O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

Miniatures with Zoe Harris
2024-07-11 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Thursday July 111:00 – 3:00 pm
$30 or $25 OHCA members10 people max.
For Adults!
You will meet Ekeko from Bolivia – The wishing doll. Adults express their needs by hanging miniatures on his back!
Some of the cultures represented include India, Native American, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, African, Hawaiian & more.
Over 100 miniatures in Zoe’s collection!
Participants will make their own miniatures and materials will be provided.

Zoe Harris has been teaching multicultural art to adults & children for 30 years in Marin, East Bay, South Bay & in Taos & Santa Fe, New Mexico. This includes many years at O’Hanlon

O’Hanlon Poetry Collective on Zoom
2024-07-11 14:00 - 15:30
For O’Hanlon Member poets and poetry lovers.
Hosted by Suz Lipman, Jonathan Livingston and guests.
A bi-monthly online gathering started by OHCA resident poet Cruwys Brown and featuring 2010-2012 Marin County Poet Laureate, CB Follett, and others to explore, read and discuss poetry.
This group is currently at maximum capacity of 12 active participants. If you’d like to get on the wait list please email office@ohanloncenter.org.
OHCA Members only
12 people max. $10 per session.

Payment for Current Poetry group members

Art Forum (in-person)
2024-07-12 12:00 - 14:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Get honest and thoughtful feedback on your current work in a welcoming and open group setting in person!
Facilitated by
Jackie La Lanne, Tom Zizzo, and Naomi Tamura
We will meet once a month on the second Friday of the month from 12-2 pm to discuss the work presented.
Bring in one or two pieces of your work. You will get practice talking about your work and get honest and thoughtful feedback from the group.
“What an awesome art forum by Tom and Jackie, delivering a smart, informed, inspirational, and mindful mentorship. This was an amazing opportunity, as I gained new insights about me and my art” S. Scott.

Who: Up to 8 practicing artists
When: The Second Friday of the Month, 12-2pm
Cost: FREE – But donations of any amount to OHCA are much appreciated.

Please RSVP below!

Saturday Perception Workshop
2024-07-13 10:00 - 14:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
One of the core principles Ann O’Hanlon stressed was learning how to seeFor over 35 years – Saturdays have been a time to put that into practice. To experiment and discover.

Thank you to Ann Fricker and Noni Garner for organizing the return to the LOFT Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm.
The morning starts with a simple exercise or prompt that informs the day.
$25 non-members | $20 OHCA members.
Materials provided or bring your own.

Attendees must be fully vaccinated and Masks required indoors
Workshop will be held in the LOFT
Beginners Expected!

LOVING THE SATURDAY WORKSHOP
The long-running Visual Perception Workshop is at the heart of O’Hanlon Center. Recently we asked workshop participants for their thoughts.
I love doing art with friends…and then sharing it!
I love that it is a drop-in class andI don’t have to sign up ahead of time.
I like that I don’t have to know how to do art…It’s about our own creativity.
It is so much fun.
I love the creative atmosphere. It breeds excitement and enjoyment of the process.
I like the mix of people and their art.
It is free and fun.
I like that I can get into the flow of art and forget the stressful world.
I look forward to stepping into another time and place. It is a magical experience to visit this special piece of land at the foot of Mt Tam.
Being with people who care about art and artists is something I find worthwhile. I feel lucky to have discovered this class. It informs me well beyond 4 hours on Saturday.
This Saturday workshop serves as a tool to open up all of my senses and I come alive.
The setting is gorgeous and serene.
I love Saturday class. I wouldn’t think of missing it. I come every Saturday, and have for years and years.

Center Closed Dec 21- Jan 2 – Happy New Year!

$20.00 – $25.00Price range: $20.00 through $25.00

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Team Works Gallery Show Reception
2024-07-13 17:00 - 18:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
All invited to the opening reception of TEAM WORKS: Art created by our Board Members and Facilitators!
The Artists will say a few words about their work starting at 5pm followed by refreshments.
Please Join Us!

