‘being in the paint’ Click here for description.
Ongoing
Expressive Painting Classes …where everyone can paint!
Denie Whalen, Facilitator
Second Wednesday of the month, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
2012 – February 8, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12, October 10, November 14, December 12
No reservations or prior painting experience required. All materials supplied. $20 per class
New York Expressive Arts Studio, Albany
4 Central Ave., Albany – call for directions (518) 729-3258
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Save the dates for these local expressive arts events
JUNE 1- NYEA EXPRESSIVE PAINTINGS AT ALBANY 1ST FRIDAY CELELBRATION.
Please join the artists, old friends and new at this exhibition by the Painting Collective at NYEA.
5 to 9 p.m. in the first floor gallery space of 4 Central Ave in Albany.
Expressive yourself in our interactive “art in process”, facilitated by our artists.
FREE INTRODUCTION TO EXPRESSIVE ARTS ON JUNE 30
Are you ready to follow your creative impulse? If you have been thinking about diving into expressive arts, either for personal growth or professional development, our free June 30 Introductory Workshop is the perfect time to ‘get your feet wet’. We’ll meet in our studio space on the second floor of 4 Central Ave. in Albany from 1 – 4 p.m. and spend three hours exploring some of the basic principles of expressive arts, making some art and answering questions you might have about the Level I and II Training programs. The workshop is free and please register by emailing Denie at denwhale@earthlink.net or calling 518-729-3258.
SHARING THE FIRE 2012
The Northeast Storytelling Conference – Albany, NY - March 16-18, 2012 /
Pre-conference seminar on Friday, March 16
Presented by New York Expressive Arts Collective:
Denis Whalen, OTR/L, MA, CAGS, Director, Co-Presenter(s):Dawn D. Collins (Ouellette), M.A., CMP, Lorraine Hartin-Gelardi, Rebekah Near , Judith Prest
TRUST THE PROCESS: Expressive Arts Approach to Story-Telling
Dive down into the waters of your imagination and discover the story that is waiting to be told! This hands-on seminar uses movement, drawing, writing, music and improvisation to help participants experience the essential concepts of interdisciplinary Expressive Arts and deepen their awareness of the place where image and story reside within each individual. In a playful, non-judgmental setting, learn to trust yourself to become your own guide!
More information and to register at www.lanes.org/sharing-the-fireconference
CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES CONFERENCE in Albany, NY
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
Seminars include presentations on the impact of art, music, dance therapies, psychodrama on human wellness. The focus of the conference is on the interaction of body, mind and spirit. Conference includes attendance at three workshops and lunch,
For more information Consultation Center, 790 Lancaster St., Albany, NY 12203, 518 489 4431, consultation.center@rcda.org
EUROPEAN EXPRESSIVE ARTS SPRING SYMPOSIUM – Malta
April 25- 29, 2012
For more information www.egsuniversity@rhone.ch and
http://exartmalta2012.wordpress.com/
This year’s theme ‘ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN UNDERLAND’ takes us down the rabbit hole into the underworld to explore the unknown with the same curiosity and passion that Alice had for novelty in her journey to Wonderland.. The Symposium is an opportunity for us, like Alice, to enter the underworld, to explore and to play, to grasp the moment of time, the Kairos, and to emerge from such wonder transformed. It is designed to facilitate interdisciplinary exchanges and is an invitation to place art-making at the centre of our human existence; to help shape our world and to search for good forms for our experience.. The Symposium is open to all those who wish to experience the power of the arts in human existence. Join us in this adventure; open up to the experience of play and art-making, knowing full-well that the destination lies in the journey.
The following is from the symposium brochure and I love the metaphor of Alice in wonderland for the anyone who chooses to be in the artistic process of life
Alice’s curiosity draws her down into the rabbit hole where she encounters novelty as well as bizarre experiences – like growing big and shrinking or meeting a rabbit who is frantic about being late and a mad hatter who is forever stuck at 6 o’clock and who, in this endless space, is perpetually having nonsensical tea-parties! Her curiosity leads her to the next, with growing uncertainty of what will emerge.
We often find ourselves thrust into bewildering and unknown circumstances, even more so today since we live in a time of great uncertainty. When we learn to stay in this space with curiosity, then we increase our range of play to include new possibilities and each experience may serve to inform the next.
During the Spring Symposium, participants will have an opportunity, like Alice, to play in-between spaces of encounter and to increase their knowledge and understanding of the expressive arts practice by being immersed in the art-making process. Our conflicts and challenges in life also reflect the artist’s challenge to create within the conflicts that arise when faced with the limitations, restrictions and resistances of the artistic work. In this creative process lies an invitation to explore the creative power of the arts where other experiences may have a tendency to freeze and this transfer of knowledge can be instrumental in shaping our life experience. The group context also serves to deepen professional learning and personal growth.
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NEWS FROM NYEA GRADUATES
Count on us for updates on happenings in and around the NYEA Community! This includes workshops, exhibits, arts jams…you name it! We will post items of interest to the community; those with prior New York Expressive Arts experience are also welcome to share their news here. Send announcements to our webmaster via e-mail.
