YOSEMITE — Get ready to explore the exciting new world of digital art applications with award-winning illustrator and graphic designer Lauren Ball. Before COVID struck, Lauren led the Digital Arts Group for Yosemite Sierra Artists (YSA) and was instrumental in transitioning and rebranding Yosemite Western Artists to YSA. Your iPad and computer can open a new world of artistic expression ...

OAKHURST — Do you have a book in your head, perhaps partially written, or even a full manuscript? Maybe you’ve written the greatest novel of our time but can’t get an agent or a publisher’s attention? In this Fiction Writing Workshop participants will learn the secrets that all the professional writers know: what must be in every story. This is ...

OAKHURST — As president and creative director of Ball Point Creative Design, Inc., local author Lauren Ball consults with clients to ensure the design of their book “captures the tone and vision” they had in mind. On Saturday, Aug. 11, Ball will present Part 1 of a two-part workshop at the Oakhurst Branch Library entitled “Self Publishing for Authors.” Ball’s ...