O’Hanlon Youth Art Camp 2024: Ages 5-9
2024-07-15 09:30 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
This fun and exploratory camp will introduce young artists to several media including ceramics, sculpture, drawing and painting.
With facilitators Jackie La Lanne, Laurel Shear and Charlie Freiburger

Week 1: Ages 5 to 9
July 15 – 19, 2024
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day
Many mediums will be explored:• Photography• Ceramics (hand building and wheel)• Painting• Collage• Printmaking• Sculpture and MORE!
There is plenty of freedom for students to discover and create.O’Hanlon Center is in a quiet nature filled property full of inspiration.

$495 per student per week – 20% off for OHCA family members.Includes all materials and 2 snacks/day12 Students Maximum
Register by 3:00 pm Friday July 12
The camp is VERY popular so sign up early!(Scroll down for Registration)

“I LOVE this Camp!”“I loved the people here, kids and adults.”“I wouldn’t change anything about the camp except making last longer.”
– campers from prior years

ABOUT THE TEACHERS

Jackie La Lanne
Jackie La Lanne retired at the end of 2021 from over 30 years teaching art in the Mill Valley School district. She is a recent Board President of of O’Hanlon. She graduated from Sonoma State University with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Masters Degree in Art Education. She loves teaching art and making photographs, which she says have a lot in common: discovering, making, envisioning, sharing, and having fun. La Lanne, who can often be found in the artroom wearing the earrings she made from her old bike lock keys, has been teaching elementary art curriculum in Mill Valley public schools for many years. She is an accomplished artist, teacher, and photographer and has created wonderful collaborative textile projects for her five grandchildren.

Laurel Shear
Laurel Shear lives and works in the California Bay Area. She opened her first New York solo show, Daydreaming In My Nightmare, at Fort Gansevoort in March 2018. Recent exhibitions include Right Here Right Now, Richmond Art Center and NIAD (Richmond, CA) My Silences Had Not Protected Me, For Freedoms, Fort Gansevoort, (New York), Where Dreams Come True, TSA LA (Los Angeles), Push, Incline Gallery (San Francisco). She is a former member of the artist run gallery Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Los Angeles. Press for her work includes Artnet, New York Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, and Luxe Magazine, among others. She facilitates drawing and painting workshops at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts and serves on the Board. Shear was a competitive cheerleader, she’s an energy medicine practitioner, and a proud mama. www.laurelshear.com

Charlie Freiburger
Charlie Freiburger is a local artist from Marin County who specializes in music and pottery. He is a graduate of Tamiscal High School and will be studying ceramics next year. Wood-fire pottery is of particular interest to him and he has taught ceramics at various studios around the Bay. Charlie plays bass in a local band called Everything and also records his own music; both of which can be found online. Charliesvariousart.com

Surprise Yourself - Creation and Perception w/ CANDIS & CAYEN
2024-07-17 11:00 - 13:00
Every other Wednesday Cayen and Candis are offering a Zoomed art talk!
Using Ann O’Hanlon’s book, seeing/perception, as inspiration, Cayen and Candis lead discussions of what we see when we look at the artworks of others or our own.
11 am to 1 pm
Limited number of participants.
Contact Cayen if you are interested in joining the group to get on the wait list: cayenr@comcast.net

Cayen Robertson is an active visual artist working in paper and inks. She has been a long time facilitator at the O’Hanlon Center and loves talking with people about their art.
Candis Cousins works in monoprint, collage and drawing. For twelve years she was in the monoprint workshop led by Cayen Robertson. When Cayen stepped down five years ago, Candis began facilitating the workshop. Whether we are looking at the work of other artists or our own work, Candis believes that our discussions can move us from prejudice to a state of wonder, recognizing beauty in unexpected places.

