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SPRING 2013 Classes, Courses and Workshops for Adults and Children

 SPRING 2013 – Classes for Children and Adults

 

Courses for Adults held at Open Space Studio:

 

DreamREAL PART 2– Envision and bring your dreams and goals to life through Art. This course will help you to unleash your aspirations, hidden and awakened and replenish your creative well. During this class we will use the creative art-making process to help focus and bring to life your goals and dreams. (you must have taken DreamREAL Part 1 to complete part 2)

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:30 April 17th – May 8th, 2013

4 – weeks  $135.00

 

ColourPLAY Cleanse (6-week course) in Collaboration with Proactive Healthcare’s the city-wide Cleanse. (the-cleanse.com)

ColourPLAY Creative Cleanse – An Expressive Painting class for Adults
This ColourPLAY course offers a new Cleanse component. We offer an introduction to the body’s chakra system and exploring your personal relationship with colour. Each week we focus on a different colour.  It is a great class to stir creativity and cleanse your energy system. You will enjoy inspiring discussions, playful activities and enjoy expressive painting. More about this class: “Change rooms in your mind…Leave the familiar of a while!” Come, immerse yourself in the magic ColourPLAY and expressive art…an art class for relaxation, inspiration, self-discovery, empowerment, healing, affirmation, fun, creative exploration.  Learn about your Chakra System, practice following your intuition, spontaneous art-making and feel increased wellness.

Thursdays May 9 – June 13, 2013 6:30-9:30pm, 2013

6 – weeks $185.00

 

TO REGISTER: please call Danah at             519.977.1829       or email: danah@art-indeed.com

 

Workshops for Adults:

 

Yoga and Art at Breathe Yoga Studio (with Danah Beaulieu and Erika Reid)

Practice gentle/Yin Yoga and explore your creativity through intuitive and expressive art-making.

June 2013 7 – 9:15pm $50.00 (date to be announced)

 

 

Painting from your Centre at Open Space Studio (with Danah Beaulieu)

When we experience the refreshing and energizing power of creating art and being “in-the-moment” we begin to create in our own authentic way. This intuitive and expressive art class will unleash your creativity. Bring to life your own unique masterpiece:  a mysterious landscape of symbol, colour, and image! You will be delighted!

Experiences in writing, meditation and art-making to connect with creativity and personal self-expression, make a unique art-piece, feel renewed and transformed.

Thursday June 27th 6:30 – 9:30pm

$65.00 (light snacks, resources and light lunch included)

 

Trees of Life at Open Space Studio (with Danah Beaulieu)

This workshop is creative adventure and reflection on the beauty of Trees and their wisdom. Enjoy story-telling, nature sculpture, inspiring images and experience intuitive sketching inspired by The Tree of Life and its symbolism. The term tree of life is another word for sacred tree. The tree has become a symbol of love, wisdom, rebirth, strength, forgiveness, friendship and prosperity across time and cultures. Using an intuitive, process-oriented art-making method which is a free flowing, fun and relaxing method you will create your very own sacred tree: your personal Tree of Life.

Saturday June 22, 2013, 1-5pm

$65.00 (all resources, supplies and light snacks are included)

 

Healing Mandalas: Drawing out the Light (with Danah Beaulieu)

This class has been created as resting place for you and your spirit. Mandalas are artwork made within a circle. Anyone can create a Mandala. Mandalas are circles with a centre and are all around us. Come and learn about Mandala, it’s history and symbolism then, create a Mandala to take home with you and let it’s colours and design nourish you. When you complete your mandala, you will have a representation of something meaningful and personal, an “in-the-moment, in time” creation expressed through you.

Saturday May 18th, 2013 1-4pm $45.00 (supplies and light snack included)

 

TO REGISTER: please call Danah at             519.977.1829       or email: danah@art-indeed.com

 

Kids Classes: art-making adventures for Kids

 

Fun and Self-Discovery through Art!

Kids classes are experiences in expressive arts: story-telling, music, dance/movement, poetry and art-making.

