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Cindy Male Art and Yoga Studios and Gallery

Art and Consciousness Classes on St. Croix
Next session February 2010 | 340.277.8651 | See Details Below

Figure Drawing Sessions
         schedule through August to be posted by June 13            Calendar, Times, and Models See Below

Partially Sponsored by the Virgin Island Council on the Arts

You Tube Video on Art, Creativity, and Consciousness

Art and Consciousness Workshop

Development of Drawings and Concepts / Six Saturdays, Feb. 28 through April 11. All A&C classes from 9:00 am 'til noon / STX

Art as Meditation

March 7, 2009

Art & Consciousness Workshop / STX Studio
Expanding Perception / Strengthening the Intuitive

Drawing from life requires the individual to focus. Learned drawing skills (and they are skills, not gifts one is born with) allow an individual to move from a left brain, time oriented, self absorbed, active, beta brain state to one more receptive, inclusive, and slower in frequency. There are biofeedback programs for youth with Attention Deficit Disorder that help children with this syndrome to recognize when they are performing in a lower frequency brain state. Drawing is a skill that addresses ATTENTION, strengthening the Intuitive.

Art as Appropriation

March 14, 2009

Art & Consciousness Workshop / STX Studio
Synthesizing information / Association of Meanings

Image making involves an individual with the total self. It reflects all aspects of the individual’s knowledge, intellectual and emotional, learned and inherent, conscious and unconscious. When knowledge is combined with new information, associations are expanded and understanding is broadened.

Art as Visualization

March 21, 2009

Art & Consciousness Workshop / STX Studio
Going Inward / Opening and Acceptance / Strengthening

Scientific studies of the brain have proven that the same parts of the brain that are actively involved in recognition of a place or person are also active whether the individual is mentally visualizing the image of the person or place or actually seeing the person or place. Seeing with the mind’s eye can be encouraged and improved through art experiences. Seeing with the mind’s eye strengthens commitment that improves confidence of expression.

Art & Creativity

March 28, 2009

Art & Consciousness Workshop / STX studio
Eight Aspects of a Creative Individual / Creativity Test

Creativity is the act of moving beyond the already established into new realms. Creativity can take an individual into areas of awareness totally new to a society or extend an individual’s understanding, preparing him/her for productive change. Participants in this section of the workshop will take a creativity test and evaluate themselves in terms of eight aspects of the creative individual.

Art and Intention

April 4, 2009

Art & Consciousness Workshop / STX Studio
Finding your Expressive Self through Self Awareness

In the artistic process, the act of creative decision-making requires self-awareness. Self-awareness leads to self-discovery. Each completed work of art can lead to an idea for another work. Eventually, the very endeavor of working creatively leads to having an intention prior to beginning the piece. If an individual can recognize and complete an intention in their art, they can transfer that concept to life. Thus, an individual can learn to live with intention.

Art & Transformation

April 11, 2009

Art & Consciousness Workshop / STX Studio
Tools for Change / Evaluation on a Transformative Level

When an individual begins to recognize and resolve artistic issues on paper, it will naturally follow that one will be able to recognize and solve problems in life. Successful problem solving strengthens confidence in one’s ability to make changes on a transformational level. Scientific studies of the frontal lobal area of the brain have lead to the conclusion that this section of the brain is involved in the ability of persons to see consequences of their actions. To be able to see consequences of one’s actions is a result of successful problem solving. New studies have shown that this area of the brain is activated through meditation, giving a sense of peace and compassion. It is my belief that this is also the area of the brain that is involved in psychic intuitive knowledge. Further studies have revealed that this area of the brain increases in gray matter at several stages of an individual’s life. One of those stages of increased gray matter is during adolescence. However, if the increased gray matter is not used, it decreases again in size. The artistic process strengthens all of the frontal lobal capacities.

MORE EXHIBITIONS and CLASSES

Yoga Classes every Wednesday from 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM
In the Turquoise Part of the Tool Box Building, North Side Rd.

Figure Drawing Sessions April through August / Calendar below
Partially Funded by the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts

Fri. May 29 / 6:00-8:00 p.m. Alex Baur, angel

Sat. May 30 / 10:00-12:00 a.m. Karlyn Langjahr, life drawing

Fri. June 5 / 6:00-8:00 p.m. Niki Byrne, life drawing

Sat. June 6 / 10:00-12:00 a.m. Camiel Langjahr, life drawing

Tues, June 9 / 6:00-7 p.m. Amir Saleem, moko jumbie

Thurs, June 11 / 6:00-8:00 p.m. Camiel Langjahr, life drawing

Tues. June 16 / 10:00-12:00 p.m. Tomas Lanner, artist 

Thurs, June 18 / 6:00-8:00 p.m.  Amy Konwerski, life drawing

Thurs, June 25 / 6:00-8:00 p.m.  Bully Petersen, artist/musician

Tues, June 30, 10:00 to 12:00 am  Asta Williams, masquerader

Thurs, July 2 6:00 to 8:00 pm Ramsey Smith, life model  

Tues. July 7 / 10:00 to 12:00 am (Amanda Sackey, African dancer)

Thurs July 9 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm (Karlyn Langjahr, life model)

Sat. July 11 / 10:00 – 12:00 am  (Camiel Langjahr, life model)

Tues, July 14 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm  (Amir Saleem, moko jumbie)

Thurs July 16 / 6:00 to 10:00  (Music in Motion dancers)

Sat, July 18 / 10:00 – 12:00 am  (Alma Christiansen, quadrille doll maker)

Tues, July 21 / 6:00 – 8:00 pm  (Amy Konwerski, life drawing)

Thurs, July 23 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm  (Ramsey Smith, life model)

Sat, July 25 / 10:00 to 12:00 am  (Karlyn Langjahr, life model)

Tues, July 28 / 6:00 -8:00 pm  (Amanda Sackey, African dancer)

Thurs, July 30 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm  (Camiel Langjahr, life model)

Sat, August 1 / 10:00 to 12:00 am  (Music in Motion dancer)

Tues, August 4 / 10:00 – 12:00 am   (Asta Williams, masquerader)

Friday, August 7 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm  (Ramsey Smith, life model)

Sat, August 8 / 10:00 to 12:00 am  (Amir Saleem, moko jumbie)

Tues, August 11 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm  (Amy Konwerski, life drawing)

Thurs, August 13 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm (Karlyn Langjahr, life model)

Sat, August 15  / 10:00 to 12:00 am  (Music in Motion dancer)

Tues, August 18 / 10:00 to 12:00 am  (Amanda Sackey, African dancer)

Sat, Aug 22 / 10:00 to 12:00 am  (Alma Christiansen, quadrille doll maker)

Tues, Aug 25 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm  (Thomas Lanner, artist)

Thurs, Aug 27 / 6:00 to 8:00 pm  (Alex Baur)

Sat, Aug 29 /  10:00 to 12:00 pm  (Camiel Langjahr, life model)

"Moving Chi" / Leslie Cramer / Bamboo and Driftwood Painting

St. Croix, USVI

$35.00 plus S & H

$45.00 plus S & H

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