Hello Creative Ones!

We are thrilled to welcome back Pat B. Allen and Rhonda Johnson as they share an online workshop that will challenge us through Expressive Arts to address major societal concerns and needs, beginning with ourselves.

Transforming our racial awareness is an inside job.  Using Open Studio Process (OSP) we will identify points in personal history that make up our racial understanding.  We invite you to join us in an exploration of the strengths and vulnerabilities in our personal and collective stories.

Your Storylines:

Exploring Points of Inflection in Racial Awareness, 

an Open Studio Process Experience 

with Pat B. Allen & Rhonda Johnson

New Date: Friday December 2

1-3:30 pm ET Online via Zoom

Certificate Training Program 

2023 Dates and Courses

• January 17-20 EAFI 120: Expressive Arts Body, Mind, Spirit (online)
• March 28-31 EAFI 110: Dive into Intermodal Expressive Arts (online)
• Beginning in April EAFI 220: Expressive Arts in the World (Online)
• May/June (specific dates announced soon) EAFI 230: Business and Profession of Expressive Arts (online)
• October 17-20 EAFI 130: Scope of Expressive Arts (in-person)
• October 24-27 EAFI 210: Foundations of Expressive Arts (in-person)

All core courses will be offered online, except EAFI 130 and 210, which will be offered in-person. We are continuing to align our training with IEATA's REACE and REAT requirements. 

Online Open Studio

with Kathleen

1st + 3rd Thursdays 

Nov. 15, 1-4 pm ET

Come join us for some art making. We will begin with a guided meditation, then open art-making time in creative community. You can drop in, stay for an hour or the whole time.

With Gratitude and Excitement we look forward to our

IN PERSON CREATIVE EVENTS.  

Thursday December 1st at First Congregational Church.

In Person Open Studio

10am -1pm

Bring something you've been working on, or find yourself called to create in the circle. There is no charge for Open Studio. Donations are always welcome and never required.  First Congregational Church is located at 1031 S Euclid Ave. Sarasota, FL

EMERGE -  An Expressive Arts Workshop  follows later that day

2pm-5pm

What does the word “emerge” awaken in you? An emergence from the pandemic? From the effects of the hurricane? What are you emerging into?  

Last month we began with a labyrinth walk and then used a writing and painting process on black canvas; 

This time we will continue our exploration of the theme using the Art as a Healing Practice model. This will include nature-witnessing, guided meditation, visual art, intermodal explorations, writing and witnessing. We will have a few basic supplies to share, and/or you can bring your own. We also invite you to bring something from nature that speaks to you of the theme of ’emerge’ or ’emergence’. This could be a natural object or a photo. We encourage pre-registration.. If we have space, we will accept walk-in registrations

Open Studio and EMERGE will be facilitated by Kathleen and Tamara- We'd love to see you there!

Live Online Offerings

ART as a HEALING PRACTICE Workshops

Happening Monday!

Centering with the Mandala

with Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE, REAT

Monday, November 7

6-9 pm EDT

Online via Zoom

Discover the gentle power of creating a personal mandala to invoke centering  and integration.

Creating within a circle invokes a sense of wholeness and invites us to connect with our essence.

“The self-care of an Expressive Arts workshop with Kathleen becomes care for the world by some beautiful alchemy that brings the benefits of the session beyond the personal to the global. Mend and heal the self. Mend and heal the world.”  A recent Art as a Healing Practice workshop participant

Coming Up: Ecological Self on 11-21 and Synthesis on 12-5

 SoulCollage® Workshops

Exploring the SoulCollage® Companion Suit: Discover one of your Animal Guides

with Diane Lampitt, M.Ed. SoulCollage® Facilitator

Thursday, November 17

6-9 pm

Online via Zoom

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 Companion suit. It includes a guided meditation designed to help you discover your own animal companions who inhabit each of our body’s Seven main Chakras, or energy centers. Card making and reading will be a part of honoring our time together.

Coming Up: SoulCollage®: Receiving Counsel from the Council Suit on 12-8

Expressive Arts Discovery

Monday Nov. 14, 7-8:30 pm

Online via Zoom

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 community..

Witness yourself and each other. Just witness. There is nothing that needs to be said or done.

Expressive Arts Therapy with Tamara Teeter Knapp, MA, NCC, MHC Intern

Expressive arts therapy is a multimodal approach to counseling that is holistic and acknowledges the complexity of being human. Grounded in humanistic principles, it is assumed that each person has what they need to heal and grow into the best version of themselves. Using different art forms, clients discover inner resources, build new coping strategies, develop their strengths, and come to know themselves more fully. The therapist serves as a guide and a companion on the client’s healing journey by providing invitations to express feelings and thoughts through creative exploration. This type of counseling considers the whole person, which includes the imagination and new possibilities while honoring the present or current issues that the client is struggling with. Expressive arts therapy incorporates mindfulness skills, somatic awareness, and is trauma sensitive as it enables clients to express what is held in their bodies through more than just words. It is a gentle and supportive process that is guided by the therapist but led by the client.