Surprise Yourself – Creation and Perception$20.00

Please contact Cayen if you are interested in joining the group to get on the wait list: cayenr@comcast.net

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A zoomed art talk. Using Ann O’Hanlon’s book, seeing/perception, as inspiration, Cayen Robertson and Candis Cousins lead discussions of what we see when we look at the artworks of others or our own.

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2024-07-19 09:00 - 10:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
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Sunday Salon: SUMMER
2024-07-21 16:00 - 19:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
It’s About the Light

4 pm Gathering
5 pm Performances
Performers include:
Christopher Smith & Daniel Patrick
Peter Ehmke
Zoe Caron
Wendy Rose
Don Kline
Caylia
Tom Zizzo
Jackie La Lanne
Pamela Huss
Collette Sell
Daniel
Erma
Jackie Swoiskin
Bring your favorite beverage to share

$15 General Admission

Register online by 2:30 pm July 21 or get tickets at the door!

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O’Hanlon Youth Art Camp 2024: Ages 10-14
2024-07-22 09:30 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
This fun and exploratory camp will introduce young artists to several media including ceramics, sculpture, drawing and painting.
With facilitators Jackie La Lanne, Laurel Shear and Charlie Freiburger

Week 2: Ages 10 to 14
July 22 – 26, 2024
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day
Many mediums will be explored:

• Photography
• Ceramics (hand building and wheel)
• Painting
• Collage
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
and MORE!
There is plenty of freedom for students to discover and create.
O’Hanlon Center is in a quiet nature filled property full of inspiration.

$495 per student per week – 20% off for OHCA family members.
Includes all materials and 2 snacks/day

12 Students Maximum
Register by 3:00 pm Friday July 19
The camp is VERY popular so sign up early!
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“I LOVE this Camp!”

“I loved the people here, kids and adults.”

“I wouldn’t change anything about the camp except making last longer.”
– campers from prior years

ABOUT THE TEACHERS

Jackie La Lanne
Jackie La Lanne retired at the end of 2021 from over 30 years teaching art in the Mill Valley School district. She is a recent Board President of of O’Hanlon. She graduated from Sonoma State University with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Masters Degree in Art Education. She loves teaching art and making photographs, which she says have a lot in common: discovering, making, envisioning, sharing, and having fun. La Lanne, who can often be found in the artroom wearing the earrings she made from her old bike lock keys, has been teaching elementary art curriculum in Mill Valley public schools for many years. She is an accomplished artist, teacher, and photographer and has created wonderful collaborative textile projects for her five grandchildren.

Laurel Shear
Laurel Shear lives and works in the California Bay Area. She opened her first New York solo show, Daydreaming In My Nightmare, at Fort Gansevoort in March 2018. Recent exhibitions include Right Here Right Now, Richmond Art Center and NIAD (Richmond, CA) My Silences Had Not Protected Me, For Freedoms, Fort Gansevoort, (New York), Where Dreams Come True, TSA LA (Los Angeles), Push, Incline Gallery (San Francisco). She is a former member of the artist run gallery Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Los Angeles. Press for her work includes Artnet, New York Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, and Luxe Magazine, among others. She facilitates drawing and painting workshops at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts and serves on the Board. Shear was a competitive cheerleader, she’s an energy medicine practitioner, and a proud mama. www.laurelshear.com

Charlie Freiburger
Charlie Freiburger is a local artist from Marin County who specializes in music and pottery. He is a graduate of Tamiscal High School and will be studying ceramics next year. Wood-fire pottery is of particular interest to him and he has taught ceramics at various studios around the Bay. Charlie plays bass in a local band called Everything and also records his own music; both of which can be found online. Charliesvariousart.com

Writing from the Heart w/ Dr. Peller Marion (on Zoom)
2024-07-24 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 fourth 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

Naomi Tamura's Loft Show Closing Party
2024-07-28 14:00 - 16:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Tuesday Perception Workshop - Cancelled Dec 24 and 31
2024-07-30 10:00 - 14:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Explore, experiment, and discover your unique form of creative expression.
The Visual Perception workshops are hands-on creating with materials, experimenting, and discovering without dependence on technique. Participants are encouraged to pay attention to what you see, accept the marks you make, explore, experiment, and discover your unique form of creative expression.
A simple prompt or exercise is given at the beginning of class. Participants are free to elaborate on their initial efforts or do something else entirely.
We end the workshops with a gathering (coming together) of everyone and their work. Participants look, discuss, and value the work created.

