Adams State is thrilled that we have received funding from the NextFifty Initiative to advance our efforts to educate older adults. This program supports life-long learning and personal development among older San Luis Valley residents.
Register Now for Free Workshops
- Free to adults over 50
- Workshops will be held on Adams State University campus
- Limited space – register early
NextFifty Workshop Registration
Contact: Savannah Torres at savannahtorres@adams.edu or 719-587-7686
Workshops
Movement and Cello
Yula Cisneros Montoya and Mark Dudrow
Rex Gym
4/4 & 4/11
5:30pm-7:30pm5:30pm-7:30pm
Join Yula and Mark for two-day exploration and celebration of music and dance. This workshop encourages all interested movers and music lovers of any proficiency level to participate. The unifying characteristic of all registrants is a great love for music and dance. Let your body move to Bach, Piazzolla, some delicious blues, and more.
Biographies:
Yula Cisneros Montoya has a BFA in Dance and Pilates certification from Cornish College of the Arts and teaches at her private studio in Alamosa. She has over twenty years as a dancer and educator who teaches specialized dance techniques in ballet, modern, African, and Afro-Latino dance aesthetics.
Mark Dudrow has been playing the cello for live audiences for more than five decades. He shares the song of the cello with all kinds of audiences, from festivals to farmers markets, and collaborates with musicians in many genres including Chamber Music, Singer-Songwriter, Balkan and Middle-Eastern, Americana, Tango, Blues, Jazz and Rock and Roll… In addition to live performance, Mark teaches cello, does studio recording sessions and loves to do collaborative projects with dancers, writers and visual artists.
Feel the Rhythm
Deborah Palmer
East Campus Gym
Every Monday 1/22-3/11
1:30-2:30
Feel The Rhythm is a music therapy class designed to address the strengths and needs of aging adults in the valley, with emphasis on decreasing falls and maintaining independence. Participants do not need any prior musical experience to benefit from music therapy. This
class is highly beneficial for those with movement disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s Disease, other neurological impairments, and those who are prone to falls. Contact Deborah Palmer with Questions.
Kaleidoscope Jewelry
Robin Wolfe
Art Building 180
1/24
6:30pm-8:30pm
Learn how to use polymer clay to make a colorful Kaleidoscope design for earrings or a pendant.
Control Yourself!
Barbara Kruse
McDaniel 281
1/25
10am-12pm
Everyone seeks happiness, but did you know that there are happy chemicals which are secreted by the brain during certain behaviors? As social animals we have developed neurotransmitters to help us survive. Sometimes however, these brain chemicals can control our behavior. Your motivation to gossip,or to start a hobby and never finish it are from a basic need for survival. Learning about these neurotransmitters can help you rewire your behaviors and manage your happy chemicals! Based on research by Loretta Bruening, Inner Mammal Institute.
Sweet Tamales
Sandra Ortega
East Campus 102
TBD
9am-11am
Learn to Make Cheese and an Indian Milk Cake With It
Chayan Lahiri
East Campus 102
2/3
9am-1pm
Dreamswork
Cindy Medina
ASU Library – Cooper Room
2/ 5 & 2/12
1pm-3pm
Participants will learn the mechanics of working with their dreams and how valuable dreaming is. Medina will discuss Jungian psychology terms such as individuation, archetypes, and symbols. However, the emphasis of the class is experiencing the meaning of their dreams.
Tea Towel Alternative Printmaking
Robin Wolfe
Art Building 180
2/6
6:30pm-8:30pm
Learn a simple block printing method to create a unique pattern of your own design on a tea towel. Bring simple image ideas with you.
A 3-D Geologic Tour of the SLV
Andrew Valdez
2/12
McDaniel 117
6-7pm
Hydration Stations: Essential Oil Drinkables
Oneyda Maestas
C.A.S.A
2/13
5:30-7:30PM
Become an essential oil mixologist, by learning to incorporate 100% pure ingestible essential oils of your choosing in a variety of hot and cold beverages for your evening enjoyment; such as, coffee lattes, herbal teas, hot chocolate, non-alcoholic chokecherry/lime ginger beer). Sugar Free options offered.
Essential Oils and the Confectionery Enthusiasts
Oneyda Maestas
C.A.S.A
2/23
5:30PM-7:30pm
In this workshop each person will make delightful confections:
Key Lime Pie custard, which can then be turned into a Key Lime Pie in your own personal kitchens with Lime/Tropical/or Bergamot essential oils
Chocolate Bark (you can add Cinnamon, Cardamom, Madagascar Vanilla, Baking Spice, Orange, or Peppermint essential oil)
White Chocolate Lavender/Coconut Bark (you can add Madagascar Vanilla, Orange, Tropical, or Lavender essential oil)