Hello Creative Ones!
Will you join us Thursday for our next Professional Development Workshop? We welcome back Markus G. Scott Alexander
Markus will take us through the practice, theory, and philosophy of "Direct Knowledge" and how metaphor is used by both the thinker/feeler in us and the "Knower" that is also us. Visual Art, Movement, and Writing will be used in this experiential master class that bridges the gap between artist and mystic.
"Excellent! Extremely engaging, highly informative, involving all my centers of knowing for a more embodied experience of learning" -FS
The Mystic and the Artist: Exploring the Dynamic Interplay
with Markus G. Scott-Alexander
Thursday May 26th
6pm-8:30pm EDT
Who we are is informed by our growing sense of what we are. The Mystic expands our awareness, and The Artist tracks that expansion with wonder and skill. How this dynamic interplay of the imaginal realm and the mystical realm is brought to our clients will be explored and discussed. This experiential and theoretical
workshop will bridge the gap between the dynamic Knower and the intuitive thinker/feeler.
Markus G. Scott-Alexander, PhD, REAT , is an international leader in the field of intermodal expressive arts therapy education. At the European Graduate School he worked alongside EXA pioneer Paolo Knilll for 25 years, until Paolo’s passing in
2020.
He is currently living in Alberta, Canada and is the director of World Arts Organization. www.worldartsorg.com. Markus is the author of Expressive Arts Education and
Therapy, (2020), Brill Publishing
"Markus, you are a tender soul. The sensation that I had was that my future clients were being held by you"-EM
Markus has been active in the Expressive Arts field since 1985. Included in this photo of Markus from earlier days are Natalie Rogers and Maria Gonzalez-Blue; esteemed leaders and shapers of the field. This work has such a rich and inspiring history!
I would take the class again in a heartbeat and I am sure I would learn so much more! What a wonderful gift to study with Markus!" -PS
The Emotional Landscape
with Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE, REAT
Tomorrow!
Monday May 23
6-9 pm EDT
Online via Zoom
In this workshop, you will be invited to look within and explore your current emotional state. This is a powerful and helpful way to connect with yourself in the present moment, and bring your compassionate mindful attention to your inner experience.
By considering our emotions as a landscape, we are invited to move from the literal to the imaginal and to engage with the complexity of the inner territory and discover its wisdom through image-making and writing.
You can develop this as an ongoing practice, continuing to use the recorded meditation and resources on your own.
No previous art-making experience is needed.
Expressive Arts Discovery
Listen. Learn. Make Art. Witness. Discover.
June 24th 1pm-2:30pm EDT
Learn about Expressive Arts by engaging in it! Listen to what stirs inside of you. Respond to your longing. Make Art. Tune in. Be aware of the images that are waiting to emerge. Explore creating those images with simple art
materials and let the images speak - in words, movement, or sound, perhaps. Be amazed. Find your way. Share the gifts that your images bring. Connect with others and witness. There is nothing that needs to be said or done. Discover your next step.
Reconnecting to Our Own Nature and the Soul of the World
with Hector Aristizabal
Monday June 13th
6pm-8:30pm EDT
How can Deep Ecology and The Work that Reconnects illuminate the work that we do as expressive arts therapists? The world's ecosystems and social systems seem to be collapsing under the unsustainable effects of the Industrial Growth Society and its devastating exploitation
of nature. Our delusional belief that we are separate from nature or above nature has guided the hubris of our destructive behavior to the point of causing the sixth mass extinction of what some have called the Antropocene. Art and ritual have offered us symbolic paths for healing our connection to our deep soul as ways to connect to the soul of the world. Let's explore together some of these paths!
SoulCollage® Council Suit: Mother Archetype
with Diane Lampitt, M.Ed.
Thursday June 16th
6pm-9pm EDT
What does the Archetype Great Mother, the Divine Feminine, or Mother Earth mean to you? The Great Mother is the oldest of all archetypal forms. She represents fertility, she controls nature, she is both patient and fierce, and so much more! Join us for this SoulCollage®
workshop as we explore the Council Suit with a focus on the Great Mother and explore how this energy resonates within you.
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.
Pre-registration is necessary. U.S. residents please register 1 week prior to workshop date; International Participants should register at least 2 weeks prior to workshop date. A SoulCollage® kit will be mailed to you
Listening to the Body
From the Art as a Healing Practice Series
with Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE, REAT
Monday June 20th
6-9 pm EDT
Online via Zoom
In this workshop you will be guided to listen deeply to your body's wisdom. Through art-making and writing this wisdom becomes visible and accessible. This wisdom can then be taking into your life in a way that brings healing and positive change. You can develop this as an
ongoing practice, continuing to use the recorded meditation and resources on your own. I This Art as a Healing Practice workshop will allow you to witness yourself, in the present, through a series of gentle and powerful expressive arts practices.
From Chaos to Flow; From Flow to Stillness
with Mitchell Kossak
Thursday June 23rd
6pm-8:30pm EDT
In this workshop we will explore the different kinds of rhythmic energies that might be guiding our mind/body connections. The ability to charge and discharge energy or tension in the body are important aspects of health. Being rhythmically attuned to tension patterns, how tension is built and
released in breathing patterns, movement, sound, art making, poetry is an important aspect of health and well-being. When we regulate our rhythms, it also reaches beyond our individual self, connecting into an extended field of resonance to others in our lives, communities and to a greater collective consciousness. In this workshop we will explore different ways that engagement in art activities can help us to re-regulate our psychobiology, bringing us back in alignment with our true
self.
Intermodal Expressive Arts Certificate Training Program
2022 Training Program Dates are On Our Website
EAFI 120: Expressive Arts for Body, Mind, and Spirit
June 4th -11th (online)
The focus of this course is on Intermodal Expressive Arts as a holistic field, effecting change in all aspects of human experience: body, mind and spirit. The course will explore ways in which the different arts modalities bring growth and change, and how they work together as a holistic model. A variety of individual and group experiential processes will be introduced which focus on physical,
emotional, mental, and spiritual experience. Students will utilize the mandala as a form that incorporates mind, body, spirit and also be introduced to Touch Drawing (TM) as a modality that encompasses many aspects of the self.
Online Open Studios
Join us from anywhere to create!
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.
with Kathleen
Online via Zoom
Tuesday June 21st only this month
1pm-4pm EDT
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.
with Tamara
Online via Zoom
Wed. June 8th and 22nd
10am-1pm EDT
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 taking a break for the month of July to rest, reflect, and reconnect with family. There will be no Workshops or Open Studios in July; and it may take a bit longer to reply to emails. Your Weekly e-news will still arrive each Sunday to inspire
you. It might be a good time to dive into one of our complimentary creative resources or self-study workshops. We look forward to seeing you again, online via ZOOM, refreshed and ready for what August and beyond has to bring. All our August offerings are listed on our website.
Complimentary Creative Resources
Our Gift to You
We offer these gifts to you in service of your expressive arts journey and practice and hope that you enjoy the process of discovering what lies within your own creative life. We welcome you to share in Your Personal Expressive Arts Practice Facebook group, if you like. Creating and being witnessed is powerful medicine!
SELF-STUDY TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS...
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EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY
Telehealth and in-person
Tamara Teeter Knapp, MA, REACE, NCC, MHC Intern
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
life. More
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.
We are proud to be an Organizational Member
We look forward to seeing you!
Kathleen,Tamara, Victoria
- Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE, REAT
- Tamara Teeter Knapp, MA, MHC Intern, NCC, K-12 Art, REACE
- Victoria Domenichello-Anderson, MA, REACE
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