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2019 COURSE CATALOG FALL: SEPTEMBER 30-NOVEMBER 22 Gold Member Registration: Sept. 3 • Silver Member/Open Registration: Sept. 10 SAVE THE DATES NEW INSIDE! NOV. 1 • BOOMER CONFERENCE: DIGITAL & STUDIO ARTS COURSES “Discovering What’s Next” p. 48 p. 37 NOV. 15 • REINVENTION CONVENTION “Life Creativity: Practical Tools for Living www.OLLIatRinglingCollege.org Long & Aging Well” p. 49 941-309-5111 Stay Curious. Stay Connected. THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE OUR NEW HOME! Greetings, We are so excited to be able to welcome you to the Ringling College Museum Campus, home to the Sarasota Art Museum and the School of Continuing Studies (SCS) for classes beginning in fall 2019. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College (OLLI) is thrilled to be a part of the SCS and of the team educating and engaging our vibrant and creative community of learners. The Museum Campus is inspired by both the contemporary and the historic. The façade of the main building and some of the interior brick remains the same, preserving the historic, while the interior is a contemporary wonder of glass walls and state-of-the-art classrooms for courses across a range of disciplines and interests, including studio arts. As a student, you will have access to a courtyard and a bistro so that you may comfortably socialize with your fellow lifelong learners in a space that nourishes both your body and soul. It has been an eventful year. I am honored to share that in June 2019 the Bernard Osher Foundation recognized us with an endowment and a grant for exceeding the goals identified in our initial grant from the Foundation. Though the award honors OLLI at Ringling College, it really belongs to you, our members. You registered, you volunteered, you recruited new members, you renewed your memberships, and you did so in numbers that far surpassed the levels we thought we could achieve. Your efforts have been impactful and impressive, and the Osher Foundation certainly noticed! This endowment will help ensure that OLLI at Ringling College continues to provide meaningful and engaging learning opportunities for the region. We thank you, and look forward to seeing you in our new home at the Ringling College Museum Campus! Respectfully, Dr. Mona Callies Assistant Vice President, School of Continuing Studies INDEX 2 Assistant Vice President Message 24-25 LANGUAGES 3-4 Index French for Fun: Snapshots of Language and Culture 4 Important Announcements Italian for Travelers 6 Mission, Academic Calendar, Advisory Council, Conversational Italian Course Locations, Staff, OLLI Adventures Beginners’ Hebrew, Part I 7 Membership Levels 8 Donor Thanks 25-26 LITERATURE 9 Donor Appeal Great Books 10-12 Lumens’ Registration Guide The OLLI Book Club 13 Registration Options, Policies The Pleasures of Poetry (Refunds, Transfers, Cancellations) and Procedures Short Stories: The Gems of Literature 14-15 Quick-Find Guide: OLLI Courses Jane Austen’s Persuasion and Mansfield Park 16 Mail-in Registration Form: OLLI Courses 26-27 MUSIC APPRECIATION 17 ART APPRECIATION The Life of Beethoven as Heard Through His Piano Sonatas Vincent Van Gogh: A Journey from Realism to Expressionism 20 Under 20 From Looking to Seeing: Art as Visual Communication It Takes Two, Baby! Understanding the Enigmatic Art of Hieronymus Bosch 27 PHILOSOPHY 18 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Philosophy and Autobiography The World of Alfred Hitchcock Mindfulness Meets Spirituality Discover the Sarasota Ballet’s 29th Season 27-29 PSYCHOLOGY 1970s TV Appreciative Listening: How to Listen to Others No Matter Their Views 18-19 CURRENT EVENTS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS Happiness is an Inside Job Great Decisions 2019 Discussion Group Carl Jung: Father of Analytical Psychology The World in Transition Our Projected Selves Let’s Talk Ted Talks The Dream Belongs to the Dreamer, Part I Intelligence Perspective on National Security Issues The Dream Belongs to the Dreamer, Part II Just Because You Think You’re Right Doesn’t Mean I’m Wrong 19-20 ECONOMICS & FINANCE The Mind-Body Connection Negotiation Strategies for Non-Negotiators Aging With Dignity— Protect and Preserve Your Assets 29-30 SCIENCE Successful Strategies for Today’s Market Gray Matters: How the Brain Works Introduction to Investment Analysis Science Wednesdays Understanding the Great Depression Climate Change: Local Impacts and Local Adaptations 20-22 HEALTH & WELL-BEING 30-32 TECHNOLOGY How Doctors Think Big Tech Trends Changing the Global Economy Carpe Gaudium: Seize Joy! Google is Not Just a Search Engine! Mind-Body Practices for Healthier Living Artificial Intelligence: The New Job Generator Your Brain: An Owner’s Manual Our Physical World: Is it Real or a Simulation? Moving From Success to Significance IPad Photo Management and Photo Mementos Your Destiny