Most materials are provided and/or bring your own.
$25 non-members | $20 OHCA members
Masking may be required. Bring a mask in case.

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WOMEN ARTISTS MAKING THEIR MARK 2024 - Online Exhibit – Roundtable Discussion on Zoom
2024-07-30 16:00 - 18:00
Please Join Zoom Meeting at 4 p.m. Pacific
Topic: Women Artists Making Their Mark Art Talk
Time: July 30, 2024 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Summer Artist Retreat
2024-08-05 09:00 - 2024-08-09 17:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
This retreat is full. If you are interested in participating next time please email the office: office@ohanoncenter.org

Cedars Art Studio Art Talk and Opening Reception
2024-08-06 17:00 - 19:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Tom Zizzo's Loft Show Opening Reception
2024-08-06 17:30 - 19:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Book event with author Bridget Quinn
2024-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry & Revolution in the Life of Adélaïde Labille-GuiardReading, Q&A and book signing with author Bridget Quinn

Aug 8 at 7:00 pm
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Main Gallery
Bridget is Back!
If you attended her talk at OH for her book Broad Strokes – you know how informative and entertaining the evening will be.
Join us to celebrate her newest book:
Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry & Revolution in the Life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
Free – please RSVP below.
Seating limited to 50

Bridget Quinn is a writer, art historian, and critic. She’s the author of the new biography, Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry & Revolution in the Life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (think Hamiltonor Amadeus, but women artists).
Her book She Votes was an Amazon Editors’ pick for Best History books 2020, and her debut,Broad Strokes, was an Amazon pick for Best Art & Photography Books 2017 and a 2018 Amelia Bloomer List selection of recommended feminist literature from the American Library Association. Translated into four languages, in 2018 Broad Strokes was a national finalist for best art book of the year in Ukraine.
A regular contributor to arts magazine Hyperallergic, Bridget is a sought-after speaker on women and art. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.

Midsummer Members' Social
2024-08-10 14:30 - 16:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Midsummer Members’ Social
Saturday, August 10, 2024
2:30 – 4:30 pm
FREE – RSVP appreciated (below)
Please join us for a Midsummer Members’ Social on August 10, 2024. Plan to party and enjoy tasty bites, beverages, and live guitar music with Phil Richardson. Meet and greet with our current Artist-in-Residence Zoe Caron.
Membership Committee will be reaching out via email, asking for volunteers to help with the party in July – this is a fun and easy way to get to know fellow members!

Creative Botanical Watercolor with Sharon Virtue
2024-08-22 10:00 - 13:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Sharon’s Creative workshops explore an expressive style of painting with Watercolor that is both realistic and abstract. We will learn the artist’s tips and tricks, and ways to stay creatively motivated. The goal is to create beautiful botanical compositions that have your unique style at their heart.
The focus will be on capturing the gesture and atmosphere of what we are seeing.
We will review color theory, how to mix paints, the nature of the materials, and how they impact the final results.
The goal is to enjoy relaxing into the process of creativity in this natural setting.
Starting with ways to sketch and draw plain air we will move on to building our compositions in layers of color and form in the studio. We will work on watercolor paper. This workshop is open to all levels and those who want to learn new techniques in expressive painting.
The beauty and peace of O’Hanlon gardens, and the fantastic studio space bathed in light make this workshop an excellent place to gather in a creative, mindful, community activity.

