Graduates – we’ll publish your expressive arts event

All graduates of NYEA and Glass Lake Studio trainings are invited to send news of expressive arts related events and happenings to Denie for publication on our website Bulletin Board.

New York Expressive Arts at Albany’s 1st Friday – June

Plan to stop by on June 1 during Albany’s 1st Friday to see the awesome paintings of several of the painters from the monthly expressive painting class at NYEA. The paintings will be shown in the beautiful gallery space of the ground floor of 4 Central where our studio is located. Come to see how trusting the process can lead into the imaginal world of color and line.

Meet the artists, participate in an interactive art piece….make art on the spot.

Hope to see you there.

 

 

NYEA at March Storytelling Conference

MESSAGE FROM DENIE-

Pre-conference seminar by New York Expressive Arts Collective a great success!!!!

After flirting with each other for years, storytelling and expressive arts have made contact after a a very successful first date at the Northeast Storytelling Conference in Albany on March 16 and continuing through this weekend. The 4-hour seminar explored several art modalities, slowly and with intention to build toward finding and leaning on each person’s inner guiding voice that had a story to tell. During the last hour, as we sat around our ‘camp fire’ of red threads and natural materials, we imagined our way in and through our stories, finally into the stories of our heart that were waiting to be told. Participants noted how a strong sense of community developed naturally through our time together, an environment that nurtured intuition,imagination and connection. Thanks to Judith Prest, Bekah Near, Dawn Collins and especially Lorraine Hartin-Gelardi who was the catalyst for our participation. Let’s do it again next year, Denie

I hope that anyone interested in how expressive arts principles and practice can be integrated into specific art modalities will join me and my colleagues at the Northeast Storytelling Conference for the pre-seminar on March 16 entitled, ‘TRUST THE PROCESS –  The Expressive Arts Approach to Storytelling.”

The new phone contact information for New York Expressive Arts is 518-729-3258. Both the mailing address at P.O. Box 3, Feura Bush, NY 12067 and the email address, denie@newyorkexpressivearts, remain the same. You can also reach me at denwhale@nycap.rr.com.

Please stay in touch and keep making art.

Denie

SHARING THE FIRE 2012

The Northeast Storytelling Conference – Albany, NY

March 16-18, 2012

A collective of expressive arts practitioners from New York Expressive Arts will present a pre-seminar on Friday, March 16 from 1 to 5 pm. entitled “TRUST THE PROCESS: The Expressive Arts Approach to Storytelling”. Presenters include Dawn Collins, Lorraine Hartin, Bekah Near, Steve Podry, Judith Prest and Denie Whalen. More information at www.lanes.org/sharing-the-fireconference

Yaacov Naor presents workshop at NYEA, October 15 & 16

TAKING CARE OF HEART WISHES: SELF CARE IN THE HERE AND NOW

New York Expressive Arts (NYEA) is hosting a two-day intensive with Yaacov Naor on October 15 and 16 (Saturday 11am to 7pm and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm) at 4 Central, Albany, NY.

This workshop is about all of us and can be a starting point for changing attitudes about caring for ourselves in a world that often demands production, achievement and speed over mindful and imaginative action. Yaacov (one of the leading and most playful and soulful practitioners in the field of psychodrama and the expressive arts), will bring his many years of experience in psychodrama, therapeutic theater and expressive arts approaches to this dynamic, active yet gentle unmasking process. Participants will have an opportunity to explore the different ways we internalize experiences in the role of the aggressor and the victim which shape our thinking about self care. Many of us have encountered people who are aggressive towards themselves through alcohol, drug abuse, over eating, under achieving, over working and other self abusive strategies.
This is usually the result of growing up with criticism and judgmental emotional atmosphere. We become unwilling victims of ourselves. We create inner enemies. This kind of development can affect our relationships with others. As we move toward unmasking our hidden tendencies, we increase the possibility of seeing alternative ways of being in the world and eventually acting out of them.

