Workshops & Classes I've offered in 2011:
Fall:
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| Tropi-cans by S. Meyer |
Fall I: Sept. 10-Oct. 22, 2011 &
Fall II: Oct. 29-Dec. 17, 2011
9:00-11:30 am, 7 Saturdays
Fall II: Oct. 29-Dec. 17, 2011
9:00-11:30 am, 7 Saturdays
at Truman College
1145 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL
To register or for more info call 773-907-4440 or visit
*See Showtime or Student Art Galleries for examples of student artwork.
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| Drawing #2 by Y. Wohley |
Fall I: Sept. 10-Oct. 22, 2011
Fall II: Oct. 29-Dec. 17, 2011
Fall II: Oct. 29-Dec. 17, 2011
11:00am-1:30pm, 7 Saturdays
at Truman College
1145 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL
To register or for more info call 773-907-4440 or visit
*See Student Art Galleries for examples of student artwork.
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| Safety by S. Drummond |
The Artist's Way: A Creativity Workshop
with Pat Otto
6 alternate Mondays 6:30-8:30 pm:
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
Fee: $125, 12 CEUs available
*See artwork from previous workshop at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery
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| detail of rehabbed oxford shirt |
Art with A Renewed Purpose
with Pat Otto
6 alternate Mondays 6:30-8:30 pm:
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
Fee: $125
See sample artwork at Project Minima blog
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| Illuminating Hands by M. Shimada-Hejk |
Introduction to & Continuing
Creative Drawing
with Pat Otto
6 sessions: Fall 2011
Thursday 10am-12 noon
Thursday 10am-12 noon
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
$125 fee, 12 CEUs
*See artwork from previous workshops at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery and scrolled down to Creative Drawing
*See artwork from previous workshops at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery and scrolled down to Creative Drawing
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| Big Poppy by S. Drummond |
with Pat Otto
6 sessions: Fall 2011
Thursday 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Thursday 12:30 - 2:30 pm
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
$125
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| from Mandala-a-Day image |
Cultivating a Daily Creative Practice
with Pat Otto
6 alternate Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm
Sept. 29, Oct. 13, 27, Nov. 10 (off 11-24) Dec. 8 & 22, 2011
Sept. 29, Oct. 13, 27, Nov. 10 (off 11-24) Dec. 8 & 22, 2011
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
$125 fee, 12 CEUs available
*See Daily Creative Practice for examples of work.
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| Stage 10 Letting Go |
Fall 2011 Stages 10, 11, 12 + Center
6 alternate Thursdays 6:30-8:30 pm:
6 alternate Thursdays 6:30-8:30 pm:
Oct. 6, 20, Nov. 3, 17, Dec. 1, 15 & 29
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
Fee: $150, 14 CEUs available
*See artwork from previous workshop at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery
Summer:
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| Bliss on Glass by pao |
Art-Write:
a Creative Exploration
with Pat Otto and Arlyn Miller
Thursday, July 28, 2011
1:00-3:00 pm
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
$45 early/$50 late, 2 CEUs available
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| Day 352 Mandala by pao |
Cultivating a Daily Creative Practice
with Pat Otto
6 Mondays, 7-9 pm
July 11-August 15, 2011
July 11-August 15, 2011
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
$125 fee, 12 CEUs available
*See Daily Creative Practice for examples of work.
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| Stage 8: Functioning Ego by L. Sanders |
Archetypal Stages of the Great Round of Mandala with Pat Otto
Summer 2011 stages 7, 8 and 9
alternate Thursdays:
alternate Thursdays:
July 7, 21, Aug. 4, 13, Sept. 1, 15
choose
1:30-3:30 pm -or- 6:30-8:30 pm
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
Fee: $125, 12 CEUs available
*See artwork from previous workshop at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery
Watercolor Painting and
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| Gato by V. Klingensmith |
Creative Drawing Courses with Pat Otto
June 11-July 30 (off July 2), 7 Saturdays
9:00-11:30am for Watercolor & 11:00-1:30pm for Drawing
9:00-11:30am for Watercolor & 11:00-1:30pm for Drawing
at Truman College
1145 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL
To register or for more info call 773-907-4440 or visit
Truman College Continuing Education. $125/course
*See Showtime or Student Art Galleries for examples of artwork.
