Expressive Writing Series and More! - Your Weekly Creative Menu
Published: Sun, 01/30/22
New Events and Returning Favorites In the Next Few Months
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Expressive Writing
We welcome Anne Hofland back for another popular series of Expressive Writing Workshops. Her bio can be found here. We know that many of you are looking forward to getting started again, and we welcome anyone with an interest! We know you will love Anne's clear and gentle facilitation. She creates a safe and welcoming
container for you to access your written voice. And, Anne and Tamara are collaborating in another mini-retreat!
Expressive Writing Series
with Anne Hofland
Mondays from February 21st -March 21st
1pm-3pm EDT
The desire to tell our stories has been part of the human experience since the beginning of time, in all cultures around the world. Writing can offer us a vehicle to better understand ourselves and each other, can empower us to find our voice, and can provide a transformative and healing experience. It is also an art form, and another medium to express ourselves creatively. Everyone is
inherently a writer, and everyone can use words to create art.
Come create and share your stories in a safe and supportive environment.
Each workshop will consist of:
writing prompts
time to write,
the opportunity to share your work
the opportunity to listen and respond to others’ stories.
Sharing is always optional, and feedback is always positive.
The writing activities in the workshop will follow the Amherst Writers and Artists method, based on the premise that everyone is a writer, and everyone deserves a safe environment in which to experiment and strengthen their writing voice. No previous creative writing experience is necessary.
“I had no idea what heavy feelings I was holding back. What an honest, raw experience – full of pure love, non-judgment, and acceptance. A truly inspiring course that I would recommend over and over and over again. I will be back!” -Aly
Embracing Magic: Expressive Writing and Art Mini-Retreat
with Anne Hofland and Tamara Knapp
Friday March 25th
1pm-5pm EDT
Has there ever been a time when we were more in need of magic, of connecting with the healing power of magic in the world around us? Come search for magic with us, immerse yourself in it and explore it through creativity. In this workshop, participants will engage in both expressive writing, visual art, and movement in response to prompts related to magic, and will conjure their own magic through their
stories and images. Everyone is inherently both a writer and an artist; everyone can create art using both words and simple art materials. These creative activities can offer us a vehicle to better understand ourselves and each other, can empower us to find our voice and our vision, and can provide a transformative and healing experience. The writing activities in the workshop will follow the Amherst Writers and Artists method, based on the premise that everyone is a writer, and
everyone deserves a safe environment in which to experiment and strengthen their writing voice.
We treasure and celebrate our 2+ year partnership with Diane Lampitt. Diane's workshops continue to build a vibrant SoulCollage® community, bringing many variations of this powerful and popular process to you. You will have workshop options every month!
Discovering a Mindfulness Practice with SoulCollage®
with Diane Lampitt M.Ed.
February 8th, and again April 12
6pm-9pm EDT
If you haven't done SoulCollage® before, this is the place to start.
Discover a Mindfulness Practice with SoulCollage® is a introduction to the contemplative and insightful process of self-discovery. It gently opens you to a new way of exploring your inner wisdom. It is a practice that leads to a greater ability to be present to yourself in the here and now. It is this mindfulness energy that connects you to the unique aspects of yourself while you deepen
connections with others – all while engaging your creativity! Using simple tools – scissors, glue, magazine images, and mat board – you create cards that are uniquely yours. This process honors your own time, pace, inner-language and spirituality.
The Labyrinth and SoulCollage® are spiritual tools that help us navigate our life journey as well as access our own inner resources and wisdom. This workshop will offer background and insights to better understand and experience the Labyrinth. We will engage in a reflective experience using a finger Labyrinth combined with a creative expression through SoulCollage®. The Labyrinth and SoulCollage® both give us a way to integrate mind, body, and spirit allowing us to develop a deeper awareness of ourselves and the world around us.
A SoulCollage® kit will be prepared and mailed to you prior to the workshop
This workshop is for those who have taken an Introduction to SoulCollage® workshop. It is an invitation to take a deep dive into the process to learn about and explore the Council suit. Cards in the Council Suit represent different archetypal energies, energies that are universal patterns or
themes. Some of these Larger Story archetypes enter and act in one’s personal and local story. They are guides and challengers, as in the other suits, but on a larger scale. Your Council cards may help you identify your unique and personal purpose. We will place a focus on the various archetypes representing Mother energy.
Our monthly live Expressive Arts Workshop February, March and April dates are open for registration.
90 minutes of intermodal Expressive Arts to connect with yourself and with others.
Listen to what stirs inside of you.
Listen to your longing.
Learn about Expressive Arts by engaging in it!
Make Art. Tune in. Be aware of the images that are waiting to emerge. Explore creating those images with simple art materials. Let the images speak – in words, in movement, perhaps. Be amazed. Find your way.
Share the gifts that your images bring. Connect with others.
Witness yourself and each other. Just witness. There is nothing that needs to be said or done.
Based on the enthusiastic response in 2021, Kathleen is refining the 2022 schedule, and we will publish it soon. In addition to the series, (which can also be taken as individual workshops) Kathleen is planning a couple of day-long workshops for a fuller, more intimate dive in to some of the favorite themes. Exploring Your Ecological Self will be announced for April.
Professional Development Training Workshops
Expressive Arts Around the World
This year, our Professional Development workshops will be offered between April and October. We will be welcoming back some of our/your favorite presenters, as well as adding s few more. These workshops provide expressive arts students and professionals an opportunity to learn from expert practitioners from around the world. Stay tuned, as we are working on the schedule now.
Intermodal Expressive Arts Certificate Training Program
We are accepting applications for March
EAFI 110: Dive Into Expressive Arts
Immerse yourself into Expressive Arts process, including visual art, sound, music, movement, drama, writing, and guided meditation. In a safe and supportive retreat atmosphere, set an intention and follow the thread of your own creative process and imagery through a series of guided experiences. Experiential in nature, this course is a great introduction to the power of intermodal expressive arts. It is a gift to yourself!
There is no charge to participate in Open Studio. Donations gratefully accepted at the link provided below. We are grateful to be able to gather in creative community to connect, share, and witness each other's images and work.
Join our creative circle of support; begin with a guided meditation focused on self-compassion and move into 2+ hours of open creative time. During the last half hour we witness and share. Join from wherever you are in the world.
Join us via Zoom to gather in creative community. We will continue to evaluate current health and safety recommendations and will update you when we are able to safely return to an in-person studio. Drop in via Zoom, Relax, and have fun- bring a project you are working on, or start something new.
We will be raising the prices slightly on March 1. If you have been wanting to dive into Creative Wisdom, Introduction to Mandala, or any of the others,
register before March 1 to get the current rate.
Expressive arts therapy is a multimodal, holistic approach to counseling. It acknowledges the complexity of human experience by facilitating the client in exploring all aspects of the self, by inquiring through the imagination and the body about subjective experience, and expanding the play space to allow for new possibilities and shifts in consciousness that lead to desired changes in one’s
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OUR MISSION
Through workshops, programs, certificate training, and therapy Expressive Arts Florida Institute empowers individuals, groups and communities by cultivating the creative wisdom inherent in all.
