Creative Process Art Workshops
Upcoming Programs
Sacred Play
Date: May 18 - 20, 2012Instructor: Misty Mawn and Katie Kendrick
In this 3 day workshop, our collective intention is to explore this creative realm and discover the myriad ways it reveals itself to us. We will lead you on various “adventures” designed to enhance your imagination, relax your body, and help you access the expansive, sometimes elusive YOU. Activities include (but are not limited to) various painting projects – both individual and collaborative, nature art/walks, yoga, visual “journeying”, performance art and sacred ceremony.
Workshop DetailsdeMent-triloquism
Date: July 4 - 6, 2012Instructor: Michael de Meng
deMent-triloquism: In case you were wondering, the fear of ventriloquist’s dummies is called automatonophobic (which by the way includes the fear of wax dummies and automatons like Zoltar the fortune teller). I can understand how ventriloquist dolls could illicit terror and trepidation; typically they are bit creepy looking. Remember Anthony Hopkins in the film Magic, [...]
Workshop DetailsTrash to Treasure Master Class
Date: July 7 - 8, 2012Instructor: Michael de Meng
Artists are renowned for using whatever is readily available in there surroundings to create art. You’re not going to see many coconut carvings in Alaska. In many ways, this is why the process of assemblage has become so popular; after all, junk and discarded things abound. Perfect pickings for those with the desire for junking [...]
Workshop DetailsLove Letters: A Passionate Correspondence
Date: August 10 - 12, 2012Instructor: Jill K. Berry
…should I draw you the picture of my heart it would be what I hope you would still love though it contained nothing new. The early possession you obtained there, and the absolute power you have obtained over it, leaves not the smallest space unoccupied. Abigail Adams to her husband, President John Adams. December 23, [...]
Workshop DetailsThe Steely Chatelaine: Utility and Ornament Conjoined
Date: August 24 - 26, 2012Instructor: Brenda Schweder
Learn steel wire techniques and mix the results with found materials of your choice to create your own chatelaine, either useful or decorative (or both!)!
Workshop DetailsJigsaw to Jewelry: Monoprints and Jewelry
from the same Plates
Date: September 7 - 9, 2012Instructor: Thomas Mann
I had the unique experience of being able to be an “art major” during the junior and senior years of high school. I can remember a semester of print making and how intriguing I found the process. I got into it big time and pretty soon I was making silk-screen posters. I had the opportunity [...]
Workshop DetailsSynchronicity
Date: October 12 - 14, 2012Instructor: Michelle Ward
A simple painted journal is transformed into a handsome and unique artist’s book when we begin with deliberate manipulations then let Synchronicity take over. Using circles in art-making is an endless adventure and I never tire of investigating the possibilities with the classic, simple shape. Circles play an integral role in our interactive art book that will focus on all celestial beings, particularly the sun and the moon. These subjects unlock portals where one can explore dramatic shifts from light to dark, the subtle nuances between positive and negative, and the navigation of scale and repetition.
Workshop DetailsThe Mystic Marionette of the Marigny
Date: February 18 - 23, 2013Instructor: Michael de Meng
Palm and Tarot readers line the New Orleans sidewalks with visions of the future…well…perhaps. To honor Big Easy soothsayers I thought we’d have a bit of fun using some puppetry. In this class we will be creating marionettes that have moving arms that foretell forthcoming events. The real inspiration for this class is the card [...]
Workshop DetailsCompleted Programs
La Maison Fantôme
Date: January 30 - 4, 2012Instructor: Michael DeMeng
It is said that my home is haunted (though I have never seen the alleged spirit) but have had a number of friends who swear they exist and have experienced a variety of eerie occurrences with ghostly types. So it dawned on me that perhaps these ghosts just need a little bit of pampering, and this got me thinking about an interesting idea for a class: “la maison fantôme”, the ghost house.
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