From Soil to Society: Celebrating the Essential Connections Between All Living Things
 
PROGRAM DETAILS
 
  The Deep Well: Art and Biography

Instructor(s):

 Category: Arts Dates: Aug 06, 2010-Aug 08, 2010 Price: $345
Regine Kurek
Jef Saunders
 
Brief Description:
Tap the deep well of your own biography as the greatest source of rich creativity.
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Description:
This weekend workshop is open to all who are interested in tapping their muse through any form of creative endeavour. As we explore through painting, clay sculpture and discussion the unique narratives of our lives, we begin to see more clearly who we are, and why we are here. With both playfulness and focused attention we delve into our art, and find that the ongoing and repeating themes that have always been part of our lives can reveal themselves as the source of rich and complex inspiration. The deep well of our own biography becomes the source of our truest creativity and nourishment as we journey together through this weekend with two artists whose lives have been dedicated to exploring the world of Art, Creativity and Biography. By both learning how to better know ourselves while opening in sensitivity to others, we develop a new empathy, which allows us to move into social interaction and community in fresh and innovative ways. Whether you are a writer, painter, sculptor, musician, or simply someone hoping to better understand your true nature, this is the weekend that will help unlock and reveal the potential that we all hold to tap our deepest source of creativity, our own biography.
 
   
Instructor Bio(s):  
Regine Kurek    
Regine Kurek holds a degree in anthroposophical Art Therapy from the Kunststudientstatte, Ottersberg, Germany, and a diploma in Biographical Counselling from the Goetheanum, Switzerland. She has worked for many years as an artist, therapist, and adult educator in Canada, United States, and Europe. In 1989, she established Arscura, School for the Development of Art in the Healing and Social Fields in Toronto where she remains as acting director. From 1995 -1997, Regine was one of the carrying teachers in the final year of the diploma program at the Tobias School of Art, England and is now a coordinator of its international network for the research of art in the healing and social fields.
Jef Saunders    
Jef Saunders offers biography counselling for individuals and couples, using art and art therapy in private practice and with Pegasus Therapeutics. A graduate of both the Arscura Art for Life and Biography counselling programs he has 25 years experience both in the psychodynamic and anthroposophical fields. As a co-director of Arscura he carries a particular responsibility for the Core Studies program parts, in which he also teaches.