Workshops
Ongoing
Inspire your creativity, engage your senses, and expand your ideas.
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Expressing the Self in Comics with Yasmeen Abedifard
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Upcoming Events
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Wednesday, November 20, 1:00 PMQi Gong with Eileen Housteau
Join us for an invigorating qigong experience that blends gentle tranquil movements and inner stillness. Eileen Housteau is a caretaker of the Spiritual Wellness traditions, Wudang Mountains, China.
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Thursday, November 21, 1:00 PMTui Na with David Wei
Tui Na is a standalone medical system that includes acupressure, massage techniques, assisted stretching and joint manipulations. Learn about the techniques of the Wei family dragon claw Tui Na to promote self/shared care from Wei Da Wei, who apprenticed under esteemed Wudang blind bone setting master Du Yi Jun in China.
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Sunday, December 8, 1:00 PMRubber Stamp Postcard Extravaganza with Leavenworth Jackson
Come to the Art Lab for a special postcard making extravaganza featuring a vast collection of rubber stamps created by postal artist and rubber stamp designer Leavenworth Jackson.
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Sunday, January 26, 1:00 PMMixed Media Drawing with Anjelica Colliard
Oakland artist Anjelica Colliard (Jellicore) shares a wide range of their favorite techniques for mixed media drawing using materials like soft and oil pastel, gouache and watercolor, and ink and crayon to create dynamic, vibrant, fantastical scenes.
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Sunday, February 23, 1:00 PMShaped Papermaking with Julia Goodman
Local artist Julia Goodman shares a step-by-step process to make unique pieces of handmade paper. Taking inspiration from artworks on view in the exhibition Making Their Mark, participants explore techniques for making shaped paper.
Space is limited; RSVP required
Past Events
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Saturday, November 16, 1:00 PMScratching the Light with Tara Baghdassarian
In this workshop, participants scratch abstract self-portraits to life using assorted collage materials on the black paper.
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Sunday, November 3, 1:00 PMIntro to Risograph Printing with Alayna Tinney: Sister Corita Kent Edition
Join local artist Alayna Tinney for a beginner-friendly dive into risograph printing.
Space is limited; RSVP required
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Sunday, October 13, 1:00 PMMail Art with John Held Jr.
This mail art workshop consists of a Letter Opening Performance, in which unopened mail sent to John Held Jr. will be unsealed and explained. Perforated sheets of paper will be made available to participants for the creation of artist postage stamps and new mail art.
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Sunday, September 22, 4:00 PMHealing Voice of Deep Release with Odeya Nini
Odeya Nini offers a workshop and sound bath that begins with a vocal embodiment practice and then relaxes into a sound meditation.
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Saturday, September 7, 1:00 PMAltered Self with Caro Yagjian
Bring a printed photo of yourself to the Art Lab to use as the base for a manipulated self-portrait.
Recommended for ages 14+
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Saturday, August 17, 1:00 PMExpressing the Self in Comics with Yasmeen Abedifard
This workshop encourages those unfamiliar with comics to dip their feet into character building and expressing themselves through the medium of comics.
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Sunday, July 28, 1:00 PMPapermaking with Julia Goodman
Join local artist Julia Goodman to learn to use deckle boxes, colored recycled paper, kitchen blenders, and water to make your own paper.
Space is limited; RSVP required
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Sunday, July 7, 1:00 PMIntro to Risograph Workshop with Alayna Tinney
Join local artist and Art Lab facilitator Alayna Tinney for a beginner friendly dive into risograph printing. You will be given the chance to create a multimedia drawing or collage and turn it into a one-color risograph print using the machine’s manual printing option.
Space is limited; RSVP required
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Sunday, May 19, 1 PMMay: Intro to Risograph with Alayna Tinney
Join local artist and Art Lab facilitator Alayna Tinney for a beginner friendly dive into risograph printing. You will be given the chance to create a multimedia drawing or collage and turn it into a one-color risograph print using the machine’s manual printing option.
Space is limited; RSVP required
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Sunday, May 5, 1 PMCyanotype Workshop with Melinda Katz
Oakland-based artist Melinda Katz leads this cyanotype workshop using mildly photosensitive paper, found objects, sunlight, and time to produce unique images in Prussian blue and white.
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Sunday, April 21, 1 PMComposing with Scent: Matter, Mystery, and Direction
In this workshop, scent artist Leonora Zoninsein teaches us how to compose a perfume conceptually and technically.
Space is limited; RSVP required.
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Friday, April 19, 5 PMDistilling Grief: The Happiness Blend
In this workshop, scent artist Leonora Zoninsein guides participants in using the temporality of distillation to create a space for holding and evolving grief together.
Space is limited; RSVP required.
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Sunday, April 14, 1 PMApril: Intro to Risograph with Alayna Tinney
Join local artist and Art Lab facilitator Alayna Tinney for a beginner friendly dive into risograph printing. You will be given the chance to create a multimedia drawing or collage and turn it into a one-color risograph print using the machine’s manual printing option.
Space is limited; RSVP required.
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Thursday, March 21, 5:30 PMSpring Sing-Along
To honor the beginning of spring, come join us for an inclusive group sing-along using the In Song Sing On songbook, with lyrics written down for the purpose of singing together.
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Sunday, March 10, 2 PMNEW TIME: The Collaborative Dish with Liz Hernández
How can we connect in a divided world? Artist Liz Hernández proposes food and collective art making as avenues for unity. Food, served in both celebration and sorrow, is a powerful connector. In this workshop, the collaborative canvas for our marks is a ceramic plate big enough to hold a shareable dish.
Space is limited; RSVP required.
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Sunday, February 18, 1 PMFebruary: Intro to Risograph with Alayna Tinney
Join local artist and Art Lab facilitator Alayna Tinney for a beginner-friendly dive into risograph printing.
Workshop is full.
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Sunday, February 4, 1 PMVogue Dance Class with Sir JoQ
Tap into your inner diva and learn the basics of voguing in this intro dance class with Sir JoQ (Jocquese Whitfield), a homegrown vogue legend.
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Saturday, February 3, 1 PMBlack Life: Jasmine Nyende: Returns Saturn
Black Life is honored to present Jasmine Nyende’s explorations of Saturn, the most magnetic planet in our solar system, through a risograph collage workshop that encourages attendees to spin their own mythology of the ring-adorned celestial body.
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Sunday, January 21, 1 PMJanuary: Intro to Risograph with Alayna Tinney
Join local artist and Art Lab facilitator Alayna Tinney for a beginner-friendly dive into risograph printing.
Workshop is full
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Saturday, January 6, 1 PMLetter to the Land: Chlorophyll Printing Workshop with Tara Ani Baghdassarian
Join local artist Tara Ani Baghdassarian in a chlorophyll printing workshop where images on transparencies are naturally transferred onto organic matter using sunlight.
Space is limited; first come, first served.
Past Films
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