Where can you find inspiration, how can you discover your own personal visual language, your "artistic voice"? In this workshop you will learn where can you find those ideas, images, and feelings that are most meaningful to you and that will be crucial in developing your personal artistic voice. This is related to who you are, what is important to you and what you feel passionate about, writing about it, and visualizing it in your art! You can do this through visualizing images behind the words you use.

 

In this workshop you will learn how you can travel around in your inner world; the world of your thoughts and imagination, by surfing on your “Inner-Net”. How does that work? Well, it works just like the regular Internet, but you have to work from your imagination!

 

By using this unique tool to unlock your imagination, you can discover your personal world of images and their related feelings, memories, dreams, metaphors, and colors. You will realize how precious, rich, and valuable your own life experiences are as material for inspired personal works of art, made with your own ideas and images.

 

Three techniques

During this workshop you will learn and practice three techniques to find and develop your personal artistic voice: self-reflective thinking, surfing on your inner-net and visualization of words.

 

1. Through self-inquiry, asking self-reflective questions, and researching the answers in writing, as a kind of inner dialogue, you can explore a personal issue, find related images, and work out ideas for your artwork. We will look at how you can start a dialogue with yourself and how you can start to explore your own inner world and find interesting personal subject matter you could use for art making.

 

2. The key to developing artistic voice lies in imaginative thinking—the ability to generate images. You will learn how to find images behind words, but also how to find images behind feelings.

 

3. We will use a method to sensitize your visual inner eye. Asking questions and practicing self-reflective thinking will help you to find your own images—no generalized images, no clichés. Here is the key for every artist to find her own personal artistic expression, and ultimately her own artistic style. 

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We will connect every week using Zoom. Once you register you will receive the link for the sessions every week in your inbox. Make sure you have your favorite art materials ready. This workshop is for all women artists and creatives who are searching to find a meaningful focus in their art making. This is an ideal workshop for whoever strives to deepen her artistic practice and self-knowledge in order to develop her artistic voice. 

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All material is from Annette's workbook “From Art to Empowerment” .

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January 8th - 26 February 2025,

 

8 Wednesdays 1 pm ET - 2:30 pm ET (8 pm EET - 9:30 pm EET)

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​After payment, you will be sent the Zoom link automatically every week.​

 

Please click here if you'd like more information.

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