Lifelong Learning Programs

Gift certificates are available for all of our Lifelong Learning classes and can be mailed to you, or picked up at the Alumnae Association office. To register for any classes, click here.


EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN THROUGH ART
Thursday, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19       6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
OR
Saturday, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21      9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  
Location:  Visual Arts Building 202                                                                                          Fee: $213
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain  by author Betty Edwards is an internationally loved book on drawing.  Join artist Mary Esch for eight Saturdays as she coaches you through 10 chapters of this mind expanding series of exercises that will wake up your right brain (the creative side).  Supplies for this class are minimal but there will be much reading and practice at home and in class.  This class is for the person who has always wanted to draw but has struggled to move over to their right brain. Its also for the person who wants to wake up their right brain and willing to draw pictures in order to do so.  The left brain is well developed for many professionals allowing them to efficiently complete hundreds of tasks a day.  But the professional  who thinks in new and unusual configurations  has access to their right brain. In this class, drawing from observation is the vehicle to access the right brain. There will some very interesting exercises that will open you up.  Are you up for an eight week brain tease to unlock your creative side?  This class is 4 hours longer than when offered this winter.  While you must select either the Thursday or Saturday classes, substitution can be made on a week by week limited basis.  


CLASS REGISTRATION: Tuition is payable with registration. Questions, 651-690-6666/alumnae@stkate.edu. Make checks out to: CSC Alumnae Association, and mail to: F-33, 2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105.

Gift certificates are available for all of our Lifelong Learning classes and can be mailed to you, or picked up at the Alumnae Association office. To register for any classes, click here.


Questions on Any Present or Past Programs? Contact the Alumnae Association office,
651-690-6666 or alumnae@stkate.edu, or Christine Klejbuk '71

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SHERLOCK COLLECTION (WORLD'S LARGEST!) AND BAKER STREET ROOMS

October 25, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., University of Minnesota Elmer L. Andersen Library For highlights of this unique and fascinating event ...










WOMEN DETECTIVES IN LITERATURE

"Sixty Years of Fictional Women Detectives: Nancy Drew to "The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency.




Detective fiction has developed memorable female sleuths from Nancy Drew and Miss Marple through Precious Ramotswe of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Dr. Gayle Gaskill, Professor of English at St. Catherine’s shared her favorites in this Lifelong Learning Class on November 13.


Dr. Mary Bendel-Simso SP '86 co-authored Early American Detective Stories(2008), which includes the largely unexplored field of women in late 19th-Century detective fiction. She and her co-author plan to set up an online data base called the Westminister Detective Library. For more. . .





"DIVINE WORDS INSPIRED ART: PRINTS FROM THE SAINT JOHN'S BIBLE"
was exhibited at the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery in September and October 2008. Lifelong Learning had Saturday morning program on this incredible mix of faith and art.


“Creation, Covenant, Shekinah, Kingdom,” Wisdom of Solomon 10–11 -- Donald Jackson, 2004; natural hand-ground ink on calfskin vellum, copyright 2004, The Saint John’s Bible and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minn.

For more than a millennium, Bibles were not only the word of God but works of art, thanks to the tradition of illuminated manuscripts. The hand-lettered manuscripts, with exquisitely decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations, gradually faded as an art form with the advent of the printing press; but in 1998, Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., revived this educational, artistic and spiritual tradition with its ambitious and celebrated project — The Saint John’s Bible: An Illuminated Bible for the Modern Age.

Donald Jackson, an internationally renowned calligrapher and scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords, was chosen to carry out the commission, assisted by a team of calligraphers and illuminators. They have used the tools and materials employed by scribes more than a thousand years ago — quill pens on vellum, natural handmade inks, hand-ground pigments, and gold and silver leaf, coupled with the advantages of modern computer technology for layout.

Scheduled to be completed in 2010, the monumental work will contain more than 1,100 pages with 160 illuminations in seven volumes, each measuring two feet by three feet. The words work hand in hand with the art, seeking to inspire a new generation with dynamic interpretations of scripture from a contemporary perspective that embraces our diverse world. For more ...

The Saint John's Bible
http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/

Copies of volumes from The Saint John's Bible can be found in the St. Paul Campus Library.






We had a wonderful time meeting in ...
for the Adventurous Scholar.
The Lifelong Learning Committee offered a scenic and educational trip to Door County, Wisconsin, to all our alumnae and friends in August 2008. This was part of our Adventurous Scholar Program! We gathered at the lovely Björklunden lodge, at the northern campus of Lawrence University, on the Lake Michigan Shore just south of Baileys Harbor.
Click here for highlights of this August 2008 weekend event.

ST. CATHERINE'S CAMPUS:
AN ARCHITECTURAL GEM
Thursday, June 19,
Well-known author and architecture critic and TV commentator, Larry Millett led a walking tour of the historic and contemporary St. Paul campus.

GREAT DECISIONS: TALKING TO OUR ENEMIES
Frank Wright, former Star Tribune journalist who served as bureau chief and managing editor, Washington correspondent and foreign correspondent reporting from more than 60 countries, will questions such as: How the United States deals with international challenges often depends on how we are engaged with our allies, as well as our enemies. How should we deal with countries like Cuba, North Korea and Iran? What approach should we take with groups like Hamas and Hezbollah? This discussion was the first presentation of our four-part Great Decisions program discussions. For highlights of this program, click here.


CONTAINER AND URBAN GARDENING
Attendees went away with a pot full of information and a designed planting as well. Share some of the advice and excitement of the event by clicking here.


MEMOIR WRITING
Ever want to write down the plot, themes, and beloved characters in your life? Attendees spent the first session considering the many options in memoir writing, tips in wading into the project, and how to get started with some freewriting exercises. In the second session, we discussed options in structuring a memoir and polishing individual pieces. Then we read some exerpts to get input. Click here for some memoir writing tips.






HO, HO, HOLISTIC HEALTH
CSC Director the Masters of Arts Program in Holistic Health Studies at the Minneaplis campus shared how laughter helps in healing and mainting good health. “That was wonderful”, “so fun”, “really good” remarked members of the smiling audience at the end of this Evening Scholar event. To share some of her tips, resources, and medical information, click here.




Questions? Contact the Alumnae Association office,
651-690-6666 or alumnae@stkate.edu, or Christine Klejbuk '71