Humanities & Fine Arts Classes

Visit our virtual Art Gallery and browse the stunning artwork by our talented artists and instructors.

Each week is a different speaker. Bagel Boys is on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. and Fridays at 9:00 a.m.

Please see the attached schedule: https://www.myerberg.org/bagel-boys-speakers-calendar-october-9-december-8/

Instructor: Ida Greenberg

Join us for a 6-week session where you will learn basic techniques of mark making, and overview of the art elements, learning the medium through object studies, and an introduction to still life. We will create landscapes, nature, and architectural drawings. We will also work on portraits, photorealism and abstraction.
Supply List:https://www.myerberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Basics-of-Pastels.pdf
Wednesdays, September 30 through November 4
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For Gold Subscribers, limited to first 20 people to register, call 410-358-3856

Instructor: Autumn Sadovnik

Join Autumn for a live discussion of what she’s been reading this year and what new books are in her To Be Read List. Talk about genres you may not have considered and expand your reading horizons. Autumn will also give some guidance for accessing books online now that libraries are closed. Each session, she will help one reader with the personalized question: “What Should I read Next?” Do you want help picking your next read?
Thursday, September 3 All the Autumn Reads
Thursday, October 1 Thrillers & Chillers
1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Instructor: Ellen Katz

Join this Edutainer (Educator & Entertainer) on Friday mornings for a session on a Broadway show. What a wonderful way to kick off your weekend. Ellen has had sessions on Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys, Oklahoma!, Hello Dolly, Hamilton, Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, The King & I, The Sound of Music and more! Students love her classes and enjoy her performances.
Fridays, from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
9/25 – La Cage Aux Folles
10/2 – Chicago
10/9 – Guys & Dolls
10/16 – South Pacific
10/23 – King & I
10/30 – Sound of Music
11/6 – My Fair Lady

Instructor: Mary Mayhew

This art class is for new students to learn the basics of drawing, painting, color theory and more. Join Mary on Monday afternoons and learn some incredible techniques from this experienced artist.
Supply List:https://www.myerberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Supply-List-for-Drawing.pdf
This is a Limited Enrollment Program, open to the first 25 Gold Subscribers who call 410-358-6856 to register.
Mondays from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Brett Greiman

Brett will be teaching different subject matter every 3 weeks. He is a master with acrylics and you’ll learn how to paint with different techniques. Brett has taught at the Myerberg for 2 semesters in the past. Please see the supply list:https://www.myerberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Fall-2020-Brett-Greiman-supplies-list.pdf
This class has limited enrollment and will be limited to the first 25 Gold Subscribers who call to register for each 3-week session.
Call 410-358-6856 to register.
8/31, 9/14, 9/21 – Landscapes
10/5, 10/12, 10/19 – Wildlife
10/26, 11/2, 11/9 – Still Life
11/16, 11/23, 11/30 – Flowers
12/7, 12/14, 12/21 – Abstract
Mondays, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Instructor: Rabbi Harry Karp

Every 4 weeks is a different topic. Topics have included: Biblical Movies, Great Composers Burt Bacharach & Hal David, The Roman Empire and Its Lessons, The Life & Art of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, The History of Silent Movies, The Persian Jews in Baltimore and more. These sessions are both educational and entertaining. Join Rabbi Harry Karp each Tuesday afternoon for a memorable experience.
Tuesdays, from 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Beauty of Maryland, 9/1 – 9/22
Modern Day Israel, 9/29 – 10/20
Burt Bacharach & Hal David, 10/27 – 11/17
History of Jewish Food, 11/24 – 12/15

Instructor: Cindy Bernstein

Welcome fall with a way to clear out the clutter. Learn the best tips and tricks to reduce the junk from a professional organizer over 6 weeks. Cindy Bernstein from Aim4Order will inspire you to get rid of the clutter.
Tuesdays, September 8 through October 13
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Gail Lipsitz

Why are so many people these days drawn to histories, novels, and movies about plagues and epidemics? Isn’t our current reality depressing enough? During the past 6 months, Covid-19 has motivated hundreds of poets and writers of fiction (as well as artists, photographers, and musicians) to find creative outlets for their experiences, feelings, and insights. In documenting the worst events of their times, writers have always told stories of courage, humanity, love, and survival that can help us understand what we are going through today, process fear and grief, and find hope and comfort.

While the bubonic plague engulfed Florence in 1398, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote “The Decameron,” imagining 10 young people who quarantine outside the city and tell each other stories to escape from the calamity. Inspired by this classic, “The New York Times Magazine” devoted its July 12, 2020, issue to “The Decameron Project,” a collection of imaginative and intriguing new short stories set against the backdrop of the Coronavirus. In this course we’ll read and discuss 6 of these stories and several new poems that explore the impact of the pandemic on individuals, families, and communities, and imagine the future. Ranging from pathos to humor, satire to surrealism, all the selections reflect how adversity engenders creativity.

Readings will be posted on the Myerberg website the week before each class meeting. This class is Limited Enrollment, Gold Subscriptions required, call 410-358-6856 to register. Readings are posted here: https://www.myerberg.org/gail-lipsitz/
Wednesdays, September 16 through October 7
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Instructor: Barbara Bass, Ph.D., Professor of English Emerita from Towson University.

This workshop will help participants retrieve their memories as they write about their lives, recording them for posterity, while at the same time preserving family history. During each session, participants will be encouraged to write, while guided by a skilled writer/teacher. Participants will be provided with writing prompts that will help to spark memories. Over the course of the session, participants will form a community of writers, sharing their stories with the other writers in the class.

This is an 8-week session with Limited Enrollment for Gold Subscribers.
Call 410-358-6856 to register.
Fridays, October 2 through November 20
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Handouts are posted here: https://www.myerberg.org/barbara-bass/

Instructor: Jonathan Palevsky

Jonathan Palevsky is the Program Director at WBJC, a classical music station in Baltimore. His vibrant personality and love for music create an enthusiastic presentation of music history. Topics have included the Genius of Haydn, Baroque, and Meet the Mendelssohns.
Next up is Isn’t it Romantic – Chopin, Schumann, Berlioz, Wagner & Verdi
Mondays, November 2 through November 23
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Instructor: Tracey Robbins

Every 2 weeks Tracey will walk you through a different craft project. Join this art teacher for a fun a lively class. Tracey has previously taught glass mosaics and beading at the Myerberg. She is a skilled artist who has enthusiasm for everything she does. Projects you make will make for terrific presents although you might want to keep them for yourself!

This class has limited enrollment for GOLD subscribers. Please call 410-358-6856 to register.

Supply list: https://www.myerberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pinterest-Projects-with-Tracey-Robbins-Supply-List-1.pdf
Fridays, October 2 – December 11
9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Instructor: Holli Friedland

Join our blogging class Stories from the Soul, an online journal for women by women. Thanks to a generous grant from the Jewish Women’s Giving Foundation, participants will learn how to write, post and promote a blog about their life experiences. The stories will be shared with the world through the blog StoriesfromtheSoul.com.

Instructor: Ida Greenberg

Join us for a 6-week session where you will learn all about watercolor materials, techniques, working with basic color theory, transparency, mark making, and wash techniques. Practicing with textures, lighting, and color mixing, while painting a variety of compositions.
Supply List:https://www.myerberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/watercolor-supplies.pdf
Tuesdays, September 29 through November 3
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
For Gold Subscribers, limited to first 20 people to register, call 410-358-3856