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Imagine With Art Newsletter
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I welcome your comments!
susan@imaginewithart.com
707-824-8163
Table of Contents:
Gallery Exhibitions
Studio Visit
Etymological Inspiration
Workshops
Book Arts/Figure Drawing
Art Play Technique
Book Release
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Dear Friends,
Thanks to all of you who have come to the Sebastopol Center for the Arts this month to see my exhibit of art journaling, The Personal Image Revealed which opened February 11 and will be continuing until March 21. In the past month the gallery has also been the setting of a photography show, piano concerts, adult story telling, and this weekend, the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, which will be held at the Center and other locations around town. This weekend the gallery hours are extended so it's a good time to stop by if you haven't seen the exhibit yet. More details are ahead.
I've had some viewers tell me they lose track of time looking through the journal books. It's always a surprise to me when someone comes up and comments on a page from my life of years ago. Yes, the books are personal, but I love to share these, because I see people getting inspired to celebrate their own lives by adding images, color, texture to their journals.
I hope you will read on and find some new ideas to satisfy your creative longings, or perhaps to expand that longing into full fledged creative frenzy that sends you off to your art table!
Cheers,
Susan
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Upcoming Events
February 11-March 21, 2010
"The Personal Image Revealed"
Solo exhibit of my art journaling process
Gallerie II at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
in conjunction with Through the Lens and Beyond, a juried photography show
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 is a unique opportunity to view my art journals as they have developed over the years. They are exhibited on stands and open for viewing along with wall hung contemplative journal art for sale, demonstration videos, and my new book Conversations With the Muse. Gallery hours this weekend only, March 6 and 7: 10:30am-5pm Or come during Winter Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 1-4pm (closed Sunday and Monday) Directions: SCA is located at 6780 Depot St., one short block north of Hwy 12 and 2 blocks east of Petaluma Ave.  with my husband Bob at the Opening
Also. . .
A Winter Exhibition of the ARTrails artists' latest work, February 5-March 26th
at the gallery, 404 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa
Hours: Mon. - Sat., Noon - 5pm, 4 pm closing Sat.
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A Studio Visit
My photographer husband, Bob, and I were recently interviewed about our studios by Leslie Avon Miller, fellow artist, blogger and creativity coach. She is in the process of building a new studio and exploring the various options. You can view the (brief) interview and pictures of our studios on her blog. I of course particularly enjoyed answering the following question: "For some artists the studio becomes
a temple, a place invested with a sacred energy. You walk in and your
thinking changes...It is your temple, the place where you focus your
energies to express yourself. Your creative home base." - Ian Roberts,
Creative Authenticity
Would you care to comment on that?
Here was my answer: It is definitely my experience that my studio is my temple, my
sanctuary. In my studio I am surrounded by the things I have chosen,
from arts and crafts to books and a boundless array of art supplies. So
it is both a comfortable and comforting and stimulating environment. I
usually have a variety of projects out on every surface, new art
materials, paintings in progress, my sketchbooks and art books lying
around. I often turn on music when I enter, choosing the playlist which
matches my mood. When students are coming I generally prepare the
atmosphere by placing flowers on my altar, putting on soft music and
preparing a meditation for them. The private space then becomes a space
of shared creativity, and the air sparkles with that energy after they
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Etymological Inspiration
OndinnonkON-din-onk
Iroquoian (n)
meaning: the soul's innermost benevolent desires
This word expresses the belief that the soul makes known its natural desires through dreams or other means, and these desires become a font of wisdom and source of guidance. When you have a desire, how can you tell if it is an ondinnonk (an innermost, benevolent desire) or one which could lead to unfortunate habits and unpleasant outcomes? Perhaps the Iroquoi people have a way to recognize ondinnonk since they have a word for it. And perhaps contemplation of this word can help us to find this inner guidance. |
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Imagine With Art Workshops Spring, 2010
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Art Journaling
Date: Saturday, March 20 Time: 10am-5pm Where: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, www.sebarts.org, 707-829-4797 Cost: $80 members, $85 non-members To register, contact the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Tuesday Evening Muse Group
The Muse group is a laboratory to spark creative expression. Each sesssion 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. This group follows the process presented in my book Conversations With the Muse. Dates: April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18 Time: 6:30-9:30pm Where: The Studio in the Orchard, North Sebastopol Cost: $180 To register email Susan.
Wellness Through Art Expression (for nurses)
Co-taught with Shawna Swetech, R.N. this workshop is an opportunity for nurses to earn CEU's while exploring the therapeutic benefits of art-making, expressive writing, and the sharing of experience and stories through the Council process. Date: Friday, April 23 Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Where: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 6780 Depot St., Sebastopol, CA Cost: $95, 6 CEU's To register email Susanor call Shawna at 707-696-0097 Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 12595 for 6 CEU's
Put on your straw hat and pack your sketchbook and watercolors for a day of sketching the richly plumed chickens and friendly goats in the magical garden sanctuary of the Rosa and Thorn. Instruction in quick capture sketching with pen and loose watercolor applications will embolden your sketches and bring freshness and movement to the page! Date: Saturday, May 22 Time: 10am-5pm Location: The Rose and Thorn gift shop/garden/barnyard extraordinaire! 10050 Bodega Highway, 3 miles west of Sebastopol, CA Cost: $80 To register email SusanTravel SketchbookingLearn to make painting so portable that you can do it on a hike, in the woods, at the beach or around town, capturing your unique impressions in a color sketchbook. Date: June 26, 27, 2010 Time: 10am-4:30pm Location: Gualala Arts, Gualala, CA Cost: $150 members, $175 non-members To register go to www.gualalaarts.org or call 707-884-1138 |
Book Arts/Figure Drawing
The Book and Paper Arts Guild meets monthly for mini workshops. The March meeting is on the second Saturday, March13. They will be making Rustic Wire Books, which sounds very intriguing. For more information email Dena Bliss.
The Bay Area Model's Guild is hosting four Marathons this year at Merritt College in Oakland. If you love to sketch the figure, these day-long marathons can't be beat for variety of models and poses. I didn't make it to the first one, but I've got the April one on my calendar.
April 25, 2010
October 3, 2010
December 5, 2010
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Art Play Technique: Sumi ink
[from my book Conversations With the Muse]
Black Sumi ink can take you quickly into the land of imagination. Load up your brush and make playful marks on the paper. Or wet an abstract shape first with water and then drop on the ink, and watch how it explodes into the previously invisible shape. Spritz it with water and watch it explode some more. touch up against it with a brush loaded with another color. Look at the image that's appeared. What does it have to tell you?
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Conversations With The Muse: The Art Journal As Inner Guideby Susan Cornelis 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.
You may preview the book on blurb.com and see the first 10 pages. Softcover and hardcover versions are also available directly from the Blurb bookstore. Blurb is offering free shipping until March 22! Just enter the promo code: USD $ promo code: WESHIP
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.
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"The act of creating is a healing gesture, as sacred as prayer,
as essential to the spirit as food is to the body. Our creative work reveals us to ourselves, allows us to transform our experience and imagination into forms that sing back to us in a language of symbol who we are, what we are becoming, what we have loved and feared. This is the alchemy of creation: that as I attempt to transmute a feeling or thought into an artistic form that can be experienced by another, I myself am added to, changed in the process."
-Jan Phillips from the book, God is at Eye Level: Photography as a Healing Art
That's it for now. Please visit me on my Art and Sketchbook blog for my latest images and art/life ramblings. And happy adventuring in art!
Cheers,
Susan
Susan Cornelis
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