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Topics > Arts, Crafts & Music
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Color Theory Advanced
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$51.00 (1 section available)
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This advanced color theory course is designed as a lecture/workshop series intended to go well beyond the basics of color mixing. Learn how to apply the principles of intensity, value, shading, tinting, and temperature to achieve proper keying, lighting, depth, and mood. Learn how to apply these principles to a limited palette and different types of media. Color Theory is required as a prerequisite. Please provide a valid and preferred email address upon registration for the virtual class.
**Please note that a rescheduled date for the Main Campus (Allegheny) course will be on Tuesday October 20, 2026 from 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM. Please feel free to contact us at 412-788-7507 (M-F 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM) if we can be of any assistance or if you have questions. Thank you and we hope that you will join us. (This is not regarding the Virtual Campus course offering, only the course originally scheduled for 10/13/26.)
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Cricut Part 1- Foundations
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$51.00 (1 section available)
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Jump-start your creativity with this hands-on introduction to Cricut. We'll cover everything from setting up your machine and navigating Design Space to choosing materials, adjusting cut settings, and completing your first custom project. By the end of the evening, you'll have the confidence-and the skills-to start crafting on your own.
**Please bring your own Cricut machine and heat vinyl tubes. Thank you and we hope that you will join us!
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Knitting 2 - Advanced Beginner - Lace And Charts
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$61.00 (2 sections available)
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Go beyond the basics of knitting and continue to build confidence and add to your knitting knowledge! Students will learn how to read patterns, read charts, knit a variety of stitches such as increases, decreases, and lace patterns. Learn to fix mistakes and learn lots of tips and tricks. You will learn to build your skills to learn how to confidently knit many intermediate-level patterns. Class projects may include examples of intermediate dishcloths, scarves, wrist warmers, mittens, and hats. Projects will be using intermediate stitches and repetitive stitch patterns. Bring size US 8/5.0 mm knitting needles and worsted weight cotton yarn. Students are encouraged to take Knitting 1.
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Knitting 3 - Advanced Beginner - Circular Knitting and Cables
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$61.00 (2 sections available)
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Learn to knit in the round including cables, (circular knitting creates a seamless tube) and with two circular needles, double pointed needles, at a time. Projects may include techniques for hats, cowls, and fingerless gloves. Students are encouraged to take Knitting 1 and Knitting 2. Supplies needed: 1st class: one set US 13-16 inches long yarn -bulky (5 thickness), loops and threads (Charisma works). 2nd class: two sets of US 8-16 inches long yarn-worsted weight. 3rd class: One set of US 8 - 5 DPNs (double-pointed needles), yarn-worsted weight. Please bring all unopened items to the first day of class (it is recommended to save your receipts in case of a return).
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Making Holiday Bows
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$41.00 (1 section available)
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Learn how to make bows for any occasion by learning tips and techniques used by gift industry professionals. Please bring two rolls of wire edge ribbon, wire spool or Chanielle stems to tie the bows together and a sharp pair of scissors to class.
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Open Sew
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$92.00 (1 section available)
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Come learn a specific skill or make anything you'd like with help from a skilled seamstress. Beginners to intermediate sewers welcome!
CCAC does not have sewing machines on site and students will be required to bring their sewing machine and supplies for their desired sewing project to this course.
Please note that the Fall 2026 start/end date for this class has changed since our catalog was published. The new dates are Tuesdays 11/10 - 12/8 (the course will start one week later than the original 11/3 date). Please contact us at 412-788-7507 if we can be of any assistance. We hope that you will join us!
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Responsive Drawing/Creative Journaling Journaling
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$82.00 (1 section available)
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This class will emphasize the process of seeing and drawing as a means for increasing our sensitivity to the world, along with creative journaling for expanding our self-awareness. Students will practice drawing and developing our observation and perception skills. Through various projects. Explore various techniques for recording and journaling thoughts, feelings, and observations about ourselves and the environments where we find ourselves. It's less about the finished product and much more about the process of seeing, feeling, and recording, using creative means to be fully present. A supply list will be provided upon registration. Provide a valid email address.
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Seasonal Wreath Making
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$49.00 (1 section available)
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Learn basic wreath making methods for beautiful seasonal wreaths to decorate your home. Explore core concepts and ideas in texture, color, scent and shape of materials as you design your wreath. Materials extra. A supply list will be sent to students prior to class. If you do not receive your material list call 412-788-7507.
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Sewing Curtains/Drapes for Your Home
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$51.00 (1 section available)
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Learn how to make custom draperies/curtains for your home. In this class you will learn the basics of making drapery just like professionals. Learn the correct fabric to use and to calculate how much you need. You will also learn the correct way to assemble drapery and explore different types of drapery headers and review what hardware to use. Students must know how to sew on a sewing machine and must bring their own machines.
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Techniques in Collage
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$72.00 (1 section available)
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Class discussion about materials and the many ways artists can express themselves through collage using ephemera from magazines and our daily lives. Each technique will build towards creating a surreal or fantasy landscape at the end of the course.
Supply lists will be sent to the email on file (please call 412-788-7507 if you would like to phone in ahead to receive this). Thank you and we hope that you will join us!
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