ART + WELLNESS WORKSHOP SERIES, PART 1
Workshop series description:
To provide an experience that explores the connection between mental and physical well-being and art making. We will discuss the health benefits of art making and how to implement a creative practice into daily life as a means for self-reflection, relaxation, stress relief, and emotional regulation. We will then create art using various mediums exploring different themes each week.
Week One project and description:
March 2nd 11-2pm
Theme: Manifestation
Project: Vision flags
Medium: Printmaking
Vision Flags
We will discuss the connection between belief, vision and manifestation. Then we will use printmaking techniques on fabric as a way to convey our vision by constructing flags and finally creating a banner. All materials will be provided. No experience necessary. Beginners welcome.
Instructors Bios:
Ceccily Bednash MA LMFT ATR is a visual artist, clinical art therapist, licensed marriage and family therapist, arts advocate and educator. She has been making art her entire life and studied two dimensional and three dimensional design as an undergraduate obtaining her BFA. By exploring various mediums as a teaching artist and artist in residence including sculpture, painting, metal arts, casting, fiber arts and printmaking Ceccily learned to use art as a healing tool for herself and others which lead to her pursuing a masters degree in marriage and family therapy and art therapy. By using art in her clinical practice as an art therapist she has been able to identify universal themes that all people struggle with and used that information to create her current workshops. Through her passion for community building, nonprofit work and arts advocacy work Ceccily has been able to develop, fund and implement community based art+wellness programming through nonprofit partnerships in several cities throughout the United States.
Alexis Colbert ThM is an arts educator who is also a storyteller working in clay sculpture and illustration. Her lifelong artistic and spiritual practices have been essential in navigating her life as a trauma survivor. Her artwork has been exhibited locally and nationally in galleries and art shows where she has received multiple awards. She has also been the recipient of scholarships and residencies. She has taught artists in workshops in both private and community settings for 20 years. Currently, Alexis works as a studio artist and sculpture instructor at the Clay Lady Campus in Nashville Tennessee.