Be Kind to Your Mind Workshops

These workshops are offered virtually or in-person for adult groups looking to bring a renewed sense of mindfulness and peace to their daily lives.  

Offsite options are available for booking.

Contact Lark Keeler at ARTSTUDIOLARK@GMAIL.COM TO BOOK A WORKSHOP.

Workshop Topics

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TEXTILE / MIXED MEDIA

Weaving and Wellness 

Experiment with Saori weaving, a Japanese style that emphasizes individuality and dignity, while enjoying the rhythm of using a loom. 

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Knots and Knowledge: The Art of Shibori 

Learn about the traditional methods of Shibori dyeing and make your own work of art infusing your own wisdom into the ne-maki shibori style.

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Stitching and Surrendering

Inspired by the stitchery of Claire Wellesley Smith and the Japanese tradition of Sashiko, participants will draw with thread creating designs or a message in repurposed fabric.  

Positivity and Patterns- Ojos de Dios

Learn about the traditional Huichol Mexican art making of Ojos de Dios and make this protective charm using yarn and weaving techniques, infusing positive thinking and gratitude into the work.

Weaving and Wandering

Repurpose letters, sketches, painting, or found materials to create a woven work of art, integrating breath, rhythm, and repetition.  

Tropi-Collage: Cut Felt Collage

Inspired by the tropical collages of Naima Almeida, create a work of art using cut and layered felt and paper, welcoming in the spring season.

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Felt Food 

Inspired by Lucy Sparrow’s sculptures of food and grocery products handmade in felt, craft your own object while practicing noticing, slow looking, and stitchery.

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Fun with Fungi

Create a sculpture inspired by artists exploring mysterious and magical mushrooms.  Look at the works of Roxy Paine, Beatrix Potter, Yayoi Kusama, Amanda Cobbett, and others.  

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Flower Power: Botanical Printmaking

Inspired by the art of Joe Horner, explore ways of capturing the beauty of flowers.  Thoughtfully arrange beautiful petals and leaves into a mandala on fabric or watercolor paper to create a hammered print of their natural dyes. 

Wrapping and Rolling

Inspired by the fiber art of Sheila Hicks and Judith Scott, craft a sculpture using string, yarn, fabric, and material. Explore texture and touch through the actions of wrapping and binding techniques.

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Intertwined Identity: Weaving Together our Pieces

Inspired by the art of Kathia St. Hilaire, reflect upon your identity in the world and the many things that make you unique.  Learn methods of weaving to integrate parts of your identity into a woven work of mixed media art. 

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PAINTING EXPLORATION

Go with the Flow: Releasing with Suminagashi

Learn about the Japanese paper marbling technique called, suminagashi, and make your own papers while mindfully going with the flow.

Sculptural Paintings 

Inspired by the hinged panels by Carlos Alfonso, create an abstract work of art using symbols, color, pattern, and visual rhythm and transform the work into an accordion sculpture. 

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Let Your Love Flow

Play with color and reflect on loving-kindness and gratitude while creating a spiral that visualizes letting your love flow out into the world.  

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Space Making

Inspired by the abstract spaces created in Joanne Greenbaum’s paintings and sculptural pieces, make your own space using color, rhythm, and architectural elements.

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Color Fields and Paint Play

Inspired by color field artists, dive into the methods of mark making and color interaction to create a work of art that incorporates color theory and reflective practice. 

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Folky Florals

Celebrate the coming of spring by creating a work of art inspired by the folky flower paintings made by painter, Chelsea Granger.  Learn about the language of flowers and incorporate a message into your work.

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Power Paintings

Inspired by the artistic practice of Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.), and his blending of spirituality, science, and mysticism, create a mixed media work of art with psychedelic colors and floral patterning.

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Fall Foliage

Learn the basics of creating a landscape with a variety of fall foliage using watercolors and brush techniques.

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SCULPTURE 

Meditation Tree

Inspired by the sculpture of El-Salahi’s Meditation Tree, participants will create a personal tree sculpture, embedding it with imagery of their life journey.

Wired Works 

Inspired by Ruth Asawa and Alexander Calder, participants will construct three-dimensional drawings using malleable wire and beads.  

Wire Weavings

Inspired by the art of Brad Kahlhamer and other wire artists, craft your own work while considering the flexibility and interconnectedness of building artwork with wire.

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Characters of Clay

Inspired by the hybrid creatures and characters from the imaginations of Leonora Carrington and Sopie Woodrow, make your own creation using air-drying clay and play.

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Female Figures 

Learn about the feminist spirit of artist Niki de Saint Phalle and craft your own “nanas” figurines, celebrating the female figures in your life.

