200 S. Washington Blvd., Suite 1
Sarasota FL 34236
(941) 366-9595
*in the Towles Court Pavilion"
Corner of 301 and Adams Lane
www.expressiveartsflorida.com
gallery@expressiveartsflorida.com
Creative Partners
Elizabeth Bornstein
Tamara Teeter Knapp
Kathleen Horne
Victoria Domenichello-Anderson
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FEBRUARY HOURS
Wednesday through Saturday: Noon-5 pm
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 January 13-16
Expressive Arts Intermodal Intensive 
 This gallery of images showcases the Intermodal Expressive Arts. "Intermodal" means that the power for change is deepened by following our creative flow through visual art, writing, music/sound/voice, movement, poetry, drama, enactment, guided meditation, ceremony, nature, and more. This principle is one of the cornerstones of expressive arts practice - a holistic and integrated arts approach. 
Our new Expressive Arts Institute Certificate Program fully embraces the intermodal expressive arts. We thank the participants of our first intensive training for allowing us to share photos from the weekend to inspire and teach others. This course was designed as a journey through the modalities, with each person following the thread of their own creative process. It is one of the core courses of Expressive Arts Florida Institute. 
Come to the center... 
Witness the images.... 
Share deeply.... 
Honor ourselves and each other with our mind, our body, our spirit. 
Take in the messages
Take time to create...
Offer the fullness of ourselves....
Find a new path...
Follow our Hearts....
It is amazing what we can do, how we can change, what we can create, when we are in a safe and protected space. There is no place for the critic in Expressive Arts. We find that we can re-engage that wise and playful creative spirit that has always been our birthright.  Celebrate rhythm 
and power 
and peace. 
We honor our personal stories  and our universal stories 
We make ourselves heard 
and we reflect in quiet moments 
We take in our own creations and celebrate the gifts of the process. 
We see ourselves in a new light... 
and we are changed.
"This class exceeded my expectations. I've been looking for this type of whole brain, whole self, soul self education my entire life. (I'm fifty!). This is truly an educational model for EVERYONE - adults, children, teens, abled, disabled, institutional and unstructured contexts. I am thrilled to be at the forefront of what will be standard practice for how we live, work and play in the 22nd century."
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GALLERY SHOP
We are selling Soul Cards and books by Deborah Koff-Chapin, "Be Your Own Light" CD by Chinling Hsu, giclee prints of our art work, cards, an assortment of fun felted and knit items, and jewelry
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Expressive Arts Florida is 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, community building, and positive social and global change.
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We invite you to explore the power of personal creative expression, by offering 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 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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Working with Polarities
The MANDORLA form
ART AS A HEALING PRACTICE WORKSHOP
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HELLO and WELCOME
to our FEBRUARY 2011 Edition of
EXPRESSIVE ARTS FLORIDA NEWS!
We at Expressive Arts Florida really have so much to be grateful for! We are part of an amazing local and international community that is embracing the Expressive Arts with enthusiasm. Thank you all! We have the wonderful opportunity to witness every day how this work changes lives, including our own. Let's keep spreading the power of creativity in all of our circles; we are all connected.
We launched Expressive Arts Florida Institute with our January Intermodal Expressive Arts Intensive Workshop. Please see the inspiring gallery of images here. We thank our participants for allowing us to use their photos to help us educate others about the Expressive Arts, and what "Intermodal" actually looks like! We hope that by browsing these images, some of you who are new to this work will experience a glimpse of its power. Our next Institute course is April 7-10, and it is filling fast. Details here .
Chinling Hsu, a wonderful friend and colleague from Taiwan, was our guest facilitator at January's Networking event. Chinling guided the group in a rich expressive arts experience, using sounding, toning and movement.
Please see our feature spotlight on Chinling here.
Check out this month's exciting upcoming networking session! "The Rhythm of Wellness"
Annie Rousseau from B.C., Canada, presented a group of us with a Process Painting Workshop. We hope to schedule Annie for a longer workshop on her next visit to Florida. See her wonderful work with The Painting Experience and Circle Tree Studio.
