A&S 50 class challenge update

Gentleman of the Trivulzio Family

I just realized I hadn't updated my class list for the A&S 50/50 challenge.  Last update was back in January.  I've taught quite a few since then and have made some progress towards my personal challenge of finishing the requirements to achieve a Fellowship in the University of Artemisia.  I'm also scheduled to teach at Kingdom Collegium in November with 4 more classes.

Here's the run down.

1.An introduction to making felted hats
2&3. Beginning naalbinding
4.Quilting IS period: an introduction to trapunto
5. 16th century Italian accessories (roundtable class, part of panel)
6. Gryphons and Giants and Dragons: Introduction to Geomythology
7. Bookplates, Bookcurses and Decorative bookbindin
 8. Pretties for keeping the plagues away: Apotropaic jewelry  
9. Perfectly Period Applique
10. Research techniques for working with period portraiture
 11. Poetry and Pageantry: The Renaissance Imprese
  12. Guzzle, Guzzle, Guzzle: an introduction to Medieval soft drinks

Those are the ones that have  already been taught.  I have the class notes as Google documents linked to a few of them and plan to clean them up and expand them to be real stand alone classes and post them on the blog.  I've been talking to a friend about helping me do a bit of changing and adding around here so I can have a tab to post class notes and tutorials in a spot that is easily found.  Hoping to have that done before Christmas. (I'd say earlier, but we're both costumers so Halloween time is crazy busy.)

The 4 classes I'm scheduled for at Kingdom Collegium next month will bring me up to 16, so I'll at least be past the quarter mark on the 50.  I'm excited by that. They should also finish my Fellowship requirements, but I haven't gotten any confirmation on that yet.

                   13. 16th century sumptuary law: comparing England, Italy, and the Low Countries
                   14. 16th century Italian female poets
                   15. Pomander balls using a recipe from Nostradamus
                   16. 16th century Italian proto-feminist writings

As I am the retiring bard at Toys for Tots the following weekend in November, I'm hoping to teach a class on storytelling and start in on my requirements for The College of Performing Arts as well as creep a bit closer to the halfway mark. 

My 50 classes for the A&S 50/50

One of my goals for the SCA society wide A&S 50/50 challenge is to teach 50 classes. I've been working on it but haven't made as much progress as I'd like. I'm also trying to make them fit into the University of Artemisia requirements for become a Fellow of the University which adds some additional requirements. In order to fit the University requirements they have to be taught at an event (officially,) roll has to be taken, and the class can only be repeated every 4 years. So, they have to be official classes, and they have to be different classes. Also, to meet the requirements to become a Fellow of the University, the classes have to be wide ranging. In order to receive that accolade you need to teach 3 classes in 3 different areas. The University is divided into 9 different colleges. If I teach 3 classes in 6 different colleges I could become a Senior Fellow. Teaching 3 classes in all 9 colleges earns the Fellow's Emeritus of the University. That last one probably won't happen since I'm not into the combat arts (other than thrown weapons and a wish to learn heavy fighting.)

Thus far, I've been teaching mostly at the Collegiums and trying to spread the subjects of my classes out, but am nowhere near what I need to teach my goal. I have taught:

An introduction to making felted hats
Beginning naalbinding (taught twice but only once counts)
Quilting IS period: an introduction to trapunto
16th century Italian accessories ( co-taught/participated in a round table)
Introduction to Geomythology
Bookplates and Decorative bookbindings

Yeah, 6 of 50 doesn't seem too impressive. I'm planning to teach a class on apotropaic jewelry at the event I'm autocratting in March. I've already been poked about teaching at Southern Regional Collegium in April and I'm sure I'll teach at that. I'd rather take classes, to be honest, but its a good opportunity to teach multiple classes quickly. Just need to decide what. It needs to be non-textile to fit the Fellow guidelines, otherwise I was sort of thinking about doing one on how to drape and sew stockings. I might do a cooking class of some kind or a straight out history class on a particular event in Russian history. Still thinking on it.