Registration has begun for Howard County Arts Council’s (HCAC) fall educational programs at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City. HCAC offers classes and workshops for ages five to adult. Fall art programs, open to the public, begin the week of September 10. Classes range in duration from one-day workshops to eight-week sessions.

Fall classes for ages 5–12 include Saturday Art Studio and Let’s Make Musical Instruments. For teens and adults, offerings include Drawing & Composition; Acrylic Painting; Screen Printing Workshop; and a new landscape painting workshop, Plein Air: Fall Foliage, which will take place over two weekends and offer students the opportunity to paint on location at Centennial Park. Ongoing weekly drop-in sessions for drawing and painting from portrait and life models are also available.

Registration and full class listings are available at HCAC’s website, www.hocoarts.org. Class brochures are available for pick-up at the Howard County Center for the Arts; requests for a brochure via the mail should be directed to 410-313-ARTS (2787). Howard County Arts Council programs are subject to minimum and maximum numbers of students; early registration is recommended.