Phone: 615.460.1161
2305 12th Ave. S.; Nashville, TN 37204
Mail: PO Box 121976; Nashville, TN 37212
2305 12th Ave. S.; Nashville, TN 37204
Mail: PO Box 121976; Nashville, TN 37212
Current & Upcoming Classes Follow @eartandsoul
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Date
Tuesdays, May 1 - 22 (4 Weeks) Wednesdays, May 9 - 30 (4 Weeks) Thursdays, May 10, 17, 24, June 7 (4 Weeks) Wednesdays, June 6 - 27 (4 Weeks) |
Cost
$175 (Co-op $150) $170 (Co-op $145) $225 (Co-op $190) $195/175 (Co-op 165/150) |
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Workshops | ||
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Date
Saturday, June 2 & 9, 9 am - noon Sunday, June 3, 1 - 6 pm Sunday, June 10, 2 - 6 pm Saturday, July 7, 1 - 5 pm Saturday, July 14, 1 - 4 pm Saturday, July 28, 1:00 - 4:30 pm Thurs Aug 16, 23, 30, 9 am-noon; Fri Aug 17, 31, 6-9 pm |
Cost
$40 each / $75 both $65 (Co-op $55) $50 $80 per couple $50 $50 $40 each |
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Immersion Programs | ||
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Date
May 18-20, June 22-24, Aug 24-26 August 1-5 |
Cost
$365 ($310 Co-op) See below |
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Before registering for any class or workshop,
please read our cancellation policy.
CANCELLATION POLICY
You may request a refund or credit (minus a non-refundable 10% cancellation fee) up to seven (7) days prior to the scheduled date of the class or workshop. No credit or refund is available after that date. Credits and refunds are also unavailable if you do not show up or if you leave an event early for any reason.
Please Note: Payment for all classes and workshops is due seven business days before date of the event. We cannot guarantee placement in a class or workshop until payment has been received. Tuition may be paid via PayPal (registration@eArtandSoul.com) or by mailing a check or money order to Art & Soul, PO Box 121976, Nashville, TN 37212.
Artistic Explorations with Ancient Geometry (no math needed!)
taught by Noa Benamotz
"... the starting point of ancient geometric thought is not a network of intellectual definitions or abstractions, but instead a meditation upon a metaphysical unity, followed by an attempt to symbolize it visually."
~ Robert Lawlor, Sacred Geometry, Philosophy and Practice
Discover ancient visual practices from Greece, Egypt, India, China, Japan, Africa, and more. Explore the beauty and mystery of symmetry, simplicity, precision, and surprise through demonstration and hands-on play. Whether the experiences lead you to mystical or mathematical amazement, you will come away with techniques and “truths” often kept secret from all but the privileged few. And yet, anyone can do this; no math needed.
Time & Date
Tuesdays, May 1 - 22 (4 weeks)
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Fee
$175 (Co-op $150); optional materials fee, if you want to keep the tools: $10
Registration Deadline
Sunday, April 29
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Noa:
Noa Benamotz works with individuals of all ages. She helps honor and expand the natural potential for whole brain, whole person learning and being, by guiding and supporting a shift from fear to curiosity and from resistance to discovery in personal, professional, and academic realms. (www.MindfulLearningSolutions.com)
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
taught by Deanie French
Drawing is a language as important as reading, but most people never learn it because of the bias in our society toward left-brain learning and processing. Drawing is our right-brain language, the balance to our left-brain verbal skills. Drawing is just as complex and sophisticated. It simply utilizes the gifts of the other side of our brain.
In this class, we will practice many right-brain exercises, based on the work of Betty Edwards, that will "shift" us into the right brain, which is the visual, spatial, concrete, relational, holistic part of the brain. By the end of four weeks, not only will you be amazed at your drawings,but you will also experience a sense of joy, empowerment and confidence that comes with meeting a challenge and acquiring new skills.
For beginning and intermediate students. No drawing experience necessary. More advanced activities will be provided for those interested who have taken the class previously.
Time & Date
Wednesdays, May 9 - 30 (4 weeks)
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Fee
$165 (Co-op $140) plus $5 materials fee (included in registration)
Registration Deadline
Sunday, May 6
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Deanie:
Deanie French has been drawing and painting since early childhood. She holds a degree in Art Education from Rhode Island School of Design, and has taught for many years at Art & Soul, as well as being a co-op member. One of her favorite things is drawing people.
