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Mission Statement:
We are
founded on a firm belief in the positive power of every person's creativity. We
are committed to the practice, education, advocacy, and expansion of the
Expressive Arts in our community and beyond. We offer opportunities for vital
creative expression to diverse people of all ages and life circumstances,
fostering wellbeing, empowerment, community building, and positive social and
global change.
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Expressive Arts Florida invites you to
explore the power of personal creative expression. We offer a variety
of experiences to guide and inspire you, no matter what your prior
"art" experience is. Discover your unique creative pathways to inner
wisdom. Authentic creative expression fosters wellness, connection,
community and social change.
Come visit our
working studio, take a workshop or class, see our inspirational gallery
of community programs, or schedule us to create a specialized program
at your location or ours. Expressive arts integrates visual art, creative writing, dance, poetry, movement, music, drama.
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Do you have a specific workshop, class, or event in mind? Would you like us to create a session for your group, team, or family?
Contact us to discuss options!
We enjoy customize and personalizing the Expressive Arts to meet your specific needs.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge
is limited. Imagination encircles the world"
Albert Einstein
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Remember that you can earn
CEU's for some of our
workshops!
Collaborative Art-Making
Touch Drawing
Art as a Healing Practice
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Maureen Freehill Butoh Dance Practice 
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To register for Deborah Koff-Chapin's March 21 Touch Drawing Workshop, click here
and go to "events schedule" page
To see Deborah do a Touch Drawing
demo, click here
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"The power of the expressive arts to transform"
Lisa's Writing
My art is gone
It feels wrong
My heart is hard and broken
And I am alone.
I fell off my toes
And no one knows
How the peace can reach -----me
To find the creative flowl
This healing art
Has been a start
Carried on the wings of truth
I'm digging the well
Hoping to tell
Of the water I have found
You point the way
I want to stay----
In that Holy place
Lisa's Comment:
"The gifts
and talents are sometimes hidden in this tapestry of life, not gone."
Comment from audience member:
"My heart
opened and I felt renewed, when I watched her dance."
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Hello and welcome to our new monthly newsletter!
We are excited to share with you our
new online newsletter and the possibilities it provides for in-depth news and
improved communication!
January has been a creative and busy time at
Expressive Arts Florida. We have seen many of you at the exhibits, special
events, workshops, networking, and/or online.
Over 20 artists have participated in one or
both of our community exhibits: Images of Soul:
A Community Touch Drawing Exhibit and
Expressive Arts in Motion. Both are new
for us, and we anticipate each one becoming an annual event. Several artists
showed their work for the first time in each of these exhibits. On January 22 we hosted our Special Event Night for Expressive Arts in Motion Artists, and their invited
guests. Together we took the art "off the walls" and brought it into motion
through dance, poetry, music, and dramatic enactment. It was inspiring and moving,
as you can see from the photos below! Expressive Arts is a multi-modal arts
practice, and we are committed to creating ways to bring the gallery exhibits
into a fuller, more enlivening experience. Art in Motion,
coming up in early March, is a direct outgrowth of all the energy generated by
this exhibit. Read on.
Our monthly networking group was
treated to a wonderful collage experience facilitated by
Linda Maree. Thank you, Linda!
We have lots to offer in the next few months!
You may want to be involved in our upcoming Mandala
Exhibit, Touch Drawing
Retreat with Deborah Koff-Chapin, or Butoh
Dance Workshop with Maureen Freehill.
We are also offering Expressive Arts Takes Form, a cloth doll workshop,
and an open studio exploring Touch Drawing and Fabric. Details below. And, of
course, our ongoing offerings: Art as a Healing
Practice, monthly Touch Drawing,
Expressive Arts Networking, and our Online Mentoring and Support Group for
Expressive Arts Facilitators.
     Photos from
"Expressive Arts in Motion"
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Current and Ongoing
Expressive Arts in Motion: A Community Exhibit
There is still time to visit; it continues
through Feb. 13. Thank you so much to the 18 artists
represented in this incredible collection
of 2-D and 3-D art and writing. Gallery visitors have been
fascinated! The artists are:
Elizabeth
Bornstein, Muff Calderon, Therese Carmelite, Victoria Domenichello-Anderson, Sandra
Dryden, Melanie DuToit, Kathleen Horne, Sylvia Kornelsen, Tamara Teeter Knapp,
Deborah
Koff-Chapin, Judy Lyon, Deb McKeever, Joane Nevin, Lisa Peet-Lubin, Ginny
Reynolds, Linda Wenmark, Cynthia Widman, Wolfe Zucker
    
