Workshops and Events

Lead: College of Creative Arts

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at San Francisco State University expands this fall to the main campus on 19th Avenue, offering 17 new courses on a rich variety of arts and creativity-related subjects. The first session begins Sept. 13. SF State’s College of Creative Arts hosts an open house 3:30–5 p.m. Sept. 2 in Knuth Hall, Creative Arts Building.

A second open house follows at the Downtown Campus facilities, located at 835 Market Street in San Francisco, on September 8, from 3-5 pm. OLLI will continue to offer classes at SF State's Downtown Campus, and 21 courses ranging from writing to meditation will be available this fall.

OLLI is a learning community for people age 50 and up who are interested in enriching their lives before and after retirement. OLLI offers small, interactive classes as well as interest groups and discussion groups. With an annual OLLI membership, each four-to six-week course can cost as little as $26.

Classes scheduled on the main campus, at 1600 Holloway Ave. (at 19th Ave.), include drawing and painting, concert lectures, Broadway musicals, ballet, improvisation, enjoying Shakespeare, history of video games, calligraphy, political thrillers and art gallery tours.

The OLLI faculty is comprised of senior and retired professors from SF State and other universities, as well as expert professionals, artists and writers from the Bay Area. All courses are open to the general public; formal admission to the University is not needed.

The institute, founded at SF State in 2003, is based in the College of Creative Arts. It is one of 118 centers across the country for people age 50 and up, designated and funded with grants from the Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco.

For details, visit creativearts.sfsu.edu/olli or call 415/817-4243.