On Saturday, January 26, 2:30–5:00pm, an afternoon of Storytelling and Culture Sharing will take place in the East Gallery. The afternoon will include the honoring of Patrick Orozco for his legacy of advocacy, honoring truth in history, and protecting sacred sites. A presentation of art by artist Darlene Boyd of San Juan Bautista will be gifted to him at the event. 

Darlene Boyd and a group of indigenous artists will be exhibiting in the East Gallery of the Sanchez Art Gallery in Pacifica.  They are presenting California Indigenous Resilience, an exhibition by nine indigenous artists from the group Cali Native Now, working in a variety of mediums including acrylic, pen and ink, photography, tule sculpture, and jewelry, facilitated by Kanyon Sayers-Rood of Kanyon Konsulting. The California Indigenous Resilience exhibit marks the beginning of a year-long observance by the City of Pacifica and the County of San Mateo of the 250th anniversary of the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Spanish explorers. With this exhibit, Sanchez Art Center focuses on the people and culture that thrived on the peninsula and coastline at the time of the expedition. 
  
Ms. Sayers-Rood, of the Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan Ohlone people, shared, “As Culture Bearers, working with beads, shells and textiles or making baskets is how we pass on the knowledge from one generation to the next, but we are also contemporary people living in 2019. This exhibit demonstrates a continually evolving exploration of the artist’s own relationship to cultural and familial heritage within the larger framework of historical and contemporary Indigenous identities.” 
 
Sanchez Art Center is located at 1220 Linda Mar Blvd in Pacifica, about a mile east of Highway 1. Following opening night, the galleries are open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 1–5 pm, and by appointment, through Feb 10. For more information call 650.355.1894 or visit SanchezArtCenter.org. 

20% discount for two art camps until June 8.  Will accept participants ages 5-7 if accompanied by a VOLUNTEER adult. 

​Beginning in September, The ART Experience with Darlene Boyd, will be offering all classes all day on Wednesdays. Classes will be facilitated by Ms. Boyd, a credentialed teacher.  Classes will be held in Studio 22, located at 22 North Street, San Juan Bautista.
            Ms. Boyd has always enjoyed the art of exploring materials and applying them in innovative ways, as well as sharing these experiences with others.  This love led her pursue visual arts in college, where she received a BFA with Honors, majoring in sculpture.

​Dia de los Muertos Papermaking Workshop  (Seasonal Special) Join us for a piñata or headpiece workshop! Choose a sugar skull piñata or a headpiece that works for you. We provide all materials and instructions. These workshops are held on Saturdays, September 9 and October 7 from 10 to noon, coffee, water and donuts will be provided.  They are for ages 9 and older.  The cost is $30 per class or $55 for both classes.  We advise that you arrive on time as we have back to back workshops. You are welcome to start late but you cannot stay past your time slot.  If you cancel, workshops are nonrefundable but they are transferable once if there is availability.  There are limited seats for this event.  Tickets are available at darleneboyd.com.

​Calligraphy & Handwriting Wednesday sessions are from 9:15 to 10:25 a.m., focuses upon the art of calligraphy for personal handwriting, using joined italic.  With the advent of writing upon digital devices to facilitate speed in recording information, legible handwriting is becoming more profitable.  Add to that the facts that studies have shown that learning cursive not only improves retention and comprehension, it engages the brain on a deep level as students learn to join letters in a continuous flow. It also enhances fine motor dexterity (drawing skills) and gives individuals a better idea of how letters and words work in combinations.  Also, learning cursive increases literacy and promotes learning kinesthetically. The cost for these classes is $25 per session or $90 per 4 sessions if paid in advance.  There will be additional costs for materials, which must be ordered ahead of time.  So please sign up a couple of weeks in advance.

​Pursuing Drawing & Pastels Wednesday sessions are from 10:30 a.m. to noon and will focus upon drawing and pastel techniques, studying line, color, shape, form, value, space and texture.  This lays a firm foundation for all other visual arts processes. 

​Tinkering for Makers, offered on Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. after school. This is an immersive hands-on exploration into the "essential art of composing and decomposing physical things to suit a variety of purposes--from practical to whimsical.  Tinkering is both a manual and mental labor..." (Dale Dougherty, Editor & Publisher of Make Magazine) and for some a passion. To discover and rediscover their capacity to tinker and make, participants will be encouraged to meaningfully explore actual objects and interactions with real things and real people.  This program intends to stimulate the problem solving minds of participants, who wish to indulge in this process on an on-going basis.  The cost for drop in sessions is $25 or $90 for 4 sessions paid in advance.  There may be additional materials fees, depending upon the chosen project of the participants.  The number of participants for this program will be limited, so it is advisable to sign up in advance to secure a spot.  

​Engage with Drawing is a class for ages 8 to adult and is held on Wednesdays from 6:30-8 p.m. with Darlene Boyd as credentialed facilitator.  Fees for this class are $25 per session or $90 per 4 sessions if paid in advance.  This is a method which recognizes that the trained, practiced, stimulated brain is also more efficient at new learning.  If we develop the building blocks of visual perception, visual spatial organization and visual discrimination by learning to draw, our brains cannot help but transfer these skills to such tasks as mathematics, reading and spelling, which require visual attention to detail as well as pattern and organization.  This is a universal, systematic way to stimulate the normal human response of drawing, which speaks volumes without words. 