Art as a
Healing Practice
Friday mornings; 9-11:30 with Kathleen
$35 per session; materials provided.
Call or email to reserve you space.
Upcoming themes: Feb. 5: Working with Polarities; Feb. 12:
Mandala;
Feb. 19: Bringing it All Together
"Art as a Healing Practice" is a gentle and
powerful process, integrating guided meditation, visual art, writing and
sharing/witnessing. The power of creativity brings healing and light to
personal challenges, facilitating positive change.
Next series begins March 5 and runs for 6 weeks.
Touch Drawing
Wed. February 17; 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
$35 includes supplies. Call or email by
Monday to reserve your space in Wednesday session. See www.touchdrawing.com
for more information about the process.
Third Wednesday
of each month.
Expressive Arts Community Networking:
Wed.
Feb. 24, 6:30 - 8:30
This is an
opportunity for Expressive Arts practitioners to connect and network with one
another. Last Wed. of each month. $10 hosting fee. This month's guest
facilitator is Maureen
Freehill, and she will be introducing Butoh Dance. This is a great
opportunity; read on to learn more about Maureen and her upcoming workshop!
ONLINE
Mentoring and Support
Group for Expressive Arts Facilitators
This group is now in its fourth month. If you are a
beginning facilitator, or are launching a new phase of your expressive arts
practice, this might be for you. Facilitated by Kathleen, the group provides both professional guidance and peer support. Topics
are introduced both by the facilitator and group
members. We are currently a group of six, and the
maximum is 10.
New enrollment is at the beginning of
each month. Sign up now for February.
Geographical barriers do not apply. $50 per month; unlimited use;
simple user-friendly format. 1
month commitment required. Call or email for more info.
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Upcoming
Exhibits
Expressive
Arts Florida: A Creative Collaboration
Feb. 19- March 13
This exhibit is an
opportunity for the four of us: Elizabeth Bornstein, Tamara.
Teeter Knapp, Kathleen
Horne, and Victoria Domenichello-Anderson, to
showcase our own art work.
Individual and collaborative art, in a variety of
media, will be included.
Sale items also available.
Mandalas for Healing and Creative
Expression
A Community Exhibit
March 17 - April 10
We are delighted to
announce this exhibit, our second annual! We invite Mandala art from anyone in the
community (or beyond). The entry form will be available on our website by Feb. 15.
Here are some images from
last year's show:
 
Special
Events
Exploring Touch Drawing and Fabric
"An exciting combination"
Saturday Feb. 27; 10 am-3 pm
Join Kathleen for an open studio; learn how
to mount your touch drawings on fabric, and paint, sew, or quilt them. This
will be a wide open exploration; so bring your ideas, your curiosity, your
willingness to explore. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; come anytime and stay as long as you
like. Bring your (dry) touch drawings, some unbleached muslin or other fabric,
your paints, sewing supplies, fabric or paper scraps, matte medium, and more. Cooperatively priced at $15-$40; please pay
what you can within this range.
Email or call for more info. Please reserve your space by 2 days ahead.
Introduction to Butoh Dance Practice
Coming
to Our Senses
A
somatic arts mini-retreat with Maureen "momo" Freehill, MFA
Sunday Feb. 28; 1-6 pm; $60; at Expressive Arts Florida
"Not thinking,
only soul." - Kazuo Ohno, butoh dance founder and master.
Participants
will learn the basic philosophy, history & practice of BUTOH, a 50 year old
body-based performing art, in the lineage of its Japanese founder Kazuo Ohno.
Instructor Maureen "momo" Freehill lived and studied with him in
Japan for 5 years and has performed and taught Butoh since 1993. For the past
13 months she has presented at least one Butoh performance EVERY DAY (see http://dailydance.net)
You will
leave the retreat with enough knowledge of the connections between Butoh and
daily life to continue to study & practice as well as have greater
appreciation & understanding when witnessing Butoh performances. Specific
focus will be on grounding our bodies and energy in the present moment; dance
inspired by poetic imagery and the natural world; enlivening engagement with
our inner and outer landscapes, and using our sensual experience and active
imagination to create unique spontaneous dances and original choreography for
stage and film.
This
workshop is appropriate for EVERY BODY. No prior dance experience needed. Butoh
practice can enhance and add depth to any artistic medium, personal growth work
or spiritual practice. This is a rare opportunity in our area; Maureen is
visiting from the Pacific Northwest, and tours widely.
http://lifeartmastery.com
www.maureenfreehill.net
Pre-paid registration is required.The
workshop is limited to 10 participants, so register early. You may send a check
for $60 to Expressive Arts Florida to reserve your space, or go to click here click on
"donate", and pay $60. Maureen will then contact you via email.
Art in Motion
An evening of exploration and celebration
Wednesday March 3; 6:30 - 8:30
pm
$10; reservations required.
A direct
outgrowth of our "Expressive Arts in Motion" exhibit and performance night,
this is an opportunity to explore multi-modal expressive arts in a group
setting. Bring a piece of visual art or writing that you would like to explore
in other modalities, with the help of the group. We imagine poetry, movement,
enactment, spoken word, improvisation, and more. If you don't have a piece of
art to bring, you are still welcome to join in. We expect this will become an
ongoing event at Expressive Arts Florida; come help us launch it!!
Expressive Art Takes Form:
Come explore
your personal journey.
Saturday March 13th: 10 am -4 pm.
Victoria Domenichello-Anderson & Elizabeth Bornstein
This
workshop uses an integrated arts process combined with mixed media to create
a 3 dimensional cloth form (or doll).
Using meditation, art, writing, and movement, you will tap into your
authentic wellspring of creative knowledge and transform it into this 3 dimensional
form.
You
are welcome to bring personal objects to use or be inspired by. Most supplies
are included.
Fee
$65.00 *will consider a sliding scale.
Registration required. Please call or email by 3 days ahead.
Drawing Out Your Soul
A day-long Touch Drawing Retreat
with Deborah Koff-Chapin
Sunday March 21; 10 am -
5:30 pm; $120;
Out-of-Door Academy, 444
Reid St., Siesta Key, Sarasota. FL
A day of reflection, expression, and
transformation. Deborah Koff-Chapin will introduce the simple yet profound Touch Drawing process. With gentle
care and evocative live music, Deborah holds safe and
sacred space for inward exploration. Another rare opportunity: this is Deborah's first
time in Florida!.
For more info and to register, go to
www.touchdrawing.com
 
images by Deborah Koff-Chapin
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With gratitude for this wonderful Expressive Arts Community
& the gifts that each of you bring....
Elizabeth, Victoria, Tamara, Kathleen 
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