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Dear Creative Friend, In last week's newsletter, we focused on the arts as a language for connecting with, and expressing the emotions. The expressive arts allow us to witness and understand
our inner landscape in a rich and potent way. Today, we want to extend this idea into the realm of story. Fay Wilkinson, REACE, is a 'Storycatcher", using innovative expressive arts practices to discover and tell the untold. Fay, a wonderful friend and colleague based in rural Ontario, Canada, has been a treasured guest presenter in our Expressive Arts in the World course for many years. We had such a powerful experience in her 2024 presentation that we asked her to create this workshop series - Bridging into Story: Exploring Ways to Tell the Untold - for our online community. And it is coming up in
February! My recent experience with Fay's storycatcher approach, yielded this: I began by spontaneously choosing an image of colored threads, from a Maiwa catalogue I had near by. Then, using some simple prompts that Fay offered, I wrote the following: Once there was a box of threads in every
color of the earth. And everyday an old woman would take the lid off the box and look with her eyes, touch with hands, and dream with her heart, about what she could stitch with them. But she didn't stitch a thing. Until one day the rusty orange thread fell out of the box and onto the floor. And because of that the woman picked up the thread, grabbed an old ragged
tea towel from her drawer, and to stitch. She stitched every day, sometimes from dawn until dusk, and even far into the night. Until finally she had used every thread of every color, and she had stitched a new world - a world she wanted us all to live in. And, ever since, we all have. This story has stayed with me over the months since Fay's workshop. It taught me something I didn't know about myself; something I was carrying that took the arts process to make visible. It gave me language for something previously unexpressed, and a perspective on my unfolding life journey. And
I am deeply grateful for that. Scroll down to learn more about Fay's work and consider this opportunity to work with her. Fay offers accessible, simple, creative processes that will transport you! And remember -
Art as a Healing Practice is offered at a 40 % discount just until the
end of January. It is another potent way to discover and honor more about your longings and inner experience. In one module, you list and explore your 'creative steppingstones', which I will write more about next week. I also want to point out that both Bridging into Story and Art as a Healing Practice are great examples of expressive arts facilitation, not
therapy. Although deeply healing, they are carefully crafted to empower the participant as their own guide. While we deeply value, practice, and train expressive arts therapy at EAFI, we lift up and highlight the facilitator path and the many innovative ways of offering this work in the world. If you would like a carefully crafted structure for your art and healing journey, we are offering a 40% discount on the Art as a Healing Practice workshop series. This special price will remain in effect until January 31st. Use the coupon code NEWYEAR2025 Art as a Healing Practice helped me discover a genuine expression of myself. With Kathleen's excellent guidance, we explored, through meditations and our artwork, the deep messages our art offered up to
us. This program helped me navigate through grief and was profoundly healing. ~ Terry |
With love and gratitude, Tamara, Kathleen, and the Expressive Arts Florida team
Are you looking for some new and innovative ways to bridge into metaphorical but truth-full stories? Join us next month (February 4th, 11th & 18th) for Bridging Into Story: Exploring Ways to Tell the Untold a 3 part
online workshop series featuring H. Fay Wilkinson. Learn creative and innovative storytelling strategies you can use with yourself and others. Fay always brings a treasure trove of ideas and practices to her workshops! Register for the whole series and save 10%! Fay has taught me to expand my perceptions using techniques that have shown
me new ways of looking at myself, my relationships, my world.
I am forever transformed and forever grateful!!!
Renee
On Friday, March 21st we have a special IN-PERSON Training collaboration with Eliana Gil, Kathleen, and Tamara that
will provide CEUs for Play Therapists, LMHC, LCSW, LMFT. Sand, Soul, & Metaphor is an integrative training in Sarasota that weaves together the threads of Sand, Play and Expressive Arts therapies into a dynamic intermodal journey that will nourish you and enliven your work. The three of us are delighted to join together and offer you the synergy of our combined experiential work. With 7 CEU's! The final opportunity to complete the Certificate Training Program in its final form will be in April, starting with EAFI 110 Dive into Expressive Arts. This course can also be taken as a stand alone course and counts for 18 CEU's for LMHC, LMFT and LCSW. If you would like
to attend an upcoming course or have questions, please email us at admin@expressiveartsflorida.com. |
Would you like to share your personal practice images? Our private Facebook group is a sanctuary for witnessing one another. (If you are a new member, please be sure to answer the questions and agree to the rules. That helps us to hold a safe and welcoming space.) |
February 13th, March 10th and April 17th Expressive Arts Discovery monthly sessions are back! Learn more here!
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February 4th, 11th, 18th (1-3pm EST) A 3 part online storytelling workshop series featuring Fay Wilkinson! Register for all 3 sessions and save. Learn more here!
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Open Studio February 7 10-1 Join Kathleen and Tamara with our local creative community to connect and engage, explore, and
witness. 1031 S. Euclid Ave, Sarasota Room 9 Registration not required.
This is an IN-PERSON Training collaboration with Eliana Gil, Kathleen, and Tamara that will provide CEUs for Play Therapists, LMHC, LCSW, LMFT. Register early - we expect this to fill up!
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All Self-Study Courses contain detailed, yet approachable instructions, videos, and meditations facilitated by Kathleen & Tamara. The imagery and guidance from this work can assist you, whether dipping your
toes into expressive arts or seeking a deeper connection. *All courses come with lifetime access so you can refer back to them at any time! *No previous art experience
is necessary! |
Featured Self-Study Course 40% OFF! use NEWYEAR2025 coupon code Give as a gift! |
Art as a Healing Practice
Art as a Healing Practice is an expressive arts workshop series of 9 themed lessons
that embrace the positive power of creative work/play to change your life. Kathleen has expertly crafted each process to guide you as you explore yourself deeply and freely through nature, guided meditation, the arts, and writing. Along the way, you can deepen your relationship with your creativity, access your own creative wisdom, improve your overall wellbeing, discover a satisfying personal
practice, and empower and transform your life.
If you are an LMHC, LCSW, or LMFT you can earn a certificate of completion and receive 12 CEU's. *No prior art or expressive arts experience is necessary. |
Tamara is accepting new expressive arts therapy clients seeking support using to heal and grow. Using her expertise in expressive arts and a compassionate approach, she helps clients access their inner strengths and create the change they need in their
lives. To inquire about services, you can go HERE, call/text 941-444-9585 or email tknappcounseling@gmail.com ~Tamara and Kathleen Tamara Teeter Knapp MA, NCC, LMHC, REACE® Kathleen Horne MA, LMHC(S), REACE®, REAT® www.expressiveartsflorida.com |
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