Dhamrades
Collaborative space for radicals to discuss and practice Buddhist teachings (BuddhaDhamma), especially at the intersection of spiritual and political science.
Discussion and 20-minute meditation.
No experience necessary, come as you are!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome! We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
UPDATE: Now a $10 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments.
The Printed Poem: Riso & Collage
Join us, Thursday the 24th, from 6 to 8:30 pm, to discover the magic of combining poetry and collage with the Risograph. You will leave with your own collection of unique, hand-crafted prints that tell your story in a way words alone cannot.
Learn and layer your collage and poetry with the risograph at Dzanc House!
Guided Group Breathwork
A group session of gentle, connected breathing and breath holds with music, guided by Jackie Miller, certified breathwork facilitator.
Experience the power of activated breath energy and non-ordinary state breathwork, and learning supportive breathing techniques. FREE, donations welcome. For 18 and older only.
For more information: thisbreath.com
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Opening Reception for "Ladyscapes & Climate Haste" | Gallery Exhibition
Ladyscapes & Climate Haste was born out of the anxiety of our present world. Natural disasters, genocides, billionaire oligarchs, and corruption surround us entirely. Yet, there is one hopeful thread running through all of the madness: women trying to save the f*cking world; their ability to maintain stability among the chaos. The earth isn’t without women. The creation of art and community may become some of the most vital tools for the revolution (which will most definitely not be televised). The art of compiling climate and women focused surreal mixed media collages has propelled us into a constant state of contemplation and grief, but also of curiosity and creation!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome! We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
UPDATE: Now a $10 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments.
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Collage & Clarity | Partnership with Prosperity Counseling
For the month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness month, we will host a special Collage & Clarity in partnership with Prosperity Counseling. This is an opportunity to create and discuss therapy or other mental health issues in a safe environment. There will also be opportunities to talk in private with a therapist if desired.
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome! We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
UPDATE: Now a $10 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments.
Comic Workshop w/ Cartoonist Lauren Houser
Join our workshop to learn the basics of what makes a comic a comic: how each drawing, panel size, and sound effects is used to immerse their readers in the story! Cartoonist Lauren Houser will lead you in an interactive discussion on some of the fundamental comics storytelling principles and visual literacy. All skill levels are welcome.
Guided Group Breathwork
A group session of gentle, connected breathing and breath holds with music, guided by Jackie Miller, certified breathwork facilitator.
Experience the power of activated breath energy and non-ordinary state breathwork, and learning supportive breathing techniques. FREE, donations welcome. For 18 and older only.
For more information: thisbreath.com
Collage & Chill | Partnership with Prosperity Counseling
For the month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness month, we will host a special Collage & Clarity in partnership with Prosperity Counseling. This is an opportunity to create and discuss therapy or other mental health issues in a safe environment. There will also be opportunities to talk in private with a therapist if desired.
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Closing Reception for "Ladyscapes & Climate Haste" | Gallery Exhibition
Ladyscapes & Climate Haste was born out of the anxiety of our present world. Natural disasters, genocides, billionaire oligarchs, and corruption surround us entirely. Yet, there is one hopeful thread running through all of the madness: women trying to save the f*cking world; their ability to maintain stability among the chaos. The earth isn’t without women. The creation of art and community may become some of the most vital tools for the revolution (which will most definitely not be televised). The art of compiling climate and women focused surreal mixed media collages has propelled us into a constant state of contemplation and grief, but also of curiosity and creation!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Opening Reception for "Past the Woodland Edge" | Gallery Exhibition
My purpose for this exhibition is to create a fantastical immersive experience in clay and multi-media. I would love to use each part of the vertical and horizontal space, mobiles that tell stories, indicative of past folklore, inspired by multiple cultures - monsters to be wary of, and unexpected heroes; A gallery wall of creature portraits, each with a different personalities; Sculptures that hint of a foreign environment that is novel, yet familiar.
