O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

Energize Your Studio Practice w/LAUREL SHEAR
2023-09-29 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-22 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-15 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Inspire and energize your art practice!

In this 4-week workshop series, you’ll ather with other artists to make art and clear any blocks you have around your art practice and creativity.

Laurel uses energy medicine techniques along with her extensive background in painting, drawing and collage to help others energize and sustain a studio art practice.

All mediums and levels of expertise are welcome.

4 Fridays: Sept 8, 15, 22 & 29
10 am-1 pm at OHCA (in-person in the Loft)

$400 | $320 OHCA members

Limited to 8 participants
Register by Aug 17, 9:00 pm

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

Laurel Shear lives and works in the California Bay Area. Shear completed her MFA at The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. 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 at Richmond Art Center and NIAD (Richmond, CA), My Silences Had Not Protected Me and For Freedoms at Fort Gansevoort, (New York, NY), and Where Dreams Come True at TSA LA (Los Angeles, CA).

Shear facilitates drawing and painting workshops at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts. She recently earned her Masters of Intuition Medicine Certification from the Academy of Intuition Medicine® in Sausalito, CA. She is an energy medicine practitioner and a certified Biofield Tuning and EFT practitioner.

www.laurelshear.com

Vimala Sangha
2023-09-29 09:00 - 10:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
For information about the group please contact Celeste Perry: celesteperrytv@gmail.com

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Art of World Cultures for Kids Ages 8 to 10: with Zoe Harris – Fall 2023
2023-09-28 15:15 - 16:15, 2023-09-21 15:15 - 16:15, 2023-09-14 15:15 - 16:15 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
In these fun and unique classes, children will learn about different creative traditions from cultures around the world.
NEW Fall 2023 Series
starts September 7, 2023
NO CLASS November 23
For children ages 8-10
(note updated time: 3:15 – 4:15pm)
Sessions will incorporate recycled materials, found and natural objects, paint, special papers, ink, and more!
A $20 materials fee paid directly to the instructor will be required 1x during the school year per participant.
RSVP the Friday prior to each session.
NEW: For the safety of all, children must be fully vaccinated against COVID to participate.

1 session
6 sessions
12 sessions

$23, $19 OHCA Family* members
$120, $96 Family members
$200, $160 Family members

*Family membership is $160/year for a couple and two children and includes lots of benefits like discounts on workshops – call 415-388-4331 today to join or enroll online!

Zoe Harris has been teaching art and culture in Marin and the Bay Area for over thirty years. She has worked in both public and private elementary and middle schools. In addition, she has also taught in museums, libraries and community centers. Some of the Marin institutions she has worked in include Bay Area Discovery Museum, Global Education of Marin, Marin County Office of Education; Willowcreek, Gallinas, Coleman, Olive, Lagunitas, Bacich, and Bahia Vista Schools, Ross Valley Summer School, Canal Ministry and Pickleweed Community Center Kids Club.

Please enter CHILD FULL NAME & AGE when you Checkout, in the “Additional Information” section.

O’Hanlon Poetry Collective on Zoom
2023-09-28 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-09-14 14:00 - 15:30
For O’Hanlon Member poets and poetry lovers.
Hosted by Suz Lipman and Noni Garner.
A bi-monthly online gathering with OHCA resident poet Cruwys Brown and 2010-2012 Poet Laureate of Marin County, 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

Creative Writing w/ ABBY WASSERMAN
2023-09-28 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-21 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-14 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 15 years.
This ongoing Thursday workshop will be held in person in the upper Loft.
Contact Abby to be included:
abby.wasserman@gmail.com
$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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Writing from the Heart w/ Dr. PELLER MARION (on Zoom)
2023-09-27 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

Drawing Beyond Basics w/ NAOMI TAMURA (continues)
2023-09-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-13 13:00 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Further your exploration of drawing!
6 Wednesdays:September 6 – October 11, 2023
1:00 to 3:00 pm
$240 or $190 for OHCA Members
Workshop size: minimum 3, maximum 8 (adults)
Materials Fee: $10-$25 depending on your selection of supplies. Paid to Facilitator 1st day of class
Registration closes Sept 5 @ 3:00pm

Let’s continue exploring the elements of drawing using charcoal and your favorite drawing mediums.
This workshop will dive deeper into composition and other concepts mentioned in Introduction to Drawing and begin exploring color. In class, we will start by doing exercises to get loosened up and in the creative zone. Then you will be encouraged to develop your drawings at home further to be discussed in the next class.
This workshop is offered as a continuation of Introduction to Drawing and is open to those who know the elements of drawing and composition and want to further their exploration of drawing in an open and inviting in-person setting.

