Lil McGill’s Creativity Classes & Events
Fall 2023
MANDALA MAGIC
Event Archives
October 21 - November 18, 2021
Chronicle of Inner Life
2021 Fall Session
A continuation of our pandemic journaling class Themes for Fall Session 2021 will be Grief and Gratitude, Disaster Season, Release, altar-making, image notebook, dreams, humor, and Autumn Beauty
The class will conclude with an anthology of our work as usual 5 weeks
July 15 - August 12, 2021
Chronicle of Inner Life
2021 Summer Session
A continuation of our pandemic journaling class Themes for Summer Session 2021 will be New Adventures, Navigating a Shaky Universe, Staying Cool, Summer Reading, Photo Essay, Trees, Haiku, more Biography and Humor, and of course, Summer Beauty. The class will conclude with an anthology of our work as usual 5 weeks
May 20 - June 17, 2021
Chronicle of Inner Life
2021 Spring Session
A continuation of our pandemic journaling class Themes this session (along with pandemia and surreality) will be reopening, transitions, biography, erasure poetry, Spring Beauty and more humor. The class will conclude with an anthology of our work as usual 5 weeks
Thursdays May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17
4-5:30pm (Pacific Time)
March 21st- December 21st, 2021
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‘21 Tree Project
The '21 Tree Project is an invitation to photograph the same tree on or around the 21st of every month for the rest of 2021 - sharing photos and reflections in a group collaborative process.
February 4-March 4, 2021
Chronicle of Inner Life
Winter Session
A continuation of our pandemic journaling class (see class description from Spring Session below) Themes this session (along with pandemia and surreality) will be creative visioning, insurrection, trust, Winter Beauty and let's keep going with the humor, ok? The class will conclude with an anthology of our work as usual (a collection of journal writings, stories, poems, photography, art, recipes...and comics) 5 weeks
Thursdays February 4, 11, 18, 25 and Mar 4
4-5:30pm (Pacific Time)
2020
October 22-November 19, 2020
Chronicle of Inner Life
Fall Session
A continuation of our pandemic journaling class (see class description from Spring Session below) Themes this session (along with pandemia and surreality) will be grief and gratitude collage, humorist writings (to help us get through election/fire/hurricane season) and autumn beauty. 5 weeks
Thursdays October 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19
4-5:30pm (Pacific Time) $147 via Paypal
July 16-Aug 13, 2020
Chronicle of Inner Life
Summer Session
A continuation of our pandemic journaling class (see class description below) Themes this session (along with pandemia and surreality) will be poetry, racial justice and the adoration of the natural world. 5 weeks
July-August
May 14-June 11, 2020
Chronicle of Inner Life - Telling Your Story in Strange Times
SPRING SESSION
In this online class, we will meet weekly for 5 weeks, to nurture and inspire a daily writing practice in our own coronavirus diary, a chronicle of inner life from our sheltered spaces, a place to write about how we feel, what's happening as it unfolds, the details of our daily lives, with a strong focus on our inner resources and transformation in a time we've never known before that is disrupting us to the core, and also perhaps allowing a new way of living to be born. Online in Zoom.
Thursdays May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11
4-5:30pm (Pacific Time) $147 via Paypal (Pandemic scholarships available)
May 7, 2020
Full Flower Moon Mandala
We are continuing to ramp up and keep our mandala making practice going during this unusual time and due to our collective circumstances we will be gathering again virtually -- Online in Zoom-- and it will be free and open to everyone, so invite your friends
Thursday, May 7th from 3-4:30 pm (PDT) online in Zoom
April 7-28
, 2020
Spring Visions: Writing and Collage Online Class
A continuation of Winter Visions, see description below
April 7, 2020
Full Moon Mandala
Free, Online and Open to All
It's time to ramp up our mandala making practice so I'm adding this one in for the full moon.. and due to our collective circumstances we will be gathering again virtually -- Online in Zoom-- and it is free and open to everyone, so invite your friends
The Full Pink Moon in Libra is Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 7:35 pm (pacific time). We will celebrate by gathering to make our own individual flower mandalas on
Tuesday, April 7th from 4-5pm (PDT) online in Zoom!!!
March 10-31, 2020
Winter Visions: Writing and Collage
In this class we will gather together to look at our creative year ahead through writing and vision board collage.