COMING UP THIS MONTH.......
We are excited to announce our
Third Annual Community MANDALA Exhibit! This year the show will open on Friday February 18
Artist's Reception from 5-7 p.m, with lite bites and refreshments, followed by the Towles Court Art Walk till 10 pm. The exhibit continues through March 19, with a second reception on Friday March 18. Currently there are about 12 participating artists; if you act quickly you can still participate, as we have extended the deadline to Feb. 9. The entry form is available here and on our website. This is always a terrific show, and we hope to see you at the reception! And, if you love mandalas, or would like to learn more, consider either our Online Mandala Forum here or our upcoming Mandala Workshop here.
We also have some BRAND NEW Offerings!
Kathleen is starting evening sessions of Creative Self-Renewal, with some CEU's available, as well as individual sessions of Art as a Healing Practice. Victoria is offering Painting: The Art of Self-Discovery.
We are interested in possibly initiating a once a week 5 Rhythms drop-in session, for fun, exercise, support, and community. We would simply "hold the space, using a Gabrielle Roth audio or video to lead us all. Cost: about $10. If you are interested in this, please let us know and, if the interest is there, we will put it on the schedule. Thanks!
**We now have a "podcast" of Jennifer Walker's interview with Kathleen and Victoria on ARTS TALK, on WSLR 96.5. This interview took place on Nov. 8, 2010, in conjunction with the Community Touch Drawing Exhibit and the grand opening of our new space. Thank you, Jennifer!! Listen here now!
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TOUCH DRAWING
We offer individual and group Touch Drawing sessions. Schedule a session for yourself or your group of friends, family, or co-workers, whether you are new to the process or returning to this meditative, intuitive art form. See www.touchdrawing.com for more information. Private sessions are $45 for an individual; $35 for a group of 2 or more. Additional discounts available for groups larger than 5. All materials are included.
Current scheduled dates for Touch Drawing Workshops are:
Wednesday Feb. 16 6:30-8:30 pm Introduction to Touch Drawing Join us for a Touch Drawing session, whether you are new to the process, or returning. $35 includes supplies. More info about Touch Drawing here.
Email gallery@expressiveartsflorida.com to reserve your space, or register online.
Sunday Feb. 20, Noon-4:00 pm
Touch Drawing and Fabric: An Exciting Combination
Learn to mount your Touch Drawings on Fabric and further work with them using paint, stitch, and more.
$25-$45 (pay what is comfortable for you)
Email gallery@expressiveartsflorida.com or register online.
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ART AS A HEALING PRACTICE Group sessions
Facilitated by Kathleen
"Art as a Healing Practice" is a guided progression through meditation, visual art-making, writing, and sharing/witnessing. Excellent for opening to the power of your own creative expression, for increasing your comfort with art-making, and for bringing the wisdom of your creativity to all areas of your life.
These sessions are run as a series of six themed classes; each one is independent and stand-alone, so you may attend as many as you like.
Fridays, 9-11:30 am; $35 per class. Please call or email to reserve your space, or register online.
Feb. 4: Working with Polarities Feb. 11: Mandala Feb. 18: Final session of this series
New series of 6 begins Feb. 25 Feb. 25: Introduction to the Process March 4: Art and Emotion March 11: Art and the Physical Self March 18: Working with Polarities March 25: Mandala April 1: Final Session (Bringing in all Together)
After April 1, there will be no more Art as a Healing Practice seesions in Sarasota until October)
ART AS A HEALING PRACTICE
New! Individual Sessions
Kathleen is now offering individual "Art as a Healing Practice" sessions, consisting of guided meditation/visualization, art-making, writing, and sharing. If you would like a little more personalized attention, one or more of these sessions might be right for you. Ideal for bringing healing to emotional or physical issues, increasing comfort with art making and more, these seesions are not psychotherapy, although they can be a powerful adjunct to therapy or can stand on their own. Sessions are 60-90 minutes; fee range is $35 to $75 (pay according to your means). Please contact Kathleen at kathleen@expressiveartsflorida.com
or 941-365-6466
CREATIVE SELF-RENEWAL NEW!! Great for THERAPISTS, HELPING PROFESSIONALS, & CAREGIVERS CEU's available for LMHC, LCSW, LMFT
Mondays, 6:30-9:00 pm Feb. 21, 28, March 7, 14, 21, 28
$35 per session; $180 for all 6
Using her Art as a Healing Practice model, Kathleen is offering a new series of evening workshops that bring the restorative power of creativity to those engaged in helping others. If you are a therapist, a helping professional, or someone engaged in personal or professional care-giving, this might be for you! The series is also open to anyone interested in replenishment and renewal, using the arts. Engage in your natural creative expression, using visual art and writing, supported by music and guided meditation.
