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Santa Monica College
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Santa Monica College is a thriving campus that offers over 80 fields of study and prepares students for careers in various industries, including tech and business fields. They provide a wide range of community education courses and programs to enhance personal interests and promote career development.

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Jewelry Design: It's a Wrap!

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Wrapping wire is a unique jewelry making skill. Blending semi precious stones, and pearls into a unique 'linked' handmade necklace or bracelet or both. The wire is wrapped around itself to form a secure link. This technique can be expanded to make a variety of unique jewelry styles. Tools required: both round and flat pliers are needed. Please bring tools and an egg carton, ice tray or container to separate your beads. Reading glasses are helpfu...

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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T-Shirt Up-Cycle

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Turn your old (or new) T-shirts into handy bags perfect for shopping, gym clothes, craft projects, or whatever else you like to carry. Find out how knit fabric differs from woven fabric, and the tools and techniques you need to accommodate the difference. As you make a lined bag, you’ll learn how to sew seams and finishes on knit fabric, and pick up skills you can apply to a variety of knit garments.  Bring to class a sewing machine with...

(513) Intermediate 18 and older
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Jewelry Design - Pearl Knotting

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Learn the traditional technique for knotting pearls and gems, to design a timeless "Floating" necklace as seen in Style magazine. Create your own unique design that will harmonize any look! Bring to class flat nose pliers, scissors, egg carton, ice tray or container to separate your beads and a small towel to work on. Reading glass helpful. This class also has a $30 materials fee that will be collected at the beginning of class.

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Jewelry: Beginning Wire Wrapping

Santa Monica College @ 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA

NEW! Take your beaded jewelry to the next level! Learn how to add variety and interest to your jewelry designs in this skill-building class. Become familiar with wire gauges and their specific uses, and the best tools for wire wrapping. Learn the simple eye and the classic wire wrap, and then use your new skills to make a beaded rosary-style bracelet. Tools provided for use in class. Note: This class also has a $25 materials fee that will be...

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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Gems of Downtown: A Discovery of the Senses

Santa Monica College

Come explore Union Station and the delectable artistic and edible delights of its surrounding neighborhoods. Start the adventure at the historic Union Station featured in numerous films and TV shows and visit the MTA Gateway Plaza and Metro Headquarters building. Have lunch at Philippe’s hyhone of LA’s oldest restaurants (established in 1908) and home of the original French Dip Sandwich then tour La Placita. Stroll along Olvera Street and enjoy...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Living Trusts

Santa Monica College

Find out what a living trust is and why almost every homeowner needs one. Learn about the advantages of having a living trust, how such a trust works, what decisions you need to make before creating a living trust, why Powers of Attorney are important, what assets to put into the trust and how to get them there, how to amend a living trust, and what the difference is between a will and a living trust.

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Downtown's Hidden Art Treasures

Santa Monica College

Start the day with the current exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in California Plaza. Then, as time permits, take a 2-3-mile walking tour of the exciting public art at several of downtown’s architecturally distinctive buildings, including the Disney Hall grounds, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, One Bunker Hill, and the IM Pei, Bradbury, and Oviot buildings. We’ll also take a break for lunch at the historic, newly renovated...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Design of Great French Palaces

Santa Monica College

The Role of the Royal Mistress in the Design of Great French Palaces A taste for elegance and luxurious refinement created a world in which royal mistresses--with almost unlimited spending power--could tap the talents of their country's best painters and decorative artists to embellish their kings' palaces and residences. Explore the lives of influential mistresses to the French kings--including Madame du Pompadour and Madame du Barry--within the...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Wire Rings

Santa Monica College

Create beautiful rings by bending wire and adding beads. Learn how to make rings in 3-4 different styles, and take home a finished ring in each style. Bring to class a small towel and any jewelry tools you already own. Do NOT buy any new tools until after class discussion. Tools will be available for purchase in class at discounted prices. Materials fee does not cover tools. Note: This class also has a $20 materials fee that will be collected...