Thursday, August 22 from 10 am to 1 pm$100 or $80 OHCA memberPlus, $15 for materials paid to the instructor day of class or bring your own. (No acrylics)

Sharon Virtue is a painter and ceramic artist based in Fairfax, California.
She believes artists are agents of transformation. Her mission is to inspire, encourage, and provide access to the greater community in the creation of art.
In her workshop, you’ll discover tricks to make drawing and painting more playful and gain confidence with various materials.
https://virtuevision.org/about/

MATERIALS LIST – BOTANICAL PAINTING O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Two small buckets for water
DRAWING MATERIALSGraphite pencil 2hbMechanical pencil 0.5Vinyl Eraser (Staedtler)Pencil sharpener
SKETCHBOOKS/PADS140LB hot press watercolor paper smoothOR cold press (more texture on the paper)EITHER:9 x 12 inchesOR11 x 14 inches
Paint Paletteswatercolor paletteHomemade acrylic paint palette made with a plastic folding document casetracing paper and paper towels.
PAINTING MATERIALS (basics)WatercolorsTubes: Daniel smith artist grade (best luminosity/quality)Winsor and Newton pans:Lemon yellowPayne’s GraySap GreenManganese blueRaw UmberBurnt siennaDioxazine violetQuinacione GoldCyanMagenta or Quinacridone pink

Abstract Painting: Collage and Color with Peller Marion
2024-08-23 12:30 - 16:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Explore, experiment, and surprise yourself. This is an invitation to give yourself permission to discover a deeper creative you. Learn to use unique techniques with collage, oil sticks, tempera, acrylics, and oversized paper, while forgetting all preconceived ideas and judgements.
Experience how to get over blocks to creativity, inhibitions, and an inner critic.
Surprise yourself and get to the next level of your creativity.
Led by Dr. Peller Marion. Consulting psychologist, author, artist.
www.pellermarion.com

$75 Non-members | $60 OHCA Members
plus $10 Materials Fee to be paid to the facilitator the day of the workshop
Limit: 8 attendees

Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show
2024-08-24 16:00 - 17:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Poetry in the Gallery!
This summer, MPC members will perform their work in venues all over the Bay Area including O’Hanlon Center.
Event is free. Just come by!

An Introduction and Continuation Encaustics workshop – with Margot Hartford (Day 1)
2024-08-25 11:00 - 16:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
A great introduction or refresher in using warm wax as a painting medium
Day 1: Sunday August 25, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
(Day 2: Monday August 26, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – separate registration)
This hands-on, one or two-day encaustic basics workshop is a great introduction if you have never worked with encaustic wax or if you need a refresher in using warm wax as a painting medium.
Participants can sign up for either of both days!
The workshop will examine approaches to using paper, botanicals, and 3-D objects that can be embedded into the wax for an encaustic collage. We will address heating, fusing, and manipulating wax, as well as discuss colors, brushes, and where to find materials.
The encaustic wax and all other encaustic supplies will be provided. Students are encouraged to bring their own additional materials to incorporate into their artwork. Each student will leave with at least two completed pieces of encaustic art.
From Margot:

If there are some “beginners” on Monday then I will get them up to speed quickly. I will run through the basics, for the new people and as a refresher for the returning students.Repeat participants can continue their work, and I will add a few new techniques as we go along. I will bring a few more items for people to use (pastels, carvings tools and such), especially for the second day.

$155 | $124 for OHCA members plus $20 materials fee to instructor day of class.
Max 8 studentsRegister by August 24.

Register below for Day 1: Sunday August 25
To register for Day 2, visit this page.

ABOUT MARGOT
Margot Hartford is a Bay Area lifestyle and fine art photographer. While serving as a docent at SFMOMA, she discovered encaustic painting through the work of Jasper Johns. Inspired, she created a small studio in her home and experimented with using wax to produce pieces of art.

