Before registering for any class or workshop, please read our cancelation 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.
Play / Write / Paint Your HeART Out! taught by Arunima Orr, Kelly Falzone and Pat Halper
Play Your HeART Out!
Taught by Arunima Orr
Take the afternoon off and take a leisurely stroll down to the River of Soul. Dive in, stretch, breathe, splash. Let yourself wiggle, waggle and dream. It’s all about letting go and playing—with wood, stones, fabrics, feathers, words, paint and much more. Surprises abound as you connect with your intuition and discover the joy, beauty and power of your own expression.
Saturday, March 13
1:00 pm–4:00 pm
$35*
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
Write Your HeART Out!
Taught by Kelly Falzone
This afternoon with pen and paper will give you a taste of poet Kelly Falzone's Swim with Words Workshops -- a few hours spent diving down into the unconscious to tap into some wild writing! We'll play with written language in a supportive circle, experiment with genres, and have an opportunity to hear the voices of our workshop-mates. Sharing is always optional. No prior writing experience necessary, though all levels welcome. Recommended for those who have never before been in a workshop with Kelly. Please bring a notebook or journal and favorite pen/pencil.
Saturday, March 27
1:00 pm–4:00 pm
$35*
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
Paint Your HeART Out!
Taught by Pat Halper
Saturday, June 26
1:00 pm–4:00 pm
$35*
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
*Sorry, no Co-op discount .
About Arunima
Arunima Orr has been an artist, teacher, facilitator and workshop leader locally and nationally for 30 years. Arunima is available for individual sessions in creative process, artistic development, artwork review, working through fear, doubt, blocks and dry spells, and personal
and spiritual nourishment.
About Kelly
Kelly Falzone is a poet, mother, teacher, hiker, art-maker, nap-taker, and newly budding tap dancer. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and received
many national and local literary awards. She’s edited books for Minton Sparks and others, and was founding director of The Parthenon
Prize for Fiction. Find more about Kelly at www.poetpeople.net.
About Pat
Pat Halper has been making art at Art & Soul for six years. 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.
Tools of the Visionary:
Exploring Language, Movement and Paint taught by Rising Moon Bishop and Pat Halper
What are the significant metaphors of your life? Do you long to create an image that explores color, shape, and the emotion of what you see, rather than focuses on the details of the picket fence that separates you from the grove of trees? In this one-day workshop, we will employ a variety of expressive vehicles, uncover alternative forms of expression, and bring meaning to our usual ways of viewing the world around us.
No previous arts
experience necessary.
Saturday, April 10
10:00 am–4:00 pm
$95 ($80 Co-op)
plus $5 materials fee
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
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, Rising Moon lives, writes, paints, plays and teaches throughout the Southeast.
About Pat
Pat Halper has been making art at Art & Soul for six years. 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.
Sound Journeying and Spiritsinging 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!
Sunday, April 25
1:00 pm–6:00 pm
$55 ($45 Co-op)
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
Hands-On Sacred Geometry and Magical Math taught by Noa Benamotz
Explore the beauty and mystery of shapes and numbers through
inventions and discoveries from around the world. Learn to make
(and make sense of) the Golden ratio, Egyptian triangles, Japanese paper folding, Magic squares, Mobius strips, Vedic number sutras, Platonic solids, African basketry, and much more (or less, depending what the class wants to focus on). Hands-on. No fear or experience necessary. Bring a notebook for drawing if you like, or paper will be provided.
Part I
Saturday, March 20
1:00 pm–5:00 pm
$55 per session* ($45 Co-op) plus $10 materials fee
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
Part II
Saturday, May 8
1:00 pm–5:00 pm
$55 per session* ($45 Co-op) plus $10 materials fee
f you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
*Take both sessions for $100 ($85 Co-op) if paid in advance. Anyone can sign up for either or both sessions; there will be different material covered in each session.
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
About Noa
Presenter Noa Benamotz is a private learning specialist and consultant whose email address—Noa@DiscoveringStuff.com—says it all; and what she discovers, she loves to share. For more information about her work and background, please check her website at
www.MindfulLearningSolutions.com.
Creative Arts Discovery and Practice taught by Arunima Orr
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
support your process.
