CLASSES AND PROGRAMS

Yoga is offered weekly via Zoom.

Experience the skilled and nurturing teachings of Gail Saunders, CYT of Smiling Tree Yoga This is a popular offering! Four classes for $50 or drop-in at $15 per class. For more information, contact gail@smilingtreeyoga.com

Local artist Phil Salyer leads this class featuring a different live model each week.. Bring your own materials. All experience levels welcome! Classes will be held on four Tuesdays : April, 2, 9, 23 and 30, 2024 from 2-5 PM. $40 per week, $150 for all four sessions. OCA members receive a discount. Questions? Email gallery@occidentalcenterforthearts.org

2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 9:30 AM - Noon

Join Patrick Fanning and other artists for a watercolor class!

This is a supportive, easy-going group that includes artists with a range of experience….from beginners to professionals. Anyone can join! You’ll need to bring your own materials.

Class tuition fee is $25/class for OCA members, $30/class for non-members. Pay for six classes and get a discount! $100/six sessions for OCA members; $120 /six sessions for non-members. For more information email Patrick Fanning.

3rd Tuesdays 7-9 PM

In this 2-hour workshop, we'll dive into a new fiddle tune every month. American traditional fiddle music is vast, with deep Celtic roots and a fascinating multi-cultural history that gave birth to old-time music, and later to bluegrass. Each month, we'll work on a new tune from one of these three genres. After learning the basic melody, we'll explore the nuances that make each tune & style come alive.

All stringed instruments and levels are welcome, but students should be comfortable enough on their instruments that they can learn bite-sized phrases of a melody by ear.

Tuesdays 9 AM - 12 Noon, and Thursdays, 7 - 9:30 PM

$20 per person for OCA members, $25 for non-members

Live models, 5- to 20-minute poses.All experience & skill levels welcome.Bring your own drawing or watercolor materials.

Founded more than thirty years ago by Bill Wheeler, this group continues in his honor and is coordinated by a dedicated group of local artists.

The group meets in the classroom at 3820 Doris Murphy Court. To inquire about participating or modeling contact the group organizers listed above. Payment accepted at the door, cash or check only. No minimum requirement of participation.

Please contact the coordinator before attending to ensure that there is space. To inquire contact John James.

2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 2-4 pm

Interested in learning, sharing and reading short plays? Readers Theatre is a fun opportunity to express yourself.

Readers Theatre participants read scripts adapted from literature, while the ‘audience’ pictures the action by hearing the script being read aloud. It requires no sets, costumes, props, or memorized lines. Instead of acting literature as in a play, the performer’s goal is to read a script aloud effectively, enabling the audience to visualize the action. Performers bring the text alive by using voice, facial expressions, and some gestures. $15 particiption fee, $10 for OCA members.

Alternating READER’S CHOICE nights: Can be play, poetry, story, essay, your own writing, OR ??????

For more information, call Judith Reimuller 707-829-2176 or email joanjustjoan@hotmail.com

On-Going, Dates and Times TBA

Prose (Fiction, Non-fiction), Poetry and Historical publications will be considered for an event at the discretion of our Literary Committee. Self-help, coaching and instructional publications are not included in this series. Preference will be given to local Sonoma County authors and/or material about Sonoma County. Application Procedure: Send a sampling of 2-3 chapters if prose; 5-10 pages if poetry. Please include brief bio and any writing credits. You can email info@occidentalcenterforthearts.org, and/or send hard copy to:

OCA Literary Committee, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental, 95465

This is an on-going series: Submitted work will be reviewed by the OCA Literary Committee. Writers will be notified as soon as possible. One or two writers will be featured at each reading. If accepted, a $100 facility fee is required. Lead time to schedule an event is approximately six months.