WORKSHOP ENGLAND 8-9-10 SEPTEMBER

7/9/2017

What are we going to do.
Three day' s of CREATEFULNESS
With Anne-Marie van Eck in collaboration with Honorta-Artlysing
ENGLAND
September 2017

We are two artists who despite of different countries of orgin, native languages and life, age, work experience...found something in common! The desire to create from your heart and outiside the barries of your own ego- we have a passion for exploring that connection, creativity and self-expression...Join the adventure...of self-discovery.

Are you someone who:

• Likes to make beautiful things
• Strives for perfection
• Is goal orientated in your work
• Techniques are important to you
• Is not looking for inner motivations or barriers
• At the end of the day is likely to have a concrete workpiece to take home…

• Wants to be challenged.
• Likes sitting for a whole day with hands in paint, glue and paper.
• Wants to go home with new insights and (creative) capabilities.
• Wants to spend time in a beautiful and inspiring environment with delicious food.

Then THIS is the environment where you fully belong!.

Then…this is NOT the workshop for you!

But are you someone who:

• Wants to experience what it is like to color outside the lines
• Wants to create (more) process oriented rather than product-oriented
• Wants to investigate what are the limiting thoughts that stop you from creating as a pure child
• Wants to share his or her experience and thoughts with a trusted group in order to learn from each other in a respectful and open way.
• Wants to be open to questions / assignments that empower your self-reflection and confidence to step out of the personal comfort zone-experience CREATFULNESS!!

The workshop is based on well- thought and effective exercises that support the personal process. Some techniques are used combined and some individually in order to become most supportive.
We're going to literally and figuratively go layer by layer to obtain the personal, creative process. You will be challenged, stirred up to trust your in inner voice and instincts. At the same time you will laugh about yourself and be gentle with yourself. You will experience (through creative exercises) that your subconsciousness is always next to you as a personal guide. Your thoughts will turn to he concept of being in the moment, CREATEFULNESS.

As a guide, artcoach and workshop facilitator Anne-Marie has a long term commitment and experience to set the best conditions possible to support your creative process. Her Ave Art school has been a long term commitment to creative process exploration. Both personally and creatively she is fully committed to that process. She says:
“I don' t want to be your teacher... but I rather think more of myself as your personal guide. It s not about me....... !!!”

Honorata will be supporting Anne-Marie and you by providing help and insights during creative exercises. Her Artlysing approach is about engaging with your own creativity and letting art for full self- expression. She says:
“Once you let your own art take over and loose the self-control habit - it will talk to you- there is that sacred creative communication that can happen.”

Slow down
fade out
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everything
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Become
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AVE

Together with special assignments we will set on personal search for your authentic creative self. Nothing less than that.

It's about what your own style, not what someone else tells you to do or imitate. Not about art games, copying and tricks, but ART. From the inside. It is perfectly ok if you are still not very confident with a true creative YOU. You may even question your abilities and if you are good enough… But you have a full right to accept your creative form and voice simply because you are the one who creates it. That’s all what is needed. No need for external approval…

This is often not easy to simply trust and believe in yourself. Due to different assumptions that we have gained in life through education, training, parenthood, socialization etc, it is difficult to see the true self. We start believing that whatever we do or make has to be perfect and meet certain standards. This is about EGO'S.
We are going to explore and learn together how we again can trust our own intuition, work with/around these EGO'S, how to accept imperfection and its existence. As well as this approach teaches us something about our true self it also explores the best art "techniques". We are looking closer at how to use it for personal development rather than for creating a product.

The techniques that we are going to use are:

>Working with your hands>Sewing
>Tearing, picking> Building a spread
>Working with> Creating accidents
>Photocopy transfers>Color Balance
>Creating depth in plan> and more!!!

And everything that has helped me to me develop my own unique style. I frequently call it quilting - each piece of art and inspiration together forms a unique garment. Colorful, versatile, ME / YOU.

We like to share our thoughts, ideas, experiences and vision about how to live a happy creative life. As (art)friends we know how important it is to meet others who have experienced the importantie of the creative proces to stay or become more healthy and happy. Art friends are the best company if you are never bored by talking about (our) processes in art and creativity. We grave for acrylics, paper and to get our hands folded around a (stickery) brush.
We also believe that it is necessary to laugh about our "mistakes" or our big EGO's that are bothering us, and keep us away from freedom and joy. We try, and try and try and sometimes we even succeed.