The Community Enrichment Programs provide courses, seminars and activities that contribute to the community’s overall cultural, civic, and intellectual growth. Courses are designed to assist adults in the development of new skills, or improvement or upgrading of existing ones. With hundreds of classes and events every year, these programs provide lifelong learning opportunities to community members of Buncombe and Madison Counties. The program provides a variety of art classes, from abstract painting to stained glass. The language component includes Mandarin Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Dance classes, from Ballroom to Salsa, bring hundreds of couples to the campus each year. Practical Skills classes such as upholstery, sewing, and quilting add to the diversity of the courses offered.