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October 18 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 GoodLocations: Central CreativesThe holidays are coming fast and furious! Who doesn't love getting happy mail? In this workshop, we will create greeting cards using a mixed media approach. We will use collage, layering, paint, inks, and more to complete your mailable art. You will be amazed at the easy tips that you will receive and implement into wonderfully creative greeting cards.... read more -
March 1 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Thomas Boyce, Printer Interpreter, Genesee Country VillageLocations: Oasis RochesterExplore the true lives and stories of Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp, perhaps the most famous gunslingers and lawmen of the Wild West including the towns they tamed such as Abilene, Wichita, and Dodge City. Not forgotten is the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the vendetta ride years later. We will separate fact from fiction. For instance, did you... read more -
October 25 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Creative CentralLocations: Central CreativesThis two hour workshop will teach you a step by step process of sketching individual sunflower shapes and painting them in watercolor. If time allows we will concentrate on a loose landscape of sunflower... read more -
June 9 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy Locations: Central CreativesMixed Media Meditative Art Workshop. Mandala-making is a beautiful way to quiet the mind and return to center. In this workshop, participants will create a personal mandala using watercolor, colored pencil, and ink. Through gentle repetition, flowing shapes, and layered color, the process becomes just as meaningful as the finished piece. This class focuses... read more -
July 7 – July 21 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 AMSessions: 3Instructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Locations: Oasis RochesterBorn on July 6, 1901, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong is one of the enduring icons of American Popular Culture. A poor Southern boy who started running with the wrong crowd and discovered music in a reform school environment, Armstrong became the innovative jazz pioneer of the 1920s. As a popular bandleader in the 1930s and 1940s, he was the first African... read more -
July 7 – August 11 Tuesday1:45 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 6Instructor: Julie FerreiraLocations: Oasis RochesterLearn or polish basic belly dance moves with a focus on technique, traveling steps and exploring different styles of Middle Eastern dance. Suitable for all levels from beginner to... read more -
July 7 – August 11 Tuesday1:00 PM → 1:45 PMSessions: 6Instructor: Julie FerreiraLocations: Oasis RochesterLearn or polish basic belly dance moves with a focus on technique, traveling steps and exploring different styles of Middle Eastern dance. Suitable for all levels from beginner to... read more
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July 28 – August 4 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Peter ElliottLocations: Oasis RochesterLong before IMAX there was the immersive widescreen phenomenon known as CINERAMA. CINERAMA is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously from three synchronized 35mm projectors onto a huge, deeply curved screen. The first theatrical release in this format titled “This is CINERAMA” premiered in 1952 at the Broadway Theater... read more -
September 14 Wednesday12:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”Locations: Oasis RochesterThis cult favorite is considered to be one of the very best films ever made about Italian Americans. Written and directed by Academy Award and Tony Award winning actress Anne Bancroft (Anna Maria Italiano), this hilarious but heartwarming story depicts the struggles of a man loved by friends and family alike who has just one problem. He can't stop eating.... read more -
October 12 Wednesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 GoodLocations: Central CreativesExplore drawing with colored pencils! Participants will discover techniques of colored pencil art including initial sketching, layering, blending, and building colors. We will work on texture and details. Please have a few reference photos available to work from, landscapes are preferred. Materials needed: colored pencils, drawing paper, scrap paper,... read more -
January 12 – January 26 Wednesday11:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 3Instructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianLocations: ZoomConditions for making art in the Netherlands, where artists painted for the market, differed from those in Italy. Judith Leyster, Rachel Ruysch and other women were respected professional artists. But expectations for women meant that they were more likely to paint flowers than other subjects. Defying expectations in the 18th century, Angelica Kauffman and... read more
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March 2 – March 9 Wednesday01:30 PM → 03:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”Locations: Oasis RochesterFrancis Ford Coppola's famous, and occasionally infamous, screen classic turns 50 in 2022. Join film historian Otto Bruno (and Oasis' resident Sicilian) as he surveys the film's origins, creation, and incredibly lasting and influential cultural impact. Topics of discussion will include Mario Puzo and his titular novel, the struggles of Coppola to get the... read more
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June 3 – June 24 Wednesday1:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 4Instructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Locations: Oasis RochesterAfter our successful foray into Redford's films as an actor this winter, we'll now look at Robert Redford's four most fascinating and successful films as a director. In his first attempt behind the camera, Redford won an Academy Award as Best Director for the film Ordinary People in 1981. We'll view and discuss this challenging film as well as The... read more
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March 2 – March 9 Wednesday01:30 PM → 03:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”Locations: ZoomFrancis Ford Coppola's famous, and occasionally infamous, screen classic turns 50 in 2022. Join film historian Otto Bruno (and Oasis' resident Sicilian) as he surveys the film's origins, creation, and incredibly lasting and influential cultural impact. Topics of discussion will include Mario Puzo and his titular novel, the struggles of Coppola to get the... read more
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June 17 Wednesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Bonnie Fox, retired biology teacher, Pittsford Central SchoolsLocations: Oasis RochesterJoin us as we explore how mac and cheese began as a dish first served to aristocrats at the White House in 1802 to a dish whose industry today brings in 2.9 billion dollars a year and is served to Americans at least 22 times a... read more -
October 26 Wednesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Central CreativesLocations: Central CreativesParticipants will focus on becoming comfortable with watercolor painting techniques and enjoying the process of painting. The basics of materials, tools, techniques, color, value and “seeing” your subject will be explored. Skill Level:... read more -
June 17 Wednesday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Cindy Boyer, Landmark SocietyLocations: Stone Tolan Historic SiteThe Stone-Tolan House Historic Site is the oldest in the county. For over 200 years, it has been many things to many people. To Orringh and Elizabeth Stone it was home and work; a farm and tavern. To neighbors, it was a place to gather for a drink in the tavern room, and plan the government for their new town of Brighton. To the traveler, it was shelter... read more -
June 24 Wednesday1:00 PM → 3:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Lesley Shakespeare-BroganLocations: Oasis RochesterIn this class, Lesley will guide you step-by-step in painting a beautiful spring birch trees. You’ll learn how to capture the beauty of the trees and add simple details that bring warmth and depth to your painting. This is an acrylic on canvas project — all materials are supplied, and no experience is... read more -
July 1 – July 22 Wednesday1:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 4Instructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’Locations: Oasis RochesterAfter our successful foray into Redford's films as an actor this winter, we'll now look at Robert Redford's four most fascinating and successful films as a director. In his first attempt behind the camera, Redford won an Academy Award as Best Director for the film Ordinary People in 1981. We'll view and discuss this challenging film as well as The... read more
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July 8 – July 29 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 4Instructor: Jennifer CaseLocations: ZoomIn this four-part workshop series you'll read and discuss exemplary pieces of writing from a variety of genres. Through analysis and experimentation, you'll learn how to work in a number of different forms, and you'll have the chance to share your efforts in a supportive workshop environment. All levels of experience are welcome. This class is given via... read more
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