Dear friends of the Art Life Studio,

Happy March! Spring is coming, and we are excited to announce our studio offerings and NEW classes!


We welcome the return of spring this month with a special "Creatress" Spring Equinox Workshop on March 20th, followed by two new classes, SOUL QUEST and ROOTS & WINGS. The Re-Imagining your Life through ART class will also be offered this season, a new favorite for inspiring a soul-full and engaging approach to shaping one's life as a full expression of self.

Please find below course descriptions and schedules. As always, please forward to others you feel may be interested and to contact me by e-mail or phone (434.996.8087) if you have questions and/or would like to register for an event or schedule a private session.

Hope you can join us in the studio as we tend the wild garden of the soul through deep play and renewal in the arts!

Very best wishes,

Jena



Spring at the Art Life Studio



Tending the Wild Garden of the Soul




SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, May 7, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Art Opening & Spring Open House




Spring Class & Workshop Schedule


Please note: Advance registration is required for all classes/workshops.
Payment plans may be available for classes; please ask!
Registration forms are available at: www.theartlifestudio.com



CREATRESS
Women’s Spring Equinox Expressive Arts Workshop
Saturday, March 20, 1:30 - 5:30 pm


Every woman is creative and has the innate capacity to be an artist of her own life.
In this afternoon art retreat, we welcome the return of spring by gathering in a spirited community of women to plant new seeds of inspiration and awaken to our deepest potential. Through art-making and reflection, celebration and ceremony, we will create a contemplative space to listen deeply to the compelling images and dreams emerging from within. Visual art-making, poetry, authentic 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, nourishment and artistic practices to support you in embodying and harvesting what is presently unfolding in your life. ( Early Bird Registration: $65 by March 6 or $75 after March 6, materials included)


Re-IMAGINING Life through ART
Intermodal Expressive Arts Class
Thursdays, 7 - 9:30 pm
April 1 - May 27 (8-weeks, no class May 13)


This spring, join a spirited group of adventurous souls as we immerse ourselves in DEEP PLAY in the ARTS to imagine new possibilities for shaping life as a full expression of self. We will use painting, dreamwork, clay, writing, poetry, collage, authentic movement, journal making and creative enactments to explore how art-making as a contemplative practice can help us build a bridge between our inner life and the actions we wish to take in the outer world, the life we imagine for ourselves.


Taught from an intermodal expressive arts perspective, participants will experience how the layering of art modalities enhances our capacity for artistic expression, self-awareness and re-imagining our lives. Each class will include time for individual art-making and reflection, community sharing and ritual, and ideas for shaping a personal arts-based practice to support you in cultivating courageous conversations with yourself and your art. All levels of experience welcome in this community art studio where everyone is an artist and a beginner as we follow our images towards new frontiers in our art and life. ( $285, materials included)




SOUL QUEST
Women’s Expressive Arts Group (NEW!)
Tuesdays, 7 - 9:30 pm
April 13 - May 25 (6-weeks, no class May 11)


This 6-week group offers an enlivening space to explore art-making as a path to soul-making. We will use painting, embodied writing, authentic movement, collage and mixed media sculpture to give voice to the depths of stories, dreams and possibilities within us. In doing so, we awaken the artist within, gathering new vision and insight for responding to life’s challenges and transitions with passion, presence and purpose.


The expressive arts offer multiple ways of attending to soul, inviting us to pay close attention to the vast reservoirs of creativity, imagination and body wisdom within us. Soul Quest is an invitation to journey deeply towards your true self, calling forth your creative gifts and unique way of belonging to the world. Through in-depth art-making explorations, ritual and creating together in community, each woman will quest towards her own discovery of becoming an artist of her life. All levels of experience welcome.($260/most materials included)




ROOTS & WINGS
Tending the Cycles of the Creative Process in Art & Life (NEW!)
Women’s Expressive Arts Group
Thursdays, 10:30 am - 1 pm
April 8 - May 27 (7-weeks, no class May 13, special registration instructions below*)


In this advanced expressive arts group, we focus on deepening our roots in the wild soul, claiming our inner knowing and body wisdom, and taking flight into new directions in our lives and art. We will use visual art-making, embodied writing, movement, poetry and dreams of the waking and sleeping world to nurture new growth and potential. Throughout the process, participants will conceive and shape a large scale artwork, integrating important symbols, themes and stories from their life journey. Drawing on mythic stories of the feminine, intermodal expressive arts explorations, and ecotherapy, we will gather inspiration and guidance for attending to the cycles of the creative process in art-making and in life.
Pre-Requisite: Previous group work at the Art Life Studio or with permission from instructor. Space is limited; Registration deadline: March 25
($275, most materials included, participants may wish to bring personal images, materials and elements of nature to embellish their large-scale work)


Individual Expressive Arts Therapy,
ART Life Coaching Sessions,
& Arts-based 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