
Creative Conversations
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Collage
Savvy Self-Portraits is a teambuilding workshop designed to foster collaboration and greater appreciation for the leadership capacities of each team member. Participants are guided through a playful collage process that allows them to easily identify and articulate the unique skills and talents they contribute to their organization. Each session integrates music and discourse to create an inspiring space designed to motivate individuals to work together toward a common goal.
No previous writing or art making experience required.
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Write
Imagination, Praise, and Remembrance is a series of creativity workshops for adults that draw on memory and focus on writing with humor and from the heart. Word games, prompts, and timed writing exercises are used to generate stories and poems that celebrate our gifts and talents and honor the people, places, and treasured events of our lives. As we delve into the craft of writing, we will study the work of contemporary authors and explore a variety of forms and techniques for expressing ideas, observations and insights. Tips and resources for carving out time and space for a regular writing practice will also be discussed. No previous writing experience required.
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Reflect
Attendings is a video screening, artist talk, reflective writing and group discussion on the topic of sustaining an artistic practice. It features a collaboratively-created video by Daniel Arite and Thandiwe Shiphrah that speaks to the ways in which the two artists turn to nature to nourish their inner life, stay grounded in their artmaking, and connected to their culture and community. The video celebrates a 2019 harvest-themed youth mural project and includes a backyard installation – assemblages made of everyday objects combined with flowers and plants – that emerged from Daniel's love of gardening and Thandiwe's passion for poetic imagery.