Workshops
Ongoing
From hands-on art making to participatory performance, our workshops will inspire your creativity, engage your senses, and expand your ideas.
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Upcoming Events
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Thursday, March 5, 6:30 PMOff-Site Workshop: Emergency, Meditation / Emergent, Devotion
New York–based composer and writer Ethan Philbrick presents a workshop exploring how to put into practice the paradoxical title of Frank O’Hara’s Meditations in an Emergency.
Off-Site Event at E. M. Wolfman Bookstore, 410 13th St., Oakland
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Saturday, March 7, 11 AMFabric Postcard Collage Workshop
Join quiltmakers Stacey Sharman and Kristen Takakuwa of Berkeley’s Hello Stitch Studio to explore the art of quilting as you create fabric postcards.
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Sunday, March 15, 2 PMCommunity Quiltmaking Workshop
Come and collaborate on a community-based patchwork quilt in this workshop for all ages, led by artist Nelli Astvatsatrian.
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Saturday, April 4, 1 PMBerkeley Art Studio Drawing Workshop
Explore the exhibition Divine Women, Divine Wisdom and develop your observational skills through quick drawing in this workshop offered by the Berkeley Art Studio.
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Sunday, April 5, 2 PMImprovisational Quilt-Print Making Workshop
Join artist Matt Katsaros for an afternoon of improvisational quiltmaking using paper collage and Risograph printing.
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Saturday, April 18, 2 PMWorkshop: It’s Pom-Pom Time!
Learn to make vibrant yarn pom-poms in this workshop with NIAD Art Center studio artist Felicia Griffin.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Sunday, May 3, 2 PMFeral Fabric Workshop
Join artists Amanda Walters and Paulina Berczynski to make back patches and textile collages, and find out just how undomesticated cloth can be!
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Sunday, May 10, 2 PMHand-Drawn Repeating Patterns with Edie Fake
Learn simple and resourceful methods for creating unusual shapes and personalized patterns in this workshop with Art Wall muralist Edie Fake.
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Saturday, May 30, 1 PMData, Pixels, and Celluloid: 16mm Inkjet and Laser Printing Workshop
Los Angeles–based film and video artists Karissa Hahn and Andrew Kim lead a workshop using inkjet and laser printing to produce unique images on 16mm film strips.
Programmed by Alix Blevins
Past Events
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Saturday, February 1, 12 PMVideo Preservation Petting Zoo
Your videotapes are dying! Join the Bay Area Video Coalition’s Preservation Department for hands-on preservation demos and DIY tips.
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Sunday, January 19, 4 PMWorkshop: Returning to Proximity
In this performance and workshop inspired by their book Approximations - +, artists Carolina Magis Weinberg and Raphael Villet explore what proximity to the “center” can look and feel like.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Friday, January 17, 5 PMOff-Site Workshop: Whale Song
Explore the compositional techniques and structures at play within humpback whale song in this vocal workshop led by Daniela Gesundheit.
Off-Site Location: 2727 California Street, Berkeley
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Sunday, January 5, 2 PMSurrealist Self-Portrait Workshop
Let go of rational control of your self-image and work with artist Johnny Galvan to create an artwork guided by surrealist methods.
Programmed by Denise Kan