O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

Tuesday Perception Workshop - Cancelled Dec 24 and 31
2024-11-19 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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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Drawing for Teens – with Laurel Shear (2024 - Series 5)
2024-11-18 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.
6 weeks, non consecutive Mondays:
Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 18, Dec 2, 9 &16
(Final series for 2024)

In this 6-week 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
$240 or $192 for OHCA members

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

After-School Art Class - Session 2
2024-11-18 15:15 - 16:15, 2024-11-04 15:15 - 16:15 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
For young artists ages 7-11
Led by Tam High students and artists Matt Murphy and Sol Grossman
with assistance by Jackie La Lanne
Spend 60 minutes each week using your imagination & developing your artistic voice!
Session 2, Fall 2025
Mondays: Oct 21 to Dec 2
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm
(No class on Nov 11, Veteran’s Day holiday or Nov 25)
$200 or $160 OHCA family members
$20 materials fee per session paid to facilitators first day of class.
Limited to 8 young artists
Ages 7-11

Monoprinting – with Candis Cousins 11/17/24
2024-11-17 10:00 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
WE ARE NOW OFFERING THIS WORKSHOP TWICE A MONTH
Monoprinting is a playful, exploratory process requiring neither a press nor a background in art

On a plate of gel or plexiglass, images are made with paint, rollers, sponges, netting, leaves or anything else which might create an interesting pattern. The focus is not upon the finished work but upon the experience of discovery and making art.
In the workshop, after two or three hours, the group gathers to discuss what has been created. The purpose of the discussion is to help each person recognize the beauty in their work. Or, in the words of Ann O’Hanlon, our purpose is “to look upon a seemingly random work of our own with interest” and with “the same fulfillment… experienced on an unknown wilderness trail.”
Sundays, 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
$55 | $44 OHCA members +
$10 materials fee paid to facilitator on day of workshop
7 people MAX

ART DETAIL: JANET GREENWOOD

About Candis Cousins

Candis Cousins first came to the Center in 1972. Ann O’Hanlon was alive and at that time the Center was called ‘Sight and Insight.’ On Candis’ first day, Ann’s suggestion for working was this: “Every decision you make, try to make the wrong decision.”
In 2002, Candis returned to OHCA to join the mono printing group led by Cayen Robertson and Karen Cox. In her own work, Candis tries to keep moving forward without a plan, just to see what comes.

“It is such an invigorating, soul-finding experience to facilitate this workshop. A love-fest, a laugh-fest on the high seas of creativity!”
– Candis

Saturday Perception Workshop
2024-11-16 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-11-09 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-11-02 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.

Vimala Sangha

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

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Yoga at OHCA with Sarah McNeil - Nov 15
2024-11-15 09:30 - 10:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Yoga at OHCA with Sarah McNeil
Friday, November 15, 9:30 – 10:30 am
This class will be offered for 6 consecutive Fridays to start.
(October 11th through November 15th)
Tap into the flow of breath and movement, creating space in mind and body.
Yoga offers a sense of freedom and ease that can fuel your creativity.
Sarah’s class is designed to support anyone seeking a steady, deeper practice.
All levels are welcome provided that you can move from a seated floor position to standing postures. Please bring your own yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing. Other props such as blocks, blankets and straps are provided. The class location at O’Hanlon may shift weekly between the Loft, Gallery and possibly the outdoor deck.
Weekly Registration Required due to space limitations.
$15 members/$20 non-members
6 people max

Sarah McNeil is a mixed-media artist and yoga teacher living in Mill Valley. She began dancing at a young age and shifted to yoga over twenty years ago. After receiving a 500 hour credential with YogaWorks in 2013, Sarah began teaching as a continuation of her personal practice. Currently Sarah teaches at the YMCA of San Francisco (where she has been since 2016).

O’Hanlon Poetry Collective on Zoom
2024-11-14 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 has room for 2 more active participants. If you’d like to participate, please email office@ohanloncenter.org.
OHCA Members only
12 people max. $10 per session.

Payment for Current Poetry group members

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman
2024-11-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-31 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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Women's Meditation Circle on Zoom
2024-11-13 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-06 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-30 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.Single drop-in session: $20.
“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 meditation 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.

Tuesday Perception Workshop - Cancelled Dec 24 and 31
2024-11-12 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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Art Forum (in-person)
2024-11-08 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.

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!

Yoga at OHCA with Sarah McNeil - Nov 8
2024-11-08 09:30 - 10:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Yoga at OHCA with Sarah McNeil
Friday, November 8, 9:30 – 10:30 am
This class will be offered for 6 consecutive Fridays to start.
(October 11th through November 15th)
Tap into the flow of breath and movement, creating space in mind and body.
Yoga offers a sense of freedom and ease that can fuel your creativity.
Sarah’s class is designed to support anyone seeking a steady, deeper practice.
All levels are welcome provided that you can move from a seated floor position to standing postures. Please bring your own yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing. Other props such as blocks, blankets and straps are provided. The class location at O’Hanlon may shift weekly between the Loft, Gallery and possibly the outdoor deck.
Weekly Registration Required due to space limitations.
$15 members/$20 non-members
6 people max

Sarah McNeil is a mixed-media artist and yoga teacher living in Mill Valley. She began dancing at a young age and shifted to yoga over twenty years ago. After receiving a 500 hour credential with YogaWorks in 2013, Sarah began teaching as a continuation of her personal practice. Currently Sarah teaches at the YMCA of San Francisco (where she has been since 2016).

