O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman
2025-11-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-04 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-18 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
This weekly group features freewriting (to loosen the Muse) with sustained and supportive group critiques of works in progress.
The facilitator is a journalist, author, and editor who has been leading OHCA writing groups for over 20 years.
CURRENT WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS MAY REGISTERED AT THE LISTED RATE,
This workshop is not accepting new participants. To be added to the wait list, please email office@ohanloncenter.org.
$156 | $125 OHCA member for 6 sessions
Single session drop-in: $27
Visit Abby Wasserman’s Website »

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman$27.00 – $156.00Price range: $27.00 through $156.00

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SKU: creative-writing-abby

Category: Literary

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Non-member, OHCA Member

# of Sessions
6 sessions, Single session drop-in

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Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman 2026
$30.00 – $160.00Price range: $30.00 through $160.00

Inside JUNK JOURNALING with Peller
2025-11-12 13:00 - 15:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Junk journaling is a creative and mindful craft that blends scrapbooking and collaging, serving as a heartfelt response to the fleeting nature of digital life. In a world dominated by screens and instant communication, junk journaling invites you to slow down and reconnect with tangible, physical materials—snipping, gluing, and layering to create meaningful art.
By transforming everyday “trash” like parking tickets, luggage tags, ticket stubs, or even pieces of pizza boxes into beautiful collages, you can discover the magic in the overlooked and discarded. It’s a fun challenge to seek out items you might normally toss away and repurpose them into personal journal entries or artistic pieces.
Adopting a collector’s eye encourages mindfulness and observation, inspiring you to notice the small ephemera of daily life—receipts, labels, snippets of wrapping paper—and see them as treasures waiting to be incorporated into your journal.
Join this creative journey to add a little magic and intentionality to your day-to-day life. Embrace the imperfect, the transient, and the beautiful in the ordinary through junk journaling—where one person’s junk becomes another’s treasured story.
Join me in adding a little magic to your day to day.

O’Hanlon Poetry Collective on Zoom
2025-11-13 14:00 - 15:30
For O’Hanlon Member poets and poetry lovers.
Hosted by Suz Lipman, Jonathan Livingston and guests.

Suz Lipman and Jonathan Livingston host a warm and welcoming biweekly online gathering for OHCA members to share and discuss poetry by group members and others.
This group is currently full. If you’d like to be put on the wait list, please email office@ohanloncenter.org.
OHCA Members only
12 people max. $10 per session.

Writing from the Heart w/ Dr. Peller Marion (on Zoom)
2025-11-19 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-12-03 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-12-17 13:30 - 15:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
An adventurous mix of writing
and some art too
This FREE drop-in and on-going Zoom group requires no experience. All you need to bring is a notebook and a pen. Peller will bring the instruction, inspiration, safe space, writing and art prompts.

Find your writing voice.
Dive into your creativity.
Deepen your writing practice.
Share your stories, memories, and inspirations.
Get steady positive affirmation for your work in a community of passionate writers.

First and and Third Wednesdays each month
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Contact facilitator Peller Marion via email to get the zoom link
pellermarion@gmail.com
Donations accepted to O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
616 Throckmorton Avenue • Mill Valley • CA • 94941

Facilitated by Dr. Peller Marion, author of five books and exhibiting artist and psychologist.
For more workshops led by Peller: go to O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (www.ohanloncenter.org) or www.pellermarion.com
email facilitator with questions:pellermarion@gmail.com

O’Hanlon Poetry Collective on Zoom
2025-12-11 14:00 - 15:30
For O’Hanlon Member Poets & Poetry LoversHosted by Suz Lipman, Jonathan Livingston, and guests

Suz Lipman and Jonathan Livingston host a warm and welcoming biweekly online gathering for OHCA members to share and discuss poetry by group members and others.
This group is currently full.To join the waitlist, please email: office@ohanloncenter.org
OHCA Members onlyLimit: 12 participantsFee: $10 per session

Writing from the Heart w/ Dr. Peller Marion (on Zoom) | 2026
2026-01-07 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-01-21 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-02-04 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-02-18 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-03-04 13:30 - 15:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
An adventurous mix of writing
and some art too
This FREE drop-in and on-going Zoom group requires no experience. All you need to bring is a notebook and a pen. Peller will bring the instruction, inspiration, safe space, writing and art prompts.

Find your writing voice.
Dive into your creativity.
Deepen your writing practice.
Share your stories, memories, and inspirations.
Get steady positive affirmation for your work in a community of passionate writers.

First and Third Wednesdays each month
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Contact facilitator Peller Marion via email to get the zoom link
pellermarion@gmail.com
Donations accepted to O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
616 Throckmorton Avenue • Mill Valley • CA • 94941

Facilitated by Dr. Peller Marion, author of five books and exhibiting artist and psychologist.
For more workshops led by Peller: go to O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (www.ohanloncenter.org) or www.pellermarion.com
email facilitator with questions:pellermarion@gmail.com

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman
2026-01-08 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-01-15 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-01-22 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-01-29 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-02-05 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-02-12 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-02-19 10:30 - 12:30, 2026-02-26 10:30 - 12:30 and 1 more date | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
This weekly group features freewriting (to loosen the Muse) with sustained and supportive group critiques of works in progress.
The facilitator is a journalist, author, and editor who has been leading OHCA writing groups for over 20 years.

