ACTIVITY CAMPS AND CLASSES
Non-member guests are welcome to attend adult, teen
and children’s Member Services classes when pre-registered
and accompanied by a member. Members make online
reservations for the total number of members and guests
attending, then inform Member Services of guests’ names
by phone or email. The member’s account is charged for all
attendees; there is no separate billing.
Members must accompany guests at all times. Guests
are not considered athletic guests and may not use the
club’s athletic facilities. Members should ensure that guests
adhere to the MAC dress code. Guests are welcome to dine
with members in the club’s dining establishments.
ADULT CLASSES
KNITTING AND CROCHETING
Knitting is a wonderful hobby that can be enjoyed for
hours. These classes are for beginners and also for those
who need a refresher course. Participants learn basic
stitches, pattern reading, and sweater design and finishing
with instructor Joyce Carlo. Beginners need one skein of
light-colored, worsted-weight yarn, size 8 knitting needles
and a G-crochet hook.
Tuesdays, June 15 through Aug. 17 ____________________ ME107
this hands-on class, students use their cameras to create
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
images to tell compelling stories. The class takes field
$99; non-member guest fee $118
trips to various Portland sites to photograph and interview
subjects. Students learn how to approach people they’d like
CHILDREN’S AND TEEN’S CLASSES to photograph, choose photos for publication and conduct
AND CAMPS
interviews to accompany their photography. Students learn
how photojournalism has the power to raise awareness
NEW CAMP
about important issues locally and worldwide. The class
CREATING A COMIC BOOK (grades 4 to 6; grades 7 to 8)
culminates in an online photo blog. Students need to bring a
In this camp, students make their own comic, cartoon,
digital camera.
or graphic short story. They learn basic techniques of
Monday, July 12 through Friday, July 16 _________________ME238
graphic storytelling from storyboarding to penciling to inking.
9-11:30 a.m.
Campers build characters; improve drawing skills with a
$142; non-member guest fee $157
focus on composition and personal expression; and explore
inking techniques using pens and brushes. Students apply
NEW CAMP
these skills to create their own comic or short graphic
BASIC BEADING AND SHRINKY DINKS (ages 6 to 15)
story to be self-published. Instructor Carolyn Conahan is a Students discover a no-nonsense approach to the basics
staff artist for Cricket magazine and creates the comic for of beading. On the first day, they learn about the materials
every issue. She writes and illustrates her own books and and techniques needed to handcraft beautiful necklaces,
illustrates books by other authors. bracelets and earrings. On the second day, they learn how
Monday, July 19 through Friday, July 23
to make a shrinky dink, a clear plastic sheet that, when
$140; non-member guest fee $155
lightly sanded, can be drawn on and baked to shrink into
9-11 a.m. (grades 4-6) _____________________________ME245
wearable art. On the third day, students create a necklace or
11:45-1:45 p.m. (grades 7-8) ________________________ME246
bracelet to wrap around their shrinky pieces. The instructor
is provided by Let It Bead.
NEW CAMP
Tuesday, July 27 through Thursday, July 29 _______________ME232
PHOTOJOURNALISM (grades 9 to 12)
9-11 a.m.
Students explore photojournalism as a career and as a
$80; non-member guest fee $90
way of seeing and documenting the surrounding world. In
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