The new batch of students at Intersections Media enjoyed a day of creativity doing my three tiered creativity workshop! I was honored to work with such amazing youth and staff in the beautiful space of District 319! The workshop was designed to get the creative juices flowing while getting to know fellow classmates. We started…
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How-to: step by step drawing technique
Grey to Green Art Market rescheduled to Sept 26!
You are invited to attend the 2nd Annual Grey to Green Art Market hosted by Intersections Media in partnership with Gallery Gachet, Enterprising Women Making Art program of ATIRA Women’s Resource Society and Oppenheimer Park. WHERE: 150 Cordova St. (At Main, behind the Waves), Vancouver BC Sunday September 26, 2010· 2:00pm – 6:00pm It’s a place…
See you at Grey to Green Art Market this Sunday!
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2010: CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN You are invited to attend the 2nd Annual Grey to Green Art Market hosted by Intersections Media in partnership with Gallery Gachet, Enterprising Women Making Art program of ATIRA Women’s Resource Society and Oppenheimer Park. WHERE: 150 Cordova St. (At Main, behind the Waves), Vancouver BC Sunday…
Video: 21st Century Education in New Brunswick, Canada
“This video was produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education to stimulate discussion among educators and other stakeholders in public education in the province of New Brunswick. The 21st Century presents unique challenges for education worldwide. In order to keep pace with global change we must focus on 21st Century Skills and public education…
Protected: My Diary, 1977
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YouthArts Toolkit- excellent evaluation guide
The handbook is available in full online at YouthArts Toolkit- art programs for youth at risk. Several existing publications do an excellent job of describing the achievements of arts programs designed for youth at risk, and information on artist training recently has been published as well. However, arts agencies, juvenile justice agencies, social service organizations,…
The Healing Arts and Crafts- I HEART ART: PORTLAND
I Heart Art: Portland Blog post by Margaret Mills I wasn’t even aware there was a renaissance of handcrafts happening when I dug out the crochet hooks and yarn last winter. I just remembered I used to like to crochet, and needed something to occupy my hands while I watched movies with my mother as…
SARK
I think that until we cry as often as we laugh, we are not fully alive. – SARK Wow- I’m doing the SARK’s Awesome Anytime Adventure – a 30-day multimedia eProgram full of nourishing, fabulously fun sweet spots of inspiration, healing, and extreme self-care. Sometimes I do it daily and sometimes I have to squash…
WORKSHOPS IN AUGUST!
I’m planning some sock monkey and some drawing workshops in August at the North Vancouver Opus Art Store Classroom (2nd and Lonsdale, North Vancouver BC). Gathering input right now as to times and dates you may be interested in… they would run 3 hours each and all materials including handouts are included in the $65…
In the world of YES
INSPIRATION FROM SARK: “In the world of YES, Fear = Contraction. When we contract, we become closed or restricted. This can cause us to retreat or give up. Take a look at what causes you to contract or expand with regard to your creative dreams. Creative dreams themselves are natural expansion devices. They contain energy,…
Make and Break Arts Foundation and Gallery Gachet present “SKin is IN”
I’ll be painting bodies at: Make and Break Arts Foundation and Gallery Gachet present “SKin is IN” “A celebration of the human canvas.” Ten local Vancouver artists will paint live on both human skin and canvas in addition to showcasing various peices which will be available for purchase by attendees. Guests will have the opportunity…
Creativity is so messy!!!
ARTICLE: Study finds messy desks site of creative sparks, Vancouver Sun April 9, 2006 You’ve seen it. You may even be the proud (or not-so-proud) owner of one. With stacks of papers, an explosion of post-it notes, scattered office supplies and a few industry magazines that date back to the early ’90s, a messy desk…
Journaling workshop part 2- preparing, self-reflection
OK- it’s time for me to focus on organizing my current journal. Its Saturday evening and the pets are fed and all asleep, the house is tidy (well, as tidy as my overly crowded but cozy small space can be) and there is a window of opportunity to get to work. I’m sufficiently well enough…
Journaling Workshop part 1- sources, inspiration
I have no doubt in the power of journalling. Personally, I need to organize my current one… It’s all in a large basket. But it still counts as a journal! My journals can challenge space-time continuum- not following a linear route and created through collecting, sketching, in binder here, in a notebook there. It’s the…