CTT-929 ONLN-Canva: A.I. Design

Section Info: Online | Canva Essentials: A.I. Design | This course is designed for beginners and intermediate users. Explore free templates, stock photos, and graphics to create stunning social media posts, presentations, print designs, photo books and photo slideshows. Gain skills to design professional-quality visuals with ease. The FREE version of Canva is acceptable for the course. Note: Attendance in online class sessions Fridays from 9:00 - 10:45 a.m. is mandatory for section 201.

LAN-328 Basic French

Section Info: Note: Attendance in online class sessions Mondays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. is mandatory for section 201.

HOR-354 Composting 101

ENC-972 PASD- Cultural Infl. America F

Section Info: Pasadena | Cultural Infl. America Film- Love, Death, Afterlife | No class on May 25 | This course is specially designed for connoisseurs of film, we will watch and discuss movies from the 1930s onward that explore the themes of love, death, and the afterlife. You will see Topper, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Meet Joe Black, and many other classic movies that draw upon ancient themes like the myth of Orpheus and Euridice. This ten-week course is taught by Richard Striner, the first historian to write about this subject.

CRE-912 ASRC-Drawing

Section Info: Arnold Senior Center | Drawing | No class May 25 | Scott Clarke is an accomplished local artist specializing in feel good art classes that combine laughter, creativity and motivation. Throughout his inspiring ten-week course, you will explore a different facet of drawing from still life and perspective to caricature and cartooning and MORE!

HTH-928 SCSC-Self Defense

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-928 SCSC-Self Defense

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-928 SSAC-Tai Chi

Section Info: Severn Senior Center | Tai Chi | Tai Chi Chuan is an ancient Chinese exercise that promotes balance, chi circulation, health, and longevity. The Yang Style short form guides students through a natural range of motion over their center of gravity. Consistent practice improves posture, circulation, joint flexibility, and body awareness while integrating mind and body. Benefits include improved balance, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, reduced stress, and enhanced mental wellbeing.

CRE-912 ONLN-Acrylic Painting

Section Info: Online | Acrylic Painting | This course is designed to guide you through the history of acrylics, set up, product essentials and technique. We will delve into creating magnificent paintings quickly and easily with direction, individuality, and imagination. We will also expand into marketing and sales of art on and offline. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. is mandatory for section 207.

CRE-912 ONLN-Chinese Calligraphy

Section Info: Online | Chinese Calligraphy | Chinese calligraphy is a refined art form with five main styles-ranging from rough and informal to elegant and stylized. Each character expresses a moment through balance, proportion, and rhythm. Strokes follow a specific order, with even spacing and consistent sizing. The simplicity and meditative quality stem from Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Students will explore art venues and assess sales potential. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Tuesdays from 9-11 a.m. is mandatory for section 215.

CRE-912 SCSC-Colored Pencil

Section Info: South County | Colored Pencil | Discover the colorful potential of colored pencils, perfect for studio or travel drawing. Develop artistic skills with various colored pencil media, including professional-grade wax, oil, watercolor and pastel pencils plus related drawing materials. Explore historical styles of art including realist, impressionist, expressionist, surrealist, and abstract art. Learn color theory, composition, texture effects, and techniques to create depth. Various drawing techniques, surfaces and enhancement tools are also covered. Beginner to intermediate students welcome.

CIT-354 Int. GTAW (TIG) Weld Cert

Section Info: Note: Class meets in the Clauson Center for Innovation and Skilled Trades at AACC in Arnold. No class May 25-27.

BNS-912 COSR-Clothing-Advanced

Section Info: Omalley | Clothing: Design, Sew and Sell-Advanced Level | No class May 22 and June 19 | This advanced class is designed for independent sewers. Students should be comfortable working creatively with minimal assistance, mastering pattern reading and hacking, and tackling skill-building projects. Lessons will cover piping, invisible zippers, finishing techniques, working with slippery fabrics, and marketing finished products. Prerequisite: Students must have successfully completed BNS-901 Clothing 1: Design, Sew, and Sell or BNS-911 Clothing: Design, Sew, and Sell-Intermediate Level, or have instructor permission.

HTH-928 ANSR-Beginner Tai Chi

Section Info: Annapolis Senior Center | Beginner Tai Chi | No class May 25 | This Beginner Tai Chi class offers a gentle, standing exercise program for mental and physical wellbeing, featuring Yang Style Simplified Short Form as taught by Master Cheng Man-Ch'ing. Slow, smooth movements combined with deep breathing promote strength, balance, and relaxation. Often described as "meditation in motion," Tai Chi supports cardiovascular health, bone strength, balance, joint comfort, and overall mobility, while also improving mood, focus, and emotional wellbeing

HTH-928 ONLN-Beginner Tai Chi

Section Info: Online | Beginner Tai Chi | This Beginner Tai Chi class offers a gentle, standing exercise program for mental and physical wellbeing, featuring Yang Style Simplified Short Form as taught by Master Cheng Man-Ching. Slow, smooth movements combined with deep breathing promote strength, balance, and relaxation. Often described as meditation in motion, Tai Chi supports cardiovascular health, bone strength, balance, joint comfort, and overall mobility, while also improving mood, focus, and emotional wellbeing. | Note: Beginner Tai Chi. Attendance in online class sessions Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. is mandatory for section 209.