Adult and Community Education of Martha's Vineyard

Adult and Community Education

of Martha's Vineyard

"ACE MV is a fantastic community program. I had an enthusiastic and highly skilled teacher in a low-pressure learning environment. Fun for adults and worthwhile." "What a pleasure to meet with a diverse group of people from every town on the island …" "Good chance to try something you haven't done before." "I think a lot of people on Island feel the isolation of living here and that puts limits on one's goals. ACE MV changes that. Very convenient, very nice people to deal with and very helpful." "The convenience of instructors teaching on the Vineyard is a huge benefit. The teachers are extremely helpful! The instructors are extremely helpful and available for any individual help. I have learned an amazing amount, which will be useful for a variety of reasons."

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Catalog cover Fall '13

About the Artist: The Owl and the Pussycat. Painter and water-color illustrator Omar Rayyan lives on MV and draws inspiration from 19th century artists to illustrate children's and young adult magazines and books for various publishers. He creates works of whimsy and fantasy to amuse the viewing public. In other commercial fields, he has contributed concept art to the movie "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." See more
http://studiorayyan.com/ in Facebook under The Art of Omar Rayyan.

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NEW CLASS OFFERINGS

Relaxed Body, Open Mind, Deep Rest on Wednesdays from 11am to 12noon at the Yoga Barn (one class at a time or series until December) click

Winter/Spring courses announced soon! Stand by! Sign up for the ACE MV email list to get updated info.



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Fall '13 catalog download	There’s a new opportunity to sustain ACE MV and participate in our offerings. See the MEMBERSHIP PAGE (click) for information on the ACE MV Community Supported Education membership program with great membership benefits. Join us today!
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Online registration: starts Aug.1- Course catalog download plus more detailed descriptions, instructor bios, and registration form: www.acemv.org. Pay online via PayPal or credit card.

In Person: Oct. 1 – Course Sampling Fair and Walk-in Registration: 5pm to 6:30pm MVRHS lobby and cafeteria.

By mail: Please register by mail two weeks before class starts. Complete a registration form (see inside back cover or download online) and send a check or money order made out to ACE MV (with course names on memo). Mail to: ACE MV, 80 Chase Road, Edgartown, MA 02539.

PLEASE register EARLY to secure a place in class: Sign-ups the day of class have an added $10 late fee. Classes have limited sizes.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION: E-mail lynn@acemv.org; leave a voice mail message at 774-310-1131. For full class descriptions, instructor bios, etc. visit ooline.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: E-mail Lynn Ditchfield at lynn@acemv.org; leave a voice mail message at 774-310-1131. For full class descriptions, instructor bios, etc. visit www.acemv.org.

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Many Thanks to our supporters who came out last Thursday, and wrote letters or advised and helped in our presentation to the All-Island Selectmen for the beginning of our drive for public funding.
Special thanks to Julie Hitchings, Susan Strane, Esther Hopkins, Elaine Barroso, Evelyn Vertefeuille, Susan Klein and attendees Deborah Maher, Grace Sullivan, Abe Seiman, Mike Ditchfield, Sam Hart, Inez Janger and advisers Hunter Moorman, Pat Crosson, Elissa Turnbull, Peg Regan, Chris Murphy, Judy Miller, Cynthia Bloomquist, Debbie Milne, Sarah McKay, Catherine DeGrandpre, Jim Weiss, Corinne Kurtz, and many others with selectmen who took time to lend support. And thanks too to our sister program in Nantucket for setting an amazing example of community supported adult education!

Outstanding Community Arts Education Collaborative Multi-Disciplinary Institutional

We're proud to have received the prestigious 2013 Arts|Learning “Distinguished Community Arts Collaborative - Multi-Disciplinary – Institution Award.”

We are honored that Tim Madden and Kaylea Moore took time to deliver the award at the Spring Symposium-“Igniting Innovation... Creative Leadership and High-Impact Practices”at Lesley University on May 22, 2013.

This year ACE MV has advocated for the arts in the One-Day University: Arts, Culture Sustainability in collaboration with Arts MV/MV Arts and Culture Collaborative and the MV Vision Fellowship; classes co-sponsored by Featherstone Center for the Arts and other Island arts organizations; classes in dance, theatre, media, writing, voice, calligraphy, movement, culinary arts and culture supported in part by a grant from the MV Cultural Council; arts integration offerings for college credit in higher education through Fitchburg State: Arts, Inquiry, Media and Culture in Education.

Arts|Learning collaborates and coordinates with state agencies such as the MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, MA Department of Higher Education, and Massachusetts Cultural Council and represents Massachusetts as a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network.

see link to Gazette article 5/30/13

Hello and welcome!

Adult and Community Education of Martha's Vineyard (ACE MV) is a non-profit organization that provides a diversity of educational programs, including enrichment classes, practical training, college preparatory and credit courses, and special programs, to all generations, economic classes, and cultures on an Island with limited adult education opportunities. By collaborating with many other organizations and businesses, ACE MV makes life-long learning accessible and rewarding. ACE MV is a tax deductible 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization.