ABOUT NAOMI
Naomi Tamura has been exploring artistic endeavors most of her life, taking an interest in drawing and painting at a young age. After graduating from Scripps College with a Studio Arts Degree, Naomi worked professionally as a graphic designer /art director in both print and online.
Naomi is a practicing artist and philanthropist. She is involved in various creative and community endeavors, most notably serving as a former board chair of O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, and currently serving as the longest-serving board chair at Youth in Arts in San Rafael.
After raising her family and retiring from commercial work, she refocused her energies on her many creative pursuits, including sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm for the creative process with others.

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Introduction to Drawing w/ NAOMI TAMURA (continues)
2023-09-27 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-20 10:00 - 12:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Set aside your inhibitions and learn to draw!
6 Wednesdays:September 6 – October 11, 2023
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$240 or $190 for OHCA Members
Workshop size: minimum 3, maximum 6 (adults)
Materials Fee:$25 paid to Facilitator 1st day of class
Drawing is fundamental to any form of visual art and can be the most easily accessible form of individual expression. It is as unique to each artist as a person’s handwriting.
Set aside your inhibitions and learn to draw! In this beginner class, we will learn the basics of drawing using a variety of materials, techniques, and methods.
Bring your open and curious mind, a sketchbook (minimum 9” x 12”), and your favorite writing tool. All other materials will be provided.

ABOUT NAOMI
Naomi Tamura has been exploring artistic endeavors most of her life, taking an interest in drawing and painting at a young age. After graduating from Scripps College with a Studio Arts Degree, Naomi worked professionally as a graphic designer /art director in both print and online.
Naomi is a practicing artist and philanthropist. She is involved in various creative and community endeavors, most notably serving as a former board chair of O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, and currently serving as the longest-serving board chair at Youth in Arts in San Rafael.
After raising her family and retiring from commercial work, she refocused her energies on her many creative pursuits, including sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm for the creative process with others.

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Tuesday Perception Workshop
2023-09-26 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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Drawing for Teens w/ LAUREL SHEAR (2023 series 4-continues)
2023-09-25 16:00 - 17:30, 2023-09-18 16:00 - 17:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Light, tone, line, pattern, mass, perspective, abstraction and composition
Mondays: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
6-WEEK SERIES #4 2023:
September 11, 18, 25; October 2, 9, 16
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
(register by 12 noon, Sept 11)
See first week listing for Registration

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

Artist Member Loft Studio Use
2023-09-25 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-18 09:00 - 17:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Loft Studios open for Members (Artist level & up)
Every Monday 9:00 am – 5:00pm
$20 drop-in (no reservations needed)
FREE on 1st Monday of the Month.

Saturday Perception Workshop
2023-09-23 10:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-16 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 for non-members and $20 for 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!

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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.

Surprise Yourself - Creation and Perception w/ CANDIS & CAYEN
2023-09-20 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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Abstract: Energy & Color w/ PELLER MARION
2023-09-19 12:30 - 16:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
We will provide a supportive artistic experience that allows you to explore art materials and create colorful, abstract work while getting back into the art processes you love.
Abstract art is art that does not represent an accurate depiction of visual reality, communicating instead through lines, shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks. Together we will create our own abstractions using various media such as tempera, acrylic paint, oil sticks, Craypas and found images.
Abstraction gives artists a new level of freedom to experiment with artistic methods and allows artists to reshape the traditional meaning of what “art” is.
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Monoprinting w/ CANDIS COUSINS 9/17/23
2023-09-17 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 instructor at day of class
7 people MAX (online registration closes at 3:00pm the prior Friday)

