Creative Catalyst Newsletter-122308

Creative Catalyst Newsletter
December 23, 2008

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

We are looking forward to a fun and productive 2009. We will be adding even more great workshops by other production companies, along with more of our own. Available now are some produced by Interweave Media and include mixed media, fabric and quilting arts. Link here to see more (scroll to the bottom).
We will also be working with Teaching Art of Great Britain to bring some every exciting European teachers to a digital format suitable to US viewers. Stay warm and stay tuned. We have only touched the surface of some very satisfying experiences in art and craft.

Kelly on Camera

Check out a few holiday crafts presented by Creative Catalyst’s own Kelly Powers. When not crafting, Kelly does the amazing job of pulling together the workshop footage to make it into a coherent presentation.

See Kelly’s videos

From Behind the Camera: The gifts of ART

Yep, things are sort of crazy right now. The world, the weather, Wall Street… all we need to do is to turn on the news and we’re reminded things could be better, a lot better.
As individuals, we have a good deal of control over what we choose to absorb into our version of reality. I do not suggest we be oblivious, but quite the opposite. I’m saying there is a real benefit, even sanity, in focusing on the here and now.
Art teaches us this. It’s about being present in the moment. One cannot wrangle the media without attending to what is at hand. It’s about what we have and what we can do with it. Sometimes it’s even about simply stopping and living with it for a while. It’s about being brave and bold and giving voice to a personal vision.
I wish everyone Happy Holidays and for us all the continued gifts of art in its fullest measure. See you next year.

Lynn’s gallery

Upcoming Live Workshops by Creative Catalyst Instructors

NOTE: These workshops are not presented online. They are live workshops presented around the country.
Lisa Engelbrecht
February 13-16, 2009 - Kellogg Conference Center, Pomona CA
Contact:www.societyforcalligraphy.org
Ann Bagby
February 9-13, 2009 – Taos, New Mexico
Contact: lyn.bleiler@yahoo.com
Caroline Jasper
February 15, 2009 – Sarasota, FL (Painting Demonstration)
Contact: www.artsarasota.org
February 16-20, 2009 – Sarasota, FL
Contact: www.artsarasota.org
Dayle Doroshow
February 21 & 22, 2009 – San Francisco Center for the Book
Contact: www.sfcb.org
Janie Gildow
February 24, 2009 – Colored Pencil 2 at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute
Contact: www.desertmuseum.org/arts
Judy Morris
February 17-19, 2009 – Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR Contact: 541-726-8595 – www.emeraldartcenter.org
February 20, 2009 – Buffalo Grass Workshop, Portland, OR
Contact: billbaily@comcast.net
John Salminen
February 2-5, 2009 – The Presidio in San Francisco, CA
Contact: Karen Powers 510-502-6211
February 17-20, 2009 – Little Rock, AR
Contact: diwizi@comcast.net
Ratindra Das
February (TBA) – Ajijic, Mexico
Contact: ratindradas@sbcglobal.net
Pat Weaver
February 6-8, 2009 – Dade City, FL
Contact: ivel2@aol.com
February 20-22, 2009 – Bradenton, FL
Contact: Diane Shelly 941-746-2862
February 21, 2009 – At Paint Out at the Long Boat Key Art Center
View our Blog for January 2009 schedules, here.