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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-23-2022 to 05-23-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Joya ChatterjeeTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalExplore Rapa Nui, a UNESCO world heritage site, with hundreds of gigantic Moai statues scattered all over this remote and spellbinding... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-06-2022 to 06-06-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Robin SteisTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalLet’s travel to the island of Oahu and experience some of the rich history of our 50th state.... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-13-2022 to 06-13-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Alfred and Elaine SheaTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalVisit Music City with two music lovers, who will share their love of music and musicians, as well as places to visit in the country capital of... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-20-2022 to 06-20-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Melissa BenitezTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalOur journey begins in Stockholm, Sweden. After a quick trip through the city we will visit the small island of Djurgarden, with its historic buildings, museums, and a Viking Ship that sank over 300 years ago. Then on to Norway and the Fjords, travelling by boat along long narrow passages that were carved by glaciers during the last Ice... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-22-2022 to 06-22-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Hugh LeemanTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalWe examine an ancient pagan past that meets with the expanding influence of Islam to propel Christian societies of Renaissance Europe towards new artistic heights. Images of our present emerge as the pioneering technologies of warfare and capitalism meet at the confluence of a public health crisis, setting in motion human ingenuity that continues to... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-27-2022 to 06-27-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Mark ThomaTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalTake a walk through the peaceful garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the oldest public Japanese garden in the US. Stroll among the ponds, sculptures, plants and structures, all of which are designed to slow us down in order to appreciate our interconnectedness to... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-29-2022 to 06-29-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Marco Frazier, African American Museum and Library at Oakland, CATerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalWe will revisit the signature mural and some of the panels on permanent exhibition, along with information on the founding of the organization, then take a look at the archives at African American First and African... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-11-2022 to 07-11-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Ellen KaufmanTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalTake a California road trip to see art in Paso Robles, and the beautiful Monterey peninsula, with a stop in Los Angeles along the... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-18-2022 to 07-18-2022Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Catherine ColemanTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalVisit two spectacularly lovely and culturally significant colonial cities in south central Mexico. The ancient Zapotec capital of Monte Alban near Oaxaca provides a fascinating link to life in Mexico before Europeans arrived. Mexico’s desire for independence from Spain began in San Miguel in 1810, and that city is also known for its Dio de los Muertos... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-20-2022 to 07-20-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Anna Marie Novoa, The Bullock Texas State History Museum, TXTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalIn 1684, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, led an expedition to North America with four vessels. Instead of securing colonies, trade routes and silver, La Salle lost the ships and the expedition failed. 300 years later, archeologists discovered the ship La Belle off the coast of Texas. Discover how this historic voyage, its... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-25-2022 to 07-25-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Amber Carroll and Mike JaszewskiTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalSometimes we need to take a real break and just chill out and relax. Join us for 10 days of resort living on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. We’ll relive our days filled with sunshine, fruity drinks, fine food, and excellent... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-01-2022 to 08-01-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Sue WillsonTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalNestled in the heart of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Azores mark the westernmost boundary of Europe. The Azores are an autonomous region of Portugal, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands that were settled sporadically over a span of two centuries. As a result, the culture, cuisine and traditions vary considerably. We will visit two of these... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-03-2022 to 08-03-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Carol EhlersTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalYou may know of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, or John Stuart Curry, but have you heard of the American Scene artist, Doris Lee, born in Aledo, Illinois? Learn about her life and work, which focused on the joy in her life. Successful in terms of museum exhibitions and the commercial world, she was one of the top female artists in the mid-1930s through the... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-08-2022 to 08-08-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Laura DavisTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalEnter with us into the mystical world of Marc Chagall, filled with the wonderful and miraculous. We will focus on the moving and varied art by the early modernist known for his rich dreamscapes rooted in his Russian-Jewish heritage. During his 75 years as an artist, Chagall called himself a dreamer who never woke up. We will explore his fanciful images of... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-08-2022 to 08-08-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Don and Monica BerkmanTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalDid you know that there is only one UNESCO World Heritage site that is still inhabited? It’s the Diocletian Palace that is the center of life in beautiful Split, Croatia. Journey to this amazing country that is still under the travel radar....but not for... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-10-2022 to 08-10-2022Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Mary Mead, Asian Art MuseumTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalWhen we see people one of the first things we notice is gender. We tend to categorize people as male or female. But what if the characteristics we used to categorize were fluid, and not rigidly defined? What if there were no gender distinctions? Non-binary and gender fluid depictions have existed in Asian art for thousands of years. The belief in... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-15-2022 to 08-15-2022Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Antonia Dapena-TretterTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Oasis NationalAfter experiences on the front, German artist Max Beckmann developed new artistic themes dealing with the social breakdown and rapid changes during the final years of the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. Moving away from historical paintings and traditional portraits, he entered a new phase of his career, exploring the lesser-known genre, Neue... read more