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Imagine With Art Newsletter
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Issue No. 5
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January, 2010
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I welcome your comments!
susan@imaginewithart.com
707-824-8163
Table of Contents:
Workshops
Book Release
Etymological Inspiration
Sketchbooking
Art Play Technique
Gallery Exhibition
Hot Blog
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Dear Friends,
After the whirl of holiday events it was good to get outside today and do some garden trimming, bird feeding and even chicken coop cleaning!
I want to thank those of you who have already purchased a copy of my new book Conversations With the Muse. Autographed copies are available now from my studio and blurb.com. More details on how to purchase your copy will follow.
My 90 year old mother received her copy of the book for Christmas along with an art kit including pre-cut collage pieces (she is blind in one eye and unable to manage scizzors any more). Next day she called me and in a voice sounding decades younger enthusiastically announced "I can do this!" Now she has a card table set up for art in her tiny bedroom at the Assisted Living program where she lives. Now that's what I'm talking about! We must continue to be Creators at all ages.
"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how
good it is...It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly,
to keep the channel open."
- Martha Graham
Happy New Year!
Susan
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Imagine With Art Winter Workshops 2010
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Everyday Sketching in Your Watercolor Journal
Do you wish you had more time to draw and paint? This workshop will wet your appetite for the stop-in-the-middle-of-your-busy-day sketch opportunity. Rainy weather? Sit comfortably inside and sketch your desk top. Time for a coffee break? Bring your sketchbook and capture in a few simple lines the guy at the next table with the cell phone glued to his ear. This will be a day of quick-capture pen sketching and watercolor washes practiced in the studio and at lunch in a local restaurant.
Date: January 23, 2010 OPEN
Time: 10am-5pm
Where: The Studio in the Orchard, North Sebastopol
Cost: $80
Muse Groups
The
Muse group is a laboratory to spark creative expression, an opportunity
to treat yourself to a regular infusion of art play in a supportive
group setting. Each session features a different painting or art
technique which you can add to your repertoire - from textured collage
to a variety of wet media painting techniques. Simultaneously you will
learn an art practice which captures your thoughts, feelings, and
intuitions in a playful visual format that you can keep as an ongoing
book of your life.
Tuesday Evening Muses (weekly)
January 12-February 16 (6 weekly sessions) WAIT LIST
March 2-April 1 (6 sessions) OPEN
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Cost: $180
Location: The Studio in the Orchard, North Sebastopol
Sunday Muses (monthly) Now starting in February!
Feb 7, Mar 7, Apr 11, May 2, Jun 6, July, 2010 (6 monthly sessions)
Time: 10:00am-2pm
Cost: $240
Location: The Studio in the Orchard, North Sebastopol
Saturday Muses (monthly) WAIT LIST
When: March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, July 3, Aug. 6, 2010 (6 monthly sessions)
Time: 10am-2pm
Cost: $240
Location: The Studio in the Orchard, North Sebastopol
Art Journaling
This workshop is being offered in conjunction with the exhibition at Sebastopol Center for the Arts and is an introduction to the Muse Group process. Learn an art practice which captures your thoughts, feelings and intuitions in a playful visual format that you can keep as an ongoing book of your life. Using inks, water based paints, collage and written word we follow our initial flow, then move into guided reflection to develop art pages which are a timely expression of personal truth.
Date: March 20, 2010 OPEN
Time: 10am-5pm
Where: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, www.sebarts.org, 707-829-4797
Cost: $80
To register for a workshop contact me at susan@imaginewithart.com
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 In this book I share my art journals and the personal revelation and healing which is cultivated through this process. The reader is guided through the steps including: accessing a quiet state of mind, translating inner feelings and visions
to paper, employing a wide array of painting and collage techniques,
and writing expressively to reap vibrant meaning from the images
appearing in this spontaneous manner. The colorful images, materials,
techniques, and written words combine for a rich feast for the
imagination.
To pick up books from my studio at 2550 Lewis Dr., Sebastopol, CA:
Contact Bob, since he is normally in the Color Folio studio at
our home from 9-5:30 M-F. Please arrange a specific time so we don't miss you.
The price of the softcover book is $35.95 plus tax (California residents only) for a total of $39.19. We accept VISA, Mastercard, check or cash.