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

Art is a Way of Knowing (on Zoom) w/ PEGGY LILIENTHAL LINDEN 9/16/23
2023-09-16 10:00 - 14:00
Art is a means to enter, to play with, to dance with, to wrestle with anything that intrigues, delights, disturbs or terrifies us.
– PAT B. ALLEN, introduction, Art Is a Spiritual Path
This short series of drop-in classes offers a space for art making as personal inquiry. Using journaling and art making we open to our “‘Creative Source.” Total beginners and experienced artists are welcome. Please have art making materials of your choice and a journal for the workshop.
The session will provide the setting for you to explore your own creative work. This is a time to be open to exploring, adventuring, trying something new (or old), and expressing your intuition, imagination, thoughts or beliefs. From past sessions participants have reported an expanded a sense of clarity, expressing themselves more creatively, and increased insight into themselves.

“Art is a way of Knowing”, an insightful class led by Peggy Linden, has given me an opportunity to explore and expand my artistic abilities and perceptions. Having four hours to work and interface with a group of gifted individuals (via zoom) engages me with new creative energy and ideas that I wouldn’t have working alone. Peggy is an experienced guide for this enriching workshop.” – Workshop Participant.
This Zoom workshop is for 10 people max. Meets on Zoom one day per month (Date/time may vary – Check calendar listing for specifics)

$40, $32 OHCA members, per session
Peggy will send you the invite link 2 hours before start of zoom. Check your email. Time is Pacific Time so add 3 hours if in East Coast.

Please read Zoom prerequisite before signing up.*
*Participants should be familiar with Zoom – how to use the chat, how to mute and un-mute, how to toggle between video and audio only. Ensuring your web-cam and microphone are working beforehand is essential. Having earbuds or a headset is helpful if you don’t have a private space from which to participate.
Participants need to provide their own art materials and a journal. Take time to create a sacred space, comfortable and free from distractions. Having a water bottle at hand is helpful. Art materials can be really simple or elaborate. It is a great practice to improvise with what is available.
It is requested that participants stay until the end of the session in order to preserve the “alchemical container”. Sharing words and images at the end of the session is an important part of the practice. When we create a group “field” together, the words or imagery that arise for any one person may have important meaning for other members of the group. The more we practice together the more connection and synchronicity we invite.

PEGGY LINDEN – Embodiment Coaching: Combining Coaching, Creativity & the Body
Biography
Peggy Linden studied with and was mentored by Ann O’Hanlon during her 20’s and 30’s and this launched her into the world of art. Peggy had the privilege of being invited to Ann’s cabin at Lake Tahoe for a week at a time on two separate occasions where all she was ‘allowed to do’ was paint all day on Ann’s deck.
Peggy also studied with Josef Albers and Josep Grau-Garigga. Peggy’s mother was Windy Lilienthal, the fiber-artist. They attended Ann’s workshops together. Peggy’s former husband, David Linden was the attorney who incorporated the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts.
Peggy combines her career as a CranioSacral Therapist (a hands-on-healing modality) with her work as a Certified Resilient Leadership Coach and an artist. Her Visual Journaling Art Workshops have elements of coaching built into them, while also using body awareness for grounding.
Peggy holds a Masters in Adult Education and has completed a majority of all classes for her PH.D.

O'Hanlon Photo Forum
2023-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
We are dedicated to exploring the world and stimulating each other to create more imaginative photographs.
The O’Hanlon Photo Forum is a group of professional and amateur fine art photographers with diverse backgrounds in the arts. We remain purposefully small in order to allow time in monthly meetings for each participant to share new or reconsidered older images, or work about which they have questions.
We sometimes take field trips together or assign creative ‘homework’ for future sessions, as well as pursuing discussions about process and experimentation.

The Photo Forum is currently closed to new members.
Photographers interested in finding out more may contact the office.
OHCA members Free

IMAGES BY PHOTO FORUM MEMBERS

Sharon Huntley

Duff Axsom

CB Follett

Glenda Gentry

Mima Cataldo

Michael Mudd

Kenn Rabin

Susan Homes Schwartzbach

Bernie Weiner

Ginna Fleming
