by Ollstein | Jan 12, 2016 | Community Work, News
I’m thrilled to be teaching a new version of my Painting a Portrait with Words for students at OTIS college of Art and Design ! With the fabulous assistance of professional writers – Beth Ruscio, Leon Martell and Bernadette Sullivan, who will be mentoring...
by Ollstein | Dec 10, 2015 | Community Work, News
This past weekend, Otis College of Art and Design students presented “Painting A Portrait with Words: Life Stages” at the Culver City Senior Center. Under the direction of faculty member, Laurel Ollstein students staged a live reading featuring the stories...
by Ollstein | Nov 3, 2015 | Community Work, Director, News
Laurel Ollstein has done a brilliant job. Every moment is like a painting that tells a heartbreaking story. Don’t miss it! Laurie Latham This show is heartbreaking and heart warming at the same time. The best thing Virginia Avenue Project has done. Jim Stewart...
by Ollstein | Oct 15, 2009 | Community Work, News
Bias Cut & Behind The Seams: Performance & Gallery Exhibition You are invited to the premiere performance of BIAS CUT, a collaboration with playwright Laurel Ollstein and artist Jane Brucker: a tribute to sewing-where Hollywood glamour meets the garment...
by Ollstein | Apr 15, 2008 | Community Work, News
“Showing Our Age” is a project that I started more than 10 years ago, though not specifically as an idea for a play. I was a participant in a community outreach program in which we interviewed senior citizens, used their remarkable life stories to write monologues and...
