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This page lists classes and workshops that focus on creativity and healing. Please use the contact information provided to obtain current classs schedules and additional information.
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Alchemy of Art & Healing ArtShops
Graton, CA
(206) 724-8777
Join Pam Bolton & Aysha Washburn, both Certified Process Coaches with MAs in Transformative Arts, for an ArtShop. Using transformative art practices and Healing to Wholeness tools, draw up from the deep unconscious, parts of yourself that yearn for attention, acceptance and love. There is a magic that happens when we give color, shape, and form to a lost part of ourselves. This process is called the Alchemy of Art & Healing. http://www.healingtowholeness.com/
Angeles Arrien Workshops: Triumph of the Imagination and more
San Francisco Bay Area, Arizona, and throughout the United States
(415) 331-5050
Angeles Arrien is a cross-cultural anthropologist and a fabulous teacher of indiginous wisdom. She is the author of the Four Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary;Signs of Life: The Five Universal Shapes and How to Use Them; and The Nine Muses: A Mythological Path to Creativity. She offers 6-day and 12-day desert retreats in Arizona, year-long progams in the San Francisco Bay Area, and many other workshops around the country. For a current schedule, please call or visit her web site. http://www.angelesarrien.com/
Anna Halprin Workshops: Moving Toward Life and more
Marin County, California and throughout the United States
Anna Halprin is "an alchemist of choreography and profound innovator, whose ground breaking creations became a motivating force for a new movement, and inspired generations of dancers to restore forgotten ties between dance and nature and the soul of myth." She and her staff offer courses such as Moving Toward Life, a class which uses movement and artistic expression to enable participants to creatively take part in their own healing process. This approach has been successful for the past twenty years in assisting people challenged by cancer and other life threatening illnesses. Anna, herself a cancer survivor, is the creator of the Halprin Life/Art Process and author of several books. http://www.annahalprin.org/
Art and Healing Classes at Kaiser Hospital
Oakland, California
(510) 547-4174
These six-week, three-hour classes are based on the idea that art helps patients heal from physical, spiritual, and emotional issues. They are offered five times a year as part of the Behavior Medicine Program and are open to both Kaiser members and non-members. The classes are taught by artist Judy Carroll. This entry has no website
Art and Healing Programs for Those with Cancer
Kingston, New York
(914) 334-3171
The Oncology Support Program at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY offers art classes for cancer patients, their families, and their friends every Sunday. Classes are facilitated by an artist and a social worker/expressive arts therapist. Fee is by donation. For more information, call Susan Spadanuta This entry has no website
Art and Imagery Cancer Support Group
Marin County, California
(415) 925-7624
Through relaxation, guided imagery and meditation, expressive arts, mutual support and discussion, learn tools to enhance healing. Family members and caregivers are welcome. No cost. Facilitated by Wendy Kahn and Leslie Davenport or Lynn Lamb and Barbara Skelly. Held at the MGH Cancer Center in Marin County, CA This entry has no website
Art for Self Discovery: Workshops in Creative Expression
New York, New York
(212) 787-1923
Watching a child with paints & brushes recalls the memory of imagination unencumbered by thoughts of right and wrong. Pure expression, whether about color, shape or storytelling, becomes compromised as the world around us influences our internal language. "Art for Self-Discovery" offers a unique experience of reconnecting to untapped strengths and under-utilized resources, through the creative process. Participants reclaim a pleasure in doing, that is not dependent on the approval of others while discovering an experience of creation that is rich with new options and solutions. Courses include: "Beyond Words: Journaling in Images," which is offered at the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York where, artist & teacher, Barbara Barry is on staff. http://www.artforselfdiscovery.com
Art for Transformation Classes
Orlando, Florida
(407) 340-4370
