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SUMMARY:Virtual Meditation
DESCRIPTION:The Art Center is excited to continue our free virtual meditation sessions with stress management consultant Julie Forbes\, Ph.D. Join Julie every Thursday at noon from July 14-August 25. Sessions will rotate each week between Mindful Meditation\, Body Scan\, Loving Kindness and Guided Visualization. Julie will also incorporate gentle movement into the sessions\, including mindful walking\, gentle yoga lying postures\, gentle yoga standing postures and modified Qigong. \nRegister here \n \nJulie Forbes\, Ph.D. is an educator\, consultant and facilitator offering stress reduction and mindfulness to corporate and community organizations\, groups\, and individuals.  She is currently teaching mindfulness-based stress reduction programs at variety of locations including Palo Alto Medical Foundation\, Kaiser Permanente\, and Avenidas.  Julie has worked in the computer industry since 1982 and received a doctorate in psychology in 1999.
URL:https://paacf.org/event/virtual-meditation-2/2022-08-25/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Friday Night at the Art Center—RESTART Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this free celebration of the “RESTART” exhibition!\n\n\nJoin us at the Palo Alto Art Center for this special celebration of the RESTART exhibition\, our first juried show in more than a decade! The exhibition\, which runs from June 25-August 20\, explores the potential of art to promote healing and regeneration\, and features work in a wide range of media by 44 artists from Northern California. \nThis free opening reception will include hands-on art activities\, a chance to meet the artists and see the exhibition\, and a cash bar provided by the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation with a specialty RESTART cocktail. \nMore details coming soon!
URL:https://paacf.org/event/friday-night-at-the-art-center-restart-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Palo Alto Art Center\, 1313 Newell Rd\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Join the Palo Alto Art Center for weekly virtual meditations with stress management consultant Julie Forbes\, Ph.D. on Thursdays at noon\, January 27-June 30. This series is presented in conjunction with Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration. \nOur series will kick off on January 27 with Breathing for Well-being. Sessions will continue with Mindfulness Meditation the first Thursday of each month; Mindful Body Scan Meditation the second Thursday of each month; Loving Kindness Meditation the third Thursday of each month; Guided Visualization Meditation fourth Thursday of each month; and Mindful Progressive Muscle Relaxation the fifth Thursday of the month. \nRegister here \nJulie Forbes\, Ph.D. is an educator\, consultant and facilitator offering stress reduction and mindfulness to corporate and community organizations\, groups\, and individuals.  She is currently teaching mindfulness-based stress reduction programs at variety of locations including Palo Alto Medical Foundation\, Kaiser Permanente\, and Avenidas.  Julie has worked in the computer industry since 1982 and received a doctorate in psychology in 1999. \n  \n  \nClass Description \nJanuary 27th (Kickoff): Breathing for well-being \nLearn several diaphragmatic breathing practices that will bring your body and mind out of stress reactivity and back toward balance.  This hour will discuss automatic stress reactivity\, recognizing symptoms that manifest when you are stressed\, and how you can use the breath to counter the stress response. \n  \n1st week of each month: Mindfulness Meditation\nEngage in Mindfulness meditation to bring and maintain your awareness in the present moment.  Practicing mindfulness will help you use your senses to calm an agitated mind and gain insight into your reactivity. This hour includes guided Mindfulness meditation\, plus discussion or Q&A. \n  \n2nd week of each month: Mindful Body Scan Meditation \nEngage in a Mindful Body Scan meditation using your body as the primary object to bring and maintain your awareness in the present moment. Paying attention to your direct experience will help you cultivate greater stillness in your body and mind. This hour includes guided Mindful Body Scan meditation\, plus discussion or Q&A. \n  \n3rd week of each month: Loving Kindness Meditation \nEngage in a Loving Kindness meditation to bring intentions of kindness and goodwill to yourself and extend those intentions to others.  This hour includes guided Loving Kindness meditation\, plus discussion or Q&A. \n  \n4th week of each month: Guided Visualization Meditation \nEngage in a Guided Visualization meditation to use the power of your own mind to promote relaxation.  This hour includes Guided Visualization meditation\, plus discussion or Q&A. \n  \n5th week of the month: Mindful Progressive Muscle Relaxation \nEngage in a Mindful Progressive Muscle Relaxation practice to recognize and actively release tension in your body\, bringing your body and mind into a state of greater ease.  This hour includes guided Mindful Progressive Muscle Relaxation practice\, plus discussion or Q&A.
