I hope you are all warm, well and enjoying this snowy winter! As we've had to reschedule some classes and workshops due to the inclement weather, I'm sending you this announcement with our updated February schedule (see info below). Our annual mid-winter "Awakening the Creative Fire Workshop" takes place this Saturday, Feb. 13th. Since this workshop had to be rescheduled, and since it's Valentine's weekend, we are offering the early bird registration fee as well as a couple's discount. (See info below; we have just a few spaces available, so contact me soon if you'd like to register).
February is "Follow your HeART" month at the studio (don't you love how the word "art" is part of the word "heart"?). This message is true to the soul work we offer through art-making at the studio, which is the heart of expressive arts therapy practice. We invite you to join us in following your HeART to new frontiers in your life and imagination. Come shake off the chill of winter and join us in the studio as we tend the fires of the wild soul and create our way towards spring with color, beauty and deep play in the arts!
Happy snow,
Jena
Follow your HeART to the Studio!
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer."
~Albert Camus
Special Events
SAVE THESE DATES!
Saturday, February 13, 10 am - 5 pm
Awakening the Creative Fire, Community Expressive Arts Workshop
Saturday, March 20, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
Women's "Spring Equinox" Creatress Workshop
Early Bird Registration: March 1st
(Please see workshop details below for both of these special events)
Classes & Workshops
AWAKENING THE CREATIVE FIRE (This Weekend!)
Discovering your Passion & Creativity through the Expressive Arts
One-Day Workshop
Saturday, February 13, 10 am - 5 pm
In this mid-winter workshop, we immerse ourselves in art-making and play to awaken our senses and discover our deepest passions. Through painting, writing, and sculpting in clay, movement and story, we will ignite the creative fire within as we explore the transformative power of calling forth images from the depths of our imagination. As we shape artistic works individually and collectively, we will create together in a supportive environment where there are no mistakes and everyone is an artist. This enlivening approach invites authentic self expression, surprising creations, and practical tools for tending the creative fire in everyday life. This intermodal expressive arts workshop is for anyone interested in exploring the arts for personal, professional and artistic growth.
** Co-facilitated by Jena Leake & Robert Wadden Please register by Thursday, Feb. 11th: $90 or Couple's Discount: $80/each (all materials included)
PAINTING FROM THE WILD SOUL
Women's Expressive Painting Group
Tuesdays, 7 - 9:30 pm
Beginning February 16 (8-weeks)
Within every woman there is a wild soul full of passion, creativity and inner wisdom. When we express ourselves authentically and artistically, we tap into the soulful nature of our being. Our images, feelings, metaphors and dreams arise from within to guide us in our everyday living.
During this 8-week class, we will journey into the wild soul through painting and visual journaling. Unique to this process is an intermodal expressive arts approach, which will introduce the layering of movement, painting and writing explorations to support you in expanding possibilities for authentic self-expression in art-making and in life. There is no right or wrong way to paint; there is only your way. Join us this winter as we open our senses, play with paint, and nourish the fertile ground within us during this spirited women's painting group! All levels of experience welcome. ($285, payment plan available; materials included)
CREATRESS "Spring Equinox" Workshop
Women's Expressive Arts Workshop Series
Saturday, March 20, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
(Early Bird Registration: $65 by March 1; $75 after March 1; all materials included)
In 2010, this popular women's workshop series is moving from a monthly format to a seasonal format with the 1st workshop taking place on the spring equinox. Each workshop will explore the seasons and cycles of our lives, nature and the creative process. Please see the description of this workshop series below:
Every woman is creative and has the innate capacity to be an artist of her own life. These seasonal "mini retreats" offer a unique opportunity to luxuriate in creative and sacred space with other women as we nourish our inner lives and deepest potential. Through art-making and reflection, celebration and ceremony, we take time to listen attentively to the images and stories emerging from within. Visual art-making, poetry, movement, writing and music will be our companions and guides. As we engage the Creatress within, we will focus on strengthening our connection to the feminine, claiming our inner knowing and body wisdom, and becoming artists of our everyday lives. This is a wonderful gift to yourself, offering replenishment, inspiration and creative practices to support you in staying current with yourself while harvesting what is presently unfolding in your life.
Creative Renewal
The Art of Self-Care and Caring for Others
An Expressive Arts Personal Process & Supervision Group for Therapists, Social Workers & Counseling Professionals
February – May 2010 / Four Monthly 4 – Hour
Sundays, 1 - 5 pm on the following dates: February 28, March 28, April 25 & May 23
$320 (art materials included); commitment to all 4-sessions requested
Each session will include:
~ A creative, nourishing environment to gather regularly with peers and engage in meaningful dialogue and reflection about your life and work
~ Time to “come home to yourself” and nourish your own soul through individual and collective expressive arts explorations
~ Introduction to expressive arts therapy methodologies and their applications in clinical and community settings
~ Arts-based practices for personal and professional growth
~ Creative renewal as we "re-imagine" our lives and work through art-making and soul-centric practices
Individual Expressive Arts Therapy,
ART Life Sessions &
R.E.A.T. Supervision:
(Offered by appointment; sliding scale available)
To register for an event and/or schedule a private session, please contact:
Jena Leake, M.A., R.E.A.T.
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist
The ART Life Studio
www.theartlifestudio.com
434.996.8087
