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New evening Altered Book Workshop starting in January 2010!!  Evenings fill quickly so sign up to reserve your space!

Create and Be HERE Now:  Altered Books

(A 6 week altered book group)

Every woman=Someone's Daughter
(All day doll making workshop)
Art as a Path to Self Discovery
(A 10 week women’s group)
If the Shoe Fits:  Altered Shoes
(A half-day creativity workshop)
Our Fragile Personas:  A Mask-Making Workshop
(A half-day workshop)

Register securely online! Just click on "Add to cart".

Create and Be HERE Now:  A Mindful Altered Book Worskhop

New Evening Workshop starting in 2010!!

Making art is the perfect way to create and hold onto meaning during tough times.  Whether you are bombarded with worries about the economy, the environment, and/or the uncertain future, this workshop is designed to support your re-connection with the things that make life meaningful.  Through the creation of your own altered book, you will be invited to abandon yourself in the present moment and to celebrate your experience of those things you hold near and dear.

Each week for 6 weeks, you will be gently invited to explore a different topic and technique.  By the end of the workshop, you will have sufficient technical knowledge and the important beginnings of your own altered book journal so that you can continue independent exploration.  However, it is likely that you’ll love it so much you’ll want to continue the meetings just like the last altered book workshop did!

6 Wednesday evenings starting January 13, 2010 from 6pm-8:30pm..  Dates are as follows: 1/12, 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, 3/31.

$70/week includes materials.

Space is limited to 8 participants.

CEU's are available for MFT's and LCSW's, but you do NOT need to be a therapist to attend.

Payment is required for all 8 sessions, even if you are unable to attend.  Payment for the first month will reserve your spot.  Then you may pay for all remaining 5 sessions at once or your credit card can be charged after each meeting.

                                                                                                                       

Please read bottom of page for cancellation policy details.



Every Woman is Someone's Daughter: Matrilineal Dollmaking

Doll making invites a sense of play and tenderness and lends itself to the exploration of a potentially challenging and issue laden topic:  mothers.  In this workshop, participants will use inter-generational photos and multi-media such as fabric, paper, scrapmetal, assorted junk, nature items, paint, etc. to create a grandmother, mother and self doll.   We will invite reflection and discussion about the dolls that form. Because of the non-verbal nature of art making, new meanings and discoveries about grandmother, mother and self are sure to be had.

$125 includes materials and 7 CEUs

Space is limited to 8 participants.

CEU's available for MFT's and LCSW's, but you do NOT need to be a therapist to attend.

Special thanks to Arnell Etherington and Sylma Fine for presenting this workshop at the 2007 AATA conference.  It was such a valuable experience for me personally, that I decided to share it with others at my studio.

Art as a Path to Self Discovery

This is a powerful group for women who want to explore their creative process and learn how art can enhance both their personal lives and professional work.

This group provides the opportunity for women to:

clarify identity explore feelings affirm passion
clarify goals increase awareness express and share
become energized grow hope find direction
increase trust learn new coping feel support
make connections multiply options create

Women in my groups find that setting aside 2 hours a week for the sole purpose of creating and connecting is transformative.   They express passion and delight at reclaiming a part of themselves that has been so easily lost in daily life.

Cost is $55 per week which includes a $5 materials fee. You are expected to pay for all weeks, even ones you miss for any reason.

There are CEU's available for this group, but you do NOT need to be a therapist to attend.

Reserve your space:  To reserve your spot, you need to make a $45 dollar deposit.  This will go toward your first meeting fee.  It is not refundable unless I can fill the spot that you leave open.  Just click on "add to cart" below and it will take you through the sign up procedure.

This group is currently not begin scheduled.  Please call or email with interest so that I can let you know when the next workshp might be scheduled.


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If the Shoe Fits:  An Altered Shoe Workshop
Facilitated by Lisa Mitchell, M.S. (read bio here)

This workshop is designed to inspire your creativity, deepen understanding about your family and/or societal roles, and invite you to see and share aspects of self with new eyes.

Participants of this workshop will be invited to represent aspects  of self by redesigning the creative object--the shoe.  By using actual shoes as the base for this process, each person will allow their creativity to guide them in altering, embellishing, decorating, and transforming their shoe. Nearly limitless supplies will be available for your creative expression. Endless possibilities will lead to endless insights during the group experience.

This group is currently not begin scheduled.  Please call or email with interest so that I can let you know when the next workshp might be scheduled.


$80/group.

Space is limited.

3.5 CEU’s available for MFT’s and LCSW’s. 

A big thank you to Arnell Etherington, Ph.D., MFT, ATR-BC for teaching this workshop at the 2005 AATA Conference and inspiring me to offer it in my studio.

 

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Our Fragile Personas:  A Mask-Making Workshop

Facillitated by Lisa Mitchell, M.S. (read bio here)

This half-day workshop will invite you to discover and illuminate the varied personas you use in daily life.  Using an individually and uniquely formed mask, each participant will engage with this powerful reprentation of self.  Each person will be inspired to embellish, decorate, and transform his/her masks, and to ultimately interact with the inner and outer expression of self.  Limitless supplies, limitless possibilities.

$80/group.

Space is limited.

3.5 CEU's available for MFT's and LCSW's.

This group is currently not begin scheduled.  Please call or email with interest so that I can let you know when the next workshp might be scheduled.


Cancellation policy for all groups.
A written request for a refund of registration (less $45 processing fee) must be postmarked 2 weeks prior to date of workshop or group.  No requests for refunds after that date will be honored unless we are able to fill your spot from our waiting list.

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