class description:
Do people say you live in a world all your own?  Here's your chance to prove them right!  We'll each  be inventing and populating our own World That Never Existed, complete with people, stories, myths and legends, holidays, and much, much more!   This multi-disciplinary course will touch on topics like ATCs (artist's trading cards), altered books, art journals, simple bookbinding, artistamps, stamp carving, shrinemaking and collage.  You'll leave this five-session class with a box FULL of relics from your own imaginary world -- not to mention a whole lot of inspiration.  (Plus, students are encouraged to participate in an after-class swap of passports, postcards, and other travel ephemera.  You'll have a whole new atlas when you're done.)

schedule:
Every Wednesday,  a new  lesson is posted in both PDF (with pictures) and text (with links) formats for you to download whichever way is easiest for you.  Two days will be yours to explore the ideas and information presented.  On Mondays, there will be a chat at 8:00 p.m. CST (9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific) in which we'll collectively go over the exercises, learn the new techniques, share our Imagination Flights, and PLAY together in our magical worlds.  On Tuesday, a transcript of the  chat will be posted for download in PDF and text format so you won't miss anything if you couldn't attend.   Explorers are encouraged to use the rest of the week to brainstorm with the group on the mailing list to establish trade relations with your sister nations,  set up trades of postal materials, or to forge friendships for your citizens with people from other imaginary worlds.

The course lasts six weeks, from March 10, 2004 until April 7, 2004.

Sign up today!  We're going to try to take everybody, but if class sizes are TOO big, we may have to cap it to keep it from getting overwhelming for the quieter students. :)

When you are a paid participant, further information will be sent to you via email about getting set up in the class area.   If you are mailing a check for it, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, otherwise I can't get ahold of you to tell you your schedule!

You'll be mailed the following in your Thank-You Kit: 

• A complete course syllabus

• A recommended supplies list

• An optional bibliography for further reading and study

• Information on how to get into the classroom and how to get the most out of the class. (mailed near class time)

• A private email address for the instructor for questions

Participants/students should have at least a basic knowledge of computers and the internet (how to use email, how to access messages and files on a basic Yahoogroup format), and an ADVENTUROUS spirt to PLAY and HAVE FUN!   You'll be on a Yahoo!group mailing list format, but yahoo membership is not required for this -- I can add you directly if you're nervous about doing it yourself.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me and I'll try to answer them as best I can.

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