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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The Brain Class - Change Your Mind

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Help your brain to function at its peak! In a class that combines lecture and seated activity, learn exciting new “brain power” activities to boost your mental focus, create healthier brain cells, and even be less forgetful. Find out about specific actions that threaten and those that help promote brain health. The “Body Moves for Brain Power” segment of this class is designed to stimulate brain-cell activity and improve blood flow to the...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Online Dating for Adults Over 50

Santa Monica College

Online dating is the new way to meet people, but using online dating sites can be like learning a new language, especially if you’re not that tech savvy. Learn how to create the best profile possible to attract, search for, and be matched with the right people. Find out what you need to know about dating safety, realistic dating goals and objectives, how to communicate effectively online, managing your time, and advice for your first meetings with...

(513) All levels 21 and older
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Introduction to Palm Reading

Santa Monica College

Curious about what information a palm reader can find in your hands? Discover what your hands reveal about you--your character, past, present, and future potential. Learn why a palm reader looks at more than the lines in someone’s hand.  You will get a chance to practice what you learn in class, and leave with a better understanding of yourself and what to look for in your hands and in the hands of your friends and family.

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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Block Printing Basics

Santa Monica College

Explore the fundamentals of block printing and have fun playing with paint and color on fabric. Learn about basic tools and supplies, surface design, and how to make your own design blocks out of potatoes. Everything needed for class is covered by the materials fee. This is a very hands-on class, so wear old clothes you won’t mind getting messy (you may be covered in paint by the end). Bring to class an apron and simple printed designs (opti...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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DIY - Matting and Mounting

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Learn how to protect your artwork, give your work a personal touch, and skip the charges of a commercial framer by doing it yourself! In a class offering hands-on practice, find out about the various types of boards and adhesives available; how to determine the correct size, style, shape, and color of the cut out (matte) to enhance visual effects; and what you need to know about different matting styles. Bring to class an artwork/photograph (no...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Qigong Intro: 4-Minute Fitness

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Want the health benefits of yoga and Tai Chi, but don’t have the desire to learn all their complicated movements and complex terminology or the time to spend hours each week practicing their techniques? Discover a unique—and complete—body-mind fitness program that combines elements of Tai Chi, Qigong, yoga, and modern motivational techniques into one concentrated system. It’s a workout that’s easy to learn, easy to remember, easy to do,...

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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California Cool: Masters of California Architecture

Santa Monica College @ 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA

The unique culture and climate of California offered a splendid variety of opportunities for the architects and designers of our built environment throughout the 20th century. Explore the lives and works of such distinguished California architects and designers as Julia Morgan, Wallace Neff, Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, John Lautner, and others who have brought their unique individuality of style to the California lands...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Jewelry: Resin Jewelry

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Enhance your jewelry-making skills with a variety of fun techniques to make pendants and charms. In a hands-on class designed for beginning and intermediate skill levels, learn step by step how to create one-of-a-kind designs using epoxy resin, jewelry bezels, art papers, glitter, and mixed media. Master resin basics, including proper mixing, application, and curing of low-odor, crystal-clear resin. Also, find out how to make charms to link together...

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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Resin Jewelry Part I: Bezels

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Enhance your jewelry-making skills with a variety of fun techniques to make pendants and charms. In a hands-on class designed for beginning and intermediate skill levels, learn step by step how to create one-of-a-kind designs using epoxy resin, jewelry bezels, art papers, glitter, and mixed media. Master resin basics, including proper mixing, application, and curing of low-odor, crystal-clear resin.  Also, find out how to make charms to link...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Healthy Harmonica

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Breathing is our foundation when playing the harmonica. Take the simplest of pop, folk, and blues melodies and invigorate them with simple, but powerful, techniques to make any song deeply expressive. No previous ability to read or play music required—just a desire to have fun and feel more alive! You will need a C-major diatonic harmonica. If you don’t already have a harmonica, you can purchase one in class for about $12. This class has...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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Early 20th Century Women Designers

Santa Monica College

Spring Lecture Series: Early 20th Century Women Designers Women designers of the early 20th century had a profound influence on the way we perceive, experience, and enjoy our built environments, interiors, and decorative objects. This illustrated lecture explores the work and influence of such designers and architects as Elsie de Wolfe, Julia Morgan, Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, and others.  Their lives and the beauty of their enduring designs...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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