The Movement Basis of Artistic Expression.

This workshop will create a supportive environment to explore how the creative process carries us to new realms of expression and understanding. The studio workshop will engage painting and other artistic sources to establish a community of creative expression where participants can practice letting go inhibitions, cultivating responsiveness to the creative force, and learning how to witness and support the expression of others. We will learn how to “trust the process” and accept the threats and fears of expression as vital partners in making and revitalizing ourselves and our communities. Wear comfortable clothing.

Shaun McNiff is author of Trust the Process: An Artist's Guide to Letting Go; Art Heals; Art as Medicine; Integrating the Arts in Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice; Art-Based Research; Art as Research and other books. An exhibiting painter who has had a seminal influence on the areas of creativity enhancement, the arts and healing, and art-based research, he has lectured and taught throughout the world. McNiff has received various honors and awards for his work including the Honorary Life Member Award of the American Art Therapy Association. He established the first expressive arts therapy graduate training program at Lesley University from which the field of expressive arts therapy emerged and in 2002 Lesley appointed him as its first University Professor.