Margot is currently using her photography to produce personal fine art projects and compilation pieces, and she has a studio at the ICB in Sausalito.

Sunday Family Art Day
2024-08-25 13:00 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
A monthly child-led art workshop with seasonal and nature themes layered into the activity
with Catherine Taylor Tai or Jackie La Lanne
The O’Hanlon Loft is a space for children (and grownups) to come get messy, try new things and have fun. We will experiment with paint, crayons, glue, glitter and found objects depending on the season and age of participants.
Workshop will take place in the O’Hanlon Loft Studio.

$40 per family Plus $5 materials to be paid to facilitator day of event

ABOUT JACKIE
Jackie La Lanne retired at the end of 2021 from over 30 years teaching art in the Mill Valley School district. She is currently Board President of of O’Hanlon. She graduated from Sonoma State University with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Masters Degree in Art Education. She loves teaching art and making photographs, which she says have a lot in common: discovering, making, envisioning, sharing, and having fun. La Lanne, who can often be found in the artroom wearing the earrings she made from her old bike lock keys, has been teaching elementary art curriculum in Mill Valley public schools for many years. She is an accomplished artist, teacher, and photographer and has created wonderful collaborative textile projects for her five grandchildren.

ABOUT CATHERINE
Catherine Taylor Tai is an artist, mother and health coach. She has enjoyed raising her three children around the world from NYC to Singapore and now Northern California.
She is an advocate of forest school and the arts and loves when the two meet. Catherine also serves on the OHCA Board.

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Cyanotype Workshop with Jackie La Lanne and Sarah McNeil
2024-08-29 10:00 - 14:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Cyanotype Workshop
with Jackie La Lanne and Sarah McNeil
Thursday, August 29, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Come discover how to make prints onto different surfaces (paper, fabric, and other surfaces) with the use of photos, plants, flowers and objects.
Cyanotype is a fun and unique process creating prints of cobalt blue. Used by artists, botanists and architects since 1872 it is the oldest photography, discovered before the camera. Cyanotype printing uses the sun’s UV light to create images. No previous experience required.
Sarah McNeil is a mixed-media artist and yoga teacher based in Mill Valley. She is a member of the O’Hanlon Board of Directors.
Jackie La Lanne has been teaching art to kids in the Mill Valley Schools and now adults for 40 years. She is currently on several O’Hanlon Committees and facilitates the Tuesday Perception Workshop and Kids Art Camps among other offerings.
Members: $65
Non-members: $80
Materials fee $30 to facilitators at class
Max 8
Please register soon!

Opening Receptions: Phyllis Thelen in Gallery and Iliana Soto in Loft
2024-09-03 17:00 - 19:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Join us for 2 new show opening receptions. These are in conjunction with the Mill Valley Art Commission First Tuesday Art Walk.
Phyllis Thelen will give a short talk at 5 pm about her Climate Crisis show “living with climate change…or Not!”
5:30 – 7:00 receptions.
ALL WELCOME!
Both venues will host life music!

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman
2024-09-05 10:00 - 12:00 | 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.
This ongoing Thursday workshop is held in person in the upper Loft.

$156, $125 OH 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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Sunday Salon: The Songwriter "Sessions"
2024-09-08 17:00 - 19:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Advanced ticket no longer available but you can purchase at the door.
Door opens at 4:30 TODAY 😛

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A Sunday Salon Special Evening: The Singer Songwriter “Sessions”
Sunday September 8th – Doors at 4:40 pm, Show at 5:00 pm
$20, Max 50 ppl
Come and enjoy an evening of original music by the talented Christopher Smith along with Claudia Russel and Bruce Kaplan. Daniel Patrick will be joining Christopher Smith on the bass.

Christopher Smith is one of the best “under the radar” songwriters in the country. His acoustic based music is grounded in folk roots with american and celtic influences. His musicianship always serves the song, and his voice is sweet and engaging. What sets Smith apart is the sheer strength of his material. He holds a listener’s attention for song after song because he writes stories that spring from interesting ideas. His songs often blend elements of humor and heart. His sound mixes both classic singer/songwriter and americana.