Writing from the Heart w/ Dr. Peller Marion (on Zoom)
2024-11-06 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

Surprise Yourself - Creation and Perception w/ CANDIS & CAYEN
2024-11-06 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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The Art of Ecoprinting - with Tracy Flanagan
2024-11-06 10:00 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Vimala Sangha

Create one of a kind botanical prints, using natural dyes, local foliage, heat, and water
Wednesday November 6, 2024
10AM-3PM
Maximum number of students: 7
Register by November 5.
Class fee: $175 | $150 OHCA members
Materials fee: $20 paid to instructor day of class
Course description:
Create one-of-kind artful botanical prints using natural dyes, local foliage, heat and water. Design and ecoprint silk and paper with botanical collage.
Learn to:

Collect foliage that will print on cloth and paper
Prepare paper and cloth for different artistic effects
Bundle and steam for different effects
Create artistic design layouts
Set up your home (space, materials, equipment) to ecoprint

About the Facilitator
Tracy Flanagan dyes and ecoprints cloth and paper using ecologically sustainable local leaves, flowers, and pigments.
These techniques transfer brilliant and unexpected plant colors and images to repurposed and redesigned cloth. Using natural products extracted from the earth and plants, heat, and water, she breathes new life into fabrics and paper for rebirth and reuse, telling a new story of connection between place, fiber, and person.
She believes that hand marked fiber is ‘everyday art’ and can heal the body and spirit.
www.tftextileart.com

2 Show Receptions: LOFT " Inheritance" Sarah McNeil, Gallery "wabi-sabi"
2024-11-05 17:30 - 19:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Join us for the First Tuesday Art Walk at OHCA. The Loft has an opening reception for Sarah McNeil’s “Inheritance” mixed media show.
It is the closing reception for 20th anniversary “wabi-sabi” as well in the Main Gallery.

Wabi Sabi Art Talk 4 pm
2024-11-05 16:00 - 17:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Meet the jurors and artist and hear about the work in the Wabi Sabi Exhibition!

Tuesday Perception Workshop - Cancelled Dec 24 and 31
2024-11-05 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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DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTAR
2024-11-03 13:00 - 15:00
MUSIC, FOOD, CULTURE & REMEMBRANCE: Sunday, November 3rd join us from 1-3 pm at OHCA deck altar to view our OFRENDA for Day of the Dead.
MÚSICA, COMIDA, CULTURA Y RECUERDO: El domingo 3 de noviembre, únete a nosotros de 1 a 3 p. m. en el altar de OHCA para ver nuestra OFRENDA para el Día de los Muertos. Este es nuestro tercer año consecutivo para conmemorar el DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS. Ven y disfruta de un día tradicional del pan de los muertos, agua fresca, música, cultura y recuerdo de nuestros antepasados.
This is our 3rd consecutive year to commemorate DAY OF THE DEAD. Come and enjoy some traditional day of the dead bread, agua fresca, music, culture and remembrance of our ancestors.Starting October 22nd please start bringing items you’d like to share to be in our altar. (drop off at the OHCA office during open hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 am to 1:30 pm) Set up will start on October 21st and will stay up through Nov 6th. Bring your items, place them in our altar!We will gather on Sunday Nov 3rd from 1-3 pm to learn about the meaning of day of the dead, listen to traditional music, enjoy light nibbles and an open forum to share about your loved one in celebration of our ancestors.DETAILS: * items for the Ofrenda (altar) will be exposed to the elements so please don’t bring anything precious. Photocopies framed preferred and weather resistant items. BRING your loved ones favorite food or drink to share on the day of the event- It is believed that the souls of our ancestors come by to the feast we put forth at the Ofrenda to partake on the food and the smells of the things they loved while living! So, join us for an afternoon memorializing those who came before us and let’s share with your community what made us love them and hold them close to our hearts in memoriam.
If you have questions please contact Laura: Lauradiecks@mac.com

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2024-11-03 10:00 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Yoga at OHCA with Sarah McNeil - Nov 1
2024-11-01 09:30 - 10:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Yoga at OHCA with Sarah McNeil
Friday, November 1, 9:30 – 10:30 am
This class will be offered for 6 consecutive Fridays to start.
(October 11th through November 15th)
Tap into the flow of breath and movement, creating space in mind and body.
Yoga offers a sense of freedom and ease that can fuel your creativity.
Sarah’s class is designed to support anyone seeking a steady, deeper practice.
All levels are welcome provided that you can move from a seated floor position to standing postures. Please bring your own yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing. Other props such as blocks, blankets and straps are provided. The class location at O’Hanlon may shift weekly between the Loft, Gallery and possibly the outdoor deck.
Weekly Registration Required due to space limitations.
$15 members/$20 non-members
6 people max

Sarah McNeil is a mixed-media artist and yoga teacher living in Mill Valley. She began dancing at a young age and shifted to yoga over twenty years ago. After receiving a 500 hour credential with YogaWorks in 2013, Sarah began teaching as a continuation of her personal practice. Currently Sarah teaches at the YMCA of San Francisco (where she has been since 2016).

O’Hanlon Poetry Collective on Zoom
2024-10-31 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.
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BLUE - Online Exhibit – Roundtable Discussion on Zoom
2024-10-29 16:00 - 18:00
Roundtable Art Talk on Zoom: BLUE

Tuesday October 29 at 4 pm Pacific Time.

To receive a passcode to join the meeting please email the office by 2 pm October 29.
office@ohanloncenter.org
