Adult Classes | Art & Wellness

Tuesday

11/7/23 - 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Sandoval MAAT ATR, Anna

This class will provide students with the creative tools to improve overall functioning and will aim to introduce relaxation techniques that focus on positive thinking, mindfulness, self-awareness, and growth. Using therapeutic approach focused on natural expression and mindful intention, participants will learn to utilize important and beneficial coping skills to enhance wellness. Students will use a variety of art methods such as drawing, painting, clay, collage, graphic art, crafts, and collages. No experience, artistic training, or artistic skills required. Art supplies provided. Ages 17 and up.

Students are not required to take Part 1 before they take Part 2.

As a Registered Clinical Art therapist, Anna believes that if you empower people through art, they will see the world and their environment from a fresher perspective. Anna holds a Masters Degree in Art Therapy from Saint Mary of the Woods College, IN, and a BA in Studio Art and Psychology from the University of South Florida. In her private practice, Anna helps people facing a variety of daily issues like depression, anxiety, grief, and loss. Anna is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.

Levels: All Levels

Location: Dunedin Fine Art Center - 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin FL

Member Tuition: $125.00

Non-Member: $145.00

Mat'l/Lab Fee:   $15.00


Tuesday

2/27/24 - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sandoval MAAT ATR, Anna

This course will entail talking about creativity as a mean to socialize and make functional crafts/images or objects that each participant feels comfortable in doing or even sharing with the class. Each participant is invited to come with something to create/paint/embroider, sew, etc. This open-ended concept is to re-create a social forum where participants talk about a subject (usually suggested by the instructor) while tending to the individual creation at the same time. Participants are invited to demonstrate and talk about each artifact/creation and share/narrate the process.

Levels: All Levels

Location: Dunedin Fine Art Center - 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin FL

Member Tuition: $125.00

Non-Member: $145.00

Mat'l/Lab Fee:   $30.00


Wednesday

11/1/23 - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Kuehn, Noriko

This 2000-year-old art form is practiced by Zen Masters who adhere to the practice of meditation in preparation for painting. Noriko will start the class with a Zen meditation in preparation for Zen Brush techniques. Zen art differs from other art disciplines as it is focused on the realization of "no-mind." Furthermore, it is the expression of Zen through a brush, whether the result is a single stroke, a Zen circle, or an ink painting. Enso is a Japanese word meaning “circle” and a concept strongly associated with Zen. Enso is one of the most common subjects of Japanese calligraphy even though it is a symbol and not a character. In Zen Buddhist painting, Enso symbolizes a moment when the mind is free to simply let the body and spirit create.
There is a $15 materials fee paid directly to the instructor. Ages 17 and up.

Levels: All Levels

Location: Dunedin Fine Art Center - 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin FL

Member Tuition: $150.00

Non-Member: $180.00


Wednesday

1/10/24 - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Haider, Luby

Anger, joy, sadness, and fear are strong emotions that put us in a specific state of mind. Each emotion creates feelings that need to be expressed or sometimes suppressed. Using the work of Van Gogh as an example, students use their personal experience to channel a specific emotion into a painting that will help them develop a better understanding of themselves through the process of creating a painting.

Levels: All Levels

Location: Dunedin Fine Art Center - 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin FL

Member Tuition: $125.00

Non-Member: $145.00