Workshops
September Sip&Paint
with Delma Soult Friday, September 20, 2024 4:30 - 6:30 PM Madrone Arts' Sip & Paint events are designed for individuals in need of an extra creative confidence booster. Join this unique painting class and follow along with our step-by-step instructions by two of our experienced Madrone artists, or embrace your free-spirit and let your creativity soar! No experience is needed - just positive vibes and an open mind. You might just surprise yourself by discovering that you have an inner Frida or Van Gogh. With experienced artists as your guide, you and your friends may go home with a masterpiece to hang on your wall. You’ll meet new people, enjoy great conversation and have fun in a high-spirited 2-hour painting class with all materials provided, including canvas, paints, brushes, and aprons. All you need to do is show up, bring your own drink, and get ready to create at this local and fun Sip & Paint event! $45 Admission Includes: 1 Seat (adults only), Canvas, Paint & Instruction. Light Snacks will be provided. Bring your own Beverage.
Hand Embroidery Samplers
with Linda Bea Miller Sunday, September 22, 2024 1:00 to 4:00 PM Open up to the infinite possibilities of embroidery! Join artist Linda Bea Miller for a basic embroidery workshop where you’ll learn 12 different embroidery stitches while creating your own sampler. You will also be introduced to the many interesting ways you can enhance your artwork or clothing using embroidery stitches. Materials will be provided and each participant will receive a small instruction booklet, a hoop, floss, and a sampler to continue to practice and work on after the end of the class. While this workshop is open to all ages, children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Instructor, Linda Bea Miller says, “I have never been without a needle and thread and have samples of work I did at age 5! As my hands age, so does my ability to do these fine stitches and I want to pass this skill on to others. I always thought embroidery was only for decorating linens, however, now I am using it to enhance the picture stories I want to tell. Making a statement with embroidery adds another whole dimension to the 2-D image.”
Layering and Mixed Media
with Susan Friedman Sunday, October 13, 2024 10 AM - 5 PM Layering with mixed media is an expressive way to create layers and depth in an artwork. With Susan’s instruction, participants can have fun, let go of perfectionism and create a vibrant and innovative work of art. They will explore the basic principles of design and composition and will be introduced to mixed media/layering processes and materials such as mark making, layering paint and paper, excavating and more. They will finish their projects with cold wax and finally polish the piece. Materials for the class are included in the fee, except for the panels, which will be available for purchase in class. The workshop is open to adults over the age of 18. On the subject of Creativity, Susan offers this quote from musician Charles Mingus: “Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that’s easy. What’s hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” Susan Friedman (photographer/filmmaker, mixed media artist) is an award- winning documentary filmmaker and photographer. Friedman has been a still photographer for many years and has had one-women shows both nationally and internationally, including Tokyo, Amsterdam, Berlin, and San Francisco. Her still work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Oakland Museum, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Susan continues to exhibit in galleries and magazines and her work is held in private collections. She was on the Art department faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz for 30 years. Her work can be found at www.susanfriedmanphoto.com. If you would like to know more about Susan check out the film on her website Making Art of Life.
Power of Art: Unleash Inner Wisdom
with Doreen Maller & Delma Soult Sunday, November 3, 2024 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM The Power of Art: Unleash your Inner Wisdom through Creativity! A workshop for womxn transitioning into the Wisdom age. Bring out your inner creative child to establish connections and know yourself better as you are going through this important stage of your life, i.e. transformation into wisdom, otherwise called "cronedom". This one day workshop at the beautiful Pie Ranch meadow area will give participants an opportunity for deep reflections and to process any emotions that have emerged or are emerging as they transition into their wisdom stage. Through response art exercises like writing, drawing, dancing, mural making and painting and the art of dialoguing and connecting with each other, through sharing, listening, and reflecting coupled with being in an inspiring beautiful natural location setting, participants will have the opportunity to dig deeper and embrace in community the experience of "transformation into wisdom." in a creative and fun way. This workshop is done in partnership with Pie Ranch (https://www.pieranch.org) About the Facilitators: Doreen Maller, a founding member of Madrone Arts, and a fiber and paper artist, is also an experienced workshop facilitator. Doreen loves guiding others through the creative process and the shifts and transitions that happen in a group art experience. She holds a M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy and a Ph.D. in Transformative Learning from the California Institute of Integral Studies (http://www.ciis.edu). She is the retired Chair of Holistic Counseling Psychology of John F Kennedy University. Doreen has authored a variety of books and journal articles including text books on Community Mental Health, Mental Health and the Aging Population and Expressive Arts Therapy and has lectured all over the world on topics related to family therapy. Delma Soult (https://www.delmasoult.com), a founding member of Madrone Arts, holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writings from the California Institute of Integral Studies (http://www.ciis.edu). Delma is an accomplished multidisciplinary artist whose recent inquiry has been focused on exploring the Sacred Feminine. Her Invisible Goddess Project and series on The Emerging Feminine are evocations and exaltation of the feminine to create a “female euphoria” and a celebration of the sexual exuberance and rising of life in its pure feminine form, a sort of postmenopausal ecstasy as a sacred challenge to patriarchy.
