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-4t>‘)4. No prior religious or art back ground is roqulrod FORUM PRESENTS AT THE EMU BALLROOM THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 . OOORS OPEN AT 8, SHOW AT 8 W JTICKETS 510 U of 0 Students. $12 General Public, available! |at EMU Mom Desk Face the Music. Record Garden CDWor!d| X APT . SOFT SIDED PORTFOLIO SALE $37.00 . , 33 (PRO 74J SALE $47.00 APT . 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