EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Also Known As : ARTY PARTIES!
Sign up below to make art with Carole and friends
at Chez La Vie, Studio & Gallery!
Located at 755 Ragle Road, Sebastopol California.
Her workshops are a chance to get creative & inspired, have fun, make connections, play with color + mixed medias, and grow community, all while in a beautiful and unique environment!
Below you’ll find upcoming workshops for November/December 2026 & January/Febuary 2027
WORKSHOPS INCUDE ALL CREATIVE SUPPLIES/MATERIALS + SNACKS/DRINKS
NOVEMBER 14TH, 2026 - SATURDAY 1-3pm
Holiday Card Making ~ 40$
Create one-of-a-kind holiday cards and collaged gifts in this festive mixed media workshop with Carole. Layer color, paper, and texture, and leave with handmade treasures to share.
All levels welcome, no experience needed
Bring a friend for gift-making together!
Children 12+ are welcome
DECEMBER 5TH, 2026 - SATURDAY 1-4pm
Holiday Ornament making ~ 50$
Paint your own wooden ornaments with Carole in this festive, hands-on workshop. Play with color and pattern, and leave with handmade keepsakes to hang or give.
All levels welcome, no experience necessary
Paint several ornaments to take home or gift
Children 12+ are welcome
JANUARY 10TH, 2027 - SUNDAY 2-5pm
Theme is : Let Me Begin Again
As a new year dawns, what are your wishes for yourself and the world around you?
In this workshop, we’ll use a playful, free-associative process to find our way to clarity about our own deepest longings. By the end, you’ll feel a special sense of connection to the other writers in the room. And you’ll have a lovely cluster of writings, on the edge between poetry and prose, that can later be shaped into more polished work.
All levels welcome, for both beginning and experienced writers.
About Noelle Oxenhandler
Author of the memoir The Wishing Year and Professor Emerita of Creative Writing at Sonoma State University, Noelle has published essays in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, VOGUE, and Parabola, editor at Tricycle, collaborated with Jack Kornfield on three books.
Writing Workshop ~ 125$ with host Noelle Oxenhandler
JANUARY 16TH, 2027 - SATURDAY 1-4pm
Every day is a good day to wear a crown!
In this playful, hands-on workshop, Carole will help you create a one-of-a-kind tiara from bangles, beads, feathers, and treasures, decorated in your own colorful style.
Make one for the party, the celebration, or simply because you deserve it, and leave feeling a little more magical.
All levels welcome, no experience necessary
Bring your closest girlfriends!
Tiara Time ~ 50$
JANUARY 30-31st, 2027 - SAT/SUN 10-2pm
Lunch is included both days.
Over two days, Carole and Monica will guide you through creating a unique mixed media collage, layering paper, color, texture, and found treasures into pieces filled with creativity. Make small works of art, or gifts for the people you love (yourself included). Come play, create, and share the day with good company.
All levels welcome, no experience necessary!
2 Day Mixed Media Collage Crafting with Co-Host Monica Bryant ~ 225$
JANUARY 30-31st, 2027 - SAT/SUN 10-2pm
Meet your new wild and wonderful friend!
In this playful sculpting workshop, Carole will guide you through building quirky, one-of-a-kind creatures from cardboard, then painting and decorating them with bold color and personality. Display your creation as table decor or hang it on the wall as a small, whimsical work of art. No two will ever be alike.
All levels welcome, no experience necessary!
3D art is fun with friends, family, or creatives!
Sculpted Whack-a-Do’s ~50$
April 24 , 2027 - SATURDAY 2-5pm
In this workshop, writers are invited to explore the challenges, wonders, and mysteries of growing older while simultaneously generating material for poems, stories, and essays through a unique method of spontaneous writing that Noelle has developed over many years.
All levels welcome, no experience necessary!
About Noelle Oxenhandler
Author of the memoir The Wishing Year and Professor Emerita of Creative Writing at Sonoma State University, Noelle has published essays in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, VOGUE, and Parabola, editor at Tricycle, collaborated with Jack Kornfield on three books.
G(OLD): On the Alchemy of Aging with host Noelle Oxenhandler ~ $85