is in Your Closet How Information Technology Affects Our Lives Quiet the Mind: Relieve Stress, Find Peace with Meditation Presentation Software Using Powerpoint Ready For Prime Time: Embracing Change and Transition, 55+ IPhone Photography Introduction to Mac 22-24 HISTORY The History of American Slavery 33 WRITING This Was Their Lives Writers’ Workshop Women’s Suffrage and Its Powerful Women 34 Anna Maria Island: Lecture and Einstein’s Circle Genealogy, Part I: The Three C’s Plus DNA OLLI East State College of Florida, Lakewood Ranch: Courses The Amazing History of the Human Experience Archaic Greece 35 The Roskamp Institute, Sarasota: Workshop Cultural Origins of Anti-Semitism Westminster Point Pleasant, Bradenton: Course and Lectures Mennonites and Amish: History, Beliefs, and Life 36 New Staff Welcome: Danielle La Senna and Jackie McNeil The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Ringling College is a division of Ringling College of Art and Design. OLLI at Ringling College operates year-round and is supported through student registrations and private contributions. OLLI courses are non-credit and primarily based on a liberal arts curriculum. There are no grades and no tests; courses are offered purely for the joy of learning. Students may attend classes at any of our locations, participate in OLLI Talks, Einstein’s Circle discussion groups, and attend lectures and special events. Tuition varies depending upon course length. INDEX 37 DIGITAL & STUDIO ARTS 45 FIBER ARTS Silk Transfer 38 Quick-Find Guide: Digital & Studio Arts Courses Fuzzy Felted Vessels 39 Mail-In Registration Form: Digital & Studio Arts Courses Felt Beading 40 ANIMATION 45 JEWELRY Cel Animation Using Photoshop Create Your Own Specialized Brooch 40-41 DESIGN 45-46 MIXED MEDIA Art in the Digital Age & How to Make It Mixed Media & Collage Meet the Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign Miniatures: Charming & Wonderful Photoshop Basics Getting “Floored” by Floor Cloths Adobe Illustrator for Business & Branding Working with Warhol: Pop Art Explorations Web Design with Wordpress 46 PAINTING 41-42 PHOTOGRAPHY Introduction to Acrylic Painting Digital Photography I Introduction to Watercolor Portrait Photography 46 SCULPTURE Beginning Lighting for Photographers Mixed Media Sculpture Sun, Surf, & Cyanotype 47 WRITING 42 BOOK ARTS Writing for Children and Young Adults Art Journaling and Book Forms Mini Zines Workshop 47 SPECIAL EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS 42-44 DRAWING 48 Boomer Conference Drawing 49 Fall Lecture/ Reinvention Convention Drawing & Painting: A Primer and Refresher 50 CONNECTIONS: Documentary Film Series Figure Drawing: A Primer & Refresher 51 Einstein’s Circle Portrait Drawing 52 Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) Whimsical Pet Portraits & Animal Drawings 53-55 OLLI Adventures: Puerto Rico Perspective Drawing 56-57 OLLI Adventures: Morocco The Big Draw: Make Your Mark 58-59 In Remembrance: Helga Harris, Jan Skalny, Sherry Penney, Drawing: Charcoal Experiments James Livingston, and Ronald Cohen Dazzling Illustration in Pen & Ink 60 Fall Events Calendar Illustration with Colored Pencils 61-65 Our Instructors Design & Create Greeting Cards 66 OLLI at a Glance 67 Notes IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS DO THIS FIRST SILVER NOTE This fall we introduce our new registration system from Lumens. The We are also introducing a new detail in our Silver Member level: system is used by Lifelong Learning programs across the country. As a anyone who registers for a course will be required to pay an annual result, it will be a better fit for the services we currently provide and for $25 processing and administrative fee. Silver members can now those we wish to offer in the future. participate in and launch Shared Interest Groups (SIGs). You must create a new student profile before you can register for GOLD NOTE courses. Student information from our former registration system cannot The annual Gold membership fee remains $85 per person. As a be accessed or transferred. Gold Member, the $25 processing and administrative fee is included in the annual membership. No additional fee is required. Instructions on how to set up your student profile are onpages 10-12. You may also call our office at941-309-5111 during business hours The benefits of Gold membership include: early registration, three free 8 am-4 pm Monday through Friday for information or assistance with lectures per year, and a 10 percent discount on all courses and special setting up your profile. events. For further details, turn to page 7. 4 Ringling College Museum Campus | 1001 S. Tamiami Trail | Sarasota, FL 34236 www.OLLIatRinglingCollege.org | 941-309-5111 | [email protected] 5 ACADEMIC MISSION | COURSE LOCATIONS | ACADEMIC CALENDAR | ADVISORY COUNCIL OLLI AT RINGLING COLLEGE MISSION The mission of the Osher Lifelong Learning