 

Saturday April 27th 2013

11-12:15 – Preschool (3 -6yrs)

2:00-3:30 -  School-Age (7-11)

$20.00 per child

 

Saturday June 1st, 2013

11-12:15 – Preschool (3 -6yrs)

2:00-3:30 -  School-Age (7-11)

$20.00 per child

 

TO REGISTER: please call Danah at             519.977.1829       or email: danah@art-indeed.com

(For information on 2013 winter schedule clasess and workshops at Art InDeed, please scroll down a few  posts!  Thank you)

Breaking Barriers – Call for Submissions

 

The Breaking Barriers exhibition focus is to create an understanding of lived experiences. The exhibition seeks to highlight resilience and resourcefulness in coping with barriers. A barrier can be anything that one must overcome to reach a goal, even if the goal is simply to survive. Breaking Barriers is an exhibition for creative expression that empowers, builds awareness, and facilitates partnerships and collaborations.

Open to all 2D and 3D visual art (painting, mixed media, photography, sculpture, textile art, installations, etc.)

Sponsored by: Art Indeed, Wellness Through Creativity & B.J. Decor

Deadline to Enter: Sat March 2, 4pm

For more information on how to submit: http://www.leamingtonartscentre.com/

 

Learn more about Danah’s Community Arts Work and Practice

Bright, warmed and thankful heart tonight: I was chosen and highlighted as the Arts Council Windsor Region’s featured Member. Please click on the address below and enjoy the article! They interviewed me regarding my Community Arts Work and Practice.

http://acwr.net/featured-acwr-member-artist-danah-beaulieu/

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WELCOME 2013!

CREATIVITY – PEACE – ART- EXPLORE – DISCOVERY – REMEMBER

You are: whole and healthy and wise!  Creativity and creative self-expression is an adventure into that remembering.

 Art InDeed is an open space where creativity flows and abounds.  Creative journeys are guided and participants are invited to delight in the magic and mystery of spontaneous art-making and creative process. 

Art InDeed believes that creating a non-judgmental space where participants can freely express and explore their ideas, thoughts, feelings, and follow their intuition: creativity will flourish and thrive, individuals, families, communities and the world will be a healthier, happier and more peaceful place.

WINTER 2013 Full Courses and Workshops

Schedule for Adults and Children

 Courses for Adults held at Open Space Studio:

DreamREAL– Envision and bring your dreams and goals to life through Art. This course will help you to unleash your aspirations, hidden and awakened and replenish your creative well. During this class we will use the creative art-making process to help focus and bring to life your goals and dreams.

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

Week 1 – Dream – Collage
Week 2 – Imagine – Collage
Week 3 – Believe – Painting
Week 4 – Create/Action – Mixed Media art-making
Thursdays 6:30 – 9:30 January 17th – February 7th, 2013

4 – weeks  $135.00

 

ColourPLAY Part 3

ColourPLAY – Part Three (6-week course)

When we experience the refreshing and energizing power of creating art and being “in-the-moment” we begin to create in our own authentic way. This 6-week expressive art program will take you on a journey…guided by colour we will have fun exploring symbolic archetypes. The symbols will inspire your own unique and mysterious masterpieces! This course will focus on expressive painting and connecting to your intuition. These are the themes and colours we will explore:

Red – the Mother/Feminine

Orange– the Lover and the Mystic

Yellow – the Warrior and the Hero

Green – the Healer

Blue – the Magician

Indigo – the Shaman

Violet – the Spirit/Masculine

Thursdays 6:30 – 9:30 February 21-March 28, 2013

6 – weeks $185.00

TO REGISTER: please call Danah at             519.977.1829       or email: danah@art-indeed.com

Workshops for Adults:

 

Yoga and Art at Breathe Yoga Studio (with Danah Beaulieu and Erika Reid)

Practice gentle/Yin Yoga and explore your creativity through intuitive and expressive art-making.

January 25, 2013 7 – 9:15pm $50.00

 

Drawing from Your Centre at Open Space Studio (with Danah Beaulieu and Gail Yott)

Full-Day Workshop

Re-connecting and awakening to the love and the light that is within you through reflections, meditations and creativity!

Drawing from your Centre” workshop offers tools and using creativity as an adventure of remembering and owning the truth and the power within you!