*See Showtime or Student Art Galleries for examples of artwork.
Spring:
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| Day 344 Mandala by pao |
Cultivating a Daily Creative Practice
with Pat Otto
6 Mondays, 7-9 pm
May 9, 16, 23 (off Memorial Day), June 6, 13 & 20, 2011
May 9, 16, 23 (off Memorial Day), June 6, 13 & 20, 2011
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
$125 fee, 12 CEUs
*See Daily Creative Practice for examples of work.
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| Trolley by K. Schadt |
Watercolor Painting and
Creative Drawing Courses with Pat Otto
Creative Drawing Courses with Pat Otto
Spring II: April 2 - May 21, 2011, 7 Saturdays
9:00-11:30am for Watercolor & 11:00-1:30pm for Drawing
NOTE: SUMMER STARTS JUNE 11th
9:00-11:30am for Watercolor & 11:00-1:30pm for Drawing
NOTE: SUMMER STARTS JUNE 11th
at Truman College
1145 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL
To register or for more info call 773-907-4440 or visit
Truman College Continuing Education. $125/course
*See Showtime or Student Art Galleries for examples of student artwork.
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| Stage 6: Dragon Fight, Ashes |
Spring 2011
alternate Thursdays:
alternate Thursdays:
Apr. 14, 28, May 12, 26, June 9, 23
choose
1:30-3:30 pm -or- 6:30-8:30 pm
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
Fee: $125, 12 CEUs
*See artwork from previous workshop at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery
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| Color Wheel by M.Shimada-Hejka |
Creative Drawing
with Pat Otto
6 sessions: March 7 - April 12, 2011
Tuesdays 10-12 noon -or- Mondays 6:30-8:30 pm
Tuesdays 10-12 noon -or- Mondays 6:30-8:30 pm
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
$125 fee, 12 CEUs
*See artwork from previous workshops at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery and scrolled down to Creative Drawing
*See artwork from previous workshops at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery and scrolled down to Creative Drawing
Winter:
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| Spiral by S. Drummond |
Archetypal Stages of the Great Round of Mandala with Pat Otto
Winter 2011: alternate Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm
choose Group a or b:
(a) Jan. 6 & 20, Feb 3 & 17, Mar. 3 & 17
(b) Jan. 13 & 26, Feb.10 & 24, Mar. 10 & 24
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
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| Drawing #2 by L. Saunders |
Introduction to & Continuing
Creative Drawing
with Pat Otto
6 Tuesdays, 10-12 noon -or- 6:30-8:30 pm
January 11 - February 15, 2011
912 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL
Sponsored by the C.G. Jung Center of Evanston
$125 fee, 12 CEUs
*See artwork from previous workshops at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery and scrolled down to Creative Drawing
$125 fee, 12 CEUs
*See artwork from previous workshops at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery and scrolled down to Creative Drawing
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| Reclining Buddha by E. Osbourne |
Spring I: January 29-March 12, 2011
9:00-11:30am, 7 Saturdays
9:00-11:30am, 7 Saturdays
at Truman College
1145 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL
To register or for more info call 773-907-4440 or visit
*See Showtime or Student Art Galleries for examples of student artwork.
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| Healing Hands by M. Disselhorst |
Spring I: January 29-March 12, 2011
11:00am-1:30pm, 7 Saturdays
at Truman College
1145 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL
To register or for more info call 773-907-4440 or visit
*See Student Art Galleries for examples of student artwork.