...are classes and workshops that are many and available upon request for a series or onetime event.  Is there an art or craft you have been wanting to try? Chances are we have the tools and expertise to make it possible. Even classes that are not on our list are possible. Please peruse some ideas at darleneboyd.com or bring forward your own ideas and contact us. We look forward to meeting you. Crea per viviere. Ciao!  

a publication of The ART Experience by Darlene Boyd         September 2017
at darleneboyd.com      darlenesboyd@gmail.com​

​Beginning in September, The ART Experience with Darlene Boyd, will be offering all classes all day on Wednesdays. Classes will be facilitated by Ms. Boyd, a credentialed teacher.  Classes will be held in Studio 22, located at 22 North Street, San Juan Bautista.

​ September 9 and October 7 come join the merriment and explore creating your own Dia de los Muertos pinata to celebrate the upcoming holiday and festivities. Fun for the whole family.  BYOB: Bring your own snacks, and beverages (non-alcohol) and we'll provide the fun and materials!  Reservation fees for this workshop are $25 per participant.  Children under 8 years need to be accompanied by at least one adult. Register early to assure your spot.

​Calligraphy & Handwriting sessions, from 9:15 to 10:25 a.m., focuses upon the art of calligraphy for personal handwriting, using joined italic.  With the advent of writing upon digital devices to facilitate speed in recording information, legible handwriting is becoming more profitable.  Add to that the facts that studies have shown that learning cursive not only improves retention and comprehension, it engages the brain on a deep level as students learn to join letters in a continuous flow. It also enhances fine motor dexterity (drawing skills) and gives individuals a better idea of how letters and words work in combinations.  Also, learning cursive increases literacy and promotes learning kinesthetically. The cost for these classes is $25 per session or $90 per 4 sessions if paid in advance.  There will be additional costs for materials, which must be ordered ahead of time.  So please sign up a couple of weeks in advance.

​Pursuing Drawing & Pastels sessions are from 10:30 a.m. to noon and will focus upon drawing and pastel techniques, studying line, color, shape, form, value, space and texture.  This lays a firm foundation for all other visual arts processes. 

​Tinkering for Makers, offered from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., is an immersive hands-on exploration into the "essential art of composing and decomposing physical things to suit a variety of purposes--from practical to whimsical.  Tinkering is both a manual and mental labor..." (Dale Dougherty, Editor & Publisher of Make Magazine) and for some a passion. To discover and rediscover their capacity to tinker and make, participants will be encouraged to meaningfully explore actual objects and interactions with real things and real people.  This program intends to stimulate the problem solving minds of participants, who wish to indulge in this process on an on-going basis.  The cost for drop in sessions is $25 or $90 for 4 sessions paid in advance.  There may be additional materials fees, depending upon the chosen project of the participants.  The number of participants for this program will be limited, so it is advisable to sign up in advance to secure a spot. 
            Ms. Boyd has always enjoyed the art of exploring materials and applying them in innovative ways, as well as sharing these experiences with others.  This love led her pursue visual arts in college, where she received a BFA with Honors, majoring in sculpture. 

​Engage with Drawing is a method which recognizes that the trained, practiced, stimulated brain is also more efficient at new learning.  If we develop the building blocks of visual perception, visual spatial organization and visual discrimination by learning to draw, our brains cannot help but transfer these skills to such tasks as mathematics, reading and spelling, which require visual attention to detail as well as pattern and organization.  This is a universal, systematic way to stimulate the normal human response of drawing, which speaks volumes without words.  This course is for ages 8 to adult and is held 6:30-8 p.m. with Darlene Boyd as credentialed facilitator.  Fees for this class are $25 per session or $90 per 4 sessions if paid in advance. 

​​Need a creative engagement to amuse and satisfy your guests for birthdays, showers, or party with friends or as a fund raiser for your organization or cause?  You provide the food and venue The ART Experience provides the instruction and materials.  Ms. Boyd will guide the group through painting an image of your choice.  Everyone leaves with their own masterful interpretation to display as they wish.  The cost per participant is $25.  If you are fundraising, you put your own price on top of this cost.   Please contact The ART Experience for more information.

​...are classes and workshops that are many and available upon request for a series or onetime event.  Is there an art or craft you have been wanting to try? Chances are we have the tools and expertise to make it possible. Even classes that are not on our list are possible. Please peruse some ideas at darleneboyd.com or bring forward your own ideas and contact us. We look forward to meeting you. Crea per viviere. Ciao!

Artists-Writers Summer Camp Review: The Carl Luck Library, of the City of San Juan Bautista, and Credo Studio's Visual Arts Director, Darlene Boyd and Founder, Ramona Hill joined up to present a community summer camp for some of the youth of SJB and San Benito County this year. The children were expertly lead through watercolor painting about the weather and then read excellent literature and did word searches for language to describe each weather phenomenon.  These processes resulted in illustrated poems to publish and share.  Each camper was able to create and bind an original book of their work. Soon an anthology of these efforts will be available at the Carl Luck Library. Parents and the public were invited to partake in the Artists - Authors sharing time right after camp ended, Friday, June 30.  Survey requests indicated a large interest by campers in pursuing visual art and painting processes.  Parents longed for a an extended camp time. ​