$160, $130 OH member for 6 sessions
Single session drop-in: $30
Visit Abby Wasserman’s Website »

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman 2026$30.00 – $160.00Price range: $30.00 through $160.00

Member/Non-Member

Choose an optionNon-memberOHCA Member

# of Sessions

Choose an option6 sessionsSingle session drop-inClear

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman 2026 quantity

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SKU: creative-writing-abby-2

Category: Literary

Additional information

Additional information

Member/Non-Member
Non-member, OHCA Member

# of Sessions
6 sessions, Single session drop-in

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Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman
$27.00 – $156.00Price range: $27.00 through $156.00

Postponed: The Creative Impulse: Writing for Artists, Drawing for Writers | with Ruth Gendler
2026-01-11 12:00 - 16:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
The Creative Impulse: Writing for Artists, Drawing for WritersFacilitated by Ruth Gendler | Sunday, January 11 • 12–4 PM $60 OHCA Members | $75 Non-Members Maximum: 12 participants

Writing for artists.Drawing for writers.Music for chefs.Dancing for architects.
As the new year begins, let’s mix it up—experimenting with new ways of listening, imagining, observing, and creating. Let the colors speak. Let the words take shape. Change your rhythms. Invite your muse to lunch.
When we step outside our usual creative boundaries, we open ourselves to authenticity and surprise. We might find unexpected harmony—or glimpse a whole new map of our artistic process. Try something new, or return to a piece you didn’t think you could finish. Serious fun awaits.
Our tools will be pencils and brushes—our ears, eyes, hands, and hearts.
Open to everyone.
Please register below.

Postponed - Art Inspires Poetry Workshops with Gini Grossenbacher and Robin Gabbert - Session 1, Jan 21
2026-01-21 10:00 - 12:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Art Inspires Poetry!

with Gini Grossenbacher & Robin Gabbert
POSTPONED
Please let office know if you want to get on the list for when it will be offered next.
Transform visual art masterpieces into verse in this engaging three-part Ekphrastic Poetry workshop series! Attend one, two, or all three sessions—each features different artwork, poetry techniques, and creative inspiration.
Open to both new and experienced writers, this series invites you to spark your creativity as you explore visual works from past to present. Learn to translate imagery into words that captivate and inspire with experienced presenters Gini Grossenbacher and Robbin Gabbert, in a supportive and welcoming space.
Workshop Dates (register separately for each):

Wednesday, January 21 – 10 am – 12 pm –– Scroll below to register

Wednesday, January 28 – 10 am – 12 pm –– Click here to register for Jan 28

Wednesday February 4 – 10 am – 12 pm –– Click here to register for Feb 4

Each session requires separate registration—please select and purchase the specific date(s) you wish to attend.
Fee:

$40 per session

Maximum: 12 participants

About Gini Grossenbacher

Gini Grossenbacher is award-winning indie author, editor, and educator with expertise in integrated arts education, historical fiction, memoir, and poetry. Founder of San Rafael Writers & Artists and JGKS Press, providing workshops, editing, coaching, and publishing services. Acclaimed for The American Madams Trilogy, Glimpses poetry collection, and forthcoming The Artistic Women Series. Skilled presenter at literary conferences and experienced teacher of writing craft.
www.ginigrossenbacher.com

About Robin Gabbert

Robin Gabbert has multiple poems in state, national, and international poetry anthologies, including the Ekphrastic Review. She is the 2025 winner of the Fran Claggett-Holland Award for her contributions to the poetry community. Her poem Invisible was a finalist in the 2024 San Francisco Writers Conference Contest, and she was long listed for the Frontier Poetry “(Not) In Love” Tanka Challenge in 2024. Her chapbook of ekphrastic poetry and art— The Clandestine Life of Paintings, in Poems was published in 2022. Her new, full-length book of poetry, Somehow, I Haven’t Drowned, has just been published (fall 2025) by Blue Light Press. See more about her at www.robingabbert.com

Giacometti's Last Ride - Book event with novelist Bart Schneider and artist Chester Arnold
2026-02-06 19:00 - 20:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Novelist Bart Schneider will present his new book Giacometti’s Last Ride, with artist/collaborator Chester Arnold, in an hour of readings and images from the novel, followed by time for a Q&A. This is the second collaboration for Schneider and Arnold, following their 2022 book of poetry and paintings about food, The Daily Feast. The two longtime friends get together regularly to discuss the corollaries between art and writing. They are now plotting their next collaboration. Books will be on sale at the event.
Bart Schneider is the author of six novels, including Blue Bossa, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Secret Love, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Schneider is also the author of three volumes of poetry and the publisher of Kelly’s Cove Press.
Find out more about Chester Arnold HERE

Marin Poetry Center's Distinguished Visiting Poet Series 2026
2026-03-11 15:00 - 17:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
PLEASE RSVP
