Workshops
Ongoing
From hands-on art making to dance and meditation, 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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Saturday, October 27, 11 AM16mm Cameraless and Direct Animation Filmmaking with Low Light/Black Hole
Learn to create unique animations by painting, scratching, and collaging directly onto 16mm film.
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Tuesday, October 30, 6 PMCreating and Performing Cantastoria: Activist Street Theater with Bread and Puppet Theater
Meet members of the legendary activist troupe and learn the art of cantastoria, a form of street theater using song, movement, text, and puppetry.
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Sunday, November 18, 2 PMThe Visual Culture of Mask Making with Emilia Shaffer-Del Valle
Make your own masks inspired by a variety of visual cultures, with a special focus on Mexico’s Día de los Muertos.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
Past Events
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Sunday, September 30, 2 PMBerkeley Symphony Workshop with Anna Clyne
Let the music move your imagination and make art and poetry with composer Anna Clyne.
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Saturday, September 22, 12 PMThis Is Not a Gun: Ceramic Workshop with Cara Levine
Join in a creative response to civilian shootings by making clay sculptures of objects that police officers have mistaken for guns.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Sunday, August 26, 12 PMFeral Fabric with Amanda Walters and Paulina Berczynski
Make back patches and a communal banner in this workshop with artists Amanda Walters and Paulina Berczynski. Discover how undomesticated cloth can be!
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Saturday, August 4, 12 PM1+1=11: Risograph Workshop with Tim Belonax
Join local designer and educator Tim Belonax to create Risograph-printed postcards in response to Way Bay 2.
Programmed by Denise Kan
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Saturday, July 21, 1 PMSeeing & Reading: Graphic Design Workshop with Mary Banas
Create a collaborative book based on poetry and imagery from Way Bay 2 in this workshop led by designer Mary Banas.
Programmed by Denise Kan
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Sunday, July 15, 2 PMMonuments and Ruins: Sculpture Workshop with Maryam Yousif and Nick Makanna
Explore the construction of identity, history, and nationhood through the lens of architectural monuments and ruins in this workshop with artists Maryam Yousif and Nick Makanna.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Friday, June 15, 6 PMDig, Sift, Soak: Clay as a Pigment with Mutual Stores
Learn about clay—both as a flexible artistic medium and as a resource that surrounds us in the local landscape—in this workshop with the Mutual Stores artist collective.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Saturday, June 2, 1 PMPersonal Flag Generator Workshop
Join artists Chris Hamamoto and Jon Sueda and make symbols to contribute to a Bay Area flag symbol archive, then print your own personal flag.
Programmed by Denise Kan
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Friday, May 18, 6 PMLanguage Project with Shaghayegh Cyrous
Through participatory performance, storytelling, and recording, spend time exchanging histories and languages with other workshop members.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Sunday, April 1, 2 PMEmbroidery Lab with Caroline Hayes Charuk
Try your hand at multiple embroidery techniques and walk away with a stitched sampler and a finished project!
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Sunday, March 25, 2 PMPrinted Textiles with Sierra Reading
Discover how printed fabric can tell a story and learn how to print a repeating textile pattern.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Sunday, March 4, 3 PMRiso Printing with Unity Press
Hang out with the Unity team for a day of zine making and free printing on the Art Lab Riso, with a DJ set and broadcast by Lower Grand Radio.
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Friday, February 23, 6 PMVogue Dance Class with Sir JoQ
Tap into your inner diva and learn the basics of voguing in this intro dance class with San Francisco vogue legend Sir JoQ.
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Sunday, February 18, All DaySan Quentin Prison Studio Mail Art Exchange
Exchange mail art with the artists of the San Quentin Prison Arts Program at this special all-day Art Lab event.
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Friday, February 9, 6 PMFabric Marker Jam with Chulita Vinyl Club and Creative Growth
Bring a garment and use our fabric-marker stash to explore the expressive potential of your style. Get inspired by fashions from Creative Growth Art Center and groove to a DJ set by Chulita Vinyl Club.
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Sunday, February 4, 2 PMCardboard Sculpture with Grace Rosario Perkins
Using cardboard and printed materials, work alongside artist Grace Rosario Perkins to create abstract or representational objects and contribute to a collaborative group sculpture.
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Friday, January 12, 6 PMDesi Art Night with Discostan
Artist group Desi hosts a night of collaborative art making scored by celebrated Los Angeles–based DJ collective Discostan.