We are currently offering live sessions with facilitators as well as Zoom sessions.
My Voice Media Center is a collaboration between the Arts Consortium and Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency – Mental Health Branch to provide art instruction for adults and their support base who have lived experience with mental illness. My Voice Media Center provides digital and traditional media in order to tell their stories and achieve their artistic aspirations.
Accomplished professional artists facilitate the creative ambitions of participants, offering weekly courses in photography, videography, drawing, poetry, audio engineering and recording, and much more. The facilitators act as guides, empowering artists to use digital tools to realize their own creative visions.
To learn more about the program, contact the Arts Consortium’s My Voice Media Center during our regular business hours:
Tuesday – Friday 10 AM – 3 PM at 808 N. Court St. Visalia CA 93291
*Calendar subject to change. Please call ahead for class availability.
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MVMC FACILITATORS:
Olivia Garza
Olivia is a talented artist and peer support specialist. She encourages participants to use wellness tools in their art. 2D and 3D art is a great way to become a part of the visual arts.
Phet Khamsaysoury
Explore the basic photography and videography skills needed to capture still and moving images with an easy to use a digital camera. Participants will view images and videos to identify best in quality. They will have the opportunity to edit, transform, or modify their digital photographs and video using the software Final Cut Pro X. Participants can develop a portfolio of images and video taken.
Olivia Garza
Olivia uses techniques she acquired at UCLA’s 2017 Arts and Healing Conference to lead participants through a wide variety of short-term art exercises. This session is designed to encourage visualization and planning in color, texture, and materials. Participants are also asked to fulfill a short writing requirement after each project, explaining the reasons which led to their final product.
Francisco Alonzo
Learn techniques for creating original prints. Work primarily in relief printmaking — a process in which the matrix is prepared by removing a portion of the surface. Ink is applied to the undisturbed areas and pressed onto paper to create an impression. The matrix is MDF wood, a rubber block or a linoleum block. A common example of a relief print is a rubber stamp.
Thomas Fetch
Students are taught guitar fundamentals including music note reading and theory while building a repertoire of familiar pieces and developing their own styles. Thomas believes in the musical ability of every individual and is committed to helping his students fully understand how to use the guitar as a ‘tool’ for self-expression.
Bronson Combs
Drawing is a great way to strengthen your skills, no matter what type of artist you are. This session welcomes all levels. So, come and learn the basics, practice skills, and learn something new!
Merry Miller-Gass
Explore the connection between feelings, colors, and shapes, while you explore your own style and make new friends.
Heidi Steinman
All levels of artists are welcome in this acrylic painting session. Come and learn, experience the joy of painting. Learning the fundamentals and discovering your talents in the medium can help you learn how to express yourself.
More visiting artists to be announced.
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