Zen Brush Workshop
~ Windsor, California ~
September 14 & 15, 2024
Theme for 2024: Be
Presenters:
Kazuaki Tanahashi, Sensei
Christine Renden Haggarty
Once a year Kazuaki Tanahashi, Sensei comes to Sonoma County to give a two day workshop, exploring all aspects of Asian calligraphy. Tanahashi, Sensei is a painter, calligrapher, writer and peace activist, whose early training was in Japan.
Kazuaki Tanahashi is a world renowned calligrapher, painter, Zen scholar, author, and translator of Buddhist texts including works by Zen Master Dogen. Also a peace activitist and a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.
Christine Renden Haggarty is a Zen practitioner, artist and instructor who lives in Northern California. For over 20 years she has been practicing East Asian calligraphy and has studied with several Asian masters. For more information about Christine go to www.zenbrush.net.
Registration Information:
Tentative Schedule for both days:
9-12 Start with a short meditation, then calligraphy practice and demonstrations.
12-1:30 Lunch/Break
1:30-4:30 Calligraphy practice and demonstrations.
Cost for the two day workshop is $250, or if you want to only participate one day the cost is $140.
To register before August for the workshop, send a $110 deposit to, after August send the full amount to:
Zen Brush Workshop
10688 Grays Court*
Forestville, CA 95436
Make checks payable to Zen Brush Workshop.
For more information go to zenbrush.net.
Coronavirus Notice: All county wide meeting requirements will be followed.
*PLEASE NOTE: Since the workshop has moved to Windsor Masonic Lodge lunch is no longer included in the workshop fee. Many restaurants nearby or refrigerator available to store lunch items.
Cancellation: For a cancellation request 90 days before the workshop, a cancellation fee of 25% of the total cost will be levied. A cancellation less than 30 days before the workshop, a 25% cancellation fee will be changed, AS LONG AS WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT PARTICIPANT, otherwise a 75% cancellation fee will be charged. Extreme circumstances will be taken into consideration.
Lodging
Windsor is located between Santa Rosa and Healdsburg. In Windsor there is a Holiday Inn Express Windsor and Hampton Inn and Suites Windsor. If you want to travel 3 or 4 miles south to North Santa Rosa there is Hilton Garden Inn Sonoma County Airport (3 miles from Windsor) and Fairview Inn and Suites (4.8 miles from Windsor). Healdsburg is another option bring your credit card.
Comments made from participants at previous workshops:
“Embracing failure, joy and mindfulness always worth renewal. Enriching in big and small ways. Kaz is truly a living treasure.”
“It’s always amazing that repetition of the same instructions registers differently each time.”
“The workshop is an opportunity to receive Kaz’s wealth of knowledge and caring instruction and to benefit from Christine’s generosity and organization.”
“Confronting perfectionism, a gift to my art deprived life; taking time for it.”
“Meditation, dancing with the brush, touching my heart”
“Reminders and practice to SLOW DOWN and breathe in the vastness…and to be attentive to detail! Visual and visceral experience of sensei’s movements of brush and ink on paper is a delight. I’m in awe.”
“I found it to be, as I had hoped, an opportunity to expand conceptually my own art.”
“Besides all the good teaching, a new respect for “dew drops” is mine!”
“Kaz has a wonderful way of teaching by example – slow and precise, but free and smiling. Great sense of humor.”