with Rebekah Younger and Lisa Stanley

Sat February 4th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun February 5th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Price: $140 (* $15.00 Material Fee included in each price.)

Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Parts I & II

In Room(s): Brunswick

There is such a thing as unconditional expression that does not come from self or other.  It manifests out of nowhere like mushrooms in a meadow, like hailstones, like thundershowers.
– Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

The creative process can be a form of meditation in action. Artists do this naturally when they are called by a blank piece of paper, an empty stage, an idle instrument, or an unplanted garden, and they allow inspiration to naturally arise out of that space.

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with Rebekah Younger and Lisa Stanley

Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Part III

Sat March 24th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun March 25th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Price: $140 (* $15.00 Material Fee included in each price.)

In Room(s): Brunswick

In Part Four we focus on the five elements: earth, water, fire, air (wind), and space, and how they form a Gestalt, or mandala.  Exploring the nature of these elements, we also learn about ourselves. our unique means of expression and how in spite of all our differences there is some universality to our communication in spite of our differences.

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with Lisa Stanley and Rebekah Younger

Fri May 18th: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sat May 19th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun May 20th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Price: $150 (* $25.00 Material Fee included in each price.)
Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Part IV.
In Room(s): Brunswick

Four of the five elements not only describe our world and our experience, but they offer actions to work with the gap between inspiration and manifestation: Pacifying (water), Enriching (earth), Magnetizing (fire), and Destroying (wind). These four actions are used in everyday life, as well as the creative process, can be skillfull means for compassionate action and pure expression transforming obstacles into challenges and negativity into greater vision and truth.

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