ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Beach Cite Studios Inc., located at SanRoc Cay in Orange Beach, is now offering summer classes to educate and expose community members to the arts. The new studio is home to facilities encompassing teaching and learning areas from many of the arts including; dance, music, painting, sculpture and creative writing, along with a working kitchen to explore new culinary ideas.

Studio art classes are being offered throughout the summer for all ages and skill levels. The Art of Wire-Wrapping Jewelry, Nuno Collage Scarf-Making, Taking Better Pictures, The Art of Journaling and The Art of Movement and Dance are scheduled classes being offered for group interaction and instruction.

“The creative energy from the community is exactly what we envisioned for the growing number of ambitious individuals seeking out a facility to express their creative talents and share that knowledge with others,” said Executive Director, Jim Coughlin.

The Art of Wire-Wrapping Jewelry is instructed by Orange Beach artist Kim Bryant. The one-hour fun and exciting class includes all materials for a custom-made set of caged bead pierced earrings.

The easy-to-learn nuno felting technique is used in the Nuno Collage Scarves class to create a shimmering, gossamer, highly textured scar that will get a lot of attention.

Orange Beach fiber artist Judy Dios creates nuno-felted scarves that create a sense of wonder as the fibers merge, bond and dance.

Bring your own camera and learn ways to enhance the beauty of your photographs in the one-hour class on Taking Better Pictures. The class will demonstrate techniques used by Orange Beach photographer Charlie Glennon.

Orange Beach business owner Paris Love will introduce creative methods for organizing poems, music, art, books, dreams and plans for the future.

The Art of Journaling encourages creativity, writings skills and artistic expression in a two-day workshop devoted to exploring ideas on organizing creativeness.

Movement and Dance for Beginners and the Introduction to Movement and Dance classes will focus on encouraging individual and group interaction with movement and dance steps.

Gulf Shores resident April Sexton LaCour will instruct participants to move with the music while actively exploring their directed energy through instructions.

If you would like additional information about classes, volunteering or becoming a member, visit www.beachcitestudios.org or call (251) 981-1089.

Beach Cite Studios was created to provide art experiences, promote creativity, bring people together, inspire success and impart positive values.

It is a nonprofit organization providing an opportunity to serve as a community interactive teaching experience that could enrich the lives of the residents and guests along the Gulf Coast.