Contributors to our photo gallery include photographer Kelley DeBettencourt

and photographer Lynn Christoffers

and photographer Harvey John Beth

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THANK YOU ACE MV Business Supporters:

Educomp, VH click

Featherstone Center, OB click

Homes on MV Realty, Edg www.homesonmvy.com, tjark@ homesonmvy.com, 508 939 0237

McIntosh Motors, Edg 519 Edgartown West Tisbury Rd Edgartown, MA 02539

MV Center for Living, http://www.mvcenter4living.org/

Sacred Circle of Yoga click

Tisbury Farm Market click

VH SCORE: Cape Cod & Islands Tisbury Farm Market, VH click

Vineyard Grocer click

Yoga Barn, Chilmark click

Your Market, Edg 508 627-4009, Jamison_ontherock@yahoo.com

Thanks for our spring/fall grants: Farm Neck, MV Cultural Council, MV Savings Bank Charitable Fund, MV Vision Fellowship, Mass In Motion (MiM), Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard, The Yoga Barn

Special thanks to our winter/spring donors: Albert Fisher, Kathleen Fitzgibbon, John Flender, Benjamin Goldfein, Sarah Gund, Marvin and Sandy Isenstein, Susan Parker, John Pearson, Paul Pimentel, Kate Young.

Thanks to our new members for 2013-2014: Cynthia Bloomquist, Esther Hopkins, Inez Janger

ACE MV Board: Julie Hitchings, Johanna Kobran, Esther Hopkins, Judy Miller, Susan Strane, Lynn Ditchfield; Board Advisors: Harvey John Beth, Cynthia Bloomquist, Ewell Hopkins, Chuck Hughes, Inez Janger, Elizabeth Rothwell, Grace Sullivan; ACE MV Staff: Lynn Ditchfield (Founder/Executive Director), Sarah Monast (Assistant Director); volunteer staff: Harvey John Beth (business advisor), Deborah Maher (ECE Coordinator), Dr. Grace Sullivan (Healthcare Coordinator); editors/writers: Julie Hitchings, Nora Love, Susan Strane; Curriculum Committee: Susan Strane (Chair), Lynn Ditchfield, Julie Hitchings, Janet Holladay, Esther Hopkins, Judy Miller, Sarah Monast, Grace Sullivan, and many Advisory Council members – Grace Sullivan (Chair), Nan Doty (facilitator); Teacher Volunteers: Ann Bassett, Dan Carbon, Ed Mereck, Valerie Sonnenthal, Alfred Woollcott; Other Volunteers: Cynthia Bloomquist, Abbe Burt, Sabrina Carlos, Heidi Carter, Lynn Christoffers, Sandra Demel, Mary Anny Deyette, Meredith Dillon, Brian Ditchfield, Mara Ditchfield, Mike Ditchfield, Nan Doty, Rick Glassberg, Eleanor "Tabi" Haller-Jorden, Janet Holladay, Mary Leddy, Madalena Lopes, Deborah Maher, Chris Mara, Susan Markwica, Kelly McElhinney, Bill and Peggy McGrath, Barbara Murphy, Chris Murphy, Jenifer Parkinson, Abe Seiman, Ann Smith, Liz Stobart; Special thanks to our hosts, sponsors, co-sponsors and affiliates for fall ’13 classes: Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Blank’s Music Studio (OB), Cape Cod Community College, Edgartown School (Edg), EduComp (VH), Featherstone Center for the Arts (OB), Fitchburg State University, Harbor View Hotel (Edg), MV Regional HS -MVRHS (OB), Massachusetts Society of Genealogists – MV Chapter, McIntosh Motors (Edg), Sacred Circle of Yoga Studio (OB), SCORE of Cape Cod and Islands, Tisbury Farm Market, The Yoga Barn (WT). Staffs of Edgartown School, MVYPS, MVRHS, MVPCS and the Yoga Barn especially: Pam Alwardt, Donald Ben David, Amanda Carter, Blue Cullen, Dawn Feinsmith, Anne Fligor, Woody Filley, Ray Fusco, Rich Hammond, Marjorie Hayes, Greg Hines, Rex and Scarlet Jarrell, Michael McCarthy, Bob Moore, Inez Montaneile, Nancy Nash, Steve Nixon, Jennifer Reekie Goeckel, John Stevens, John Tate, John Teagan, Bonnie Tilton, Jim Weiss.

VENUES for classes: Blank’s Music Studio (OB), Chilmark Writing Workshop (Chil), Edgartown School (Edg), Featherstone Center for the Arts (OB), MV Regional HS -MVRHS (OB), McIntosh Motors (Edg), Sacred Circle of Yoga Studio (VH), The Yoga Barn (Chil).