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Mixed Media Printmaking & Marbling
taught by Lesley Patterson-Marx
Students will create beautiful, abstract compositions through the aqueous printmaking medium better known as "paper marbling." Monoprint, collage, and polyester plate lithography will then be printed on top of the marbled compositions to create rich, layered imagery. The possibilities are endless for combining photographs, collage, and drawing into these works. This class is perfect for people with little or no printmaking experience, for seasoned printmakers who want to loosen up and work experimentally, or for those familiar with the techniques who need a refresher course.
Time & Date
Thursdays, May 10, 17, 24 & June 7 (4 weeks)
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Fee
$225 (Co-op $190); all supplies included
Registration Deadline
Sunday, May 6
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Lesley:
Lesley Patterson-Marx is a professional artist/printmaker who has exhibited work nationally and is featured in several publications. Lesley helped to found Plate Tone Printshop, a non-toxic, fine-art community print shop, and is a part-time instructor at University School of Nashville where she teaches book arts and printmaking.
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Creative Arts Discovery and Practice - June 2012
Is your artist self longing for nourishment? Would you like to have a regular time set aside each week for your art? This class serves both beginners and ongoing students, providing a weekly space to practice your art, explore new territory and discover new possibilities.
Learn to trust your hands and your intuition as you put brush to paper, immerse your fingers in clay and arrange fabric, feathers and stone. For those interested in exploring media and techniques, demonstrations are offered in charcoal, pastels, tempera, acrylic, collage, watercolor, and intuitive play. Emphasis is given to students finding their own way in an inviting and non-judgmental atmosphere. Group discussions and dialogues with Arunima and Pat support your process.
Time & Date
Wednesday mornings - taught by Arunima Orr & Pat Halper
June 6 - 27 (4 weeks)
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Fee
$195 (Co-op $165)
Wednesday evenings - taught by Pat Halper & Arunima Orr
June 6 - 27 (4 weeks)
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Fee
$175 (Co-op $150)
Registration Deadline
Sunday, June 3
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Arunima:
Arunima Orr—painter, writer, performance artist and teacher—is founder and director of Art & Soul, a studio opened in 1988 and dedicated to artistic growth, creative development and healing and transformation through the arts.
About Pat:
Pat Halper has been playing and exploring at Art & Soul for seven years. In 2009, she received her Art & Soul Teacher certification after studying with founder, Arunima Orr. She is grateful for days spent with color, shapes and experimentation, and hopes to help others experience the magic she has found at Art & Soul.
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Pop-Ups and Paper Toys
taught by Kelly Falzone
Bored with Saturday morning cartoons? Need a playdate with your inner child? Join us for a fanciful mix of paper engineering and play for easy pop-ups, magic books, flexagons, flip books, and magic wallets. Different paper toys taught each session, so join us for one Saturday or both! If you like things that twist, turn, trick the eye, and make your friends gasp and ask "How'd you do that!?" then this fun morning with book artist (and childhood magician) Kelly Falzone is for you. Class limited to 10 participants so sign up early. Ages 14 to adult; no experience necessary. All supplies provided.
Time & Date
Saturday, June 2, 9:00 am - noon
Saturday, June 9, 9:00 am - noon
Fee
$40 each session or $75 for both (Sorry, no co-op discount)
Registration Deadline
The Monday before each class
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Kelly:
Born with scissors in one hand and a pencil in the other, award-winning poet and teaching artist Kelly Falzone has always been up to somethin'. Her love for language, paper, books, glue, magic, rock skipping, naps, maps, car trips, campfires, music, comedy, hikes, and late-night anything has helped her create a sensual and textural life.
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Spiritsinging Workshop
taught by Arunima Orr
Join the circle for an afternoon of exploring the power and possibility that each voice holds when supported by a safe and sacred environment. Sounding and Spiritsinging are practices that free the voice to sound its truth in a way that is embodied and connected to Source. Through the mediums of silence, breath, tone, sound, chant and deep listening, we come home to the power of the reclaimed voice. To hear the beauty and truth of your own voice is a transforming, nourishing and joyful experience as well as an unforgettable revelation.
All voices are welcome. Really!
Time & Date
Sunday, June 3, 1 - 6 pm
Fee
$65 (Co-op $55)
Registration Deadline
Monday, May 28
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com along with your contact information.