Let this be a mini-retreat where you care for yourself and re-connect with your own gifts and vision. No art experience necessary.
Participants may attend one or more sessions; they are not sequential.
(8 CEU's for the series; 1 CEU per session) Call or email kathleen@expressiveartsflorida.com for more info or to reserve your space, or register online
PAINTING: THE ART OF SELF-DISCOVERY NEW!!
Art is the language of the soul.
Tuesdays, February 22, and March 1, 8, and 15
6:30-8:30 pm.
Join Victoria as she takes you on a journey of self discovery, melding your inner and outer worlds thru image, color, shape, and flow. ·*Work through creative blocks *Let your inner voice speak *Listen to your sense of inner knowing *Reduce stress and lose yourself in the timelessnes of the painting process. *Enjoy the wellness-enhancing effects of art-making
Using a brush, paint, and large paper, allow your authentic creativity to come forth and be visible. Learn to know the meaning of your own unique images and empower these images to assist you on your path to self discovery! $30.00 per session or all 4 sessions for $100.00 includes all materials Email gallery@expressiveartsflorida.com at least 48 hours prior to class, or register online.
INTRODUCTION TO THE MANDALA Sunday March 6
1:00-4:30 pm $45 3 CEU's for LMHC, LCSW, LMFT
The Mandala (Sanskrit for "sacred circle") is found throughout nature, and as an art/spiritual/healing form within many cultures and traditions. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to this ancient and powerful symbol, and will be guided in creating personal mandalas . All levels of art experience welcome in this accepting, sacred space.
Benefits: creative renewal, stress reduction, centering and peace, enhancing creative expression, joy, learning a new skill for personal practice and sharing with others...and a beautiful, meaningful mandala to take home! Email Kathleen@expressiveartsflorida.com or register online
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MENTORING AND SUPPORT GROUP
FOR EXPRESSIVE ARTS FACILITATORS ONLINE!!
There is currently just one space left in this group, so, if you have been thinking about it, now might be the time!
Facilitated by Kathleen, this is a small ONLINE group (max 10) for those who are in the beginning stages of an expressive arts practice, or who are launching a new area of expressive arts work. Some of the many topics covered so far include: facilitation skills, setting up a practice, sharing and witnessing, taking the next step, personal art practice, designing a workshop, hands-on expressive arts ideas, presenting and explaining our work, publicizing and marketing, developing your unique vision and mission. Participants receive professional and peer guidance and support.
Appropriate for both practitioners and expressive arts therapists. Easy-to-use private, confidential blog format. $50 per month;
1 month commitment required. Email Kathleen@expressiveartsflorida to discuss and find out if this group might meet your needs.
MANDALA AS PERSONAL PRACTICE ONLINE!!
An online forum for exploring the mandala, sharing images, writings, and experiences. Kathleen facilitates by providing information, resources, teachings and images, and offers feedback and suggestions to participants. Discussion and sharing is encouraged between participants. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in exploring the Mandala as a personal art practice, learning more, sharing your art and insights, and staying connected with others, without geographical barriers. Call or email for info. Easy-to-use, confidential blog format.
$25 per month (1 month commitment required; renewable on the 1st of each month).