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Worry Less Dolls: Manifesting Release

Inspired by the assemblage pieces of vanessa german, craft a doll into a vessel that can absorb and release worries, doubts, concerns, and regrets.  

Rock Wrapping

Inspired by Mizuhiki cord weaving and Japanese basketry, create a wrapped rock and cultivate increased awareness and contemplation.

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Paper People

Inspired by the art of Malin Koort, create a paper sculpture of a character that sparks curiosity and tells an interesting story. 

Set Sail

Reflect upon the waves of change, as well as high and low tides of life that you have experienced.  Craft a vessel using mixed media supplies, inspired by the paintings of Malcolm Morley, and celebrate the journey you have made to be here now.

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Balance and Breath

Inspired by the art of Yuko Nishikawa, create a mobile considering balance, and movement, while focusing on breath and relaxation.

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Drippy & Trippy Sculpture

Inspired by the drippy otherworldly sculptures of Dan Lam, sculpt your own creation while exploring organic forms, repetition, and play.

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Figure and Form

Make your own magical figure sculpture inspired by the daily art practice of Frode Bohuis. Alter a figurine using a variety of materials, including clay, fabrics, and beads.

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Changing Creations

Working with a variety of natural materials, experiment with the art of making impermanent art that will change with time. Inspired by the art of Charwei Tsai, explore how the element of time can be a partner in the creative process.

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Magnetic Magic

Inspired by the art of Li Yuan Chia, make a magnetic work of art that attracts ideas, images, and imagination into a mixed media art piece.

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Making and Metamorphosis

Inspired by the art of Kate Kato and Yumi Okita, transform art materials into a sculpture of a butterfly or moth while considering metamorphosis and mindfulness.

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Curving, Coiling, Creating

Inspired by the artist Joana Schneider, form a work of art by coiling and curving cord, yarn, and rope into an organic shape, going with the flow and peacefully creating.

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House and Home

Reflect upon what makes a house into a home through a journey exploring symbology, color, and writing while creating a mixed media sculpture.

Storytelling Sticks

Map out a story or memory with symbols and color on a beautiful piece of driftwood using a variety of materials.

Inspired by Ancestry

Inspired by the art of Rose B. Simpson and vanessa german, craft a sculpture to embody the gratitude you have for the ancestors that have come before you. Participants are welcome to bring personal items they wish to integrate into their sculpture.  https://www.facebook.com/share/p/197xnGoKaG/ 

BOOKMAKING

Books and Balance

Explore artist books and the ideas of visual balance, while connecting to conecepts of duality.  Participants will learn how to create an accordion book, illustrating ideas about opposites and duality.

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Altered Books

Inspired by a wide variety of approaches to altering a book into a work of art, participants will create their own altered book using a variety of folding, collaging, and mixed media techniques.

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Miniature Book Making 

Inspired by the artwork of Margarita Cano, create a book using a simple stitching technique, incorporating images that tell a visual narrative of your own personal life journey.

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DRAWING / MIXED MEDIA

Peaceful Patterning

Inspired by the art of Sky Kim and Yayoi Kusama, relax into making an undulating 

patterned design.

Patterned Pieces

Inspired by patterns found in cultural traditions from around the world, participants will create a surface design on a white or light colored 3-dimensional surface.

Learning and Labyrinths

Craft your own personal finger labyrinth while contemplating pathways, patterns, and peaceful reflection.

Mapping Your Body: Bilateral Drawing Exercises and Exploration

Inspired by the art and mark-making of Marega Palser and Heather Hansen, celebrate and explore your body through a map-making exercise that incorporates line, gesture, movement, discovery, and reflection. 

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Mindful Mark Making

Inspired by the work of Alma Woodsey Thomas, explore repetition, color theory, and focused mark making to cultivate calm and peaceful energies.

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Affirmations and Illustrations: Deck of Cards

Create your own deck of cards illustrating words and symbols of affirmation to encourage reflective and positive growth. 

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Love Letters

Write an artistic letter of love inspired by the Mail Art movement and artists celebrating the expression of passion, caring, kindness, love, and joy.

For the Birds

Designed for all skill levels, learn how to capture the beauty of birds through techniques in shading value, line, and integration of details.  This class will guide you step-by-step as you develop skills and discover how to bring a feathered subject to life with depth and realism. Explore, improve, and create stunning bird illustrations on paper.

Face Space

Designed for all skill levels, learn the basics of portrait drawing through guided essentia techniques such as proportions, shading, value, line work, and detail to create expressive and realistic faces.

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MIXED MEDIA / ASSEMBLAGE / COLLAGE

Art of the Archetype 

Inspired by the fashion of Anna Sui and Ike Ude, create a collage celebrating and connecting to an archetype. 

