O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

[POSTPONED] The Writer’s Eye: Seeing Through A Different Lens with Catherine Flaxman
2023-10-08 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Tap into creativity and explorethe wisdom of impermanence
WORKSHOP POSTPONED – New Date TBD
Sunday Oct 8, 2023, 10am to 3pm in the OHCA LOFT
Wabi-Sabi is an appreciation of the evanescence of life – reminding us that all things are imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. Just like we are!
Drawing on Wabi-Sabi perspectives, mindfulness practices and specific pen to paper writing exercises, we will use meditative techniques and evocative writing prompts to: step back from the inner critic, find your authentic voice, ground your writing in somatic experiencing and open to new ways of seeing, writing and being.
Suitable for writers of all levels. No prior meditation experience is necessary.
Please bring paper and pen and a bag lunch.
Questions? email Catherine: catherine@catherineflaxman.com or call 415-389-8633
$75 or $60 OHCA Members
Maximum 10 people. Register before Sat Oct 7, 8pm.

About the Facilitator
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.

Artist Member Loft Studio Use
2023-10-09 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.

Drawing for Teens w/ LAUREL SHEAR (2023 series 4-continues)
2023-10-09 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

Tuesday Perception Workshop
2023-10-10 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.
photos: Janet Greenwood

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[CANCELLED] Eco Art! Painted Nature Collage w/ AMANDA ROSE HOPKINS
2023-10-10 10:00 - 14:30 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Apologies – this workshop has been Cancelled.
Using the earth as the foundation of artistic inspiration
2-week series – Tuesdays, October 10 and 17
10:00 am – 2:30 pm each Tuesday with 1/2 hour lunch break (bring lunch)
Using the earth and its elements as the foundation of artistic inspiration, texture and form you can tap into my vast collections of leaves, soils, lichens and more and learn some of my trade secrets.
These techniques of adhering natural materials, layering them, priming, painting and sealing them are very unique. We will be using various textures of soil, different types of leaves and dried flowers as well as lichens to create eco inspired compositions that draw on the glorious perfection of natural forms and the sensuous textures that can be found in nature.
In Part 2 of this two part workshop series participants will seal, prime and paint the textured surface they created in the previous workshop. Students will receive guidance on how to highlight the patterns and forms.
Maximum 8 participants.
Please bring lunch.

$156 or $130 for OHCA Members
Materials Fee:$30 paid to instructor 1st day – includes paints, canvas, glues and natural materials.

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ABOUT AMANDA
My early years were spent in rural Mendocino and Sonoma Counties. While she was pregnant and living in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, as an offering my mother planted 3,000 roses, inspiring the name Amanda Rose. Living in this three dimensional mandala where colorful Tibetan banners blew in the wind and the light glinted on the gold leafed stupa, cultivated a love of beauty and an openness to unseen realms.
In college, at UC Santa Cruz, I studied Fine Art and formed special kinships with painter Melissa Gwynn and performance artist Elizabeth Stephens. Gwynn taught me the beauty of experimentation and obsession in art. Stephens invited me to exhibit with her and Annie Sprinkle in their Eco-Sexual Symposium, where we committed to being lovers to the earth.
During my senior year and after graduation I fell in love with the work of Helen and Newton Harrison, amazingly they were local professors and artists and needed an artists assistant. The mother and father of the environmental art movement were writing a retrospective of their work which I helped to transcribe. In the fall of 2013 I received the opportunity to travel to Sarnath, India and assist in painting a mural inside the main hall of the Institute under artists Kaveri and TJ Singh as well as assisting with installing three dimensional epoxy resin cast and gold leafed Tibetan script across the outer walls of the Sarnath International Nyingma Institute.
In the past few years I found my tribe in Sonoma County and the North Bay Area while exhibiting at the 2019 and 2022 and 2022 Bioneers Conferences and participating in exhibits at the Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Riley Street Art Supply and Sebastopol Center for the Arts.
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Introduction to Drawing w/ NAOMI TAMURA (continues)
2023-10-11 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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O'Hanlon Photo Forum
2023-10-11 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

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Kenn Rabin

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Drawing Beyond Basics w/ NAOMI TAMURA (continues)
2023-10-11 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.
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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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O’Hanlon Poetry Collective on Zoom
2023-10-12 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

Art of World Cultures for Kids Ages 8 to 10: with Zoe Harris – Fall 2023
2023-10-12 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
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$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.

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Printing with the Press – with Jackie La Lanne
2023-10-13 10:00 - 13:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Experiment with different fun printmaking strategies
2 Fridays Oct 13 and 20, 2023
10 am to 1 pm

Experience making art with a printing press.
Choose to try your hands at collagraphs, intaglio and chine colle. Carve into plexiglass from a drawing and make a one-of-a-kind print. Make a collage, ink and print a collagraph. Paint on plexiglass and add chine colle.
Experiment with different fun printmaking strategies and come up with surprising and wonderful prints.

$120 or $96 OHCA members
$20 materials fee to facilitator
Maximum 6 participants
Deadline to register Oct 12 at 5pm

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
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.

Saturday Perception Workshop
2023-10-14 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.
