Amador County – The Amador Community College Foundation board of directors voted Thursday, Aug. 2, to approve incorporation documents to file as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.
The Foundation board met last week in a special meeting, and regularly meets on the third Thursday of the month. It will meet as scheduled Aug. 16.
Karen Dickerson, Secretary of the Amador Community College Foundation last week also announced that adult enrichment classes will begin in September, including a wine appreciation class, and an art appreciation class at the new Sutter Hill Transit Center beginning the first week of September. Both courses are free, with suggested donations to ACCF of $5 per session encouraged. Registration forms and flyers are available online.
The classes include the “The Everyday Guide to Wine” class to help master the fundamentals, including the language of wine, basics of wine making, varieties of wine and the world’s great wine regions. Classes are 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesdays Sept. 4 through Nov. 20. The 12-week series includes 24 lectures on DVD by Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, master of wine, and discussions facilitated by by Shan “The Wine Man” Trail, manager of the Amador Vintner’s Visitor’s Center in Plymouth. Trail has been part of the Amador County wine scene for 20+ years.
Another class, “How to Look at and Understand Great Art,” will help to master the fundamentals of art, through discovering the artist’s language, rich and varied genres, great eras and visionary movements. It will include presentation of 950 works of art. Class times are 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursdays, and dates are Sept. 6 to Nov. 15, and Jan. 10 to Feb. 21, 2013. The 18-week series consists of 36 lectures on DVD by Dr. Sharon Latchaw-Hirsch, and class discussions facilitated by Dr. Pamela Sharp, Professor Emeritus of Art Education at San Jose State University. Sharp is a local artist who is the Director and Teacher of the Children’s Studio in Sutter Creek.
People interested in the classes should enroll early as space is limited. Classes will be held at the Sutter Hill Transit Center, at 117 Valley View Road in Sutter Creek. For information, see the ACCF website AmadorLearningCenter.org or call Karen Dickerson at (209)482-1369.
Story by Jim Reece
