Workshops
Ongoing
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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Sunday, May 25, 1:00 PMFabric Marker Jam with Cone Shape Top
Bring a garment to draw on or embellish using our fabric marker collection, scissors, fabric scraps, and hot glue to explore the expressive potential of your style while Cat Lauigan and Matt Brownell of Cone Shape Top provide the energy and inspiration to go deep with a live DJ set and a presentation of Lauigan’s fashion work.
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Friday, June 6, 4:30 PM; Saturday, June 7, 1 PMPerfume Workshop with Zapah Lab
Create your own scent in this hands-on experimental perfume workshop led by olfactory artist and researcher Arianna Khmelniuk (Zapah Lab). Go beyond basic blending and explore conceptual scent design. All levels are welcome.
Space is limited; RSVP required
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Sunday, June 29, 1 PMFabric Postcard Workshop
Discover the joy of working with fabric and thread and create your own miniature quilt!
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Sunday, July 27, 1 PMImprovisational Quilt Print Workshop
Join us in the Art Lab for an afternoon of improvisational quiltmaking through the lens of collage and risograph printing.
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Saturday, August 16, 1 PMDream Dioramas with Caro Yagjian
Join local mixed-media artist and photographer Caro Yagjian for an imaginative workshop inspired by the mysterious and surreal nature of dreams. Participants transform a memorable scene from a dream into a real-life three-dimensional diorama.
Ages 10 and up
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Sunday, August 31, 1 PMBundle Dyeing with Summer Flowers
Join local artist Melinda Supanee Katz for a magical class exploring color, repetition, and abstraction through the process of bundle dyeing silk with flowers and steam.
Past Events
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Saturday, April 26, 1:00 PMFloral Impressions with Tara Baghdassarian
Embrace the vibrancy of spring with the ancient Japanese technique of tataki-zomé, or flower pounding, combined with the softness of watercolor and other mixed media.
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Sunday, April 6, 1:00 PMWearable Workshop with Lisa Rybovich Crallé
Join us for an afternoon of knotting, coiling, folding, bending, braiding, and bundling materials to make your own wearable art inspired by the exhibition Making Their Mark.
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Sunday, March 16, 1:00 PMRisograph for Writers with Neko Natalia
Oakland-based risograph printer and photographer Neko Natalia leads a risograph printing workshop for writers and poets.
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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
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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.
Past Films
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