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Tending the Creative Soul All About Murals
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Tending the Creative Soul All About Murals

The topic of next Tending the Creative Soul is "All About Murals." Have you created murals? Are you curious about how murals are made? Do you have advice, questions, thoughts, etc. about murals? Are you interested in having a mural created but don’t know how to go about having one created?

Feel free to join the Zoom conversation on Wednesday, May 10 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM. Reach out to Trey for the Zoom invite at treyeverettcreates@gmail.com

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Tending the Creative Soul with Ross Hier April 12
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Tending the Creative Soul with Ross Hier April 12

For our next TCS we will have birder and fellow artist Ross Hier. Ross will share about his February birding adventure in Costa Rica as well as his lifelong bird artwork.

Like art, birds reveal a spot of beauty with their plumes and songs and allow us to escape the stressful and mundane. Ross has captured the simplicity, as well as the complexity of birds.

Ross’s love of nature from a young age led him to a career as a wildlife biologist. He retired after 35 years with the Minnesota DNR Wildlife Section. A self-taught artist, he thoroughly enjoys the versatility of transparent watercolors. Nature provides him with unlimited subject material. Many of his subject ideas arose after observing some interaction in nature, landscape, or creatures. “I am drawn more to days when life wasn’t so driven by technology and was lived at a slower pace.“

Our next TCS is April 12, 5:00 PM via Zoom. Reach out to Trey for a Zoom invite. Everyone is welcome to attend!

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Tending the Creative Soul March 8 — Calligrams
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Tending the Creative Soul March 8 — Calligrams

Our next Tending the Creative Soul is Wednesday March 8 from 5 to 6pm. We will be working with calligrams. Calligrams are images that are made with words or simply have words within them. They can be used in all sorts of art projects, classroom activities with students, and personal inspirational artwork.

Watch the video of this session here: https://youtu.be/m-tBYTf9gdo

We will be creating our own calligrams so bring paper and markers or something to write with.

Join Trey and other area creatives on March 8 from 5:00-6:00 via Zoom. If you don’t have the Zoom invite, reach out to Trey at treyeverettcreates@gmail.com.

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Tending the Creative Soul — Join us for a discussion of future Creative Souls February 8
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Tending the Creative Soul — Join us for a discussion of future Creative Souls February 8

Hello Artists! Your input is requested.

Join us on Wednesday, February 8 from 5 to 6 pm via zoom or email Trey with your ideas.

Tending the Creative Soul is transforming. Trey would love to hear your ideas for TCS in 2023.

Would you like TCS to meet at a different time? Evenings, mornings, weekends, midnight?

In-person gatherings instead of/along with Zoom gatherings?

What locations would you recommend for in-person gatherings?

Would you be open to hosting occasionally either in person or Zoom?

What length of time seems good to you?

What topics are you interested in?

What topics have you appreciated in the past?

Special guests?

Multiple Zoom or in-person gatherings to choose from each month?

Other thoughts?

For our next TCS, Wednesday, February 8 from 5PM to 6PM, we will be discussing the future of TCS. If you can't make it to our Zoom gathering this week please send Trey an email with your thoughts at treyeverettcreates@gmail.com.

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Join us for Tending the Creative Soul Dec 14 SPACE in Artwork
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Join us for Tending the Creative Soul Dec 14 SPACE in Artwork

Please join us for our next Tending the Creative Soul where we will be exploring SPACE in artwork. Space is one of the most important elements in art.

Wednesday, December 14 from 5 to 6PM via Zoom

What is space in art and how do we work with it?

If you aren’t on our Tending the Creative Soul list, reach out to Trey for a Zoom link. We hope to see you there!

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Tending the Creative Soul November 9 - Mandalas
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Tending the Creative Soul November 9 - Mandalas

We will be talking about and creating our own Mandalas during this Tending the Creative Soul. Mandalas are symbols of wholeness and healing and have been used throughout time in a variety of cultures and various religions as well as in psychology. Carl Jung wrote,

I sketched every morning in a notebook a small circular drawing, a mandala, which seemed to correspond to my inner situation at the time... Only gradually did I discover what the mandala really is.... the Self, the wholeness of the personality, which if all goes well, is harmonious.”

This TCS will be Wednesday, November 9 from 5:00 to 6:00PM. Have paper and paint or markers or colored pencils. Also if you like perfect circles bring various sized circle templates.

Contact Trey for the Zoom invite at treyeverettcreates@gmail.com. Everyone is welcome and it’s free to attend!

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Tending the Creative Soul October 12
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Tending the Creative Soul October 12

For our Tending the Creative Soul we will be exploring "The Practice of Observing Art." The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston Texas has a four step practice of how to "look" at art. We will be experiencing their four steps of Look, Describe, Think, and Connect with various pieces of art. If you have a favorite art piece you would like to share for the practice please "bring" it.

Our next TCS is Wednesday, October 12 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM. This event is online via Zoom. Reach out to Trey for a Zoom invite.

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Tending the Creative Soul September 14
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Tending the Creative Soul September 14

Tending the Creative Soul will be Wednesday, September 14 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM. This event is online and open to anyone who would like to join. Email Trey for a Zoom invite at treyeverettcreates@gmail.com.

We will be exploring Creativity and Music. How does music influence your creative process? If you are a musician what helps you get into the flow? Who or what styles of music are some of your inspirations? If you aren't a musician how do you experience music as a creative force? Please join us!

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