Personal Enrichment Workshops 2025

Community Education Workshop Refund Policy: If you withdraw at least one week before the first meeting, you will receive a 100% refund less a $15 processing fee. No refund is given for withdrawals made less than one week before the course starts. If BCC cancels a workshop, you will receive a 100% refund of all fees. Please allow at least three weeks for processing refunds.

Teach a Workshop

Email lmorelli@berkshirecc.edu with your name, workshop title and brief description.

Art

Wave on the shore

Mixed Media Seascape on Slate

Join us in crafting a memento using slate’s natural texture as a canvas, blending ocean-inspired treasured elements like sand, shells, pearls and sea glass with vibrant acrylic paints to create a unique mixed media art piece. Beginners and up.

Mixed Media Seascape on Slate


Culinary and Hospitality

Bread ingredients

Baking with Alternative Grains

Grains offer a fantastic way to introduce unique flavors, adding depth and interest to familiar baked goods. Beyond their taste, they bring nutritional benefits and support sustainable agriculture. We're fortunate to be surrounded by dedicated grain growers, making it easier to access these ingredients and celebrate local farming through baking. In this session, we’ll explore both popular and lesser-known alternative grains — such as Rye, Spelt, Einkorn, Kamut, and Buckwheat — many of which can be found in local stores.

Baking with Alternative Grains

Person kneading dough

Vegan Baking

This introduction to vegan baking explores ingredient substitutions, how to choose the right alternatives, and key factors to consider when adapting recipes to be vegan. Mastering the techniques of vegan baking not only makes your creations more inclusive for family and friends with diverse dietary needs but also strengthens your overall baking skills by deepening your understanding of baking mechanics.

Vegan Baking


Professional Development

Voice over

Getting Paid to Talk: An Introduction to Professional Voice Over

From audio books to advertisements and beyond, we encounter recorded voices everywhere! In this one-night class, your instructor will take you behind-the-scenes in the voice over field for a fun and realistic look at how the voice over field really works.

Getting Paid to Talk: An Introduction to Professional Voice Over