URL:https://paacf.org/event/virtual-meditation-06-30/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220623T120000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Join the Palo Alto Art Center for weekly virtual meditations with stress management consultant Julie Forbes\, Ph.D. on Thursdays at noon\, January 27-June 30. This series is presented in conjunction with Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration. \nOur series will kick off on January 27 with Breathing for Well-being. Sessions will continue with Mindfulness Meditation the first Thursday of each month; Mindful Body Scan Meditation the second Thursday of each month; Loving Kindness Meditation the third Thursday of each month; Guided Visualization Meditation fourth Thursday of each month; and Mindful Progressive Muscle Relaxation the fifth Thursday of the month. \nRegister here \nJulie Forbes\, Ph.D. is an educator\, consultant and facilitator offering stress reduction and mindfulness to corporate and community organizations\, groups\, and individuals.  She is currently teaching mindfulness-based stress reduction programs at variety of locations including Palo Alto Medical Foundation\, Kaiser Permanente\, and Avenidas.  Julie has worked in the computer industry since 1982 and received a doctorate in psychology in 1999. \nLink to Julie Forbes’ Guided Practices: www.julieforbes.com/guidedpractices.htm \n  \nClass Description \nJanuary 27th (Kickoff): Breathing for well-being \nLearn several diaphragmatic breathing practices that will bring your body and mind out of stress reactivity and back toward balance.  This hour will discuss automatic stress reactivity\, recognizing symptoms that manifest when you are stressed\, and how you can use the breath to counter the stress response. \n  \n1st week of each month: Mindfulness Meditation\nEngage in Mindfulness meditation to bring and maintain your awareness in the present moment.  Practicing mindfulness will help you use your senses to calm an agitated mind and gain insight into your reactivity. This hour includes guided Mindfulness meditation\, plus discussion or Q&A. \n  \n2nd week of each month: Mindful Body Scan Meditation \nEngage in a Mindful Body Scan meditation using your body as the primary object to bring and maintain your awareness in the present moment. Paying attention to your direct experience will help you cultivate greater stillness in your body and mind. This hour includes guided Mindful Body Scan meditation\, plus discussion or Q&A. \n  \n3rd week of each month: Loving Kindness Meditation \nEngage in a Loving Kindness meditation to bring intentions of kindness and goodwill to yourself and extend those intentions to others.  This hour includes guided Loving Kindness meditation\, plus discussion or Q&A. \n  \n4th week of each month: Guided Visualization Meditation \nEngage in a Guided Visualization meditation to use the power of your own mind to promote relaxation.  This hour includes Guided Visualization meditation\, plus discussion or Q&A. \n  \n5th week of the month: Mindful Progressive Muscle Relaxation \nEngage in a Mindful Progressive Muscle Relaxation practice to recognize and actively release tension in your body\, bringing your body and mind into a state of greater ease.  This hour includes guided Mindful Progressive Muscle Relaxation practice\, plus discussion or Q&A.
