The course offerings at Infinity Visual and Performing Arts have expanded alongside the organization’s operating space as Infinity prepares to kick off its 2015 programming.

The arts organization recently released its 2015 winter class schedule and is encouraging current and prospective students to register now for classes beginning in February.

The expanded schedule is a product of the success the organization has experienced in the form of an upward trend in student registration, as well as relocation to 301 E. Second St. in September. According to Shane Hawkins, executive director of Infinity, increasing the number of course offerings is something she anticipates will continue in the coming years.

“We have more rooms to work with now, so we’re able to offer classes in a much more flexible schedule than in the old space,” Hawkins said. “We definitely haven’t maximalized our space yet, but we’re doing that gradually and seeing what the students react to.”

Infinity’s new location inside the Lynn Building does indeed allow for many new opportunities within the organization, aided by a 5,500-square-foot increase in the amount of usable space and 11 additional rehearsal rooms. Hawkins said that Infinity is looking to gain more feedback from its student body and the community as a whole in determining what types of courses to add in coming years.

“We have the instructors; we just need to know what the community wants,” she said. “We’re interested in adding more daytime classes, especially for adults, so we’re looking for feedback on that. We’re just trying to see what we can do in this space. There are so many opportunities and so many different avenues we can go, so whatever feedback we hear from the community is the direction that we’ll head in.”

Some of the new offerings already on the schedule include Infinite Artistry, which consists of eight separate classes focusing on a different type of art medium, and Doll Making for Grown-ups.

Hawkins also highlighted the two spring break camps that Infinity is offering for the second consecutive year.

“Those are something new that we started last year, but we’re continuing and expanding on them this year based on how well they went,” she said.

The Cultural World Tour camp will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 17-20. Participants will have the opportunity to explore a different culture each day of the camp by getting a taste of music, art, dance, theater, language and costumes indicative of each culture. Students will have “passports” that are stamped at the completion of each day.

“It’s kind of like (the students) are going on a world tour while staying under the same roof,” Hawkins said.

The Time Traveler camp will explore a variety of eras and time periods through music, art, dance, theater and literature activities associated with each time period. It will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 30-April 2.

The camps are held over the course of four days, and cost $125 to attend. Both are for students ages 5 through 16. Early dropoff and late pickup is available for an additional cost.

Catalogs with a complete listing on course offerings, descriptions and dates are currently available online at www.infinityperformingarts.org by clicking the “Programs & Classes” tab on the top bar. Hawkins said hard copies are also available at Infinity and the James Prendergast Library, and have been sent to local school districts.

Also new to Infinity’s 2015 programming is a script-writing contest and an opportunity to audition for Infinity’s new Repertory Theater. Actors and authors of all ages are encouraged to write and submit a script for a skit, monologue, play or poem for a chance to have the script performed by the Infinity Repertory Theater in the summer.

Guidelines for the script-writing contest require: a $5 fee for each submission; inclusion of the author’s name, email address and phone number; and that all submissions be typed, completely original and have a maximum performance length of 15 minutes. The focus topic can be the writer’s choice.

Submissions can be mailed to: Infinity Visual and Performing Arts, ATTN: IRT, 301 E. Second St., Jamestown. To audition for the Infinity Repertory Theater, send your name, email address, phone number and acting age range to IRT@infinityperformingarts.org.

For more information on Infinity’s course offerings and script-writing contest, visit www.infinityperformingarts.org.