"Having committed myself to a daily mandala for this year, I find I look forward to the end of the day and 'meeting myself.' I am nurtured and gladdened by this process. All feels safe within the confines of this sacred circle, and I look forward to sharing the experience with the residents with whom I have the privilege to work at an assisted living facility.. Can't quite get my elderly mother to participate but my 7 year old grandson finds it natural and has been doing some for the past two years. Witnessing and sharing with others is also therapeutic. As my colleague described, "mandala land" is a wonderful place to meet."
Ginny, Participant, Mandala as Personal Practice Online Group
EXPRESSIVE ARTS COMMUNITY NETWORKING
Expressive Arts Networking is for Expressive Arts practitioners and those in training to become practitioners.
Wed. Feb. 23; 6:30-8:30 pm.
We are excited to welcome Diane McMillen, Sherri Sutton, Luis Rosales and Karen Falconer of Firm Solutions as guest facilitators at this month's Networking event. They will be facilitating "The Rhythm of Wellness".
The Firm Solutions Wellness Division "Helping You Thrive"www.helpinyouthrive.com presents The Rhythm of Wellness. The program is easily facilitated in healthcare patient settings, incorporated into employer wellness programs, added to leadership and personal training courses and presented in community-based environments. This is an instructor-led program taught by a trained HealthRHYTHMS® Group Drumming Facilitator. It is delivered in a recreational music making format that requires no previous musical experience yet moves participants through a series of powerful experiences with various percussion instruments.
HealthRHYTHMS® is an evidence-based wellness methodology that creates a greater sense of well-being and individual harmony.
$10; please call or email to reserve your space.
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR MOST OF OUR CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, AND GROUPS HERE.
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EXPRESSIVE ARTS FLORIDA INSTITUTE
Update
WE ARE NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION!
Download Application Form, Admission Policies, Course Descriptions, and more.
"The Expressive Arts Institute is a life altering experience! Working with knowledgeable teachers, creative classmates and spellbinding art modalities is something I'll never forget. I look forward to the next Institute in April and continue to practice what I've learned in order to facilitate my inner journey."
Rev. Donna Papenhausen
April 7: New Student Orientation
April 7-10: Expressive Arts for Body/Mind/Spirit
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.
Oct. 13-16: The Scope of Expressive Arts
Individual, Group, and Community This course introduces the scope or continuum of Expressive Arts work, from the intrapersonal, to the interpersonal, to the social/cultural/planetary. Both individual and collaborative expressive arts processes will be utilized in this course, and some attention will be given to designing and facilitating collaborative art projects.
Expressive Arts Florida Institute is a two-level training program for those interested in pursuing the Expressive Arts as a professional path, whether integrating it into an existing career, or beginning a career in the expressive arts field.
An INTERMODAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS TRAINING PROGRAM, Expressive Arts Florida Institute is grounded in a firm belief that an integrated arts approach is a powerful agent of change. Students will participate in visual art-making of various kinds, writing, poetry, music, movement, drama, and guided visualization. An emphasis will be on the power of following the natural creative flow from one arts modality to another.
The learning format is THREE WEEKEND INTENSIVE COURSES per calendar year, generally in January, April, and October in Sarasota, FL. Each weekend is 25 hours of class time. In addition, there is a one-day orientation program for new students.There are also elective credits, which students can often earn in their own community, online communication with an advisor, and a Practicum/Internship at the end of the second year. We offer flexibility for entry of new students; they may start the program with any of the Level 1 weekend intensives. Our goal is to create a FLEXIBLE LEARNING FORMAT for students traveling to Sarasota from other areas.
Details are available on our website.
Additional questions and requests for information should be addressed to institute@expressiveartsflorida.com
We welcome your inquiries!
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IN OUR COMMUNITY.....