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| Day 123 Mandala by pao |
Art and the Continuity of Self
with Pat Otto
(a private celebration)
Sunday, January 30, 2011, 9:30-12 noon
Please join me in commemorating my 50th birthday with this create-your-own mandala workshop RSVP
*See artwork from workshop at Blue Lotus Art Studio Gallery
Exhibitions I participated in 2011:
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| It Must Be...Sketchbook, 2011, by Pat Otto |
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| Allen, oil, 24x24 in., 197?, by Pat Otto |
Selections from the Collection
of Allen & Carol Schaerges
Cass Cafe Gallery, Detroit, MI
February 12 - April 9, 2011
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| Cowboy Kimono, recycled paintings, 5x4', Pat Otto |
Caged Dress & Floating Kimono
December 2010 - June 2011
*EIAM's mission is to place original works by Edgewater artists in vacant storefronts, vacant properties and other commercial locations, to enhance Edgewater's commercial distrist, and to transform the Edgewater neighborhood into a center for the creative arts.
Noting books, films, concerts, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, etc...I've experienced since 1-1-11 (which just may include the good, the bad and the ugly) thru 12-31-11:
Exit Through the Gift Shop, film directed by artist Banksy (*)
Balancing Heaven and Earth, memoir by Jungian analyst Robert A. Johnson (*)
The IT Crowd, BBC comedy series (+)
The Archetypal Stages of the Great Round of Mandala, workshop I facilitate (+)
Strange Culture, film directed by Lynn Herschman Leeson (+)
Dr Who, BBC sci-fi series (+~-)
Art in America, magazine subscription (~)
Creative Drawing, workshop I facilitate (+)
Watercolor Painting, class I teach (+)
Devdas, Bollywood film (+)
Alice Neel, documentary film (+)
Laurie Anderson, live performing Delusion (+)
She, by Robert A. Johnson (reread) (+)
The Last Detective, BBC drama series (+)
Mad Men, drama series (~)
Inspector Lewis, BBC drama series (+)
Moon Magic, by Lori Reid (-)
The Tao of Psychology, by Jean Shinoda Bolen (reread) (+)
Crones Don't Whine, by Jean Shinoda Bolen (reread) (+)
The Millionth Circle, by Jean Shinoda Bolen (reread) (+)
Castle, comedy drama series (~+)
Bleak House, BBC mini-drama series (+)
Caprica, sci-fi series (-)
MI-5, BBC drama series (+)
The House of Eliott, BBC drama series (+~)
The Ambassador, BBC drama series (-)
The Young Victoria, film directed by Jean Marc Vallee (~)
Art 21, PBS documentary series (~)
Daniel Deronda, PBS drama (~+)
Contentment, by Robert A. Johnson (~+)
Paul Lewis, live piano concert, music by Franz Schubert (+)
Notan: The Dark-Light Principle of Design, by Dorr Bottwell & Marlys Mayfield (*)
Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty, by Phoebe Hoban (+)
Rothko's Rooms: The Life and Works of an American Artists, documentary film (+)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed, film directed by Lotte Reinger (+)
Men Behaving Badly, BBC comedy series (~)
Evgeny Kissin, live piano concert, music by Franz Liszt (*)
John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature, PBS American Masters (+)
Downton Abbey, PBS Masterpiece series (+)
Shikasta, by Doris Lessing (reread) (*)
Collision, PBS Masterpiece mini-series (+)
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five, by Doris Lessing (reread) (*)
The Sirian Experiments, by Doris Lessing (reread) (*)
The Making of the Representative of Planet 8, by Doris Lessing (reread) (*)
The Sentimental Agents, by Doris Lessing (reread) (+)
365: A Daily Creativity Journal, by Noah Scalin (+)
Comic Book Confidential, film directed by Ron Mann (~)
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, film directed by Walter Ruttman (*)
Little Dorrit, PBS Masterpiece mini-series (+)
What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, documentary film (*)
Living Your Unlived Life, by Robert A. Johnson (+)