I will sign all books purchased directly from me. If you would like me to include a specific inscription, please let me know who the book is for.
Shipping Option:
If you are purchasing 2 books or less, I will send them via US Priority mail to anywhere in the continental United States for a flat fee of $6.
If you need them by a specific date or are purchasing more than 2 books, I will ship them via FedEx - please contact me directly to discuss this.
If we are shipping the book(s) to you, you can call Bob with a credit card number at 707-824-8910, in which case we'll ship the book(s) immediately. Alternately you can send a check, and we will send the book(s) when we receive the check.
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Etymological InspirationEcstasyEK - stuh -see
from the Greek ek-stasis meaning "to stand out from"
meaning: rapturous delight, an overpowering emotion or exaltation, a state of sudden, intense feeling, or mental transport from the contemplation of divine things.
In his classic book The Courage to Create Rollo May gives us the meaning of ecstasy in the context of the creative act. "Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act. It involves the total person, with the subconscious and unconscious acting in unity with the conscious. It is not, thus, irrational: it is, rather supra-rational. It brings intellectual, volitional, and emotional functions into play all together."
You might feel that's taking it a bit far. I mean, ecstasy while painting or writing a poem? But surely there are moments in the creative process when we experience that rapture, even if only for a moment, that moment when everything comes together in a kind of divine perfection.
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Sketchbooking/Wander Doodling
Would you like to be a Wandering Doodler? I'm planning on it. My friend and fellow Muse Isabelle extends the following invitation to all you nature lover/sketcher folks: Grab your paints/pencils and sketchbooks, lace your hiking boots and join us for a day of hiking and art. After meeting at the trailhead at 9 am, we will hike 2 or 3 miles, stop when the inspiration strikes, have lunch and sketch/paint for one or two hours, depending on the temperature. Then head back. Bring lunch, water, good hiking boots and adequate clothing. This will be a monthly outing, scheduled on the 2nd Saturdays, beginning Feb13. Location will vary. Professional artists or doodlers, all are welcome, but you must be able to hike 4 to 6 miles. Call leader Isabelle: 707-253-2293 or e-mail for details and sign-up. And this summer she'll also be leading sketch paddle trips in the Sierras again!
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Art Play Technique: Guardian Angel FiguresWhat kind of qualities do you need to support you in your life right now? Patience? Fierceness? Compassion? Playfulness? Create a guardian angel who has many of the qualities you want and need. Start by painting a background of color(s) on your paper. Then find collage pieces from magazines and other sources to make up your guardian angel figure. Combine body parts and clothing from human and animal characters, allowing your intuition to lead you to choices which are surprising, whimsical, illogical or even outrageous! Cut clothing/wings from colorful papers and cloth. Draw or paint in body parts that you don't find collage pieces for. Add other atmospheric elements such as furniture, nature, other figures, etc. Then sit back, have a giggle and know that these very qualities will stand by you this coming year.
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Upcoming EventsFebruary 11-March 21, 2010 "The Personal Image Revealed"Solo exhibit of my art journaling process Gallerie II at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 6780 Depot St., Sebastopol, CA 707-829-4797, www.sebarts.org 
The art journal reveals the haunting force of image when it comes as a direct revelation of a personal moment in time. The viewer becomes both voyeur and participant as the art chronicles the inner and outer shape of life, dreams, contemplations, revelations, emerging archetypes and moment of breakthrough.
This exhibit will include my journal books, wall hung art, demonstration videos, and my new book Conversations with the Muse.
Please join me for the opening reception: February 11, 2010, 6-7:30pm
Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat and Sun 1-4pm
Directions: SCA is located at 6780 Depot St., one short block north of Hwy 12
and 2 blocks east of Petaluma Ave.
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Hot Blog!
Textures, Shapes, and Color is a new favorite blog of mine. The work of artist Leslie Avon Miller, it is true to its title. Check out her January 1 entry A Fresh New Year of Art and Exploration with smoke paintings, enticing textures and worthy quotes to set you off in original directions in your own art. |
That's it for now. You can visit me on my Art and Sketchbook blog for my latest images and art/life ramblings, and you can subscribe and get it in email (there's a link for this on the blog).
Have a joyful new year!
Susan Cornelis
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