Friday, May 14, 2010

Suzanne Darley in NATURE AS INSPIRATION: Exploring Your Creative source

Join Suzanne Darley an innovative and experienced professional art educator from Wisdom University in California for her first teaching experience in Ontario. Her recent book with Wende Heath The Expressive Arts Activity Book: A Resource for Professionals has been acclaimed in The Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal in 2008.

Using the lush natural environment of the St.Ignatius Centre, we will hone our observational skill, explore presence and temenos as healing factors and weave our experience of nature into several different art modalities, learning to unveil
the potency in nature and apprehend personal meaning.

This course is appropriate for anyone who wants to explore his/her own creativity and learn practical ways to bring art into one’s personal and/or professional practice. No prior experience in art is necessary. Beginner’s mind is especially
encouraged! See www.wisdomuniversity.org for specifics of the course outline for this workshop.

Dates/Times: Friday, July 23, 2010- 7:00pm-8:30pm
Saturday, July 24, 2010- 7:30am- 8:30pm(meal breaks included)
Sunday, July 25, 2010- 7:30am -12:45pm

Cost: $275 (including tax)

Where: St. Brigid’s Villa at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre
(5420 Highway 6, North, Guelph, Ontario)

Note: Limited to 12 participants

Monday, May 3, 2010

EVENSONGS FOR THE SOUL: Chant and Cello in Concert Improvisations

DAVID DARLING, Grammy award winning cellist
NORMA GENTILE, vocalist and sound shaman

Fri., June 11 Holy Trinity Toronto Sat., June 12 Harcourt Church Guelph

Fresh from winning the 2010 Grammy for Best New Age Album, eclectic composer/cellist David Darling joins with vocalist and sound shaman Norma Gentile in two evenings of spontaneous music-making. Norma’s soprano voice dances with David’s sonorous cello improvisations in music ranging from medieval chants of Hildegard von Bingen to contemporary classical, pop, jazz and new age styles.

This program is offered twice; Friday, June 11 at 8pm in downtown Toronto at The Church of the Holy Trinity (10 Trinity Square, across from the Eaton Centre) and Saturday, June 12 at 8pm in Guelph at Harcourt Memorial United Church, 87 Dean Avenue, Guelph, Ontario N1G 1L3.

Tickets for both events are $25. They are available in advance online at www.healingchants.com, or at the door starting 30 minutes before each concert.