Light & Change

Inspired by the colorful work of Rachel B. Hayes, create your own art that explores the beauty of light and color. Discover and play with shapes and unusual materials that can change and respond to light and merge in interesting ways.

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Clearly Creating

Inspired by the art of Susan Chrysler White, create your own art piece incorporating transparency and overlap, bringing attention to new ways of seeing.

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Spectacular Spectres

Inspired by the art of Oliver Jeffers and Angela Deane, create a work of art that suits the spookiness of the season. Using mixed media and altered images, embrace the playfulness of friendly ghosts and surprising spirits.

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Altered Images & Magazine Makeovers

Inspired by the art of Lori Siebert and Emilio Martinez, use magazine and book images as a starting point for a painting, using additive and subtractive methods and mixed media techniques.  

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Spiritual Symmetry

Make a mixed media work of art with cut paper and painting inspired by the work of Seoul-born artist, Haegue Yang and her geometric, floral motifs that reference shamanistic traditions through their use of symbolism and symmetry. Incorporate your own imagery that is personally powerful and meaningful.

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Spiritual Symmetry

Make a mixed media work of art with cut paper and painting inspired by the work of Seoul-born artist, Haegue Yang and her geometric, floral motifs that reference shamanistic traditions through their use of symbolism and symmetry.  Incorporate your own imagery that is personally powerful and meaningful.

Cosmic Reflections

Take a moment to pause and reflect. Create a work of art on a mirrored surface that is a reflection of your personal identity, curiosities, and wonderments. Experiment with a variety of writing and art making prompts, along with exploratory symbols to define, investigate, and celebrate your place in the cosmos.

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Impermanence and Ephemera: Earth Art

Make ephemeral mandalas and designs using materials from nature. Use your cell phone or camera to document and photograph your fleeting creation.  Inspired by Earth Artists such as Ana Mendieta, Day Schildkret, and Andy Goldsworthy. 

Discovering Your Direction: True North

Explore the traditional design of a compass rose, reflect upon your “true north,” and create your own art with a working compass.

Giving and Receiving: Hands and Art

A mindful art-making exercise using mixed media, inspired by gratitude for the work of our hands and by the unique fingerprints we leave on the world.

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Love Shrines

Inspired by the art of assemblage and artists Yolanda Lopez, Malia Landis, and Betye Saar, participants will construct a mixed media shrine in honor of a loved one.

Shell Stories

Inspired by the work of Corita Kent, participants will use inspirational text and patterning to design the surface of seashells, exploring quotes, handwriting, visual rhythm, and line work. 

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Comfort Boxes

Inspired by artist Kim Welling, make your own affirmation pocket boxes, repurposing a mini box into words that inspire, comfort, and set intentions.  Make one to keep and one to give.

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Intention Boxes

Inspired by the art of Joseph Cornell, design and decorate a container to house your desires, intentions, visions, and hopes for the future you wish to curate.

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Smile Box

Create a smile box, inspired by Yoko Ono, to gift to someone–celebrating and honoring them for the important role they have played in your life.

Memories and Meanings

Inspired by the collected and curated objects in the assemblage pieces by artist Katherine Jones, craft your own memory box with objects that remind you of your own personal relationships and journeys. Bring any materials you wish to incorporate into your design.

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Home Is Where the Heart Is

Gather inspiration from a variety of artists like Louise Bourgeois, Do Ho Suh, Erin Fostel, Frank Poor, Tracey Snelling and others that explore the theme of “home” in their work. Create your own mixed media work that represents what home means to you.

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Wish Jars: Intention Setting and Affirming

Set an intention for the new year, creating a visible and tangible reminder to inspire and move towards the future with your goals in mind.  Fill a jar with images, words, and objects that keep you on your path.

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ADORNMENTS

Lover’s Eye 

Inspired by the miniature paintings of eyes belonging to a spouse, child, or loved one, popular in the 1700’s, reflect upon your love and special memories and create your own sentimental illustration of a loved one’s eye.  Bring images to help inspire your work.

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Mystery Masks

Make a playful mask to cultivate mystery and intrigue inspired by Magnhild Kennedy, known as Damselfau.  Explore identity, revealing/concealing, and creating a wearable action object.

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Mask Making

Inspired by the ceramic masks of Karolina Romanowska, craft your own mask while exploring revealing and concealing, rituals, ceremonies, entertaining and other reasons humans have made masks since ancient times. 

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Up-Cycled Beads

Learn to make paper beads inspired by the wearable work of Ugandan artist, Sanaa Gateja and the draped sculptures of El Anatsui. 

Lucky Charms

Explore ancient and contemporary amulets, talismans, and charms and make your own art to bring luck to your home.

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