WHIDBEY WORKING ARTISTS OPEN STUDIO TOUR

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 AND SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 / 10 AM - 5 PM

906 EDGECLIFF DR., LANGLEY, WA 98260

Whidbey Island is once again holding the Open Studio Tour.

I'll be joining my friend, Luanne Seymour at Luanne's home studio right on Saratoga Passage.

If you're in the area, we'd love to welcome you!

Leaf-Paper-Print-Collage: A Botanical Printmaking & Collage Workshop

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
February 21 - 23, 2020, 10 am - 4 pm
Register: pencegallery.org

Pacific Northwest Art School, Coupeville,
Whidbey Island,* WA
September 11 - 13, 2020,  9 am - 4 pm  
Register:  pacificnorthwestartschool.org

Enhance your art practice in inspiring and unique ways. Join me for an exciting three day exploration into the world of botanical printmaking and collage; accessible art forms whether you’re a newcomer or seasoned artist. On the first day, we’ll layer lines, leaves and colors on a Gelli plate in order to create a series of beautiful and unique hand printed collage papers. The following day, we’ll immerse ourselves in the world of botanical contact printing (also called eco-printing), using natural plant pigments to create a group of evocative images on paper. On the third day, we’ll pull it all together, incorporating handcrafted collage papers with archival collage techniques, to create expressive and engaging works of art.

*Whidbey Island is a magical place in which to relax, restore and enjoy art making in the company of other artists.

botanical printmaking & collage / mendocino art center / friday - sunday, march 22 - 24

Enhance your art practice in inspiring and unique ways. Join us for an exciting three-day exploration into the world of botanical printmaking and collage; accessible art forms whether you’re a newcomer or a seasoned artist. On the first day, we’ll layer lines, leaves and colors on a GelliArts gel plate in order to create a series of beautiful and unique hand-printed collage papers. The following day, we’ll immerse ourselves in the world of botanical contact printing (also called eco printing), using natural plant pigments to create a group of evocative images on paper. On the third day, we’ll pull it all together, incorporating handcrafted collage papers with archival collage techniques to create expressive and engaging works of art.

To register: http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/Spring19/Hunter.html • You may register online until two weeks prior to class start date. After that date, please call the registrar: 707 937-5818, ext. 10 or toll-free 800 653-3328, ext. 10

Botanical Printmaking and Collage Workshop
November 10th and 11th, 10 am - 4 pm
Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
$175 members / $185 non-members

Enhance your art practice in inspiring and unique ways. Join us for a two day exploration into the world of botanical printmaking and collage, accessible art forms whether you’re a newcomer or a seasoned artist. On the first day, using a variety of monoprinting techniques and plant materials, we’ll make a series of beautiful and unique hand-printed collage papers. The following day we’ll incorporate those handcrafted papers with archival collage techniques to create expressive and engaging works of art. To register, click here.

Young Adult Bereavement Art Group Facilitator's Training
November 2nd and 3rd, 8:30 am - 5 pm
UC Davis Hospice, Sacramento, CA

This two-day facilitator training will take participants through each step of the UC Davis Young Adult Bereavement Art Group structure and curriculum. Don Lewis, UC Davis Hospice Bereavement Coordinator and I will be leading this workshop. Participants will learn how to combine discussion models and interactive art therapy directives through focused experientials. The workshops will cover all eight weeks of the program and offer extensive information and experience. Participants will leave with all the tools needed to successfully facilitate a Young Adult Bereavement Art Group. These tools may also be used to enhance your current grief counseling practice.

Registration is $275 and space is limited. Tuition includes continental breakfast and lunch both days, all materials, certificate of attendance, and 13.5 CEUs.  Register through Center for Professional Practice of Nursing online at: cppn.ucdavis.edu This link will take you directly to the registration page.

Light and Shadow: An Art, Yoga and Meditation Workshop
October 28, 10 am - 2 pm
Hendrickx Farm, Davis, CA
$80, includes materials

Our art and yoga trial balloon last month was a great success; we spent a wonderful day with 9 women, creating collage papers, finding flow in yoga and creating brightly patterned collages. There's a synergy that takes place when you combine art and yoga. Our preconceived notions about our ability to make art to dissolve as we absorb ourselves in breathwork, yoga postures and meditation. We're so excited that we've planned 2 more workshops this year. Each workshop will have a different theme and completely different art, yoga and meditation practices. Our workshop in October will take place just before Halloween where we'll explore that point where light and shadow meet.
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This workshop will be limited to 8 lovely souls so let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to join us? Just email me at: hkhunterarts@gmail.com.

Harvesting our Gifts: An Art & Yoga Workshop
Sunday, August 12, 10 am - 2 pm
Hendrickx Farm, Davis, CA

I've long wanted to teach a workshop that combines my love of art, art therapy and yoga. I finally have all the components: a place to make art and practice yoga and a yoga teacher. My friend, Pam Peterson, has offered her home as a location. Pam owns Hendrickx Farms, a beautiful 8.5 acre farm with gardens and a light and spacious interior. 

I'm teaming up with Khara Strum, a gifted yoga teacher and healer. We are offering a delicious mix of heart opening yoga, a short guided meditation and lots of time to spread out and dive deep into art. This month we'll focus on our theme "harvest" and working in collage and mixed media.

"Harvest" is our trial balloon and we're offering the class for $25 to cover the cost of materials. The workshop size is limited to 6 lovely souls, so let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to join us! Just click the blue button below to register.

RE-Leaf, A Botanical Collage Workshop
Saturday, November 11th, 10 am - 4 pm

In this workshop we'll carve out time to make collage works using the gorgeous fall foliage. In the morning, we'll create botanical monoprints and following lunch, learn new ways to combine those prints into one (or more) inspiring collage works.
My workshops are intimate and relaxed with plenty of time to explore and work out new ideas. Appropriate for all levels, I look forward to sharing this simple yet elegant approach to collage.

Workshop Fee: $95, includes all materials/Class is limited to 5 participants. To register, email me at: hkhunterarts@gmail.com

Whole Hearted Living: A Series of Art Therapy Workshops /Wellness Within; cancer support services / wednesday, October 25th, 10 am - 4 pm

What is wholehearted living? Author Brene Brown has identified 10 guideposts that help us to open our hearts and let our big, juicy, life back in. Taken together, these guideposts offer a set of prompts that allow us to actively cultivate these qualities in our lives. In an exciting series of art therapy workshops, we’ll explore each of Brene Brown’s 10 guideposts to wholehearted living* through art journaling, printing, collaging, painting and more. We’ll share with each other and create practices that incorporate these guideposts in easy and practical ways. This month we’ll be exploring Guidepost #7: “Cultivating laughter, song, and dance."

Sign up online or by calling 916-788-0333.
Pre-registration required.

*The 10 Guideposts:

1. Cultivating authenticity: letting go of what people think 2. Cultivating self-compassion: letting go of perfectionism 3. Cultivating a resilient spirit: letting go of numbing and powerlessness 4. Cultivating gratitude and joy: letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark 5. Cultivating intuition and trusting faith: letting go of the need for certainty 6. Cultivating creativity: letting go of comparison 7. Cultivating play and rest: letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self- worth 8. Cultivating calm and stillness: letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle 9. Cultivating meaningful work: letting go of self-doubt and “supposed to” 10. Cultivating laughter, song, and dance: letting go of being cool and “always in control

Wellness Within is a healing oasis for patients, survivors, caregivers, and families affected by the trauma, stress and anxiety brought on by cancer. Located in downtown Roseville, CA, Wellness Within offers a warm and inviting space to let go and learn how to manage your stressors.