Cost is $100.00 To reserve your space and/or for more information – email denie@newyorkexpressivearts.com or call 518 768-2708.

From Denie………I have known Yaacov Naor from the beginning of my expressive arts adventure and he is now a treasured friend and colleague. When I think of him and the compassionate and courageous work that he has done for so many years, I think of something that can only be said about a purely non-judgmental person, that “nothing human is foreign to him”. His mind is clear and sharp and his heart is big. This is a workshop you will never forget.

About YAACOV NAOR MA CAGS TEP
Yaacov is the Founder and Director of ISIS ISRAEL: a Psychodrama and Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy Center in Tel-Aviv. He is a certified therapist and trainer in these fields and has been teaching in these areas in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and Israel for the last 30 years. Since 1986 he has been leading special psychodramatic dialogue groups for second and third generation Holocaust survivors together with young Germans, and between Palestinians and Israelis.

NYEA offers advanced expressive arts training beginning Fall 2011

… deeper exploration of theory and practice …

This 3-weekend intensive training course is designed for serious students ready to investigate the practice of Expressive Arts through a deeper understanding of theoretical concepts and their application to practice. Using the arts as a springboard for our learning, this course will include components of experiential and didactic teaching, supporting both personal growth and professional development. We encourage students with previous Expressive Arts training and/or related experience to apply.

Training topics will include:

· The change process from an Expressive Arts model

· Expanded resources through Expressive Arts readings by leaders in the field

· Deeper understanding of philosophical foundations including phenomenology, Poiesis and multiplicity in the arts

· Practice of Expressive Arts facilitation methods and feedback on students’ strengths/challenges

COURSE DATES: November 4, 5, 6;  February 10, 11, 12; and April 27, 28, 29. Weekends begin on Friday morning and end on Sunday afternoon.

Cost is $1,500 – early bird by September 15 is $1,350. Payment plan available.

COURSE TIMES:  Friday: 11AM-7PM; Saturday: 10AM-6PM; Sunday: 9AM-4PM

For further information or to apply, please contact Denie Whalen (denie@newyorkexpressivearts.com)

COURSE INSTRUCTORS:

Denie Whalen is a retired occupational therapist who now directs New York Expressive Arts, a community-based arts organization. In addition to coordinating the expressive arts training program at NYEA, Denie facilitates expressive painting classes at her studio in Albany and works with women in recovery and persons living with mental illness. She received her expressive arts training at the European Graduate School. More information at www.newyorkexpressivearts.com

Rebekah Windmiller is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Registered Expressive Arts Therapist, and dance artist. Stemming from 25 years of experience as a choreographer, Rebekah work strongly connects artistic practice with the wisdom of the psyche. As the founder of the nycExpressive Arts Studio, she trained M.A. level students and guided professionals to gain licensure. She has worked with a range of adults with mental illness and addiction, taught workshops, lectured and advised students throughout her 10 years of experience. She holds an M.A. and C.A.G.S. from the European Graduate School. Rebekah lives and works in New York City.

It’s time to have the time of your life through the arts …

Accepting applications for the 2011-12 expressive arts training program!

NEW YORK EXPRESSIVE ARTS (NYEA), located in Albany, New York, specializes in personal and professional development and community building through the arts.

We are currently accepting applications for the one-weekend-a-month expressive arts training program from September through May for both practicing professionals in related fields and for persons who are exploring their own personal enrichment. No previous artistic training or experience is required, only a willingness to explore.

A free introductory workshop is planned for Saturday, August 20 at the Albany studio location of NYEA.

Beginning in 2011, NYEA will offer a second year of experiential training that will focus on deepening understanding of the theory that supports therapeutic use of the arts as well as application of expressive arts methods. Master’s degrees and post-graduate study options are available through our affiliated summer program at the European Graduate School in Switzerland.

Call Denie at 518-768-2708 or email denie@newyorkexpressivearts.com for more information.