2016 Events
ART JOURNEY RETREAT
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave Mill Valley
October 1, 2016 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
October 1, 2016 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
RETREAT PROGRAM
9:00 - 9:45 AM PARKING, REGISTRATION
10:00 - 10:15 AM OPENING AND WELCOME BY JUDY SHINTANI // GALLERY
10:25 - 11:25 AM CONCURRENT MORNING SESSIONS // CHOOSE ONE
THE GIFT OF GENEROSITY - JUDY SHINTANI // STUDIO #1
How do we get out of our own head? Can we listen and express with authenticity? Taking the focus away from ourselves allows us to create in a different way. In this collaborative experience we will practice giving and receiving with art making fueling the connection. Materials such as fabric, found and natural objects, scissors, glue guns, drawing tools, and collage materials will be provided. Everyone will leave with a talisman created especially for her. Judy Shintani has a Masters in Transformative Art from JFKU and specializes in collaborative community art. She is the Narrator of Culture and dives into history, women’s issues, and culture with social engagement and installation art.
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UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY WITH TAROT - META OREAR // STUDIO #2
Writer’s block? Artist’s block? Tarot can jump-start your creativity. In one fun-packed hour, we will learn to read the Tarot intuitively, sketch the movement and energy we feel in the body when we pull a card, and share the story that develops from our drawings. Each person responds uniquely to what they see and as we develop awareness of how we respond, we can describe that and use it to inspire our creativity. Tarot cards, colored pencils and paper will be supplied. Bring any additional medium you prefer. Meta has been teaching ongoing classes in intuition and Tarot since 2010 in the Half Moon Bay area.
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CULTIVATING YOUR INNER GARDEN WITH GUIDED IMAGERY - CHARIE HARRIS // GALLERY |
BURNOUT BOOT CAMP - JUDY JOHNSON-WILLIAMS // OUTDOOR |
Research shows that creative visualization of positive experiences and drumming enhances our health. The goal of this workshop is to experience empowerment through visualization and drumming. We will visualize the plants that are in our inner landscape that represent old, limiting beliefs. When we release these limiting beliefs we open up a space, new ground in our inner landscape for new stories to grow. The last few minutes are reserved for discussion. Bring your diary. The instructor will supply instruments or participants can bring their own. Charie received a Certificate in Sound, Voice and Music Healing at the California Institute of Integral Studies and is a Drum Circle Facilitator and a Reiki Master. She also founded A Journey Thru Sound.
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Learn to use drawing and nature in practical ways to reduce stress/burnout. We'll start with three little games to get our drawing instruments moving and then take the class outside for guided drawing from nature. Most of the session will be spent doing actual drawing. This session will be conducted outdoors. At the end of this session, you will have gained the ability to create inner peace anytime you have paper and pencil. All materials are provided and the sketchbooks can be taken home. Judy Johnson-Williams has been a teaching artist for 20 years and is teaching in Oakland Public schools and so, knows a lot about burnout.
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LUNCH 11:35 AM - 12:35 PM
12:45 - 1:45 PM CONCURRENT AFTER LUNCH SESSIONS // CHOOSE ONE
DANCING OUT OF THE COBWEBS - LISA AKSEN // STUDIO #1 |
FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: FREEING YOUR VISION, INCREASING YOUR RANGE (A SEATED LESSON) -
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This workshop helps clear away creative cobwebs and results in an opening for inspiration from which new art can flow. Paper and oil pastels will be provided, and artists are encouraged to bring extra oil pastels. There will be short guided meditations at the beginning and end along with recorded music and guided words. People will make marks standing or sitting and moving in whatever way their body feels comfortable onto a large sheet of paper. By moving and drawing together one can unblock and make marks that allow an experience to inform new insights. The process and result may surprise you! Lisa achieved an MFA from JFK University, and continues to create in many media: acrylics, pen and ink, pastels, photography, crocheted sculptures using recycled materials. She is a dancer/meditator/yoga practitioner.
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With physical release, there comes a release in creativity. Participants, seated in a circle, will be verbally guided to explore movements that are gentle, but not always familiar. The learning process is full of surprises, challenges and the pleasure of learning in new and unexpected ways. The Feldenkrais Method of movement is uniquely attuned to letting your nervous system discover and learn new movement patterns, leading to greater ease and function. This lesson frees the eyesight and increases your range of motion. Come away with a sense of freedom and delight. Jane Neilson is a Feldenkrais teacher and artist, currently focused on watercolor and travel sketching.
