Connect with your Creative Source through Touch Drawing
Saturday November 7th 1-4 pm

This 3-hour workshop is an opportunity to explore the process of Touch Drawing* as well as an exploration of the ways in which simple drawing methods can be used to help us connect to ourselves and our creative source. Starting with our breath and our internal felt sense we will move from the inside, up as we draw connections within ourselves and with each other. This is not a “learn to draw” class but rather an exploration of ways we can use the lines and shapes to connect to our internal felt sense as well as to the universe around us. Touch Drawing is a profound practice that helps people get in touch with their inner world.

This workshop is appropriate for individuals with no prior Touch Drawing experience as well as those who are familiar with the process.

Please email me at BarbaraDavisLCSW@gmail.com for more information and to register.
The registration fee, including all materials is $60.

*For a more complete description of Touch Drawing please see the bottom of the page

The Art of Grief
Will return in the spring for anyone who missed the class this fall!

Email me at BarbaraDavisLCSW@gmail.com
if you’re interested in more information!

Introduction to Visual Journaling and the Altered Book
Saturday November 21st 10-4
at the ReCreate Collective 453 Main St Rockland, ME

Come learn a creative way to repurpose old books that you no longer want to read.  Learn to reuse an old book as the foundation for a visual journal.  Recreate a book into a work of art that is made of several small, personal works of art.  

Together we will learn how to deconstruct the book and reconstruct it through collage, drawing, painting and the written word.  And all the while we will be recycling materials! This is a fun and rewarding process that does not require previous art making skill or training. While we will get a good start on the books during the class, you’ll have your own book to take home and continue to use as a Visual Journal. You are invited to return to our monthly Open Studio to continue your work on your Altered Book.

Registrants are asked  to bring an old hardcover book that they no longer want and are willing to deconstruct.  Non-fiction works best; biographies, history, sociology - books that mention people, culture, the language of emotion and human interaction.  Books written in languages other than English also work.   Used books can be purchased cheap at flea markets and garage sales if you do not have a book of your own to bring.  

You will be taking this book apart so please don’t bring any books to which you have a strong emotional attachment All materials, other than the used books, will be provided. 

To register by emailing me: BarbaraDavisLCSW@gmail.com‍ ‍Registration fee $100 payable by check, Venmo, Apple Pay - please indicate your preference when you email.

Wednesday Wellness Classes

Abundance and Gratitude
a 2 hour collage workshop focussed on appreciating our connections to ourselves, each other and the world around us.

Wednesday November 11th 2-4 pm

Letting Go and Finding Peace in the Dark
A 2 hour expressive arts class to help nourish our souls during this dark time.

Wednesday December 9th 2-4 pm

Drawing Connections
Saturday December 5th 9:30-12:30
in conjunction with UMVA’s December show:
Connections
at Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Maine

This 3-hour workshop (in conjunction with the UMVA Connections exhibition in December) is an introduction to the process of Touch Drawing* as well as an exploration of the ways in which simple drawing methods can be used to help us connect to ourselves, each other and the world around us. Starting with our breath and our internal felt sense we will move from the inside out as we draw our connections with ourselves and with each other. This is not a “learn to draw” class but rather an exploration of ways we can use the lines, shapes and colors to connect to our internal felt sense as well as to the universe around us. In addition participants will be introduced to the profound process of Touch Drawing.  

Adult members of the community are encouraged — but not required — to invite a young person in their life (child, grandchild, neighbor) to join them for this fun and accessible experience. It’s a great way to connect with a loved one in a fun and relaxing environment. 

Please email me at BarbaraDavisLCSW@gmail.com for more information and to register. The workshop fee, including the cost of materials, is $60/70 per person (UMVA member/nonmember).  To register one child to accompany an adult, the cost is $100/115 for the pair. Payment accepted by Venmo, Apple Pay or check.