URL:https://paacf.org/event/virtual-meditation/2022-06-23/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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SUMMARY:Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration
DESCRIPTION:Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration\nJanuary 22-May 21\, 2022\nChristine Wong Yap\, Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration. Digital design. Courtesy of the artist. \nImage description: A digital artwork with a background of light blue at the top\, fading to light pink at the bottom\, and with calligraphy-style text in blue\, purple and pink that reads: “Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration”. \nAbout the exhibition\nCreative Attention: Art and Community Restoration will feature the work of 18 artists from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The exhibition will showcase alternatives to our chaotic world of stress and anxiety\, through practices of mending\, healing\, restoration\, belonging\, sustainability\, and resiliency. \nSome of the work that will be included in the exhibition looks inward—addressing past personal struggles with illness\, addiction\, and loss. Other artists turn their attention outward to connect with those who are suffering and to find solidarity in our shared adversity. Universally\, what begins in the studio alters the life of the artist\, who in turn brings that change to the world. \nArtists in the exhibition will include: Johnna Arnold\, Lynn Beldner\, Wes Bruce\, Caledonia Curry (SWOON)\, Paz de la Calzada\, Angela Hennessy\, Alexander Hernandez\, Jeremiah Jenkins\, Corita Kent\, Tucker Nichols\, Marcel Pardo Ariza\, Maria Paz\, Jessi Rado\, Leah Rosenberg\, Lisa Solomon\, Esther Traugot\, Christine Wong Yap and Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle. \nThe exhibition will feature several site-specific installations\, including: a wall painting by Paz de la Calzada featuring plants collected in nearby City of Palo Alto Community Gardens; a site-specific collection of Flowers for Sick People\, a multimedia art and health project by Tucker Nichols; an immersive installation by Wes Bruce exploring the meditative and healing properties of water; and Expanding Space Project\, a project that combines meditation\, photography\, and social practice by Johnna Arnold. \nThe Creative Attention exhibition is part of a larger initiative that includes artist residencies\, community art therapy workshops\, and wellness programs. Christine Wong Yap will engage local teens and seniors in a residency project focused on places of belonging in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto\, resulting in a site-specific Belonging Map that will be installed in the galleries beginning in March. Marcel Pardo Ariza will work in residence with the Avenidas Senior Center’s Rainbow Collective\, hosting a series of workshops celebrating intergenerational LGBTQ+ personal stories. Art therapist Anh Tran will work in collaboration with community partners Dreamcatchers\, Stevenson House\, and Palo Alto Housing on a series of free art therapy workshops. Free wellness programs will also be presented during the run of the exhibition. \nSpecial events\nIn conjunction with the exhibition\, the Art Center will provide in-person and online programs: \nFriday Night at the Art Center opening reception—Friday\, January 28\, 2022\, 6-8 p.m.\, FREE\nJoin us at the Art Center for a special celebration of Creative Attention. This event will feature exhibition walkthroughs\, a chance to hear from exhibiting artists\, hands-on art activities\, and a specialty cocktail and cash bar provided by the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. \nCreative Attention Virtual Artist Residency Conversation with Christine Wong Yap and Marcel Pardo Ariza—Friday\, March 4\, 2022\, Zoom\nJoin our Creative Attention artist residents for a virtual presentation about their work and their residencies in conjunction with the project. \nCommunity Day Celebration—Sunday\, April 10\, 2022\, noon-4 p.m.\, FREE\nThis Community Day Celebration will feature hands-on art activities\, a sound bathing activity with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle\, and a special drag queen performance led by Grace Towers. Bring your worn clothing and repair it in a special workshop with The Mending Collective\, a collective of artists who wish to create a space for people to come together to learn and practice visual mending techniques. \nAcknowledgments\n\nThanks to the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services\, the Creative Attention exhibition will continue accessibility components initiated by The Art of Disability Culture exhibition\, including audio descriptions and Braille labels. Social narratives will also be provided and available online for visitors with autism. \n\nCreative Attention was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This project is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities\, visit www.arts.gov.
URL:https://paacf.org/event/creative-attention-art-and-community-restoration/2022-05-21/
LOCATION:Palo Alto Art Center\, 1313 Newell Rd\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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SUMMARY:Palo Alto Art Center 50th Birthday Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free community birthday party!\n\n\nThe Palo Alto Art Center and the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation invite the entire community to a free birthday party to celebrate our anniversary. This event will feature hands-on art activities\, studio demonstrations\, sweet treats and a chance to view the current exhibition Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration.
