UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Jan 13, 2024, 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Express Yourself: Art Journaling and Creating a Visual Diary for Teens (Diversity Center of Santa Cruz)
Awaken your senses and experience the world through your artist's eyes! Allow your creativity to flow free as you blend writing, collage, imagery, and color to create a beautiful art journal and visual diary. Your thoughts, dreams, and heart’s vision will come alive as you follow guided prompts to explore the world around you and find the power in your creativity! Much more than a how-to class, this workshop will help you focus on the creative process itself and how to develop your unique artistic voice through mixed-media exploration. Eventbrite Info
Jan 27, 2024, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Cabrillo College Extension Workshop)
Road Trips, RVs and Van Life - Buying Your Rig, How to Prepare, and Where to Go
Have you dreamed of hitting the road but don’t know where to start? This class will walk you through all of the basics to find the perfect recreational vehicle for your lifestyle, and to hit the road with confidence. Whether you’re buying your first RV or looking for guidance to get the most out of your current rig, you’ll learn how to have a successful adventure whether heading out for a long weekend or hitting the road full time!
Feb 3, 2024, 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Scotts Valley Parks & Recreation Workshop)
Express Yourself: Art Journaling and Creating a Visual Diary for Teens
Awaken your senses and experience the world through your artist's eyes! Allow your creativity to flow free as you blend writing, collage, imagery, and color to create a beautiful art journal and visual diary. Your thoughts, dreams, and heart’s vision will come alive as you follow guided prompts to explore the world around you and find the power in your creativity! Much more than a how-to class, this workshop will help you focus on the creative process itself and how to develop your unique artistic voice through mixed-media exploration.
Feb 10-11, 2023, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Blurring the Lines: Art Journaling and Visual Storytelling
Break out of your routine in this retreat-style workshop and give yourself the gift of creative space and time as you explore and grow in wildly different directions. Learn techniques to create a visual journal as you work with prompts and ideas that will be sure to inspire you! Allow your creativity to flow free as you blend writing, photography, collage, imagery and color to create a beautiful art journal and visual diary. More than a how-to class, we focus on the creative process itself, and how to develop your unique artistic voice through mixed media exploration.
Feb 24, 2024, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Macro & Close-Up Photography: An Outdoor Workshop at UCSC Arboretum (Cabrillo College Extension Workshop)
Focus your lens on the small details of life and be prepared to look at the world around you in a whole new way! Enjoy a day outdoors at UCSC Arboretum where we will enjoy focusing our lenses on the extraordinary details found in the extensive gardens and rare plant collections.
You can use a cell phone, point and shoot or DSLR camera during the workshop. We will review the unique aspects of macro photography: tools, lighting, focusing approaches, as well as creative composition techniques.
March 4, 2024, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Scotts Valley Parks & Recreation Workshop)
Worry Free RV: Learn the Basics to Buying the Perfect Vehicle and Getting on the Road to Fun
Have you dreamed of hitting the road but don’t know where to start? This class will walk you through all of the basics to find the perfect recreational vehicle for your lifestyle, and to hit the road with confidence. Whether you’re buying your first RV or looking for guidance to get the most out of your current rig, you’ll learn how to have a successful adventure whether heading out for a long weekend or hitting the road full time!
March 30, 2023, 2 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Painting with Light: On Location in Capitola Village - Cell phone friendly!
Have you ever wondered how a photographer made the ocean water look marble smooth, or streaked lights across an urban landscape? Be prepared to take your photographs from ordinary to extraordinary in this on-location workshop in Capitola village and at the Capitola wharf. Add mystery and glamor to your photos as you explore new techniques that will allow you to produce incredible shots, whether using your cell phone or a digital camera.
Class will begin on campus at Cabrillo, take a one hour dinner break, then meet again in Capitola to begin our evening of on-location photography!
April 6, 2024, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Cabrillo College Extension Workshop)
Road Trips, RVs and Van Life - Buying Your Rig, How to Prepare, and Where to Go
Have you dreamed of hitting the road but don’t know where to start? This class will walk you through all of the basics to find the perfect recreational vehicle for your lifestyle, and to hit the road with confidence. Whether you’re buying your first RV or looking for guidance to get the most out of your current rig, you’ll learn how to have a successful adventure whether heading out for a long weekend or hitting the road full time!
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
Nov 10-11, 2023, Blurring the Lines: Art Journaling and Visual Storytelling
Nov 5, 2023, Writing to Feed the Inner Self: A Poetry Writing Workshop
Nov 4, 2023, Macro & Close-Up Photography: An Outdoor Workshop at UCSC Arboretum
June 10-11, 2023, Blurring the Lines: A Creative Poetry and Photography Retreat
June 4, 2023, Writing to Feed the Inner Self: A Poetry Writing Workshop
May 7, 2023, Road Trips, RVs and Van Life - Buying Your Rig, How to Prepare, and Where to Go
May 6, 2023, Wildflower Photography
March 25, 2023, Painting with Light
March 7, 2022, Writing to Feed the Inner Self: A Poetry Writing Workshop
Feb 25-26, 2023, RV's Road Trips and Van Life
Feb 4-5, 2023, Blurring the Lines: A Creative Poetry and Photography Retreat
Dec 4, 2022, Writing to Feed the Inner Self: A Poetry Writing Workshop
Dec 3, 2022, Macro & Close-Up Photography: An Outdoor Workshop at UCSC Arboretum
Jun 26, 2022, Writing to Feed the Inner Self: A Poetry Workshop
June 25, 2022, Macro & Close-Up Photography: An Outdoor Workshop at UCSC Arboretum
June 18, 2022, Mastering Natural Light: On Location at the Santa Cruz Harbor
Feb 20, 2022, Writing to Feed the Inner Self: A Poetry Writing Workshop
Feb 19, 2022, Seas and Skies Photography: On Location in Capitola Village
Feb 12, 2022, Perfect Portraits in Natural Light: On Location at Capitola Wharf
Nov 13, 2021, Macro Photography: Finding the Beauty of Detail in the Natural World
Nov 14, 2021, Writing to Feed the Inner Self: A Poetry Workshop
August 7-8, 2021, Seeing the Light: Changing How You See and Make Photographs
August 1, 2021, Writing to Feed the Inner Self: A Poetry Workshop
July 31, 2021, Macro Photography: Finding the Beauty of Detail in the Natural World
April 30-May 1, 2021, Seeing the Light: Changing How You See and Make Photographs
April 24-25, 2021, Start Your Own Photography Business
April 11, 2021, Pop-Up Workshop: Introduction to Macro and Close Up Photography
