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    <title>North Hills Art Center upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:49:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-310 Soft Pastels (FA26) (October 26, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Pontoriero/Pontoriero%20Pastels/Pontoriero%20pastel.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="160" height="199" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Registration deadline: October 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ages 16+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Soft pastels are a vibrant and rewarding painting medium! This class will cover using pastels with a variety of different techniques and with a variety of surfaces.&amp;nbsp; All levels are welcome as we explore the pastel pencils, sticks and pan pastels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Diane Pontoriero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Dates: Mondays, 10/12 - 11/16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;(6 sessions)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-314 Drawing can be Fun (FA26) (October 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Pontoriero/Pontoriero%20Drawing/Pontoriero%20drawing-class%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="267" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration deadline: September 30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ages 16+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Don’t think you can draw? Want to get better at drawing? I’m here to help.&amp;nbsp; Let’s take the “pain” out of learning to draw in this 6-week course. The fundamentals of drawing will be covered, including observational drawing, shading, and perspective.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Diane Pontoriero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Dates: Wednesdays, 10/7 - 11/11&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;(6 sessions)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-316 Autumn Still Life (FA26) (October 30, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(237, 28, 36); border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Vincent/Vincent%20Autumn%20Still%20Life%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="292" height="200" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" align="left"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline: October 23&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Ages 18+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Fall in love with the richness of chalk pastel while learning to render gourds, leaves, and pumpkins. Learn a dark-to-light technique that creates dramatic results as well as learning to blend and layer&amp;nbsp; on dark paper. Students can work with available still life subjects or bring in their own references.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 6em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor: Susan Vincent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Dates: Fridays 10/30 - 11/20 (&lt;em&gt;4 sessions)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-310 Soft Pastels (FA26) (November 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Pontoriero/Pontoriero%20Pastels/Pontoriero%20pastel.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="160" height="199" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Registration deadline: October 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ages 16+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Soft pastels are a vibrant and rewarding painting medium! This class will cover using pastels with a variety of different techniques and with a variety of surfaces.&amp;nbsp; All levels are welcome as we explore the pastel pencils, sticks and pan pastels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Diane Pontoriero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Dates: Mondays, 10/12 - 11/16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;(6 sessions)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-228 Painting with Watercolor &amp; Ink (FA26) (November 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Corn-Hicks/Corn-Hicks%20Watercolor%20and%20Ink%201%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="279" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Registration deadline: October 26&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Ages 18+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Learn how to get eye-catching effects in your art by combining vibrant, airy watercolors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;with the clean lines of ink.&amp;nbsp; What an enhancement to your work!&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Rachel Corn-Hicks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dates: Mondays 11/2 - 11/23 (4 sessions)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-314 Drawing can be Fun (FA26) (November 04, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Pontoriero/Pontoriero%20Drawing/Pontoriero%20drawing-class%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="267" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration deadline: September 30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ages 16+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Don’t think you can draw? Want to get better at drawing? I’m here to help.&amp;nbsp; Let’s take the “pain” out of learning to draw in this 6-week course. The fundamentals of drawing will be covered, including observational drawing, shading, and perspective.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Diane Pontoriero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Dates: Wednesdays, 10/7 - 11/11&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;(6 sessions)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-316 Autumn Still Life (FA26) (November 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(237, 28, 36); border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Vincent/Vincent%20Autumn%20Still%20Life%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="292" height="200" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" align="left"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline: October 23&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Ages 18+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Fall in love with the richness of chalk pastel while learning to render gourds, leaves, and pumpkins. Learn a dark-to-light technique that creates dramatic results as well as learning to blend and layer&amp;nbsp; on dark paper. Students can work with available still life subjects or bring in their own references.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 6em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor: Susan Vincent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Dates: Fridays 10/30 - 11/20 (&lt;em&gt;4 sessions)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://northhillsartcenter.org/event-6789090</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>WS-316 Celestial Suns (FA26) (November 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Vincent/Vincent%20Celestial-sun-in-pastel%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="193" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration deadline: October 31&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#333333"&gt;Ages 16+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join us while we learn how to render a beautiful autumn sun character in pastels using minimal colors and minimal effort! You will also learn different texturizing and blending techniques. All skill levels welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;Instructor: Susan Vincent&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Date: Saturday 11/7 &lt;em&gt;(1 session)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://northhillsartcenter.org/event-6789012</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-310 Soft Pastels (FA26) (November 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Pontoriero/Pontoriero%20Pastels/Pontoriero%20pastel.