Between East and West: Sufism in the Novels of Doris Lessing, by Muge Galin (-~)
Sufi: Expressions of the Mystic Quest, by Laleh Bakhtiar (~)
M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work, translated by John E. Brigham (+)
Jonathan Biss, live piano concert, music by Schumann, Schubert, and Mozart (+)
The Fantastic World of M.C. Escher, documentary film (~)
Labyrinths: Ancient Myths & Modern Uses, by Sig Lonegren (~)
Labyrinths & Mazes, by Jurgen Hohmuth (-)
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking, documentary film (+)
Kick-Ass Creativity, by Mary Beth Maziarz (~+)
Due South, Canadian TV series (+)
Proteus: a Nineteenth Century Vision, animated film directed by David Lebrun (*)
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (+)
The Story of India, BBC TV documentary series (+)
The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images, a Taschen Book (*)
Cultivating a Daily Creative Practice, workshop I facilitate (*)
The Way We Live Now, PBS Masterpiece mini-series (+)
Richard Tuttle: Never Not an Artist, documentary film (+)
Antonio Gaudi, documentary film (~)
Artropolis 2011, annual contemporary art fair from international galleries (~)
Chuck Close, documentary film (+)
Taken, sci-fi TV mini-series (+)
This Emotional Life, PBS TV series (+)
Baadshah, Bollywood film (+)
Cinevardaphoto 3 short films by Agnes Varda (~)
The Windmill Movie, documentary about Richard Rogers (-)
Art Forms in Nature, by Ernst Haeckel (*)
Symmetry: the Ordering Principle, by David Wade (~)
The Human Body: A Basic Guide to the Way You Fit Together, by Moff Betts (-)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams, documentary film directed by Werner Herzog (*) must see
He Knew He Was Right, BBC TV mini-series (+)
Glass: Portrait of Phillip in 12 Parts, documentary film (+)
Art Forms from the Ocean, by Ernst Haeckel (+)
Vasya, documentary film about the Russian artist (~)
Project Runway, TV series (+)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes, film directed by Wim Wenders (+)
Who Does She Think She Is?, documentary on contemporary women artists (+)
Science is Fiction, short films by Jean Painleve (~)
Psych, comedy-mystery TV series (+)
True Blood, supernatural TV series (+~)
Burn Notice, TV spy series (~+)
The Desert of Forbidden Art, documentary film about banned soviet art (+)
No Impact Man, documentary film (+)
Lost Treasures of Tibet, documentary film about ancient Buddhist temple (+)
The Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha, documentary, animated film (~)
Sketchbook Project 2011 at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago (+)
What I Want My Words To Do To You, documentary film with Eve Ensler (+)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part 2 (~-)
Luther, BBC drama series (+-)
Jay McCarroll: Eleven Minutes, documentary about fashion designer (+)
Surface, TV sci-fi series (+)
The Tree of Life, film directed by Terrence Malick (+)
Justified, TV drama series (+)
Paul, sci-fi film written by & starring Simon Pegg (+~)
Damages, TV drama series (+)
The Artist's Way: A Creativity Group, workshop I facilitate (+)
V, TV sci-fi series (~-)
Paul Lewis, live piano concert, music by Franz Schubert (+)
Torchwood, BBC-TV sci-fi series (+)
Deadwood, Western TV series (~+)
I Am Cute Dresses, by Sato Watanabe (*)
Design-It-Yourself Clothes, by Cal Patch (+)
State of Play, BBC-TV mini-series (+)
The 4400, TV sci-fi series (~+)
New Tricks, BBC, comedy/drama (+)
Slings and Arrows, Canadian TV series (~+)
Tim Marrow with Gilbert & George, documentary (-)
Japanese Kimono 1915-1940, exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago (~)
Wild Palms, TV sci-fi mini-series (~-)
Bill Cunningham New York, documentary about street photographer (+)
Bob and Rose, British TV mini-series (+)
Intelligence, Canadian TV drama series (+)
Waste Land, documentary film about artist working with 'pickers' in the world's largest land fill (*)
