O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

Saturday Perception Workshop
2024-09-14 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-21 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-28 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.

CBD In Concert

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

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Drawing for Teens – with Laurel Shear (2024 series 4)
2024-09-16 16:30 - 18:00, 2024-09-23 16:30 - 18:00, 2024-09-30 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

Tuesday Perception Workshop - Cancelled Dec 24 and 31
2024-09-17 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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Introduction to Drawing - with Naomi Tamura (Fall 2024)
2024-09-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-02 10:00 - 12:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Set aside your inhibitions and learn to draw!
6 Wednesdays:Sept 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23.
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$240 | $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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Women's Meditation Circle on Zoom
2024-09-18 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-09-25 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-02 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.

Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman
2024-09-19 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-26 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-03 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
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Creative Writing w/ Abby Wasserman$27.00 – $156.00Price range: $27.00 through $156.00

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O’Hanlon Poetry Collective on Zoom
2024-09-19 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-10-03 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.

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Ceramics – Hand Building with Jackie La Lanne
2024-09-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-27 10:00 - 12:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Hand build or sculpt your own pottery pieces using coil, slab, and/or pinch techniques.
All tools will be provided. Please wear clothes that can get dirty.
Last class we will paint our clay creations using special glazes designed for clay. For all levels. Beginners encouraged.
This is our first adult ceramic offering in many years. Our ceramic studio is now available for workshops!
5 Fridays:September 13 – October 1110 am to noon
Members: $210Non-members: $250
Fees include materials (clay, glazes) and firing.
In our Ceramic Studio KOYA!

About Jackie:
Jackie has taught art for over 30 years and currently leads our popular Tuesday Perception workshop. She holds at masters in Art Education.

“Jackie is an inspired and inspiring art workshop leader whose approach sparkles with fun and awe. Her classes are based on curiosity and acceptance.”
– Noni Garner

How to Make a Mask: An imagination-driven exploration of the self through the art of mask-making with Jacqueline Lopez
2024-09-22 10:00 - 13:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
A mask can instantly transform a person into someone or something else.
Since humans first walked on earth, making masks has been one of the earliest forms of art.
In almost every culture, masks have been used for ceremony, disguise, protection from evil, and entertainment
Masks transcend art, morphing identities through time. From ancient cultures to modern times, they serve ceremonies, disguises, and protection, embodying a rich tapestry of Self-expression.

This workshop requires no artistic background.

The process will involve wet plaster to make a mold of each persons face and then painting the mask.

Sunday Sept 22 from 10 am to 1 pm

$140 or $115 OHCA members
Plus $15 Materials Fee to be paid to the instructor the day of the workshop

ABOUT JACQUELINE
Jacqueline Lopez is an artist, educator, born on the border of Brazil and Paraguay.
A former CPA turned artist and sacred plant activist, focused on creative play through all art forms.
Using different mediums, Jacqueline unpacks her spiritual lineage through works that reclaim ancestral memory, hold space for reverence, and create a uniquely Hispanic-Portuguese and the Guarani indigenous iconography.
Her artwork honors those who walked before her, who carried and sustained rituals from her ancestors, her grandfather who practiced folk medicine. It also borrows from various alchemical traditions to create her own sense of the sacred.

Seeing Through a Different Lens – Wabi Sabi for Writers, Artists, and Other Creatives with Catherine Flaxman
2024-09-22 10:30 - 14:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
“We learn nothing from the things we know.” John Cage
Wabi-Sabi focuses on the wisdom of Nature, sensory experience, intuition and an appreciation of the evanescence of life. Wabi Sabi perspectives remind us that all things are imperfect, impermanent, flawed and incomplete. Just like we are!
Bring your iPad, your notepad, your sketch pad, journal, poetry, art supplies (and your lunch).
Whatever your medium, we will draw on Wabi-Sabi perspectives, mindfulness practices and evocative prompts to:
Tap into creativity, hear the whispers of the muse, explore the wisdom of impermanence, step back from perfectionism and critical self-thoughts, and open to new ways of seeing, perceiving, writing, creating and being.
No prior meditation experience necessary.
Questions:
Email: catherine@catherineflaxman.com
Call: 415-389-8633.
September 22, 2024 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.in the O’Hanlon Gallery
$75 | OHCA Members $6010 Max participants

About Catherine
Catherine Flaxman, M.A., M.F.T., is a psychotherapist, writer, screenwriter and meditation teacher. In the early 70’s she cofounded one of the first teaching collectives to pioneer a holistic approach to eastern spirituality and western psychology and to create mind-body therapies commonly practiced today. She works with individuals, couples and groups, and trained therapists working toward advanced degrees. She maintains a private practice in Mill Valley CA.
Catherine has sold two screenplays (including a feature film to Paramount) and received two Individual Artist’s Grants from the Marin Arts Council (for fiction and for screenwriting). She enjoys creating and facilitating writing workshops that combine her skills in the creative, interactive, therapeutic and meditative arts. She has conducted numerous workshops at Book Passage, in Corte Madera CA, at The O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley, at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA and led a weekly mindfulness meditation group in Mill Valley for five years.

Tuesday Perception Workshop - Cancelled Dec 24 and 31
2024-09-24 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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Surprise Yourself - Creation and Perception w/ CANDIS & CAYEN
2024-09-25 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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Writing from the Heart w/ Dr. Peller Marion (on Zoom)
2024-09-25 13:30 - 15:30, 2024-10-02 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

Monoprinting – with Candis Cousins. Sept. 15 Session rescheduled to Sept. 29 - SOLD OUT
2024-09-29 10:00 - 15:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
NOTE: This session was originally scheduled for September 15.
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

Sunday Family Art Day
2024-09-29 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.

Sunday Family Art Day$60.00

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Tuesday Perception Workshop - Cancelled Dec 24 and 31
2024-10-01 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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