Previous Workshops: 2015

"Holiclay" Workshops
with Chloe Rahimzadeh

Holiday Ornament Workshop
Saturday, December 12, 2015 / 1 - 4 pm

In this afternoon workshop, taught by Chloe Rahimzadeh, participants will utilize hand-building techniques to create holiday ornaments.

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"Holiclay" Workshops
with Chloe Rahimzadeh

Holiday Art-Gift Workshop
Saturday, December 5, 2015 / 1 - 4 pm

In this afternoon workshop, taught by Chloe Rahimzadeh, participants will utilize hand-building techniques to create up to three small holiday gifts.

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Animal Drawing and Clay Workshop
with Nina de Creeft Ward

Workshop will be held two consecutive Saturdays:
September 19 and September 26, 2015
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

In conjunction with a Retrospective Exhibition, featuring sculpture and prints (August 22 to October 3) at Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts in Upper Ojai, artist Nina de Creeft Ward will be giving an Animal Drawing and Clay Workshop on consecutive Saturdays, September 19th and September 26th from 10 am to 4 pm. No experience is necessary.

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An Introduction to Thought Forms
Workshop with Kevin Wallace

Saturday, July 18, 2015
5:00 - 8:00 pm

Kevin Wallace, Director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, will present an afternoon workshop based on Thought Forms, the 1901 book by Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater that inspired Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee and countless other artists. Participants will explore the ideas that pre-date and inspired abstract painting through insights into the processes of seeing and recording impressions in form and color.

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Rock Your Soul Workshop
with Professor Richard Flores

Friday - Sunday
June 12 - 14, 2015

Art is an international language, with music, sculpture, dance, painting, film and theatre offering an expansive means of self-expression. In this workshop we will create paintings and works in clay that echo the power of rock n’roll and the impassioned, improvisatory vocal delivery of soul music.

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Plein Air Painting Workshop
with Jennifer McChristian
Monday - Friday, April 6 - 10, 2015

Join award-winning artist Jennifer McChristian in this fun and invigorating 5-day plein-air painting workshop. The aim of this workshop is to teach interpretation of the landscape in paint, using light and color to create form. Color relationships, design/composition, simplifying and the benefits of painting outdoors will be discussed, as well as how to design and build a painting that carries an emotional impact.

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Harvest of the Heart
Ceramic Workshop with Professor Richard Flores
Friday - Sunday, March 20 - 22, 2015

This three-day workshop with Professor Richard Flores will offer an opportunity to participate in our educational programming no matter what your age or experience. Participants will explore the seeds of soul – what we plant and nurture within us – and how they can manifest as art. 

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An Introduction to Thought Forms
Workshop with Kevin Wallace
Saturday, March 14, 2015

This afternoon workshop, presented by Kevin Wallace, is based on Thought Forms, the 1901 book by Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater that inspired Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee and countless other artists. Participants will explore the ideas that pre-date and inspired abstract painting through insights into the processes of seeing and recording impressions in form and color. 

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