Workshops

Intentional Desires: An Abundance Box Workshop

Abundance [n]:  great amount or supply; bounty, fortune, plenitude, prosperity, thriving

What do you want in your life?  Better health?  A terrific job? Creative energy?  Strong relationships?  Financial security?  More balance?  Spiritual fulfillment?

Join Courtney Putnam for an afternoon of envisioning your own abundance. In this hands-on workshop, you will explore your dreams and goals and create an abundance box as a visual representation of what you wish to manifest in your life.  This is a time for thinking big, pulling your ingenious ideas out of the cobwebs of your mind, and giving life to your desires! The purpose of an abundance box is to channel your intentions, goals, and visions into a symbolic artifact. Inside this box you will place small objects that characterize the things you wish to actualize. Think about what aspect of your life you would like to give a little positive intention. Are there goals and dreams you are ready to make real?

In addition to decorating our boxes, we will also explore some principles of Feng Shui, which may enhance or inform the intention and placement of the boxes. Using a Feng Shui bagua (map) as your guide, you will determine where your box is best placed in your own home. Come for an afternoon of creativity, positive intention, and play!

Materials provided include boxes of varying shapes and sizes, art supplies, collage supplies and decorative papers. Feel free to bring any significant images, symbols, or objects with which to decorate or place inside your box. Light refreshments will be provided.

Date: Saturday, July 16th • Time: 1pm—4pm
Location: 3231 CREATIVES in Everett
Email or call Cher Martin at 206-280-2706 or Cher@ClayWorksEast.com to make your reservation.
Cost: $49

The Healing Process: How Art and Writing Can Help Us Heal

In his book, Opening Up, James W Pennebaker, PhD, documented his decades-long research into the healing effects of writing, proving that through keeping a journal or diary we can create a cohesive personal narrative of our lives. Likewise, if we are able to link our emotions to specific events, we can learn to honor where we’ve been and create new beginnings from our losses. By exploring our feelings through art and writing, we have the power to transform emotions and events into milestones that can ultimately contribute to our lives. Please Join Courtney Putnam, MFA, LMP, Reiki Master, and Natalie Serianni, MA and English Faculty at Cascadia Community College, for this two part workshop on Healing, Art, and Writing. Learn how art, writing, and various other contemplative practices can help us to become aware of our personal battles or issues, how to accept them, and how to move into a personal healing process. The fee includes all art media materials.

Location: Cascadia Community College, Building TBA
Dates: Two Saturdays – 7/23/2011 and  7/30/2011
Times: 12:15 PM – 4:15 PM
Fee: $125
To Register: Click here.

Encaustic Painting

Painting with pigmented wax, is an ancient art form that has made a resurgence in the art community. Once students understand the basic materials, techniques, and safety requirements for encaustic painting, the creative mind takes over and anything is possible. Students will learn that encaustic painting is methodical and spontaneous, precise and freeing.

This class is a basic introduction to encaustics that will allow students to create at home on their own. The fee includes all art supplies.

Location: Cascadia Community College, Building TBA
Dates: Four Tuesdays – 8/2/11, 8/9/11, 8/16/11, & 8/23/11
Times: 6:30PM – 8:30 PM
Fee: $200
To Register: Click here.