Art Center Sarasota's Community Exhibit, March 31 to April 22. We are excited by this opportunity for new partnerships. Stay tuned! Expressive Arts Florida will have a wall, and some hands-on activities are planned. Opening Reception: Thursday March 31
*** Remember to listen to Arts Talk, with hosts Jennifer Walker and Rick Hughes, on WSLR, 96.5 fm, every second Wed. morning, 9-10 am. Expressive Arts Florida interview Listen here! **************
THE COALITION FOR ARTS AND HEALTH
Partnering the Arts and Healthcare for Individual and Community Wellness
Benefits of Theatrical Arts in Healthcare and Community Settings, hosted by Sarasota Memorial Hospital on Feb. 1, was very moving and inspiring! A performance by Kaleidoscope Theater for people with developmental disabilities, was followed by two monologues by Words Not Spoken: Interactive Improvisational Theater for community and Healthcare settings. Next Meeting Tuesday March 8 at Doctor's Hospital Topic: The Benefits of Music in Healthcare and Community Settings The Coalition for Arts and Health is a regional grassroots network including artists, healthcare providers, educational institutions, businesses, government, area organizations and individuals, working together to address the healthcare needs and challenges of residents and visitors to our community. For further information email: artshealthcoalition@comcast.net *** Back to top
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INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY ASSOCIATION (IEATA) NEWS:
IEATA Regional Group Update
from Elizabeth Bornstein and Sheri Gaynor,
Regional Committee Co-Chairs
If you are a current IEATA Member, you can join our IEATA Member Network, hosted by Ning.com. The Member Network is a great way to connect with members locally, nationally and globally, and find new opportunities to share and collaborate! You don't want to miss out as the Network is growing rapidly!
Go to http://ieatamembers.ning.com/?xgi=0JArDnS3Ej6DS8 to sign up!
If you are not a Member or your membership has expired, join or renew at
http://www.ieata.org/membership.html
Any questions, interested in becoming more active in your region or assuming the role of a Regional Coordinator? Contact:
regional@ieata.org
IEATA and TAE Peru will present the next IEATA International Conference, August 10-14, 2011 in Lima, Peru with post-conference sessions in Cusco on August 16. For additional information visit:
www.ieata.org/conference.html
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Chinling Hsu
On Wednesday January 26, Chinling Hsu facilitated our Expressive Arts Community Networking where 17 Expressive Arts Practitioners, artists, and students got together to share ideas, try out new possibilities, and exchange information. Chinling guided us in a rich experience using sounding, toning and movement. She took us on a journey, teaching us to listen to the organic beauty of our voices and how to use the voice as an instrument naturally connecting mind, body and spirit. Chinling also captivated the group by the sounds of her crystal singing bowls and chanting. We are grateful to Chinling for sharing her gifts with our Expressive Arts Community!
Chinling's Bio:
A gifted and respected sound healer, Chinling has been an expressive arts consultant, teacher, and facilitator for more than 10 years. Creative and inventive, she has facilitated workshops in sound healing and expressive arts in Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and is now building a following for her healing art workshops in the United States. Expanding her artistry towards new horizons, she now weaves dance/movement, drawing, and writing into her transpersonal sound healing work, and shares her wisdom on how we can all use our voices to effortlessly resonate with our physical bodies and our own spirituality.
Singing has been Chinling Hsu's prayer for many years. A Taiwan based performer and healing artist, she expresses her soul by allowing her voice to fly whenever it wants to go, without words. This gives her even more freedom and range to merge into what the universe wants her to be; resonating as a medium who brings a deepfelt and transformative experience to those who she sings for. In this way Chinling is sharing the expression of transcendent healing energy at that specific moment.
We are excited about the possibility of collaborating with Chinling to offer future workshops and sessions during her stay here in Sarasota through April.
Stay tuned for more information and workshop dates.
Chinling's CD Be Your Own Light is on sale now at Expressive Arts Florida.
To contact Chinling directly you may email her at:
expressivearts4@gmail.com
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Some important THANK YOU's
To Bill MacMillen, for his generous donation in support of our work, and honoring the memory of Lori Zudell.
To Deborah Koff-Chapin, for giving her time and expertise to our Touch Drawing Skype session!
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And, one last thing....
Watch this video
for a beautiful example of how the Expressive Arts is natural for children. Thanks to Muff for sending this our way!
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With gratitude...
Tamara, Elizabeth, Victoria, Kathleen
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