Meditation meets creativity at workshop tonight
By Layne Lakeftsh
Emerald Entertainment Editor
The workshop loader chooses
meditation. Not to scare anyone
or convert anyone or summon
up strange beings. She does it
to connect seemingly different
worlds, and she succeeds.
Not only does she open
minds and clear thoughts, but
she pulls together the two
worlds of art und spirituality
She shows participants that art
can be a reflection of spirituali
ty, and then she lets them cre
ate.
The workshop series, called
•'The Spirituality and the Arts
Project," begins today and will
continue on Oct. it, 10 and 23
The workshop mootings will
take place at the Wesley Foun
dation, 1230 Kincaid St., from
7 to it p.m. each night. Partici
pants are encouraged to attend
all meetings and admission is
free.
Based on the theory that art
and spirituality can come to
gether, the workshops will edu
cate participants on the history
of art and spirituality and then
allow them to create individual
and group projects.
The workshops will lie facili
tated by Ardis Lotey, a Univer
sity graduate student in fine
arts, who is doing a specialized
ministry in arts and spirituali
ty. She is also an active partici
pant at the Wesley Foundation.
"Ardis has the wonderful
ability of creating safe space so
people can become in touch
with their own spiritual jour
rteys," said Janet Cromwell,
Wesley Foundation director
"From that, they can then ere
ate pieces of artwork that re
flect their spiritual journeys."
During the first workshop,
which hikes place tonight.
Lotey will give an introduction
to the history of spirituality and
arts, making use of slides, and
then [Hill in meditation to relax
the participants and get them in
tune with their spirituality.
"She guides participants
through a meditative process
that will draw out a vision,"
Cromwell said.
Then, from that vision, they
can create artwork that reflects
their spiritual feelings and jour
neys.
The second workshop will
continue where the first left off,
with a iiit more history and an
other chance to work on an in
dividual project The last two
weeks w ill be spent working on
a group projet t or projects
"The exciting port and the
scary part is that the group has
a lot of power over what hap
pens," Cromwell said. "There
is a lot of freedom over what is
created "
In the [last, participants in a
similar project created prayer
banners with silhouette faces
on them, Cromwell said
"It was neat because they
used light to make silhouettes
of each of their laces, and then
each one colored in their face
according to how they were
leeling." she said
When the banner was com
plfitod, all the silhouettes
looked unique and each repre
sented something unto itself
The result of projects such as
this illustrate that art does and
can reflect many things, one ol
which is spirituality "This is
an opportunity for students to
understand their spiritual lives,
get more ill tune with their
spiritual lives, explore them,
.lrul see how art t an enrich it."
Cromwell s.iitl
Due to increased interest, the
same type of workshops will he
conducted at both Oregon State
University and Willamette Uni
versity during winter term
Then, during spring term, the
project will culminate with par
ticipants from all three schools
coming together for a retreat at
Sultle Lake. near Sisters, Oro
Kon
"This will give participants
lilt' t banco to got together and
share what they've learned,"
Cromwell said "They will
have the opportunity to come
together and share that energy
again "
The workshops here have
drawn considerable interest,
both from Wesley Foundation
regulars ,in<i from students who
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