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GUIDED MEDITATION & PROCESS ART WITH MANDALAS - MARGARET LINDSEY //GALLERY |
BURNOUT BOOT CAMP - JUDY JOHNSON-WILLIAMS // OUTDOOR |
A guided meditation with a circular mandala floor piece provides a doorway into inner landscapes. The art practice that follows creatively maps what arises in each person’s meditation, providing an understanding of art process as a potent engagement with one's own feelings and inner landscape. Participants will come away with an interest and understanding in mandalas as ancient technology for mapping truth. Included: Pastels, black paper, drawing boards, and floor mandala. Margaret Lindsey is a life-long artist and educator, who believes art is a natural language, a necessary human activity. She has taught and facilitated art and consciousness and process art for many years, to all walks of life, from teens to community to graduate students. She paints and shows her work locally and internationally.
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Learn to use drawing and nature in practical ways to reduce stress/burnout. We'll start with three little games to get our drawing instruments moving and then take the class outside for guided drawing from nature. Most of the session will be spent doing actual drawing. This session will be conducted outdoors. At the end of this session, you will have gained the ability to create inner peace anytime you have paper and pencil. All materials are provided and the sketchbooks can be taken home. Judy Johnson-Williams has been a teaching artist for 20 years and is teaching in Oakland Public schools and so, knows a lot about burnout.
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1:55 - 2:15 PM BREAK
2:25 - 3:25 PM CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SESSIONS // CHOOSE ONE
GET YOUR CREATIVITY ROLLING! - LAURA MCHUGH // STUDIO #1 |
BOUNDARIES FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION - KAT TROYER // STUDIO #2 |
Being creatively blocked can be one of the most difficult challenges for artists. This workshop will use tried-and-true exercises to kick-start the creative process - helping shake free the stuck feelings and serving as a great jumping off point to get your creativity rolling again. You will come away feeling armed with methods to unblock yourself in the future. Three exercises will be done in quick 20-minute segments. Participants should plan to bring a notebook and pen to jot down ideas. Participants may also bring paints, brushes, colored pencils and other materials. Instructor will supply all the materials needed. Laura is an engineer and mixed-media artist from Half Moon Bay CA. She loves making bowls, books and boxes.
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How do you deal with creative blocks? Learn new ways to work with them so they become allies in your creative process. Understand how developing boundaries can give you more space and time for art making. This workshop includes: Conversation, Guided Meditation with Energy Tools, Laser Coaching and Art Making. Using your journal you will create a visual that will help to see your unique connection between boundaries and creativity. Kat is a coach, writer, and retreat leader, who has been passionate about boundaries in the healing arts since her early 20s. She believes in the therapeutic power of art and color to heal and transform. Kat leads retreats around the world and loves to help people create healthy boundaries for life! Please bring a journal, pen and/or pencil for notes and art making.
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WAKING THE DREAM: ACCESSING DEEP WISDOM OF DREAM-TIME - AHMAYO BOHM // GALLERY |
CIRCLE OF CONNECTION; NATURE AND CREATIVITY - ELEANOR RUCKMAN // OUTDOOR |
This workshop provides access to the "secrets” held in dream-time. Dream-time “secrets” will be revealed by selecting from hundreds of found images. Images are then collaged, creating a visual montage of the dream wisdom. We will end the workshop by dialoguing with the collage images, allowing them to “give voice” to their wisdom. All materials will be provided. Students will come away with a greater connection to direct wisdom available in dream-time. Ahmayo teaches Educaré (to draw out what pre-exists) and is dedicated to revealing the magic in what is hidden. Through art, nature and “extra-ordinary spaces” she teaches students to come into relationship with who and what they truly are.
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Participants will practice walking meditation for renewal and restoration, experiencing how movement and breath can help center, ground, and flow through creative blocks and other life challenges. Gathering found organic and discarded manufactured materials (aka trash), students will work together to build an outdoor community mandala. Setting healing intentions for ourselves and for our world, we will discuss the power of the imagination in creating peace. The instructor will provide all needed materials. Participants will experience a new-found reverence for themselves and for our environment; an increased commitment to care for self and care for our world; and inspiration about combining art and nature for healing. Eleanor enjoys painting, drawing and collage, and works as an art therapist in private practice to offer the creative process as a tool for transformation and healing.
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