Bridging the Gap between Creativity and Materials

Deborah Gavel, Instructor
505-242-6114
djgavel@gmail.com

Thursday Evenings 6-8:30 PM
September 2 - October 29
Ten class meetings

Tuition $210

C.P. Estes, Women Who Run With the Wolves, will be the text for this ten week class in nurturing your creative spirit. We will read a number of chapters from this classic book beginning with, Clear Water: Nourishing the Creative Life as a point of discussion during the course. Each week we will do an exercise in class using simple recycled materials, pencils and paint.

This will be an opportunity to spend time investigating what makes a soulful experience with art. And an investigation of what makes it happen in your own life. Estes says, one way is the practice of intentional solitude, another way, equal in value, is to join with others and find the creative spirit of play. "When writers for example, feel dry, dry, dry, they know that the way to become moist is to write." So this will be an opportunity to "write" in the sense of allowing for movement and the creative flow to open. During this time of change, spring unfolding, we will have ample inspiration for creative blooming.

All levels of art education are welcome to participate in this class. Any questions or further information please email: djgavel@gmail.com

Biography:

Deborah Gavel received her BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design, with a secondary focus on apparel design. A lifetime interest in textiles and how they link humanity inspired the works she created here in the southwest for her MA and MFA in painting at the University of New Mexico, in 1992 and 1994. She has been adjunct faculty in painting and drawing at UNM and currently teaches privately. Mid-wife to creativity her primary focus is on finding the link between imagination and manifestation through art. As an artist and educator, she is interested in the connections between art, creativity and healing. Her paintings are among the collections of Fidelity Investments, Dana Farber Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and numerous private collections. Gavel is represented by Erdreich-White Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts and you may see a selection of her work at www.artspace116.org. She may be reached at djgavel@gmail.com.