Event Archives
October 12-13, 2019
Open Studio Tour
Open Studio Tour (first weekend only!)
October 12-13 Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm
at my home studio
447 Sacramento Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
530-277-0397
September 19 - October 24, 2019
Grief and Gratitude -- Transforming Pain into Beauty through Creative Expression
Intimate, small group, heart-felt exploration of the process of grief and loss along with gratitude for this life we have been given, through writing and altar making.
In this class we will gather together to write, exploring our deep selves. We will also work toward creating an altar or other creative project of your choice to honor and process your loss.
I will also be working with you one-on-one to give personalized attention to each of your projects.
DATES: Thursdays, 11am-1pm September 19, 26 October 3, 10, 17, 24
$180 payable through Paypal
June 29, 2019
Y'Art Sale
We're clearing out our studios to make room for our new creations - Join us for a fun day of fantastic savings on Original Art - Paintings, Prints, Photographs, Notecards, Art Books
LIVE MUSIC 3-5pm by Induction
Cookies and Lemonade!!
Julie Zumwalt, Louise Preston
Lil McGill, Denise Wey, Ed Hensley, with Guest Appearance by Douglass Truth
May
30-June 28, 2019
Breaking Your Creative Inertia: Raising Your Vibration Through Spring Creative Practices of Writing, Walking and Watercolor
Introductory, small group, heartfelt exploration of breaking through your resistance to beginning and sustaining a regular creative practice.
Saturday April 27, 2019 2-4 pm
Spring SPARK!
A Creativity Happening
with Denise Wey & Lil McGill
at Summer Thyme’s Bakery & Deli
Art Making - Live Music - Good Company
Join us to celebrate the height of Spring (and Arbor Day!) by painting flowers and trees on river rocks, and creating handmade cards and a flower mandala while listening to live instrumental music
Valentine’s Day Spark!
A Creativity Happening
with Denise Wey & Lil McGill
~A Valentine's Tradition~
Saturday February 9, 2019 2-4 pm
at Summer Thyme’s Bakery & Deli
Join us to celebrate Valentine's Day by creating
handpainted mandala hearts, a flower mandala,
and other art of your choice while listening to
live instrumental music with friends
A Paint Sisters Production
Winter Solstice Spark
Winter Solstice SPARK!
A Creativity Happening
with Denise Wey & Lil McGill
~A Holiday Tradition~
Sunday December 16, 2018 2-4 pm
at Summer Thyme’s Bakery & Deli
Join us to celebrate the winter solstice by creating a winter mandala, song bird ornaments and holiday cards while listening to live instrumental music
A Paint Sisters Production
Valentine's Day SPARK!
A Creativity Happening
with Denise Wey & Lil McGill
Sunday February 11, 2018 2-4 pm
at Summer Thyme’s Bakery & Deli
Art Making - Live Music - Good Company
Join us to celebrate Valentine's Day by creating
valentine cards and other art of your choice while listening to live instrumental music
A Paint Sisters Production
Winter Solstice SPARK!
A Creativity Happening with Paint Sisters
Denise Wey & Lil McGill
Sunday December 17, 2017 2-4 pm
at Summer Thyme’s Bakery & Deli
Live Music (Arthur Gould and Robbert Trice)
Join us to celebrate the winter solstice by creating holiday cards and mandala ornament and exploring other art forms
while listening to live instrumental music
A Paint Sisters Production
Chrysalis: New Work by Lil McGill
May 1-June 30, 2017
Artist's Reception Sunday May 7, 2017 3-5pm
Live Music and Cake!
at Summer Thymes 231 Colfax Avenue
Grass Valley
Spring Equinox Spark
Art Making - Live Music - Good Company
March 29, 2017 2-4pm
Join us to celebrate the beginning of Spring by creating spring flower collage mandalas and exploring other art forms while listening to live instrumental music by Jim Rodney (guitar) & Robbert Trice (harmonica) all ages welcome, no experience needed, supplies provided
A Paint Sisters Production
Paint Sisters Paint-In for Women
Saturday January 21, 10am – 4pm with Denise Wey & Lil McGill $125
An All-Day In Depth Painting Immersion to Renew your Spirit and Connect with your Creative Self
In this intimate, experiential workshop we will immerse ourselves in acrylic painting in a relaxed, nurturing environment Plus…
~Yoga Rest
~Chocolate
~Mandala Making
~Folk Singing
This event will be held at ASiF Studios
Winter Solstice Spark
December 18, 2016
Join us to celebrate the solstice by creating handmade mandala ornaments and holiday cards while listening to live instrumental music (Arthur Gould on electric cello, Robbert Trice on harmonica).
