Mindful Mark-Making: Abstract Patterns
Date/Time
5/4/2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern
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Event Type(s)
Classes and Workshops
Event Description
Instructor: Kara Ashley-Gilmore
Date: 5/4/2025
Location: Art Place Studio Workshop
Members: $30 Non-Members: $35
Join us for a relaxing session of mindful art-making. We will incorporate the 7 principles of mindfulness while we use watercolors and drawing materials as tools for relaxation. You’ll be led through a series of creative mark-making exercises and grounding techniques, followed by a longer, meditative painting & mark-making session.
During this month’s session, we will use watercolor paints and mark-making tools to create layered abstract patterns on paper.
Each session includes:
-A “Principles of Mindfulness for Art-Making” guide
-An opening mindfulness meditation
-A mark-making instruction template
-Bilateral drawing and breath work warm-up exercises
-An extended mindful mark-making & painting session
-A closing sharing circle
-March Session: Neurographic Art
-April Session: Petri Paintings
-May Session: Abstract Patterns
-September Session: Mandalas
-November Session: Nature Patterns
Beginner
Supplies:
All supplies will be provided and may include watercolor paints, various drawing pens, pencils, pastels, and acrylic paint markers. Bring your willingness to play, and your desire to connect and share!
Artist Bio:
Kara Ashley-Gilmore believes in the use of our innate creativity for our wellness and healing. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Board-Certified Art Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and a mixed-media artist at the Art Place Studios, in Hendersonville. As an artist, Kara paints intuitively, often incorporating bright colors with layers of paint, text, and collage, to process life and express themes of hope and encouragement. Art-making has always been an important part of her self-care, and her studio is her personal space to experiment and play. Ultimately, all of her work is about helping people be more creative, use their creativity for personal growth, and incorporate creativity into their daily lives. Her art therapy workshops are tailored to those who appreciate opportunities for creative exploration–with gentle guidance, in a nonjudgmental, quiet atmosphere.
Date: 5/4/2025
Location: Art Place Studio Workshop
Members: $30 Non-Members: $35
Join us for a relaxing session of mindful art-making. We will incorporate the 7 principles of mindfulness while we use watercolors and drawing materials as tools for relaxation. You’ll be led through a series of creative mark-making exercises and grounding techniques, followed by a longer, meditative painting & mark-making session.
During this month’s session, we will use watercolor paints and mark-making tools to create layered abstract patterns on paper.
Each session includes:
-A “Principles of Mindfulness for Art-Making” guide
-An opening mindfulness meditation
-A mark-making instruction template
-Bilateral drawing and breath work warm-up exercises
-An extended mindful mark-making & painting session
-A closing sharing circle
-March Session: Neurographic Art
-April Session: Petri Paintings
-May Session: Abstract Patterns
-September Session: Mandalas
-November Session: Nature Patterns
Beginner
Supplies:
All supplies will be provided and may include watercolor paints, various drawing pens, pencils, pastels, and acrylic paint markers. Bring your willingness to play, and your desire to connect and share!
Artist Bio:
Kara Ashley-Gilmore believes in the use of our innate creativity for our wellness and healing. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Board-Certified Art Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and a mixed-media artist at the Art Place Studios, in Hendersonville. As an artist, Kara paints intuitively, often incorporating bright colors with layers of paint, text, and collage, to process life and express themes of hope and encouragement. Art-making has always been an important part of her self-care, and her studio is her personal space to experiment and play. Ultimately, all of her work is about helping people be more creative, use their creativity for personal growth, and incorporate creativity into their daily lives. Her art therapy workshops are tailored to those who appreciate opportunities for creative exploration–with gentle guidance, in a nonjudgmental, quiet atmosphere.
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