Is excited to invite you to the first
WWAM Weekend
Friday, August 6, 5:00 – 9:00PM
Saturday, August 7, 9:30 AM– 4:30 PM
(with additional activities on Sunday – see below)
219 Woodlawn Avenue, Saratoga Springs NY 12866
Special Stimulus Price $60.00
Come bring your writing, your art work, your self that desires to create, converse and connect with other kindred women.
Come if you are a woman who poets or paints, sculpts sentences or clay, carves woods or words, tells stories with colors or characters, captures images with cameras or imagination.
Come and engage in stimulating conversation, inspiring workshops, invaluable inspiration, and enlightening experiences. Find and use your written and visual voices, and allow yourself to be guided to a deeper understanding of who you are. Explore the conscious terrain of the soul between the lines and the spirit beneath the paint.
WWAM is an association of creative kindred women dedicated to shifting the paradigm through words and images. We embrace the vision of women gathering to build and share our women’s wisdom through the arts. We believe in creating opportunities to connect in intimate conversations, to inspire ourselves and others, to discover the intersections between art and writing, and to bring our skills to our communities.
Space is limited - register now. Make checks payable to Beekman Artists Co-op and mail to 219 Woodlawn Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. For further info call 518.584.1036 or email WriteArtMatrix@aol.com
Friday, August 6
5:00 – 6.30 Tea Gathering – Chocolates, desserts and delights
7:00 - 10:00 PM Conversation & Creativity: weekend participants gather in small groups to share writing excerpts and samples of art work and dialogue responses to stimulating questions
Saturday, August 7
9:30 – 12:00 Soul Lines - Dorothy Randall Gray
Come and explore the depths of your creative spirit. Excavate your authentic stories with evocative exercises, music, meditation and creative rituals that heal and transform. Enjoy feedback without judgment as you create and share in a safe, supportive atmosphere.
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 4:00 Finding and Expressing Our Creative Voices - Amejo Amyot
What do you really want to say with your artistic work? Explore and play with your artistic voices - visual, written, musical, and others. Discover your learning styles, they are the gifts you came with into this world. Discover what you value about these gifts and passions. There are many ways to go deeper into your inner knowing. In this workshop you will use several methods of finding the truth and strength of your artistic vision. Most of our time will be spent in artistic
expression using clay, paint and found objects that will usher you deeper into the realm of women’s perceptions and ways of knowing.
4:00 – 6:00 Reflections, Closing Ritual
6:00 Dinner and Drumming at the Beekman Street Arts District
Sunday, August 8
11:00 - 4:00 Professional massage, animal card readings, one-on-one writing coaching and spiritual counseling sessions Alison Savior L.M.T. www.TransformationalBodyWorks.com
Dorothy Randall Gray MSC, Certified Spiritual Counselor
Matrix Guides:
Dorothy Randall Gray is the best-selling author of Soul Between The Lines: Freeing Your Creative Spirit Through Writing (Avon/HarperCollins) and six other books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. For over 15 years she has facilitated writing, healing, and self-awareness workshops throughout the country. In addition to
being a former Hunter College Poet-in-Residence, NYU faculty member and NPR commentator, Dorothy is also executive director of the Heartland Institute for Transformation, and shared the dais with the Dalai Lama. She has been a member of the International Women’s Writing Guild for 21 years.
Amejo Amyot, PhD, taught graduate school for 25 years and was a workshop leader in sexuality and women's ways of knowing. In retirement, she has resumed her art both in sculpture and painting, founded the Arts District on Beekman in Saratoga Springs, and plays with her two grandchildren. She continues to practice many forms of women's
spirituality.
Details here.
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