Webinars, Seminars, & Events

Educational Webinars

The Lucid Art Foundation hosts online educational programs, including webinars and lectures, to explore the connection between Arts and Consciousness. The lectures are presented by art historians, curators, and artists/educators. The webinars are designed to provide participants an in-depth group experience.

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Educational Seminars & Events

2024

Music and Performance Program

  • Mystical Night of Music and Poetry – with Fariba Bogzaran, David Bailey, Samandar and Sina Dehghani, Shannon Gray, Julia Hawkins, and Mia Pixley - May 18 at the Dance Palace, Point Reyes, California.

2021

Educational Podcast

  • Interview: Fariba Bogzaran was interviewed by neuroscientist Patrick McNamara and sleep researcher Michelle Carr about “The Inner Worlds of Lucid Art.” In the interview, Fariba discussed the research that led to the concept of Lucid Art. The interview is available here.

2020

Educational Lecture

  • Lecture: Fariba Bogzaran gave a zoom lecture entitled “Lucid Art: Lucid Dreaming and Creative Consciousness” for the “Many Worlds of Lucid Dreaming Conference” produced by the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

2019

Fariba Bogzaran gave the following educational lectures based on the Lucid Art Foundation publication Gordon Onslow Ford: A Man on a Green Island.

  • Book Talk: California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, California - December 5.

  • Book Talk: Dance Palace (organized by Point Reyes Books) in Point Reyes, California - November 24.

  • Symposium: As part of the “Inside the Magnetic Fields: Surrealism @ 100” conference organized by City Lights Bookstore, Fariba Bogzaran spoke about “Gordon Onslow Ford: A Man on a Green Island” at the Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco, California - November 17.

  • Book Talk: Copperfield's Books in Larkspur Landing, Larkspur, California - November 9.

  • Book Talk: As part of The Surrealist Revolution in America exhibit, Fariba Bogzaran discussed Gordon Onslow Ford and the surrealists in conversation with Exhibition Curator Kendy Genovese at Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, California - October 12.

  • Symposium: A panel discussion by authors Fariba Bogzaran (Chair), Tere Arcq, and Ilene Susan Fort at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California - September 21.

  • Panel: A panel discussion by authors Fariba Bogzaran (Chair), Tere Arcq, and Dawn Ades at The International Society for the Study of Surrealism (ISSS) conference at the University of Exeter, England - August 31.

  • Lecture: "Ferryboat S.S. Vallejo: A Tale of East Meets West" lecture at the Bolinas Museum, Sonoma, California – March 2.

  • Lecture: “Influence of Eastern Philosophy and Consciousness Studies on the Visionary Work of surrealist painter Gordon Onslow Ford” lecture at the Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco, California - April 7.

2018

Educational Seminar

  • Inquiry From Within - with Jeremy Morgan, MFA: August 26, September 23, October 21, and December 2.

2017

Educational Seminars

  • Inquiry From Within - with Jeremy Morgan, MFA: April 1 and May 7.

  • Monotype Workshop – with Christopher Castle, March 5 and 12.

2016

Music and Performance Program

  • Mystical Night of Music and Poetry – with Fariba Bogzaran (Shamanic drum & poetic recitations) and three musicians: Tim Weed (Banjo), Sina Dehghani (Persian Tombak), and Samandar Dehghani (Persian Daf & Tar) - November 5 at the Dance Palace, Point Reyes, California.

2015

Music and Performance Program & Educational Seminar

  • Mystical Night of Music and Poetry – with Fariba Bogzaran (Shamanic drum & poetic recitations) and five musicians: Rishii Chowdhury (Tabla), Suphala Patankar (Indian Tabla), Sina Dehghani (Persian Tombak), Samandar Dehghani (Persian Daf & Tar), and Tobias Roberson (Flamenco Cajon) - July 18 at the Dance Palace, Point Reyes, California.

  • Inquiry From Within - with Jeremy Morgan, MFA, Associate Professor, Painting Department, San Francisco Art Institute: January 10, February 21, March 28, May 16, October 3, and December 5.

2014

Music and Performance Program & Educational Seminar

  • Inquiry From Within - with Jeremy Morgan, MFA: January 11, February 1, March 8, April 5, May 3, May 10, September 20, October 18, and November 22.

  • An Evening of Mystical Poetry and Rhythm – with Fariba Bogzaran, Kim Rosen (poetry & recitations) and four incredible musicians: Rishii Chowdhury (Indian Tabla), Sina Dehghani (Persian Tombak), Samandar Dehghani (Persian Daf), and Tobias Roberson (Flamenco Cajon) - August 9 at the Dance Palace, Point Reyes, California.

2013

Educational Seminar & Lecture

  • Inquiry From Within – with Jeremy Morgan, MFA.

  • Lecture "Influences of Eastern Philosophy on the Life and Work of Gordon Onslow Ford: On the Occasion on his Centennial Year" by Fariba Bogzaran – October 27.

2012 & earlier

Educational Seminars & Lectures

  • Inquiry From Within – with Jeremy Morgan, MFA – 2012 seminars.

  • Inquiry From Within - with Jeremy Morgan, MFA – 2011 seminars.

  • Lecture at Institute of Noetic Sciences – by Fariba Bogzaran – 2010.

  • Inquiry From Within - with Jeremy Morgan, MFA – 2010 seminars.

  • Geographies of the Mind - with Jeremy Morgan, MFA - 2009.

  • Cultivating the Edge – with Mary Hull Webster, MFA - 2009.

  • Geographies of the Mind - with Jeremy Morgan, MFA - 2008.

  • Source, Transformation, Object – with Mary Hull Webster, MFA - 2008.

  • From Landscape to Inscape: Geographies of the Mind – with Jeremy Morgan, MFA - 2007. 

  • Mind and Matter – with Judith Hersko, MFA - 2007.

  • Artist seminar and dialogue organized for the artist members of Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA - 2006.

  • Looking for Lucia – with Mary Hull Webster, MFA - 2005.

  • Nine Women, Ten Thousand Things – a nine-month women seminar, for post-graduate MFA students - 2003.

  • The Quest of the Inner-Worlds – summer seminar for graduating or recently degreed art students by Fariba Bogzaran with lectures and studio visits with Gordon Onslow Ford, John Anderson, and Zea Morvitz that included nature walks and the study of paintings - 2002-2004.

  • Artist seminars and dialogue with Fariba Bogzaran and Gordon Onslow Ford for graduate students - 2000-2003.

  • Lucid Art Seminars for graduate art students with Fariba Bogzaran with lectures and studio visits with artists-in-residence Gordon Onslow Ford, John Anderson, and J.B. Blunk - 1999-2001.