Get ready for your upcoming enrichment class, or learn from home with these free online enrichment tutorials and useful websites, suggested and compiled by PVAEC staff and enrichment instructors.
Arts & Crafts
Kevin Oil Painting – Free acrylic and oil painting tutorials on Youtube with artist, Kevin Hill. Recommended by PVAEC drawing and painting instructor, Suzette East.
Health & Wellness
Pandora’s Products – Alicia Randolph Lucchesi has been teaching live health and wellness classes with PVAEC for several years. Alicia’s mission is to educate people about living more holistically and in-tune with nature. Her website provides her book, “Transformation 101”, online courses, her organic skincare line, and many other tips and tricks for living well.
Home & Garden
Ripley Farm – Riply Farm is an organic family farm located in Dover Foxcroft, Maine. They offer seasonal CSA’s as well vegetable cooking/prep classes. Their website has lots of free recipes and tips/tricks. The Ripley family has offered cooking classes with PVAEC in the past and they have also offered classes and workshops on their farm.
University of Maine Cooperative Extension – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has offered a multitude of farm and gardening classes with PVAEC. Their website has a variety of helpful resources.
MOFGA – Every spring, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association holds a “Grow Your Organic Garden” class with PVAEC. Unfortunately the class was cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but their website has lots of resources to help you.
Photography
Nikon Tutorials: Bird in Flight Crash Course
Sewing
Ukulele
Cynthia Lin Music – Free Youtube tutorials for beginner to advanced ukulele students. Free printable PDF chord charts included with most tutorials. Highly recommended by PVAEC ukulele instructor, Sue Abel and her past students.
How are ukuleles made? – Eddie Vedder’s “Sleeping by Myself” music video from his album, Ukulele songs features how ukuleles are made! Suggested by PVAEC Administrative Assitant, and novice ukulele student, Hilda Roberts