Alexandria Classes Washington, DC

Create wonderful, wearable jewelry using copper, brass, silver, or other metals. Learn or improve your skills in the techniques of sawing, drilling, piercing, filing, soldering, riveting, texturing, basic forging, milling, and polishing. Learn to set gemstones into pendants, rings, or bracelets. Small class size ensures one-on-one instructor guidance. ...

A continuation of the A2 level class Conversations and Tasks, this class will teach you how to successfully complete a variety of tasks, such as planning an overseas trip, expressing pain and discomfort to the doctor, ordering a meal at a restaurant, relaying messages over the phone, purchasing clothing, interviewing a potential employee, and much...

This class is designed to help you speak more spontaneously and become more socially functional by helping to equip you with the language's most commonly used idiomatic expressions and proverbs. Through the use of Spanish podcasts and videos, you will learn the use of a variety of Spanish expressions and idiomatic phrases that are used and understood...

Are you looking to experience something new and refreshing! Spend two and a half to three hours in our professional jewelry studio making a textured or hammered band ring for yourself or for your special person.  Guests will texture, bend, hammer, and solder silver to create a unique ring. This workshop registration includes two people with...

Create a pendant and pair of earrings using copper or brass.  Learn the techniques of:  sawing drilling filing riveting texturing milling using patina Small class size (max 5) ensures one-on-one instructor guidance.  Preparations: Be in close-toed shoes. Tie back long hair.

This level is for absolute beginners or for individuals who would like to review the basics of the Spanish language. What you should know before you enroll: No prior experience with the language is required. What you will learn: How to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases How to introduce yourself and others...

In this communicative course, students will learn how to correctly use common irregular and stem-changing verbs in the present tense, talk about the things that they like and dislike, use the present progressive tense to describe what they are doing at this moment, use reflexive pronouns to compare routine tasks, and use superlative adjectives to...

Create a colorful pendant and/or pair of earrings by enameling on copper. Learn metal preparation and cleaning methods, as well as proper techniques for applying enamel, including sifting, stenciling, sgraffito, and painting.  Experiment with leaf and foils. We will discuss holding agents, safety considerations, firing procedures, finishing...

Come by our jewelry making studio and create your pet's personal identification tag in this activity. You will hammer steel letter stamps to impress letters, numbers, and cute symbols onto a precut brass dog bone tag. Oxidize (blacken) and buff to a beautiful golden finish. Bring your furry friend if you like. Preparations: Be in close-toed shoes....