Discussions and reflection on:

  • what is love, really? (in us and around us)
  • personal power (knowing and owning your truth).
  • exploring dimensions of self-love and peace.

Experiences in meditation and art-making:

  • to connect with creativity and self-expression
  • to make a unique art-piece to leave with.
  • to feel renewed and transformed.

Saturday January 26th 10 – 6pm

$85.00 (light snacks, resources and light lunch included)

 

 

Painting from your Centre at Open Space Studio (with Danah Beaulieu)

When we experience the refreshing and energizing power of creating art and being “in-the-moment” we begin to create in our own authentic way. This intuitive and expressive art class will unleash your creativity. Bring to life your own unique masterpiece:  a mysterious landscape of symbol, colour, and image! You will be delighted!

1-5pm Saturday February 9th, 2013

$65.00 (all resources, supplies and light snacks are included)

 

Trees of Life at Open Space Studio (with Danah Beaulieu)

This workshop is creative adventure and reflection on the beauty of Trees and their wisdom. Enjoy story-telling, nature sculpture, inspiring images and experience intuitive sketching inspired by The Tree of Life and its symbolism. The term tree of life is another word for sacred tree. The tree has become a symbol of love, wisdom, rebirth, strength, forgiveness, friendship and prosperity across time and cultures. Using an intuitive, process-oriented art-making method which is a free flowing, fun and relaxing method you will create your very own sacred tree: your personal Tree of Life.

1 -5pm Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

$65.00 (all resources, supplies and light snacks are included)

 

Healing MandalasDrawing out the Light (with Danah Beaulieu)

This class has been created as resting place for you and your spirit. Mandalas are artwork made within a circle. Anyone can create a Mandala. Mandalas are circles with a centre and are all around us. Come and learn about Mandala, it’s history and symbolism then, create a Mandala to take home with you and let it’s colours and design nourish you. When you complete your mandala, you will have a representation of something meaningful and personal, an “in-the-moment, in time” creation expressed through you.

Tuesday February 26th, 2013 6:30 – 9:30 $45.00 (supplies and light snack included) 

 TO REGISTER: please call Danah at             519.977.1829       or email: danah@art-indeed.com

Kids Classes: art-making adventures for Kids

 Fun and Self-Discovery through Art!

Kids classes are experiences in expressive arts: story-telling, music, dance/movement, poetry and art-making.

Saturday January 12th 2013

11-12:15 – Preschool (3 -6yrs)

1:00-3:30 -  School-Age (7-11)

$20.00 per child

Saturday March 2nd, 2013

11-12:15 – Preschool (3 -6yrs)

1:00-3:30 -  School-Age (7-11)

$20.00 per child

TO REGISTER: please call Danah at             519.977.1829       or email: danah@art-indeed.com

Discounted Prices for a Series of Sessions for Private art sessions: A series of sessions for one to one art are offered at discounted prices. We offer special prices for 4wk, 6wk and 10wk private art sessions for children or adults.

At Art InDeed this is what we believe and in Open Space Studio this is what we do:

Art InDeed is an open space where creativity flows and abounds.  Creative journeys are guided and participants are invited to delight in the magic and mystery of spontaneous art-making and creative process.  Art InDeed believes that creating a non-judgmental space where participants can freely express and explore their thoughts, feelings, and follow their intuition: creativity will flourish and thrive, individuals, families, communities and the world will be a healthier, happier and more peaceful place.

Art InDeed’s Guiding Principles:

Art InDeed is founded by Danah Beaulieu, an Intuitive Artist and Expressive Arts Practitioner.  The principles and beliefs are based on her vision of creative process, creativity, spontaneous art-making and well-being.  These drive her life and practice as an Artist and Expressive Arts Practitioner.
Art InDeed believes that creating a non-judgmental space where participants can freely express and explore their thoughts, feelings, and follow their intuition: creativity will flourish and thrive, individuals, families, communities and the world will be a healthier, happier and more peaceful place.