The expressive art classes and workshops taught by Kathy Ford offer an opportunity to journey back to Self. Learn to listen to your inner guidance, release preconceived notions and judgments, and accept that there are no mistakes - just perfection yet to be realized. Discover your untapped potential and expand your vision of yourself. Lessons in creative expression are lessons about how to live from the heart - in the moment, and with the flow. Life is blank canvas. Make yours a masterpiece! http://www.kathyford.com
Art Studio Workshop for People with Disabilities
San Francisco, California
(415) 750-7645
Workshop participants briefly tour a gallery at the de Young Museum and then meet with an artist-teacher to make art relating to what they have seen. This entry has no website
Art, Madness and Transformation
(831) 724-8436
This hands-on clay workshop is designed to 1) re-discover our unacknowledged creative potential 2) access material buried in the ubconscious 3) develop the 'language' of symbolic expression 4) question certain cultural definitions and agreements 5) explore the definition of 'madness' (both as a personal phenomenon and as a cultural phenomenon 6) understand how the process of art can heal. Courses are taught by artist and art therapist Tom Wolver and artist and psychotherapist Ann Cavanaugh. http://www.tomahawksculpture.com/workshops.html
Art, Spirit & Dream Workshops
Petaluma, CA
(707) 775-4219
Rev. Tristy Taylor is an ordained Interfaith Minister whose ministry honors the individual spiritual path in everyone she meets. Through her workshops, the participant uses art and dreams to more deeply understand their spiritual paths and the next steps on their journeys. She embraces the true meaning of Interfaith, working with not just people who call themselves "spiritual" or "religious," but also with atheists, people working the 12-steps, nature-enthusiasts and everyone in-between. All are welcome, including those that feel they have no artistic talent or have never remembered a dream in their lives. http://www.trismegista.com
Arts for Change: Art and Activism
Shelbourne, MA
Arts for Change sees art as an interdisciplinary practice that can both heal individuals and foster social engagement. They offer courses such Activist Art Teacher Training in order to share the strategies they have learned for making activist art available to others. They encourage students to find their own voices and to develop tools and strategies for working in collaboration with community. They see art activity as an intrinsic and necessary part of the cultural and social change required for survival on this planet. http://www.artsforchange.org
Artspace: Process Painting Workshops
Portland, OR
(503) 236-5313
Artspace offers opportunities for those engaged in healing work, Artists, and Spiritual seekers. In Artspace's Process Painting classes and workshops, you will be encouraged and supported to embark on a journey of self-discovery and exploration. You need only bring your willingness to play, to take risks, and to be wherever and whomever you are. You will be supported to trust your intuition and to respect your unique expression. You will use paint as a sensual, colorful, playful medium to experience your creative process. Experience the joy of spontaneous expression! Increase awareness to stories and judgments that limit. Awaken your connection to your inner voice! Challenge fears, take risks, embrace "what is." Learn to follow your energy! http://www.processpaint-artspace.com/
Awakening Artistry with Tama Kieves
Colorado
(303) 715-0939
Tama Kieves is a coach, writer and author of This Time I Dance: Creating the Work You Love. She offers workshops such as "Fun Ink - Unleash the Fire of Your Inner Writer" and "Women's Wisdom of the Heart" which includes journaling and making healing art. For more information, please visit her web site. http://www.awakeningartistry.com
Awakening Creativity
Northern California
Awakening Creativity is a multi arts practice that stimulates and invigorates your creative powers. Through full permission to create freely, you more effectively access and express your thoughts, ideas and imagery that fuels your creativity. You also learn your creative processóthe path you use to create anything and everything in your life. Creating and creativity are at the foundation of everything in our lives. From planting a garden to painting a picture your need to express is what fuels creation. Awakening Creativity provides the forum in classes, small groups and one on one creativity coaching to explore and express what is vitally alive in you that has lain dormant due to neglect and fear. Fun and interactive creative exercises in a safe, supportive environment are designed to motivate, inspire, empower, excite and challenge you to grow. Courses are facilitated by Steve Adams. http://www.awakeningcreativity.com/
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