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="160" height="199" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Registration deadline: October 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ages 16+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Soft pastels are a vibrant and rewarding painting medium! This class will cover using pastels with a variety of different techniques and with a variety of surfaces.&amp;nbsp; All levels are welcome as we explore the pastel pencils, sticks and pan pastels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Diane Pontoriero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Dates: Mondays, 10/12 - 11/16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;(6 sessions)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://northhillsartcenter.org/event-6789046</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-228 Painting with Watercolor &amp; Ink (FA26) (November 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Corn-Hicks/Corn-Hicks%20Watercolor%20and%20Ink%201%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="279" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Registration deadline: October 26&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Ages 18+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Learn how to get eye-catching effects in your art by combining vibrant, airy watercolors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;with the clean lines of ink.&amp;nbsp; What an enhancement to your work!&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Rachel Corn-Hicks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dates: Mondays 11/2 - 11/23 (4 sessions)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://northhillsartcenter.org/event-6787052</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-314 Drawing can be Fun (FA26) (November 11, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Pontoriero/Pontoriero%20Drawing/Pontoriero%20drawing-class%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="267" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration deadline: September 30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ages 16+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Don’t think you can draw? Want to get better at drawing? I’m here to help.&amp;nbsp; Let’s take the “pain” out of learning to draw in this 6-week course. The fundamentals of drawing will be covered, including observational drawing, shading, and perspective.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Diane Pontoriero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Dates: Wednesdays, 10/7 - 11/11&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;(6 sessions)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://northhillsartcenter.org/event-6789081</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-316 Autumn Still Life (FA26) (November 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(237, 28, 36); border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Vincent/Vincent%20Autumn%20Still%20Life%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="292" height="200" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" align="left"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline: October 23&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Ages 18+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Fall in love with the richness of chalk pastel while learning to render gourds, leaves, and pumpkins. Learn a dark-to-light technique that creates dramatic results as well as learning to blend and layer&amp;nbsp; on dark paper. Students can work with available still life subjects or bring in their own references.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 6em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor: Susan Vincent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Dates: Fridays 10/30 - 11/20 (&lt;em&gt;4 sessions)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://northhillsartcenter.org/event-6789090</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-310 Soft Pastels (FA26) (November 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;em style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Pontoriero/Pontoriero%20Pastels/Pontoriero%20pastel.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="160" height="199" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Registration deadline: October 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Ages 16+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Soft pastels are a vibrant and rewarding painting medium! This class will cover using pastels with a variety of different techniques and with a variety of surfaces.&amp;nbsp; All levels are welcome as we explore the pastel pencils, sticks and pan pastels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Diane Pontoriero&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Dates: Mondays, 10/12 - 11/16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;(6 sessions)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-228 Painting with Watercolor &amp; Ink (FA26) (November 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Corn-Hicks/Corn-Hicks%20Watercolor%20and%20Ink%201%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="279" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Registration deadline: October 26&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Ages 18+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Learn how to get eye-catching effects in your art by combining vibrant, airy watercolors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;with the clean lines of ink.&amp;nbsp; What an enhancement to your work!&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Rachel Corn-Hicks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dates: Mondays 11/2 - 11/23 (4 sessions)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://northhillsartcenter.org/event-6787052</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-316 Autumn Still Life (FA26) (November 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(237, 28, 36); border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Vincent/Vincent%20Autumn%20Still%20Life%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="292" height="200" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" align="left"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration deadline: October 23&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Ages 18+&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Fall in love with the richness of chalk pastel while learning to render gourds, leaves, and pumpkins. Learn a dark-to-light technique that creates dramatic results as well as learning to blend and layer&amp;nbsp; on dark paper. Students can work with available still life subjects or bring in their own references.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor: Susan Vincent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Dates: Fridays 10/30 - 11/20 (&lt;em&gt;4 sessions)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A-228 Painting with Watercolor &amp; Ink (FA26) (November 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://northhillsartcenter.org/resources/Pictures/Catalog%20Images/Corn-Hicks/Corn-Hicks%20Watercolor%20and%20Ink%201%20FA26.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="279" height="200" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Registration deadline: October 26&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Ages 18+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Learn how to get eye-catching effects in your art by combining vibrant, airy watercolors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;with the clean lines of ink.&amp;nbsp; What an enhancement to your work!&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;All materials included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor: Rachel Corn-Hicks&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#333333" style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dates: Mondays 11/2 - 11/23 (4 sessions)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://northhillsartcenter.org/event-6787052</link>
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