Vimala Sangha
2024-02-23 10:00 - 2024-10-20 08:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
For information about the group please contact Celeste Perry: celesteperrytv@gmail.com

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Monoprinting – with Candis Cousins 4/21/24
2024-04-21 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
Please bring a sack lunch and beverages as there will be a lunch break!
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

Drawing for Teens – with Laurel Shear (2024 series 3)
2024-04-22 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 weeks, 2024 Series 3:
April 15, 22, 29
May 6, 13, 20

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

Tuesday Perception Workshop
2024-04-23 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 Exploration for 8 to 12 year-olds with Laurel Shear - 2024 Series 2
2024-04-23 15:00 - 16:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Spend 60 minutes each week using your imagination and developing your artistic voice!

• Create using a variety of material.
• Choose what and how to make “stuff with stuff”
• Draw, paint, print, sculpt, glue, and cut.
• Bring your unique vision to life with hands on art-making

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Laurel Shear
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 a mama.

Surprise Yourself - Creation and Perception w/ CANDIS & CAYEN
2024-04-24 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.

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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)
2024-04-24 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

Water Based Oil Painting – with Jennifer Siegal
2024-04-24 15:00 - 17:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Learn to Paint with Waterbased Oils ages 18+

4 Wednesdays:April 17 – May 8

3:00 – 5:00 pm

Fee: $195 or $160 OHCA members

4 student minimum, 8 maximum.
Register by April 16 at 3pm

Learn traditional oil painting techniques while using Water Based Oils in this fun painting class for beginners. Participants will learn fundamentals for mixing primary colors, mixing grays all with use of the palette knife. While learning to paint with this rich paint, participants will create a variety of paintings on canvas board, from surrealism to realism to impressionism and even a pet portrait.

Use Water-Based Oil Paints-No mess, or fumes.

Materials list:

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Below is listed what is needed in general.
WaterMixable Oil Paint:COLORS:WhiteYellowRedAlizarin CrimsonUltramarine BluePhalo green or Sap Green or Viridian GreenBurnt SiennaBlack is OPTIONAL
3- 4 Brushes BRISTLE for oilSize 4, 6, 8 or largerFlats or Filbert
Canvas BOARD or Stretched Canvases, or Canvas Pads,Size 9×12 11×14 or 12×16, for Example
2 Empty spice jar for ex. to hold Water and Solvent
PAPER PALETTE9×12 at minimum size
SOLVENTS Water MIXABLEOption to Buy Paint MEDIUM, see list by WINTO
– Or buy THINNER and a Jar of Linseed Oil, both Water mixable.
Paper Towel Roll or Rag
Vine Charcoal.
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ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

Jennifer Siegal received a BA in Studio Art from the College of Creative Studies, UCSB 1990 and attended the MFA Program at Otis College of Design.

Right after school, she was hired by Disneyland to draw Pastel Portraits, and 30 years later, she continues to enjoy working from life in pastels, from Still life, Landscape to Figurative. She has taught Studio Art for over 15 years in LA and recently moved back to the Bay Area.

Jennifer Shows at the Marin Open Studios every year and has a display at the Chamber of Commerce store in Sausalito. Born in Montreal, she also enjoys teaching Afterschool Art at the Lycee Francais in Sausalito.

Instagram @ Jenny_Siegal_Art.
www.JenniferSiegal.com

Women's Mindfulness-Based Meditation Group on Zoom with Catherine Flaxman
2024-04-24 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Living in the Present. Finding Peace Within
Applying the Dharma and Inner Wisdom to Daily Life
Wednesdays 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
April 17 – June 26, 2024
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, reflections and writings.
Open to all. No prior experience necessary.
Participants are encouraged to attend every meeting, if possible, to receive the benefit of regular practice within a supportive, spiritual community.
By donation on a sliding scale. Suggested donation $8 – $12 per week or $80- $130 for series.
Questions:
Call Catherine at (415) 389-8633.
To receive info on how to donate and get the recurring Zoom link contact: catherine@catherineflaxman.com
About 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
2024-04-25 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 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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Art of World Cultures for Kids Ages 8 to 10: with Zoe Harris – 2024
2024-04-25 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.

2024 CLASS CURRENTLY ON HIATUS – If you are interested in participating in future classes, please contact the Office.

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
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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.

Please enter CHILD FULL NAME & AGE when you Checkout, in the “Additional Information” section.
(Class on hiatus – see note at top of listing)

Marbled Paper Workshop with Hampton Deck
2024-04-26 10:00 - 14:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Learn about the ancient technique of marbled paper and create your own sheets of marbled paper to take home.

Each student will have their own marbling tray, set of acrylic paints, nails, rakes, and combs for use during the workshop.
The instructor will alternate between demonstrating and helping students as they (learn to) do it themselves

Friday April 26th10am to 2pm (with BYO lunch break on deck)
Fee: $150 | $120 OHCA Members
Materials Fee $30 per person payable to facilitator day of class. All materials provided.
5 min to 8 max participants
Register by 3:00 pm Thursday April 25.

About Hampton:
Hampton Deck “discovered” marbled paper in Florence, Italy, in the summer of 1986. He was so smitten by its beauty, he vowed to himself that one day he would learn to make it.
Twenty-nine years later he fulfilled that vow by learning from world-renowned marbler, Pamela Smith in Abiquiu, New Mexico. He has been marbling ever since in the marbling studio he built in his garage.
He loves to introduce this amazing and addictive art process to others. He covers datebooks, journals, blank books and the like with his marbled paper.
Hampton grew up in the Southern United States, studied engineering in college, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1988 and has just retired from being a Presbyterian minister for the past 35+ years. He is married and has 4 grown children. He loves to tell stories, practice spirituality, backpack in Yosemite in the summer, ride his bike and marble paper!

Saturday Perception Workshop
2024-04-27 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

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