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Closing Reception for "Past the Woodland Edge" | Gallery Exhibition
My purpose for this exhibition is to create a fantastical immersive experience in clay and multi-media. I would love to use each part of the vertical and horizontal space, mobiles that tell stories, indicative of past folklore, inspired by multiple cultures - monsters to be wary of, and unexpected heroes; A gallery wall of creature portraits, each with a different personalities; Sculptures that hint of a foreign environment that is novel, yet familiar.
Guided Group Breathwork
A group session of gentle, connected breathing and breath holds with music, guided by Jackie Miller, certified breathwork facilitator.
Experience the power of activated breath energy and non-ordinary state breathwork, and learning supportive breathing techniques. FREE, donations welcome. For 18 and older only.
For more information: thisbreath.com
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
The Story Of Now: Drawing Class and Experience | Workshop with Sarah Nisbett
Find out how you can use drawing as a form of storytelling to help you find more meaning, joy and connection in your daily life - one line at a time.
Local author and artist Sarah Nisbett will teach us her favorite techniques for translating the world around you into quick works of art and create evocative and storied images using the simple tools of just a pen and paper.
Focusing on drawing as a form of storytelling, you’ll learn how to see the infinite stories that surround you and how to quickly and easily translate them into expressive illustrations drawn in-the-moment.
We’ll also explore how this super accessible creative practice can have profound effects on our experience of the world, using our sketchbooks as a reminder to look for the extraordinary in the everyday as you turn the people, places and things you see “on the way” (or just sitting at home) into works of art.
Artists of all levels welcome - from “never tried” to “draw everyday!”
Angel Nafis Presents Jeff Kass: A Poetry Reading
Incredible host Angel Nafis will welcome guest poets Carlina Duan, Shira Erlichman, Molly Pershin Raynor, Noah Arhm Choi & Lauren Whitehead. Then: Jeff Kass and his newly released poetry collection True Believer.
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/jeffkasszoom
BUY THE BOOK HERE: True Believer by Jeff Kass — Dzanc Books
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Silent Sustained Reading
A coveted time to simply focus on reading!
Bring your favorite book, snack, or drink, and we will have space to spread out and enjoy reading in the company of others who also love to read. All peoples and ages are welcome.
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Discovering a New Ekphrasis: A Writing Workshop for Teachers
Join Pioneer High School teacher Jeff Kass for a workshop on leading writing experiences prompted by art and media. You’ll have a chance to explore your own writing and leave with lessons that you can bring right into your classroom to inspire your students as they explore how the media they interact with every day can prompt and deepen approaches to writing.
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo In-Person Poetry Reading and Workshop
For more details on exact location and times, please contact youthprograms@dzancbooks.org
Poet Tree Town A2
Poet Tree Town A2 will be having a celebratory kick-off for national poetry month along with an open mic to share the poetry that will be hosted at local businesses throughout the downtowns of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5
Painting & Storytelling | Workshop with Janet Nelson
Our debut exhibition at Dzanc House featured Janet Nelson, local painter and tattoo artist. This is an opportunity to learn and explore various painting techniques. In the end, each participant will have crafted their own unique piece that tells a story with each brushtroke.
Comment on our Instagram post to register. First 15 to register are guaranteed a spot and we will start a waiting list there after.
Painting will begin with sumo ink and then white gouache on top. All participants will have a 6x6” sheet of paper.
Figure Drawing
All skills are welcome!
We recommend you bring your preferred drawing utensils and a sketchbook/large drawing pad.
$20 fee to cover the model as well as the space and light refreshments
Helping Hands Series with Faye Stevenson
A workshop with @faye.pilates.and.beyond! This is for those of us who work a lot with our hands. Exercises and tissue work that is good for the whole body!
Fiber Arts
Want to meet with other artists who also crochet, knit, embroider, etc?
Join us and be in community as you engage in your work!
Collage & Chill
No theme. No agenda. Just collaging.
Supplies are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well!
Suggested donation of $5