URL:https://paacf.org/event/palo-alto-art-center-50th-birthday-party/
LOCATION:Palo Alto Art Center\, 1313 Newell Rd\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220410T120000
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SUMMARY:Creative Attention Community Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Creative Attention Community Day Celebration\n\n\nThis Community Day Celebration will feature hands-on art activities\, a sound bathing activity with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle\, and a special concluding drag queen performance led by Grace Towers. Bring your worn clothing and repair it in a special workshop with The Mending Collective\, a collective of artists who wish to create a space for people to come together to learn and
URL:https://paacf.org/event/creative-attention-community-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Palo Alto Art Center\, 1313 Newell Rd\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220304T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220304T180000
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SUMMARY:Creative Attention Artist Residency Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Creative Attention Artist Residency Conversation with Christine Wong Yap and Marcel Pardo Ariza\n\nCreative Attention Artist Residency Conversation with Christine Wong Yap and Marcel Pardo Ariza\nJoin our Creative Attention artist residents for a virtual presentation about their work and their residencies in conjunction with Creative Attention.\nMarcel Pardo Ariza (b. 1991\, Bogotá\, Colombia) is a trans visual artist and curator that explores the relationship of representation\, kinship and queerness through constructed photographs\, color sets and installations. Their practices celebrate the so-called erroneous\, navigate intergenerational connection\, and question arbitrary paradigms while pushing against the boundaries of photography. Their work has recently been exhibited at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Richmond Art Museum; San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Palm Springs Art Museum; and the Institute of Contemporary Art San José. Ariza is a former member of the Curatorial Council at Southern Exposure\, a co-founder of Art Handlxrs\, and a studio member at Minnesota Street Project.\nChristine Wong Yap (she/they) is a visual artist and social practitioner working in community engagement\, drawing\, printmaking\, publishing\, and public art. She partners with organizations to conduct participatory research projects to explore dimensions of psychological wellbeing such as belonging\, resilience\, interdependence\, and collaboration. She has participated in over a dozen residencies and studio programs. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area\, after a decade of living in New York City.\nPictured above left to right\nArtist photo of Christine Wong Yap by Andria Lo\, Courtesy of Avant Arte. Artist photo of Marcel Pardo Ariza at left by Alex Nicholson.
URL:https://paacf.org/event/creative-attention-artist-residency-conversation/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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SUMMARY:Basket Weaving Workshop: Using Cotton Rope and Yarn
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Charlene Chow and learn the basics of basket weaving.\n\n\nJoin artist Charlene Chow and learn the basics of basket weaving. In this two-hour workshop participants will complete their own coaster or small bowl-shaped basket. Using cotton rope and yarn students will receive an introduction to coil basketry using traditional techniques that they can then try at home. \nMaterials fee is $10 payable to instructor at start of workshop and includes all the supplies you will need. Students may also bring any standard size yarn that excites or inspires.
URL:https://paacf.org/event/basket-weaving-workshop-using-cotton-rope-and-yarn/
LOCATION:Palo Alto Art Center\, 1313 Newell Rd\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220128T181500
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SUMMARY:Friday Night at the Art Center—Creative Attention Virtual Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:We’re moving our opening celebration for Creative Attention online\, and promise to retain all of the fun and community in a virtual context. Join us for this free special celebration of the exhibition\, featuring a virtual walkthrough\, a chance to meet and hear from artists in the show\, participate in hands-on art activities\, and more! \nFriday Night at the Art Center—Creative Attention virtual opening Event Schedule \n6:15 Welcome\, introductions \n6:20 Meditation with artist Angela Hennessy \n6:40 Artist Paz de la Calzada reads an invocation for El Palo Alto \n6:55 Virtual gallery walkthrough with guest curator Ann Trinca \n7:15 Brief comments by artists in the exhibition \n7:30 Artist Jessi Rado reads from Everyday Healing \n7:45 Hands-on art activity with Art Center staff \n8:00 Event closing \nPlease note that timings and performances are subject to change.
