Rochester Oasis Classes

  • Out of stock
    November 16
    Monday
    1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy
    Locations: Central Creatives
    Flowers are more than petals and stems. They are landscapes of color, shape, and mystery waiting to be discovered. Inspired by the work of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, this workshop invites participants to slow down and look deeply at the natural world. Through guided watercolor exercises and creative exploration, we will study flowers up close, noticing their...
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  • April 1 – April 8
    Monday
    11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Sessions: 2
    Instructor: David Woodruff
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Aviation Mystery. All we know for sure is that on July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared. But for close to 90 years, we’ve been trying to uncover what happened to the aviator who tried to fly around the earth near the equator. And like Magellan, who attempted to do the same on the water… ending his journey halfway across the Pacific… we’ve been...
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  • April 1 – April 8
    Monday
    11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
    Sessions: 2
    Instructor: David Woodruff
    Locations: Zoom
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    America’s Real Assassination Conspiracy. Lee has surrendered, and the Confederacy is doomed. The Civil War is over. But when the nation could be rejoicing, it’s plunged into grief by the assassination of President Lincoln. But in less than 24 hours, everyone would learn it was not the act of a lone madman, but a conspiracy designed to cut off both the...
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  • January 4 – February 8
    Tuesday
    10:00 AM → 11:30 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Instructor: Bob Richane
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Isabel Wilkerson’s recent book 'Caste:  The Origins of our Discontents' will be reviewed first (Reading this is suggested but not required.)  It will provide a background to understanding the endemic of racism that she states she and all Black people feel and deal with in their daily lives. She also states that our society today is best defined by its...
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  • September 22 – December 1
    Tuesday
    9:45 AM → 10:45 AM
    Sessions: 11
    Instructor: Anne Wilcox, Associate Professor, U of R
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Want to learn how to make a dance?  Come join Moving Memories, a collaborative choreography class designed for older adults and students from the University of Rochester.  Weekly classes held with UR students to learn about the art of choreography, culminating with a performance with lights, costumes, and music!  Each class we focus on different...
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  • September 22 – November 10
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 1:45 PM
    Sessions: 8
    Instructor: Julie Ferreira
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    Learn 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...
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  • October 4
    Tuesday
    1:30 PM → 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Ginny Hronek, Dynamix Training and Consulting
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    During this workshop participants will distinguish between positive and negative stress, identify signs and symptoms of stress, develop techniques for stress management prevention and intervention, specify how to integrate humor into the personal and professional life, develop an action plan to reduce stress and maximize mirth. Ginny Hronek, of Dynamix...
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  • Out of stock
    October 6
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Central Creatives
    Locations: Central Creatives
    Looking for a class that introduces you to a unique and interesting medium? Lisa Robinson will show you the beauty of walnut ink to sketch or paint with. Enjoy drawing sepia lines and textures with crow quill pens. Blend beautiful washes to create your own special art piece.  Materials are...
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  • February 15
    Tuesday
    10:00 AM →
    Sessions: 1
    Locations: George Eastman Museum
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Each year during Mr. Eastman's residency between 1902 and 1932, except during a wartime coal shortage in 1918, flowering bulbs such as tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils provided a full spectrum of color and fragrance during the winter months. Now, each year the Eastman House recreates a particular year in the house's history by exactly duplicating Mr....
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  • October 18
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 Good
    Locations: Central Creatives
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    The 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....
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  • October 6 – November 3
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
    Sessions: 5
    Instructor: James Kraus, retired English teacher, Rochester City School District
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    This course will examine the great baseball decade of the 1950's: post WWII faded and emerging stars, the influence of black and Latino players, two pieces of the Yankee dynasty, and the stirrings of change. A season by season chronology will be peppered with anecdotes, facts, and trivia from participants and the manager. Jim is a retired teacher who saw...
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  • October 6 – October 27
    Tuesday
    7:00 PM → 8:30 PM
    Sessions: 4
    Instructor: Jennifer Case
    Locations: Zoom
    Have a story—or many stories— to tell, but don’t know how to put the words down on paper?  In these sessions we’ll explore both memoir and fiction through a variety of activities. Participants will read and discuss short pieces of literature, respond to writing prompts, and have the opportunity to share their efforts in a safe and friendly workshop...
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  • March 1
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Thomas Boyce, Printer Interpreter, Genesee Country Village
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Explore 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...
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  • November 3
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Central Creatives
    Locations: Central Creatives
    Painting heirloom recipe cards is a lovely way to preserve family culinary traditions. Hand paint elements or ingredients from the recipe to make decorative borders. Practice painting fruits and veggies, utensils and baked goods. These fun skills will allow you to begin your own recipe journal or a special art piece to frame for our home kitchen....
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  • October 25
    Tuesday
    1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Lisa Robinson, Creative Central
    Locations: Central Creatives
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    This 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...
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  • September 14
    Wednesday
    12:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Otto Bruno, host of Jazz 90.1 FM’s “Sinatra and Company”
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    This 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....
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  • October 12
    Wednesday
    1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Susan Carmen-Duffy, Owner, Create Art 4 Good
    Locations: Central Creatives
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Explore 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,...
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  • January 12 – January 26
    Wednesday
    11:00 AM → 12:30 PM
    Sessions: 3
    Instructor: Grace Seiberling, Art Historian
    Locations: Zoom
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Conditions 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...
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  • October 7 – October 28
    Wednesday
    1:00 PM → 4:00 PM
    Sessions: 4
    Instructor: Otto Bruno, author 'Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One-Two’
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    Before Sinatra, Elvis, and the Beatles there was Bing, the first crooner. His ascent to superstardom was unprecedented. He not only succeeded on stage and film but he enjoyed incredible success on radio and was one of the most popular entertainers around the globe during WWII. His keen intelligence and discipline also led him to successes in business and...
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  • RECORDED
    October 14 – November 4
    Wednesday
    11:00 AM → 12:30 PM
    Sessions: 4
    Instructor: Grace Seiberling, Art Historian
    Locations: Oasis Rochester
    The beginnings of photography in Britain in the 19th century were affected by a unique set of circumstances that restricted commercial activity and fostered the growth of work by privileged amateurs. This 4-session class will look at the technical and aesthetic aspects of mid-century photography, with special attention to the work of Julia Margaret Cameron,...
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