About Arunima:
Arunima Orr—painter, writer, performance artist and teacher—is founder and director of Art & Soul, a studio opened in 1988 and dedicated to artistic growth, creative development and healing and transformation through the arts.
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Deep Dreams: Tending the Border of Possibility
taught by Moon Bishop and Amanda Cantrell Roche
What purpose do deep dreams serve? How do you accept the limitations of the possible without abandoning the hope, inspiration, passion, and possibilities inherent in a dream not birthed? We all have dreams that are so unreachable that we tuck them away - perhaps we no longer even recognize their existence. But what happens if we step over the border between our deep dreams and our ordinary lives?
Through movement, writing and visual play we will acknowledge our deep dreams, honor their power in our lives, and reflect upon the borders in which we contain them.
Time & Date
Sunday, June 10
2 - 6 pm
Registration Deadline
Tuesday, June 5
Fee
$50 (Sorry, no co-op discount)
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Amanda:
Amanda Cantrell Roche divides her time between dance, writing, mothering, activism and working as a Teaching Artist. Previous creative process/personal growth class series she has taught at Art & Soul include “Stoking the Fire” and “Filling the Cup”. Her alchemy is most powerful when she combines a trilogy of her deepest passions: dance, writing, and social justice. www.amandacroche.com
About Rising Moon:
For over a decade, Rising Moon — visual artist, poet, storyteller and general mischief-maker — has been playfully facilitating learners of all ages in creative and personal discovery. She is prone to overly dramatic pauses in conversation, unpredictable detours in thought and picking up shiny things, all of which become fodder for her artwork and writing. A professional Teaching Artist for nearly twelve years, Rising Moon lives, writes, paints, plays and teaches throughout the Southeast.
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Play Date for Couples
taught by Steve & Suzan Sommers
Dishes, corporate politics, lawn mowing, cleaning up after kids or pets, making a living, and the price of filing the gas tank ... NONE of these tasks will be part of your experience during this couples’ play date. Instead, imagine a safe place where you can both let go of the daily stresses of life and simply play together. This workshop offers a time to stir the creative coupleship juices, a time to explore new dances or enjoy pleasant old ones that have been on the shelf for a while.
Time & Date
Saturday, July 7
1 - 5 pm
Registration Deadline
Monday, July 2
Fee
$80 per couple (Sorry, no co-op discount); includes $5 materials fee
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Steve and Suzan:
Steve and Suzan Sommers have been leading workshops together for almost 20 years. As business co-owners and home co-habitators, they know the importance of making play time for their coupleship. Steve is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Marriage and Family Therapy intern, and has a passion for stacking things on top of other things. Suz is a Licensed Massage Therapist, creator of the Fascial Freedom Technique, and a wonderful visual artist. They have been Art & Soul co-op members and happy participants in the Long Circle Artist Group since 2007.
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Paint Your Dance! – An Exploration of Kinesthetic Painting
facilitated by Deborah Chadwick
Each one of us has a source of creativity within. Through painting, movement, and music, we will uncover our own pathway to this creative source. We will center in our bodies and explore the connections between movement and painting. As our bodies relax, our internal images begin to emerge. Learn to let your process reveal its truth and guide you to your next step of unfolding.
Time & Date
Saturday, July 14
1 - 4 pm
Registration Deadline
Monday, July 9
Fee
$50 (Sorry, no co-op discount); includes $5 materials fee
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Deborah:
Deborah Chadwick has completed her Expressive Arts Certification under the direction of Arunima Orr and has also received training with the national creative arts group “Interplay.” She continues her journey of discovery into art making and its links to the Divine and kinesthetic experience.
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Play Your HeART Out
facilitated by Pat Halper
It's been said that the foundation of a successful artist AND human being is the ability to play, explore, and experiment. As adults, we tend to move from task to task with few opportunities to get lost in play - our minds are often racing ahead or trying to rearrange the past. How does it feel, and what happens, when you relax and let go? Do you doodle, enjoy digging in the dirt, create stories, or simply observe the beauty of a gorgeous day? During this workshop we'll experience the possibilities revealed when we allow ourselves time to poke around our creative universe. With rocks, beans, fabrics, wood, and an abundance of other materials and space at our fingertips, we’ll have the opportunity to become artfully lost in three-dimensional play and see where curiosity takes us.
