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

Paint brushes in cups of pain

Bottle Painting

  • Instructor: Lisa Mendel, Consultant
  • Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025
  • 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • BCC Room K118
  • $25

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.

Easel with a landscape painting

Landscape Painting

  • Instructor: Leila DiGirolamo, Artist
  • Saturdays, Sept. 13 and 27, 2025
  • 12 – 3 p.m.
  • BCC Room K118
  • $75

Monstera leaves

Mosaic Monstera Leaf Plant Stand

  • Instructor: Lisa Mendel, Consultant
  • Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
  • 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC Room K118
  • $45


Culinary and Hospitality

Bartender

Bartending and Mixology

  • Instructor: Victoria Spencer, Consultant
  • Mondays, Oct. 20 – Nov. 24, 2025
  • 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
  • Polish Falcons, 32 Bel Air Ave, Pittsfield, MA
  • $189

Person decorating a cake

Beginner’s Cake Decorating

  • Instructor: Melissa Albano, Consultant
  • Saturdays, Sept. 27 – Oct. 18, 2025
  • 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $145

Holiday dinner

Holiday

  • Instructor: Katie Hickey, Chef
  • Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025
  • 6 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC, Susan B. Anthony Center, lower level, Kitchen
  • $65

Person kneading dough in a kitch

Introduction to Sourdough

  • Instructor: Scout Swonger, Consultant
  • Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025
  • 10 – 12 p.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $50

Cook chopping vegetables

Knife Skills

  • Instructor: Katie Hickey, Chef
  • Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025
  • 6 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC, Susan B. Anthony Center, lower level, Kitchen
  • $65

Person carving a turkey

Thanksgiving

  • Instructor: Katie Hickey, Chef
  • Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025
  • 6 – 8:30 p.m.
  • BCC, Susan B. Anthony Center, lower level, Kitchen
  • $65

Person kneading dough on a bench

Sourdough Discard Exploration

  • Instructor: Scout Swonger, Consultant
  • Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
  • 10 – 12 p.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $50

Person kneading dough

Vegan Baking

  • Instructor: Scout Swonger, Consultant
  • Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025
  • 10 – 11:30 a.m.
  • BCC Kitchen
  • $30


Professional Development

Voice over

Getting Paid to Talk: An Introduction to Professional Voice Over

  • Voice Coaches, Consultants
  • Monday, Aug. 11, 2025
  • 6:30 – 9 p.m.
  • BCC Room G12
  • $50