Art InDeed believes that :

  • creativity is a way to practice trusting intuition.
  • art-making is a fun and healthy choice!
  • everything is about remembering who you are: whole and healthy and wise!  Creativity is an adventure into that remembering.
  • creativity is a mind, body, emotional and spiritual practice.
  • spontaneous art-making and creativity is a process that brings us insights and allows us to look through a window into a different reality of self.  This new reality can guide us to greater wellness and balance and happiness.
  • through the art-making process we can access our own inner knowing and learn from the revealing symbols, colours and images.
  • free self-expression is not only self-discovery, it is self-affirming.
  • playfulness facilitates and inspired spontaneous, in-the-moment creativity which results in authentic expression.
  • Having more than one medium to create with is ideal…the environment Art InDeed creates and holds, plus the media that we offer that is key…..this meets the necessity of what needs to be created and come to life.

Art InDeed Provides:

  • holistic arts-based “playshops”/creative adventures/workshops/classes/groups/one-on-one sessions.
  • art programs for the purpose of increasing well-being.
  • original and fun “processes” like ColourPLAY and Constellation Drawings developed by Danah Beaulieu
  • arts-based experiences and spontaneous art-making for the development of self-expression, self-worth and self-esteem.
  • opportunities for social contact and participation.
  • fun, exploration and discovery.
  • opportunities to inspire relaxation, sense of purpose, a sense of meaning and improved quality of life.
  • a creative way to help develop coping skills, deal with loss, reduce anxiety and articulate feeling.
  • opportunity to invest time and energy to create art.
  • opportunities for healing and renewal in the artistic process.
  • workshops to increase your art skills, relieve creative blocks.
  • experiences of being inspired and feeling successful.
  • discovery of meaning in your life through symbols and images.
  • sessions that foster feeling free; this helps revive your mind, body, emotions and spirit.

GIFT CERTIFICATES and WINTER 2013 COURSE SCHEDULE

(This post: Gift Certificates and WINTER CLASSES 2013 was uploaded on November 7, 2012. For information about fall programs 2012 please see the blog post after this one.) 

Give The Gift of Creativity!

Gift Certificates for Holiday gift-giving are now available!

Gift Certificates can be purchased for the following services and/or products at Art Indeed and Open Space Studio:

 

 Children’s Group Classes: $20.00

Children’s one to one Private Expressive Art Session: $35.00

Adult Private Art Session: $45.00

Art Adventures for Families: $75.00

Workshops for Adults: $45, $65 and $85

Full Courses for Adults: $135 and $185

If you would like to purchase a series of sessions (at discounted prices) please see price listing provided after the course schedule.

 Products: Danah makes jewellery, sells art cards and her original paintings. She also accepts commissions for paintings, sketches or jewellery.  Gift certificates can to go towards these products and are available at the price that suits your needs.

 Gift Certificates for Intuitive Readings: Danah shares her gift of intuition. Sessions with Danah have been described as: “insightful, uplifting and renewing!” (Call for more information 519.977.1829) $65.00

Gift certificates can be purchased at the Studio or if you would like to book an appointment to meet Danah, see the studio and artwork, or learn more about her services/classes or products, or if you have any questions, please email: danah@art-indeed.com, or call 519-977-1829.  (all gift certificates plus HST)

 

WINTER 2013 Full Courses and Workshops Schedule

 Courses for Adults held at Danah’s Open Space Studio:

 DreamREAL Envision and bring your dreams and goals to life through Art. This course will help you to unleash your aspirations, hidden and awakened and replenish your creative well. During this class we will use the creative art-making process to help focus and bring to life your goals and dreams.

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

Week 1 – Dream – Collage
Week 2 – Imagine – Collage
Week 3 – Believe – Painting
Week 4 – Create/Action – Mixed Media art-making
Thursdays 6:30 – 9:30 January 17th – February 7th, 2013

4 – weeks  $135.00

 

ColourPLAY Part 3

ColourPLAY – Part Three (6-week course)

When we experience the refreshing and energizing power of creating art and being “in-the-moment” we begin to create in our own authentic way. This 6-week expressive art program will take you on a journey…guided by colour we will have fun exploring symbolic archetypes. The symbols will inspire your own unique and mysterious masterpieces! This course will focus on expressive painting and connecting to your intuition. These are the themes and colours we will explore:

Red – the Mother/Feminine

Orange– the Lover and the Mystic

Yellow – the Warrior and the Hero

Green – the Healer

Blue – the Magician

Indigo – the Shaman

Violet – the Spirit/Masculine

Thursdays 6:30 – 9:30 February 21-March 28, 2013

6 – weeks $185.00

 TO REGISTER: please call Danah at 519.977.1829 or email: danah@art-indeed.com

Workshops for Adults:

 Yoga and Art at Breathe Yoga Studio (with Danah Beaulieu and Erika Reid)

Practice gentle/Yin Yoga and explore your creativity through intuitive and expressive art-making.