Time & Date
Saturday, July 28
1:00 - 4:30 pm
Registration Deadline
Monday, July 23
Fee
$50 (Sorry, no co-op discount); includes $5 materials fee
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Pat:
Pat Halper has been making art at Art & Soul for a decade. In 2009, she received her A&S teacher certification after studying with founder Arunima Orr. She is grateful for days spent with color, shapes, and experimentation, and hopes to help others experience the magic she has found at Art & Soul.
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Summer Book Arts Sampler
taught by Kelly Falzone
Five fun book structure clinics perfect for getting a group of friends together for a morning of artmaking, a fabulous date-night alternative to dinner and a movie, a pressure-free parent and teen playdate, or some celebrated Me-Time! Take one, two, three or more ... each Thursday morning or Friday evening session is different. You'll go home with beautiful handmade books to use as journals, albums, gifts, or an art piece in itself! Each class limited to 10 participants. Ages 16 to adult; no experience necessary. All supplies provided.
Time & Date (Sign up for just one session or more)
Thursday, August 16, 9:00 am - noon
Friday, August 17, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Thursday, August 23, 9:00 am - noon
Thursday, August 30, 9:00 am - noon
Friday, August 31, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Registration Deadline
The Monday before each class
Fee
$40 each session (Sorry, no co-op discount)
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Kelly:
Born with scissors in one hand and a pencil in the other, award-winning poet and teaching artist Kelly Falzone has always been up to somethin'. Her love for language, paper, books, glue, magic, rock skipping, naps, maps, car trips, campfires, music, comedy, hikes, and late-night anything has helped her create a sensual and textural life.
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Total Engagement: The Long Circle Artist Group
taught by Arunima Orr
If you’re going to be an artist, all life is your subject. All your experience is part of your art. A youngster told me recently that he was going to give himself a year to see if he has talent. A year! It takes a lifetime to see what you have. Art is total engagement.
~ Ben Shahn
The Long Circle Artist Group (LCAG) is an advanced group that exists to serve those who have demonstrated a commitment to their art life, and who wish to develop the practices, techniques, inner connections, vision, artistry and hardiness that will lead to creating works of art over time. Our artists are writers, musicians and storytellers, photographers and multimedia performers as well as visual artists in all visual arts media—drawing, painting, collage, clay and three-dimensional play and installation.
The LCAG meets on three-day weekends. In order to be a member of the LCAG, you must attend two of the four weekends scheduled in a session. You may attend all weekends, space permitting.
Prerequisite: Creative Arts Practice or Year-Long and approval of instructor.
Time & Date
May 18-20, June 22-24, August 24-26
Fee
Tuition: $365 ($310 Co-op) per weekend; discounted rate of $285 per weekend for co-op members attending 3 or more weekends.
Registration Deadline
One week before each session.
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Arunima:
Arunima Orr—painter, writer, performance artist and teacher—is founder and director of Art & Soul, a studio opened in 1988 and dedicated to artistic growth, creative development and healing and transformation through the arts.
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Dive Into the Zone: Five-Day Arts Retreat
taught by Arunima Orr
This Five-Day Visual Arts Retreat will allow you the luxury of an extended time in the studio to follow your creative flow and plunge into the depths of your process. Each day will be nourishing balance of group interaction and personal artistic exploration. Painting, drawing, writing, movement, sound, story, play, collage, breath, and silence are all ways that we will use to enter the Creative Zone. Having the opportunity to move from one medium to another stimulates images from multiple sources and allows ideas to connect as creative energies shape them into complex forms. The possibilities are limitless: embark on a substantial project, grow a complex installation, make a series of paintings, think through a piece of writing, create a multi-media performance piece. Having plenty of "deep time" to listen, play and develop those creative impulses into works allows for satisfaction in the fullness of your process, as well as your artwork. The energy of the group, as well as conversations with Arunima, will support your process.
Time & Date
August 1 - 5, 10 am - 6 pm
Fee
Full Five Days: $530 ($450 Co-op)
Four Days: $455 ($385 Co-op)
Three Days: $365 ($310 Co-op)
(Counts toward summer session LCAG discount.)
Registration Deadline
Friday, July 27
If you do not wish to pay with PayPal please email registration@eartandsoul.com and include your contact information.
About Arunima:
Arunima Orr—painter, writer, performance artist and teacher—is founder and director of Art & Soul, a studio opened in 1988 and dedicated to artistic growth, creative development and healing and transformation through the arts.
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