TAOS ART SCHOOL
      
CREATING YOUR CREATIVE LIFE
Instructor: Debra Villalobos
June 23 - 27, 2008 - $525, Materials Fee: $25
Participants limited to 12
Housing | About Our Instructor


 Taos Mountain / Photo: John Farnsworth

 

 

Are you looking for a way
        to a more Creative Path?

Are you standing at the place
      where two roads diverge?

Then this workshop is the
       road-map you’ve been
      looking for.

This workshop is designed to stimulate the creative potential we all have through a variety of means:
•Singing
•Visualization
•Movement
•Painting
•Labyrinth walking
•Sculpting

Each of these methods will be used to empower all parts of your life, including your career, relationships, and recreation.

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth:
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference"
                                                               ~ Robert Frost

In this workshop we will take time, provide support, and build the structure necessary to keep busyness and distractions from overwhelming our visions, dreams, goals, and creativity.

By exploring creative thinking we can encourage ourselves to be more inventive in all aspects of our lives, thereby finding greater fulfillment. We are all naturally creative, yet we may find it difficult to let go of preconceived limitations and rules, finding ourselves unable to move into those most rewarding areas of life which make us feel truly alive.

A safe place will be provided for you to experience your resourcefulness, capability, and creativity in full measure, enabling you to find your own answers, achieve your own dreams, and live a richer, more satisfying life.

 

 

 

Housing: Students are invited to stay together at the Kachina Lodge along with the teacher.  This includes a full breakfast every morning with your group before class.    7 Nights.   Check in Sat afternoon, June 22.   Check out Sat morning, June 28.     $415: Double occupancy (Doubles are contingent upon finding a roommate within your class.)     $518: Single Occupancy. These housing arrangements are paid directly to the school and are part of your tuition invoice.
"I think the Creative Process is not
about creating something else;
it’s about the process of creating who I am
~ Mayumi Oda, Artist & Writer
About Our Instructor, by Our Instructor

Whether in my childhood, younger days of seeking "creativity," and now in my middle age, I can emphatically say I am an artist. I struggled through the usual meanderings of satisfying others in what they thought I should do. Hence, I moved to Taos 25 years ago at the age of 28, bringing with me nursing training and experience, having lived in Europe, New York and California, but hailing basically from the rich South where writers abound. I had art classes in every place and school I was ever in. I could find no "one" expression ... I wanted to experience all artistic endeavors, whether visual, musical, literary or even science, which is an art in itself.

I co-partnered a gallery in Taos for twelve years where we exhibited national juried shows as well as local theme shows. I have studied and incorporated into my world, dance and drumming (African and Tai-ko). I have participated for many years in workshops and the creation of art books and printmaking, and attended various colleges studying art.

Though this day I live a creative life, dancing, art and writing for my husbands' monthly newspaper, the Horse Fly, I still want to do it all. I have taught children and adults, worked with the terminally ill, worked with cowardly spirits and even trained chickens. Domesticity and art go hand in hand. Art heals our sorrow and pain and elevates our thinking. We can easily weave it into our everyday lives, simply by practicing a few disciplines.

My education has been pursued on many levels in numerous colleges, schools and classes. My art education has primarily been enhanced by my own seeking of new methods, inspiration through culture, and materials offered by daily life and nature. One can be trained to draw, paint, dance, but one must experience life in its fullest to understand true creativity.

Article by Debra Villalobos in the Horse Fly Magazine

 

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