January 25, 2013 7 – 9:15pm $50.00

 

Drawing from Your Centre at Open Space Studio (with Danah Beaulieu and Gail Yott)

Full-Day Workshop

Re-connecting and awakening to the love and the light that is within you through reflections, meditations and creativity!

Drawing from your Centre” workshop offers tools and using creativity as an adventure of remembering and owning the truth and the power within you!

Discussions and reflection on:

  • what is love, really? (in us and around us)
  • personal power (knowing and owning your truth).
  • exploring dimensions of self-love and peace.

Experiences in meditation and art-making:

  • to connect with creativity and self-expression
  • to make a unique art-piece to leave with.
  • to feel renewed and transformed.

Saturday January 26th 10 – 6pm

$85.00 (light snacks, resources and light lunch included)

 

 

Painting from your Centre at Open Space Studio (with Danah Beaulieu)

When we experience the refreshing and energizing power of creating art and being “in-the-moment” we begin to create in our own authentic way. This intuitive and expressive art class will unleash your creativity. Bring to life your own unique masterpiece:  a mysterious landscape of symbol, colour, and image! You will be delighted!

1-5pm Saturday February 9th, 2013

$65.00 (all resources, supplies and light snacks are included)

 

Trees of Life at Open Space Studio (with Danah Beaulieu)

This workshop is creative adventure and reflection on the beauty of Trees and their wisdom. Enjoy story-telling, nature sculpture, inspiring images and experience intuitive sketching inspired by The Tree of Life and its symbolism. The term tree of life is another word for sacred tree. The tree has become a symbol of love, wisdom, rebirth, strength, forgiveness, friendship and prosperity across time and cultures. Using an intuitive, process-oriented art-making method which is a free flowing, fun and relaxing method you will create your very own sacred tree: your personal Tree of Life.

1 -5pm Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

$65.00 (all resources, supplies and light snacks are included)

 

Healing Mandalas: Drawing out the Light (with Danah Beaulieu)

This class has been created as resting place for you and your spirit. Mandalas are artwork made within a circle. Anyone can create a Mandala. Mandalas are circles with a centre and are all around us. Come and learn about Mandala, it’s history and symbolism then, create a Mandala to take home with you and let it’s colours and design nourish you. When you complete your mandala, you will have a representation of something meaningful and personal, an “in-the-moment, in time” creation expressed through you.

Tuesday February 26th, 2013 6:30 – 9:30 $45.00 (supplies and light snack included) 

 TO REGISTER: please call Danah at 519.977.1829 or email: danah@art-indeed.com

Kids Classes: art-making adventures for Kids

 Fun and Self-Discovery through Art!

Kids classes are experiences in expressive arts: story-telling, music, dance/movement, poetry and art-making.

Saturday January 12th 2013

11-12:15 – Preschool (3 -6yrs)

1:00-3:30 -  School-Age (7-11)

$20.00 per child

Saturday March 2nd, 2013

11-12:15 – Preschool (3 -6yrs)

1:00-3:30 -  School-Age (7-11)

$20.00 per child

TO REGISTER: please call Danah at 519.977.1829 or email: danah@art-indeed.com

 Discounted Prices for a Series of Sessions for Private art sessions: A series of sessions for one to one art are offered at discounted prices. We offer special prices for 4wk, 6wk and 10wk private art sessions for children or adults.

Children/Teens (3 yrs – 18 yrs)

4wk: $120.00

6wk: $190.00

10wk: $290.00

Adults

4wk: $160.00

6wk: $240.00

10wk: $380.00