Current and Upcoming Workshops

Vibrant Visionary Collage: Art,Yoga and Zen Immersion for Women

March 11-15, 2012 Find your artist self in this spring collage retreat for women, taking the time and space to explore your personal sense of vibrant color. Guided to your creative zone by collage artist Karen Arp-Sandel, open your heart to contemplative practices like Zen meditation, yoga, and walking the labyrinth.

There are so many ways to plant the seeds of creativity. Learning to integrate the richness of everyday living into your collages develops your authentic voice. Karen invites “creatives” of all levels to support one another in building community and to:

• Experience the magic of “collage-a-day” art making
• Explore art process and collage using mixed-media techniques
• Practice yoga together, learning the Moon Salutation and pranayama
• Free your inner artist in a nurturing, relaxed studio-art setting
• Create connections to sustain your artistic desires
• Nourish your soul by learning to collage from within!

Inspired by the wisdom of yoga and the beauty of the Berkshires, your self- expression naturally flows into your artwork. Come prepared to stretch your creative muscles, replenish your spirit, and have fun.

See details and register on the Kripalu website or call to register at 1-800-741-7353

CE Credits

This program is eligible for :

• 10 credits for Yoga Alliance (YA), $20 additional charge
• 10 credits for Athletic Trainers (BOC), $20 additional charge

A Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids: Refresh Your Creativity @ Kripalu Center, Stockbridge, MA

May 25–28, 2012 Friday–Monday Presented by Margot Datz, Denise Barack, Patience Brewster, Jovinna Chan, and Karen Arp-Sandel
For women.
Get ready for a one-of-a-kind retreat designed to rehydrate your soul and unlock your creative muse. The landlocked mermaid is a symbol of contemporary woman trapped in the paradox of being worldly and domesticated on the one hand, and untamable and intuitive on the other. Following the splash of last year’s event, join Margot Datz, creator of A Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids, and her special mer-sister guests for a program that includes Awakening creativity through writing, art, music, and movement Connecting with like-minded and like-hearted women Honoring the shamanic elements of nature with a women’s fire circle celebration at the lake.
Refresh your inner mermaid in a weekend rich in mirth, magic, and inspiration.

See details and register on the Kripalu website or call to register at 1-800-741-7353

@ IS183 Art School of the Berkshires-- Collage & Mixed Media: Combining print making and collage

Oct 21 - Dec 16 (no class Nov.25), 2011, Fridays 9:30- 12:30 Learn to become more comfortable with creating personal images and patterns from readily available sources. In this 8-week course students are introduced to basic cut paper mono-printing, foam stamped designs and block printing for use in collage compositions. Prints will be used as collage motif material or cut up for textural uses. Photomontage and over printing will be explored in combinations to produce richly layered and textured imagery. Using unique mark making with acrylics and gesso, students expand their own technique vocabulary. Students are encouraged to use varied substrates for 2-D and 3-D ideas. Each class includes time for discussion of process, group learning and individual project development.

@ IS183 Art School of the Berkshires -- Collage

March 2- April 6, Fridays, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Tuition: $223.00 $25 material fee included in tuition
In this class, put more feeling into your collages! Learn the relationship between tactile and visual textures. Integrate the impact of words / text/ typography with the intrigue of unique textured surfaces. Inspire your collages using eclectic typography, graffiti, free-style calligraphy, script and symbols. Create text with stencils, rub-off letters, transparencies, transfers, computer fonts, photocopies, Letter-stamping and more. Learn how acrylic mediums produce a wide variety of surface textures with impasto, sand, gels and molding pastes. Investigate motif and pattern in your designs. You’ll take home new, multi-layered collage work infused with vibrant color and textural black & white.

@ IS183 Art School of the Berkshires -- Collage and Mixed Media: Transfer images and layering

Apr 13 - Jun 15, Fridays, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, No Class Apr. 20 Tuition: $322.00 $25 material fee included in tuition
Mixed Media Collage is a vibrant and enticing medium well suited to personal expression for artists at every level of self-discovery. This studio art class provides creative exercises using all sorts of techniques for developing fun and interesting mixed media collages, including acrylic polymer transfers. Learn to combine materials and build interesting background surface textures. Integrate text, sketching and transfer images to create layers of meaning. Add depth using combinations of paint, gesso, gel mediums and the use of transparent materials. Projects include collage sketchbook as a visual resource, color collage exercises, constructing and deconstructing experiments, working a series and lots of tips about adhesives!

Introduction to Kripalu Yoga Workshop @ Kripalu Center, Stockbridge, MA

Sunday October 16, 2012, 4:14- 5:45 PM Berkshire Kripalu Community workshop for members and guests

Artist Residency Mosaic Workshop

Oct 13, 2012 for all 3 grades at Under Mountain Elementary School , Sheffield, MA

FeMail Workshop at M.O.M. in Manhattan

October 3, 2012 Karen Arp-Sandel and Suzi Banks Baum, lead morning and afternoon sessions during Creative Leaps of Faith Conference at the Museum of Motherhood, 401 E 84th St , Lower level, NYC