Sparking Art and Healing

Illustrated Memory Books

For the Self and other Loved Ones

Making an Illustrated Memory Book is an art process for accepting, commemorating, and celebrating. Participants get to enjoy group and individual process in this class series. In addition to the classes, you meet with a creativity coach by private appointment to refine your goals, to set up the structure for work between classes,
and to enrich the effectiveness of your creative process.

Ilustrated Memory Pages
Session One: This shorter first session, four weeks, is composed of:
• choosing an event or person to focus on
• gathering a few materials and sharing story
• experimenting with mixed media
• making one or more pages with finished visuals
• creativity coaching

Participants receive two coaching sessions, one in-studio and one by phone, for planning and creative process. Coaching provides the keys for continuing and completing the Memory book both inside and and outside of class.

Ilustrated Memory Story
Session Two: The longer second session, eight weeks, is composed of:
• making the story you want to tell
• writing story thread and captions
• assembling visuals with writing
• learning more mixed media techniques
• learning scrapbooking and photo framing techniques
• group sharing
• creativity coaching

Participants receive three coaching sessions, one in-studio and two by phone, for planning and creative process.

Ilustrated Memory Book
Session Three: The final session, a full day workshop, is composed of:
• making the book-binding and cover for your pages
• sharing and celebrating

Examples of what to commemmorate:
• a parent or child or family member
• any friendship or relationship
• an experience of growing up
• a life passage or an accomplishment
• events that changed your life or the world
• even memories to be: dreams, hopes or goals
• anything you wish to celebrate!

See Schedule for Autumn 2007 classes.

Email coaching@sparkingart.com for more information

Spontaneous Painting

Inviting the Artist Healer to Emerge

A process for quieting the mind and healing the heart.

Painting on a large surface with tempera paints. This is a series of classes and coaching scheduled by appointment only. Participants work either individually or in a small group, reading and discussing a couple of seminal books, and receiving creativity coaching.

Please inquire to find out more.
Email Laurel at coaching@sparkingart.com.

If you have experienced a recent loss, it is recommended that you have participated for a period of time in a grief support group, or grief therapy. Creativity coaching works best for those who have or have had adequate emotional support for issues that might significantly interfere with allowing the artist healer within to emerge and now steer the process of healing.

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Creativity | Self-discovery | Kids | Healing