O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman
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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Category: Literary

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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

Saturday Perception Workshop
2025-12-13 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.
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 and
I 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.

CRAIG EICHENBAUM “Stone Lithography” Opening Reception

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

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End of the Year Holiday Party & Fundraiser 2025
2025-12-13 18:00 - 20:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES FOR DONATING DELECTABLE DISHES TO THE EVENT:

Silent Auction Items:

More to come~~
April Abbot — Floral arrangement
House Concert with CBD
Throckmorton Theatre – Comedy Night, 2 Drinks and Tour
Wilbur Wong — 2 Apple Pies
Cliff House Inverness — Retreat Weekend!
OHCA Deborah Winters Valentines Jazz Concert — Includes a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates
Bibi Summer — Handmade Art Book
Teresa Rae — Handmade Gingerbread House
Mill Valley Music – Vintage Music Poster
Marin Theatre – 2 Tickets to a 2026 Production
The Living Room Collective — Gift Basket
Amanda Ross — Express Facial and Products
One on One Painting Lessons with Mill Valley artist Victoria Mimiaga
Heather Soicher — Ceramics

Tuesday Perception Workshop
2025-12-16 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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Categories: Perception Workshops, Visual Art

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Saturday Perception Workshop | 2026
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Tuesday Perception Workshop 2026
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Writing from the Heart w/ Dr. Peller Marion (on Zoom)
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

Vimala Sangha
2025-12-19 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-02 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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Center Closed Dec 21- Jan 2 - Happy New Year!
2025-12-21, 2025-12-22, 2025-12-23, 2025-12-24, 2025-12-25, 2025-12-26, 2025-12-27, 2025-12-28 and 5 more dates | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
The Center will be closed to the public from December 21 to January 2.
Happy Holidays!

Saturday Perception
2026-01-03 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.
$30 for non-members and $25 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!

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.

CRAIG EICHENBAUM “Stone Lithography” Opening Reception

$25.00 – $30.00Price range: $25.00 through $30.00

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Monoprint - January 4
2026-01-04 10:00 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
WE ARE 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.”
First and Third Sundays, 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
$60 | $50 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

Tuesday Perception Workshop
2026-01-06 10:00 - 14:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Perception Workshops Description
The Perception Workshops at O’Hanlon welcome all artists and the art-curious. Rather than focusing on formal principles or strict rules, these workshops emphasize curiosity, exploration, and creative play. They spark imagination by encouraging learning through doing, observation, acceptance, and practice. Participants are supported in taking risks, experimenting freely, and developing their own visual language in an open, encouraging environment.
Each session begins with a simple prompt or exercise. From there, participants may build on their initial ideas or take them in entirely new directions. At the end, the group comes together to share discoveries through looking, reflection, and discussion, celebrating the process as much as the result.
Most materials are provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own.
Cost:

$30.00 Non-members
$25.00 Members or Members can purchase a 10x card for $200
$5.00 Materials fee

Please contact the office to purchase.

Writing from the Heart w/ Dr. Peller Marion (on Zoom) | 2026
2026-01-07 13:30 - 15:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman
2026-01-08 10:30 - 12:30 | 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

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Category: Literary

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# 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

Art Forum (in-person)
2026-01-09 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!

OHCA'S Member Show - Art Talk & Reception
2026-01-10 16:00 - 18:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
ANNUAL MEMBERS’ SHOW 2026
January 6 – 26, 2026
Join us for theArtist Talk & ReceptionSaturday, January 10 • 4–6 pmEveryone welcome — walk in and enjoy!

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.
