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The Expressive Arts
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Art as Activism:
The Workshop
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Artists have had a long history of using their talent to speak out against injustice or to promote positive change. Discover how your art can educate and raise awareness. View photos and paintings from the 2015 Sacred Headwaters show in Whistler, demonstrating how these artists chose to be a voice
for a place they care about.
The main part of the workshop will be to paint either the Sacred Headwaters (photos provided) or a place that calls to you.
Facilitator: Ann Perodeau.
See bio page 62.
Length: 2 days
Date: Sat, May 7-Sun, May 8, 2016 Time: 10am-4pm
Cost: $75 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Sat, Apr 23, 2016
Drawing Out Your Dreams TAEA013
Ever experienced a dream you knew was important but didn’t know why? The process of recording and drawing your dreams lets you stay with the experience, letting it cook, to feed you powerful symbolic images your waking mind can’t access. Using drawing techniques and strategies derived from classical art, movies, and animation, this workshop will give you some great tools for unlocking the creative imagination that lies
dormant within your dreams. All levels; no previous drawing experience required.
Facilitator: Joyce Kline.
See bio page 58.
Length: 1 day
Date: Sat, Feb 27, 2016
Time: 10am-4:30pm
Cost: $75 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Sat, Feb 13, 2016
Fearless Strokes:
Activate Your Wild Imagination
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This is a two-day artful exploration that will help you to paint from a place of relaxation and openness. Enter an inner jour62.ney to discover the world of your imagination with this fearless painting adventure where you can experiment with colour and play with paper, activate your imagination, and become aware of the intimacy of artful expression. Put aside your inner critic and try it all! No fear or previous painting experience is required.
Facilitator: Marlyn Farrell.
See bio page 54.
Length: 2 days
Date: Sat, Apr 9-Sun, Apr 10, 2016 Time: 9am-4pm
Cost: $155 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Sat, Mar 26, 2016
Figurative Clay Sculpting TAEA027
Discover techniques necessary to sculpt from start to nish with water based clay to create a beautiful sculpture either from a photograph or your imagination. Experience the
joy of taking a block of clay and transforming it into a beautiful and unique work of art through the expression of your own creativity! Please note, the workshop does not include the ring and completion of your piece; however, the instructor will work with you towards achieving this goal.
Facilitator: Lisa Azzano.
See bio page 51.
Length: 8 non-consecutive evening sessions
Date: Wed, Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 2 & 9, 2016
Time: 7pm-9pm
Cost: $345 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Wed, Jan 6, 2016
Loose Interpretation:
Embracing Your Reluctant Artist TAEA014
For any level – especially blocked artists and those
who believe they can’t paint. Learn to paint from a process perspective and still be amazed with the results. We’ll paint
en plein air on the beautiful RRU campus. Learn to paint directly, without sketching, and to paint purposefully, using watercolour as a medium that can’t be “corrected” to work with “mistakes”. Let go of perfectionism and develop intuition and spontaneity
by discovering painting as a meditative act.
Facilitator: Tasha Diamant.
See bio page 53.
Length: 6 non-consecutive half days Date: Sat, May 7, 14, 28, Jun 4,
11 & 18, 2016
Time: 1pm-4pm
Cost: $215 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Sat, Apr 23, 2016
Miksang: Opening the Good Eye –
An Introduction to Contemplative Photography TAEA026
Experience the discipline
and delight of direct seeing and perception-based photography. Begin to develop the ability to synchronize
your mind and eye so that your habitual patterns of seeing and labeling dissolve in a moment of stunning, vivid perception. Through visual exercises and assignments, develop con dence in your ability to connect directly with what you see, staying present with the perception as you fully understand its qualities, and then express your vision precisely with your camera.
Facilitators: Michael Wood
(see bio on page 65) and Julie DuBose (see bio on page 54).
Length: 1 evening & 4 days
Date: Wed, Oct 19-Sun, Oct 23, 2016 (NOTE: 2016 dates)
Time: Wed 7pm-9pm, Thu-Sun 9am-5pm
Cost: $395 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Wed, Oct 5, 2016
Mindfulness and the Creative Life TAEA028
In order to trust the creative process, we must discover how to listen past our conditioning and our fears. Mindfulness is the art of listening, softening,
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