$10 per person, no experience needed, all supplies provided. No registration required, just show up with your holiday spirit.
Women & Creativity: Autumn Equinox Paint Sisters Playshop
with Denise Wey & Lil McGill & Katie Carter
September 19, 2015
Join the Paint Sisters, Denise & Lil, for an afternoon celebrating the beginning of autumn with a field trip to Katie Carter's September garden, with a focus on the 1st and 2nd chakras, painting garden prayer flags, yoga rests, and nourishing creative inspiration. $65
Summer Solstice Paint Sisters Playshop
with Denise Wey & Lil McGill & Guest Artist Marian Lee
Saturday, June 20, 2015 10 am-4 pm
at ASiF Studios
Join us for an all-day celebration of the beginning of summer with painting and an introduction to tempered glass mosaic. (also yoga rests and a solstice mandala)
Publishing Yourself: Reimagining the Writing Life
Saturday, May 30, 11am-1 pm
with Molly Fisk & Lil McGill
Field trip to the Poem Farm, the home-studio of Molly Fisk, for a conversation about what the author learned from her self-publishing debut, including costs and benefits, book promotion, and ways to stream-line the book creation process. Bring a camera and notebook for observation and writing. $40
A Morning of Color & Light with LeeAnn Brook & Lil McGill
Sunday, May 24, 10am-12 noon
Field trip to contemporary landscape painter, LeeAnn Brook’s new studio up on Cement Hill Road for a demonstration and discussion of the use of color and light. Bring a sketchbook for a guided color study. $40
Mother’s Day SPARK!
Sunday, May 10, 2015 2-4 pm
A Creativity Happening at Lucchesi Winery
with Denise Wey and Lil McGill
Bring your mom and friends and come paint with us and explore other creative arts while listening to live instrumental music. $10 per person, no experience needed, all supplies provided - no pre-registration required
Book Release Gathering
Friday, April 24, 6-8 pm
Celebrating
50 Field Trips with Flowers & Friends
by Lil McGill
at Vanishing Point Salon of the Arts
hosted by Matthias Schossig
230 Church Street, Grass Valley
(adjacent to the Methodist Church)
Sunday, April 19, 2-5 pm
with Carianne James & Lil McGill
Field trip to the Crystal Hermitage Gardens and an intuitive painting workshop for an afternoon of color and creative inspiration. Bring your cameras, water and a snack. $30 (includes painting supplies) + additional $5 donation for entry to the gardens.
Sunday, March 22, 2-4 pm
with Denise Wey & Lil McGill
Field Trip to the Mud Hut to celebrate the beginning of spring and make spring equinox ceramic mandalas with beloved ceramic teacher Denise Wey. All ages...kids welcome when accompanied by an adult $35, supplies included
Sunday, March 1, 2015 2-4 pm
with Ed Hensley & Lil McGill
Field trip to Ed Hensley’s photography studio and walk around his neighborhood with a focus on capturing the unexpected beauty and surprising delight in our daily environment. Bring a camera and notebook for recording your impressions. $30
Visioning Your Creative Year
Saturday, January 31, 2015 11am - 1pm
with Ruth Chase & Lil McGill
Field Trip to Ruth Chase’s studio on Banner Mountain, a presentation of her work and guidance through a vision board project including self-inquiry, writing and collage. $30 (supplies provided)
Holiday Field Trip to the Mud Hut
Sunday, December 7, 2014 2 -4pm
Clay Gift-Making with Denise Wey (and Lil McGill)
Encaustic Field Trip to Deborah Bridges Studio
Saturday, November 15, 2014 11am -1pm
PoemWalk Field Trip
with Maxima Kahn and Lil McGill
Saturday, November 1, 2014, 11am -1pm
Field Trip to Menlo Macfarlane's Studio
Saturday, September 13, 2014 11am -1pm