Current Offerings:
Classes are located at Underhill Plaza, Manzanita Ave. & Division, Manzanita, Oregon
The Heart and Soul of Creativity
Instructor: Dana Lynne Andersen is an accomplished international artist, writer, teacher and founder of Awakening Arts Institute and Global Artists Network. She inspires artistic creativity in classes all over the world through her joyful and energetic nature.
When: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 19, 20, 21
Tuition: $350. (Includes all materials.) Register before September 1 for a $50 discount!
Register: Phone Lola Sacks at 503-368-6227 or email: contemplativearts.lola@gmail.com
Description: In three days you will journey to the center of yourself, replenishing psyche & soul at the core. Finding the wellspring within, you will experience an unprecedented freedom of creative expression. You will be expertly guided by a 'midwife' of creative process, using clay, collage, pastel, paint, poetry, movement and even a bit of improvisational theater as vehicles for self discovery and profound communion with the life of the Soul. Extremely high nutritive value for any aspiring or practicing artist....expect to flourish in the months that follow.
Pilgrimage as Story and Experience
Instructor: Karin Temple has been bringing the labyrinth to the community for over five years. She has an M.A. In Medieval Literature and her professional history is in college teaching of literature and languages. She is the author of three books of poetry, as well as a public speaker and activist. In Fall of 2001 and Spring of 2007, she was a pilgrim on the Spanish Camino to Santiago de Compostela.
When: Saturday, October 11, 10 am to 2:30 pm
Tuition: $30 (includes a copy of her book, Peregrina: On Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela). Class size limited to 10.
Register: Call Lola Sacks 503-368-6227 or email contemplativearts.lola@gmail.com
Description: During the morning session, we will explore the meaning and appeal of pilgrimage in universal religious practice, in this day and age, and in the participants' personal experience. Next, we will focus on Karin's journeys to Santiago de Compostela using her book, Peregrina, as a guide along today's most popular pilgrimage route. After the lunch break, participants will have the opportunity to practice the art of pilgrimage by walking the sacred geometry of the labyrinth. Bring a sack lunch and a meaningful object to take along on pilgrimage.
SoulCollage for Women
Instructor: Kathryn King, MSW, has been a clinical social worker in the Portland/Vancouver area for over twenty years. In addition to providing counseling for individuals and couples, she presents workshops and facilitates ceremonies for people in transition. She uses SoulCollage in her personal and professional life and has a passion for teaching others. Please visit www.Eastwindceremonies.com for more information.
When: Saturday, October 18, 10 am to 4 pm
Tuition: $50 (All supplies are included, but please bring your favorite scissors)
Lunch: Bring a bag lunch or use the nearby deli. Tea and snacks provided.
Register: Contact Kathryn at 360-696-8837, email eastwindceremony@aol.com or send a $25 deposit to reserve a space to Kathryn King, 316 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663
Description: Join in the exciting process of creating "soul cards." Fun to make and exciting to read, the cards serve as our own personal "oracle cards." You will leave this class with several cards of your own and perhaps even some new and surprising information about yourself! This process was created by Seena Frost. You can get more information at SoulCollage.Com
Contemplative Arts Day
Instructors: Holly Smith (Yoga), Gail Balden (Spiritual Journaling), Marilyn Rooper (T'ai Chi), Lola Sacks (Meditation)
When: Saturday, October 25, 10 am to 4 pm
Tuition: $50 (Please send a $25 deposit payable to the Center at PO Box 780, Manzanita, OR 97130)
Register: Call Lola Sacks 503-368-6227; email contemplativearts.lola@gmail.com Class size limited to 12.
Description: Think of this as a day of immersion into contemplative practices. For those who have no experience in contemplative practices, this will be a sampling with enough instruction to get you started in all of these practices. For those who are experienced in contemplative practices, this will be a day to begin again, to see your practices in a fresh light, to deepen your practices. It will be a day of quiet and peace with expert guidance in yoga, t'ai chi, journaling, and meditation. Bring a sack lunch, or we will be taking lunch orders for Bread & Ocean. Water, tea, and snacks will be available. Wear loose, comfortable clothing, and bring a journal or notebook and a pen.
The
Center for Contemplative Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
formed for the purpose of offering to all people activities of inner
reflection for deepening awareness and nurturing the human spirit for
the good of all creation.
For further
information, contact Lola Sacks, 503-368-6227.