California singer/songwriter Claudia Russell and her trusty sidekick Bruce Kaplan traverse a wide Americana landscape, stopping at wondrous musical landmarks along the way, tipping their hat to string bands, blues divas, jazz cats, Village folkies, Bakersfield cowboys and Laurel Canyon troubadours. Driven by Claudia’s expressive voice and distinctive guitar style, it all comes together beautifully.

Claudia has a knack for crafting tightly written songs that carry you to the sweet spots of life. Bruce’s melodic accompaniment, on mandolin and electric guitar, is spot-on. All of this is served up with a generous helping of homespun humor and shaggy dog stories, making for a heartfelt and humorous show of deeply engaging music. And audiences and critics have taken notice.

Tickets: $20

Max 50 ppl
Tickets sold online until 3:00 pm on the date of the event. You can also get your tickets at the door.

Drawing for Teens – with Laurel Shear (2024 series 4)
2024-09-09 16:30 - 18:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Light, tone, line, pattern, mass, perspective, abstraction and composition
Mondays: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
5 weeks: Fall 2024 (Series 4):
Sept 9, 16, 23, 30 + Oct 7
In this series we will use a range of drawing materials. Each class will start with a warmup, and then focus on translating three dimensional objects to a two-dimensional surface, focusing on light, tone, line, pattern, mass, perspective, abstraction and composition.
Maximum 8 students
A materials list will be emailed after registration
$200 or $160 for OHCA members (5 week series)

ABOUT LAUREL
Laurel Shear lives and works in the California Bay Area. She opened her first New York solo show, Daydreaming In My Nightmare, at Fort Gansevoort in March 2018. Recent exhibitions include Right Here Right Now, Richmond Art Center and NIAD (Richmond, CA) My Silences Had Not Protected Me, For Freedoms, Fort Gansevoort, (New York), Where Dreams Come True, TSA LA (Los Angeles), Push, Incline Gallery (San Francisco). She is a former member of the artist run gallery Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Los Angeles. Press for her work includes Artnet, New York Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, and Luxe Magazine, among others. She facilitates drawing and painting workshops at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts and serves on the Board. Shear was a competitive cheerleader, she’s an energy medicine practitioner, and a proud mama.
www.laurelshear.com

Women's Meditation Circle on Zoom
2024-09-11 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Wednesdays 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
10 sessions from September 11 – December 11, 2024
Register for 5 sessions at a time: $75 or $60 OHCA membersYour prepaid dates do not need to be consecutive.
“Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.” Rainer Maria Rilke.
Drawing on mindfulness practices and Buddhist perspectives, we attend to the breath and present moment awareness, so that we may step back from inciting thoughts and emotions, loosen the grip of the past, and open to silence. Through these practices, the mind settles, and the heart opens and softens. We touch the inherent goodness within, cultivate compassion for self and others and learn to engage fully with life, no matter what comes our way.
Includes instruction, guided meditation and silent practice, poetry, readings, and writings.
Open to all. No prior mediation experience necessary. Participants are encouraged to attend every meeting to receive the benefit of regular practice within a supportive, spiritual community.
Zoom dates:
September: 11, 18, 25October: 2, 9November: 6, 13, 20December: 4, 11
To register over the phone contact the O’Hanlon Office at 415.388.4331
You will receive the Zoom link from Catherine after you register.
Questions about the group? Email Catherine: catherine@catherineflaxman.com

Catherine Flaxman
Catherine Flaxman, M.A. LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Mill Valley. Catherine has been meditating since her teens, went to India in her 20’s and began practicing Vipassana (Insight meditation) over forty-five years ago. She has taught meditation at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, been a guest teacher at Spirit Rock, and conducted a weekly meditation group at the Mill Valley Community Center for five years.
