli Gleiner Kelli is an author, fiber artist, and art educator in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a BFA in drawing and painting from Bowling Green State University. She’s taught art in the public and private sectors, made a lot of coffee, stayed home with a little human, wrote grants for a nonprofit, and coordinated events for the best children’s bookstore in the world, all while making art. Her two board books, Cheer Up, Monster and A Day With Monster, feature a quirky felted monster/abominable snowman friend that was popular on her (now defunct) Etsy site, and are available now from blue manatee press.

About the Book

Snow is a 1998 New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year and a 1999 Caldecott Honor Book. "It's snowing, said boy with dog. "It's only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard. No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city, they are also the only ones who know how to truly enjoy it. Uri Shulevitz' playful depiction of a snowy day and the transformation of a city is perfectly captured in simple, poetic text and lively watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations.
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Enrique Madriguera
TBA 2023 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST
As a Master Class participant, each student has the opportunity to present a piece and learn from our instructor’s expert coaching and advice. Remember to tune your guitar and warm up beforehand, and to prepare a well-lit space (light source in front or to the side, not behind you) with a straight-back, armless chair and a music stand (or a second chair) for your music, as well as a WiFi-connected device. View upcoming Guitar Master Classes!

Ages: 5+

Session: One-time workshop on date to be announced in 2023

Cost: Free; suggested donation $20

What to bring to master class:

Your guitar (please tune and warm-up beforehand).

A classical guitar piece you are currently working on.

Your questions for the guest artist.

Your open, “beginner mind”.

How to Register: enter your donation amount (from $0 - $20+) in the box below, then click "Donate"
About the Instructor
Dr. Enrique Madriguera Dr. Madriguera is a master of the classical guitar. His recordings of Spanish and Latin American music have received critical praise. He is in demand as a performer and teacher. Enrique has appeared at the International Guitar Festival Rust in Austria, the Chamber Art Festival in Madrid, and the Ramon Noble Guitar Festival in Mexico. He has taught at the Escuela de Artes in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, as a guest professor on a Fulbright Scholarship. In 2001, he toured Vietnam and taught in the country’s music conservatories. Since forming a guitar duo in 1996, Enrique and his wife, Sabine Rabe, have performed in festivals in the Americas and Europe including prestigious halls such as the Sala Manuel M. Ponce at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City and the concert hall of the Villa de Madrid for the Guitar Society of Spain. Enrique is a co-founder and artistic director for the Texas Guitar Competition and Festival, and the Guitar Series at UT Dallas. He is also the director of The Collegiate Competition and Festival at Eastfield College, which focuses on high school and undergraduate students. He is a past advisory chair for the Dallas Classic Guitar Society and a current advisory member to the Allegro Guitar Society. Since 2009, he has been invited to perform in Brazil, Sao Paulo and Ecuador. Recently, he was honored by the Cuenca International Festival for his work there over the last two decades. Enrique attended the 2011 Luys Milan Festival where he performed and was president of the jury. Dr. Madriguera earned a master’s degree in humanities in 1984 and a PhD in humanities in 1993, both from UT Dallas.
Having trouble registering? Call CCAC at 513-497-2860 to register over the phone. Suggested Donation: $20.00
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