SPRING SESSION
April 1 – May 6 (6 weeks) )
Thursday mornings only Thursday mornings only
10:00 am–2:00 pm 10:00 am–2:00 pm
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
SUMMER SESSION
April 1 – May 6 (6 weeks) )
Thursday mornings only Thursday mornings only
10:00 am–2:00 pm 10:00 am–2:00 pm
$295 ($250 Co-op) each session (Winter, Spring, Summer)
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain taught by Arunima Orr
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, designed by the brilliant Betty Edwards, that will “shift” us into the right brain, which is the visual, spatial, concrete, relational, holistic part of the brain. Once there, drawing is a natural, flowing process. All humans possess the capacity to draw. It’s about learning how to see and letting your hand follow your eye.
By the end of eight weeks, not only will you be surprised by 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.
Thursday evenings
6:30–9:30 pm
April 1 - May 20 (8 weeks)
$295 ($250 Co-op)
plus $20 model fee to be paid at the first class
If you do not wish to pay with credit card please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name along with your contact information.
Total Engagement: The Long Circle Artist Group taught by Arunima Orr
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 six weekends scheduled in a session.
You may attend all weekends, space permitting.
Prerequisite: Creative Arts Practice or Year-Long and approval of instructor.
Winter / Spring Weekends
January 8-10 February 5-7 March 5-7 April 16-18 May 14-16 June 11-13
Tuition: $365 ($310 Co-op) per weekend
Deposit equal to the cost of one weekend due by January 2.
Special Packages
For three weekends: $335 ($285 Co-op) per weekend
For four or more weekends: $305 ($260 Co-op) per weekend
To register for the Long Circle please email registration@eartandsoul.com and be sure to include class name and dates along with your contact information.
Past Classes
Intuitive Movement
taught by Arunima Orr
Does your body long to move freely from within, without judgment or inhibition? Authentic Movement is a practice that creates a safe and sacred space for the body to express itself and
reveal its deepest knowing. A nourishing
connection with self and other occurs as we
share this journey with fellow seekers in an
atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.
Sunday, February 28
1:00 pm–6:00 pm
$55 ($45 Co-op)
Call of the Birdwoman is a two-part journey in personal artmaking that explores our inner connections to winged creatures and other animals.
Part I: Intuitive Drawing
Your journey begins with an invitation to your animal friends to reveal themselves through reflection and guided meditation led by Marla Faith. From an intuitive place, using pencils on paper, these power animals will be drawn into being.
Part II: Creative Writing
Guided by Thandiwe Shiphrah, liberate your voice and take flight with words and imagination. Give expression to your bird-woman-self through exercises in poem-making, storytelling, and art journaling.
Saturday
, January 23
About Thandiwe
Thandiwe Shiphrah is a poet, performer, and audio/visual collage
artist who uses the language arts to enhance personal and professional
creativity. Learn more about her work at www.southernartistry.com/Thandiwe_Shiphrah
The Hero’s Journey
taught by Hero Journeys Workshops
Tap into the wellspring of your innate creativity, rejuvenate your aesthetic
sense, and consider your life in archetypal terms in this one-day, hands-on workshop. Experienced guides will accompany you on a Hero’s Journey as we create, reflect and explore the provocative power of the arts alongside such masters as poet Mary Oliver, visual artist and architect Antoni Gaudi, choreographer Bill T. Jones, and writer Miguel de Cervantes. Discover how making authentic artistic choices can inform your life in the timeless tradition of Joseph Campbell’s universal pattern for living.
Please bring your lunch
and journal and dress
comfortably for
adventure in soft-soled
shoes.
Saturday, January 16
9:30 am–5:00 pm
$75* ($65 Co-op*)
*This workshop is being
offered at a discounted
rate in consideration for
the future use of participant
photos and recordings.
About Hero Journeys Workshops
After working and creating together for nearly a decade, writer F. Lynne Bachleda; visual artist and poet Rising Moon Bishop;
actor, director and writer Jill Massie; and choreographer and dancer Amanda Cantrell Roche formed Hero Journeys Workshops. With almost 60 years of combined teaching artistry experience, this happy tribe has inspired, guided, prodded, surprised, and enlivened learners of all ages through playful, meaningful, and transformative aesthetic experiences. To do the heavy lifting, they confidently rely on the power of multiple arts disciplines, instinctive creativity, and life’s great themes.