URL:https://paacf.org/event/friday-night-at-the-art-center-creative-attention-virtual-opening-reception/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211204T160000
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SUMMARY:Art Center Studio Holiday Sale
DESCRIPTION:Shop local artists at the Palo Alto Art Center Studio Holiday Sale\n\n\nIf you are looking for handmade gifts for the holidays\, the Art Center Studio Holiday Sale is your one-stop shop. Our sale showcases unique artwork created by local artists working in the studios at the Palo Alto Art Center. Come and browse stunning and innovative jewelry\, functional and fine art ceramics\, paintings\, prints and more. Proceeds benefit the participating artists\, our studios\, and the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. \nThere will be an exclusive Foundation members-only preview and sale on Friday\, December 3\, 2021\, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Please visit paacf.org to sign up for Foundation membership today!
URL:https://paacf.org/event/art-center-studio-holiday-sale/
LOCATION:Palo Alto Art Center\, 1313 Newell Rd\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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SUMMARY:The Art of Disability Culture
DESCRIPTION:The Palo Alto Art Center is pleased to present The Art of Disability Culture: Artists with Disabilities Dispelling Myths\, Dissolving Barriers\, and Disrupting Prejudice September 11-December 11\, 2021. At the heart of this exhibition is a robust celebration of the diverse\, personal\, and infinitely varied “disability experience.” \nEach of the 20 artists featured has one or more disabilities\, whether visible or invisible\, and the exhibition centers upon their creativity\, vulnerability\, and unique perspectives. The exhibition celebrates how disability culture can strengthen our communities through the practices of interdependence\, accessibility\, and inclusion. \nWork in the exhibition ranges from mixed-media pieces by Katherine Sherwood\, who had to re-imagine her painting practice after a stroke\, to a series of tactile paintings created during the height of the pandemic by artist Catherine Lecce-Chong\, who lost her vision suddenly in 2018. The exhibition also includes an audio comic by Chad Allen\, ceramics from blind potter Don Katz\, a site-specific environmental installation by Jennifer Justice\, a healing labyrinth installation by blind artist Maia Scott\, and a large-scale sculpture made from discarded materials by Palo Alto artist Matthaus Lam. Other artists in the show include: Bill Bruckner\, Jeremy Burleson\, Lawrence Choy\, Sky CubaCub\, Shana Harper\, Camille Holvoet\, Antoine Hunter\, Cedric Johnson\, Michaela Oteri\, Otis Smith\, Anthony Tusler\, Rachel Ungerer\, and Jennifer White-Johnson. \nOne in four Americans has a disability. And yet\, more than 30 years after the Americans with Disability Act (ADA)\, people with disabilities still face discrimination\, prejudice\, ableism\, and omission. The art in The Art of Disability Culture explores many of these challenges\, and also the defiant\, creative\, and resilient responses of this incredible and diverse community. \nGuest curator Fran Osborne shares\, “Far from presenting a single monolithic point of view\, the artists in the exhibition generously share their own experience and the complexity of their disability identity. Some of the works aim to soothe and heal\, and some may provoke us into rethinking our priorities and reflect upon what we can all do to make our world more authentic\, accessible\, and inclusive?” \nThe Art of Disability Culture exhibition will feature numerous accessibility components to ensure that the broadest possible audience can experience the exhibition and related programs. Audio descriptions will be available for all works of art on view and will also be accessible on the website. Braille labels and audio descriptions will also be available for visitors. Public programs will include sign language interpretation and live captioning. \nThe exhibition will include artwork from Bay Area studio programs that have supported and mentored artists with a broad range of abilities\, including NIAD\, Creative Growth\, Creativity Explored and Palo Alto’s Ability Path.  \nFunding has been provided by California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. \n  \n 
URL:https://paacf.org/event/the-art-of-disability-culture/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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