Creative Ascent: Cultivating Creativity and Well Being through Art "The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves." (Carl Jung) The world needs more thinkers to create innovative and sustainable solutions for the situations we all deal with on personal, interpersonal and global levels. This program cultivates creativity and well being through the use of art to use more of a balance between our mental and emotional powers to create solutions and express ourselves effectively. During this dynamic program, we will explore a variety of visual arts medias and methods to enhance your comfort and confidence to apply in creative expression in daily life. This adventure in drawing, painting and mixed-media collage will challenge you and develop new outlets for your unique personal expression. Join in the fun and inspiring artistic exercises, which are conducted in an enjoyable and supportive environment and often lead to great discoveries and future projects. You will learn basic color theory to comfortably express yourself daily by using intentional and powerful color choices in all aspects of your life including home and work surroundings. You will become more comfortable using many different symbol systems, including verbal, mathematical, visual, auditory and kinesthetic, to express yourself in new ways. You will also build and use knowledge of visual art techniques such as drawing, painting and collage that will develop into comfort and joyful expression. You will build confidence by using thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and critical judgment. You will boost your confidence and self-esteem and develop new perspectives by thinking and seeing in a way that everyday reality does not offer. You will become more flexible and collaborative which assists us to appreciate and understand others and ourselves better. Your creativity will expand by developing intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity into unique forms of expression and communication. You will use your creativity, putting you in touch with your soul and developing your emotional intelligence. You will explore challenges and test out ideas that add to our aesthetic literacy. No art experience is necessary. Take home new ideas and new artworks! This is a great group experience, which works for corporate team-building to staff development to private parties. Workshops range from half day to one-week intensive, weekend or weekly evening workshops. All materials and supplies are included in workshop fees. Please contact me for any further information of for you group events bookings.
This dynamic program offers an exploration of visual arts methods to enhance your creativity in an amazing mountain setting. It is an art adventure that will inspire you and help develop new outlets for your personal expression. Fun and creative artistic exercises are based on observation, color and personal expression in painting, and are conducted in an enjoyable and supportive environment. You will develop your intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity into unique forms of expression and communication. No art experience is necessary. Take home new ideas and new artworks!
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