Gardening Methods

Art Workshops for Women (young and not so Young!!)

The Madhavi Kapur Foundation has announced a a series of

 

Art Workshops For Women (young and not so young!!)

by Susan Bullough-Khare

 

Aim of these art workshops is to:

 

1. Explore personal and creative development

2. Increase self confidence and improve self esteem

3. Provide a vehicle and environment for social

interaction

4. Give insight and hands on experience of the

therapeutic value of art

5. Provide experience with a variety of art materials and

art appreciation for relaxation, self development,

communication.

6. Offer an opportunity to explore concerns and

difficulties in a safe, supportive atmosphere.

 

The workshops are designed to give a variety of

experiences to individuals no matter what their previous

experience of art or group work.

During workshops participants may create work on themes

such as fear, sadness, joy, etc, always focusing on the

process and not the product. This work is then the vehicle

for talking and communicating about important personal

experiences and concerns.

 

Duration of workshops:

Tuesdays 5th,12th,19th & 26th August and 2nd September

2008, from 10 am to 2 pm.

 

Fee:

(inclusive of all art materials, tuition, light snack & tea.)

- Rs. 2500 for all 5 sessions –

Whenever possible a trained counselor will be present to

give additional input

 

Venue : Flat no.515,Building A9 ,Eden Gardens, Nagar Road, pune 411014 Pune 411 001

 

Registration : Contact –Megha at 9860363278

and send in your registration at the earliest as we are limiting the number of participants.

 

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‘The Educational Value of Art’ –

for those working with children or youth;

teachers, counselors, social workers, etc

 

Designed and facilitated by Susan Bullough-Khare

 

Through this workshop, participants will

have the opportunity to explore a range of art materials,

consider the work of some artists and reflect on the various

ways that art can benefit their students.

 

Only when we have worked with art materials ourselves

can we be wholly effective in working with others.

Undertaking creative work on themes such as anger, regret,

guilt and love can give us an opportunity to voice the

unsaid. Art releases and expresses in a contained and

manageable way.

 

It can provide a valuable bridge of communication between,

student and student and also between students and teacher.

 

Through these art workshops the participants will be

introduced to a range of materials and methodologies.

While building up confidence, by focusing on process and

not product, they will also have a personal experience of

the creative process.

 

Previous experience and knowledge of art is irrelevant.

However it is vital to have personal experience with art

materials and the exercises before facilitating such work

with others.

 

We need to inspire ourselves and undergo our own journey

in order to become more empathetic, accepting, congruent

and fruitful with those with whom we work and live.

 

Duration of workshops:

8th and 9th August, 2008, 2 pm to 6 pm on both days.

 

Fee: (inclusive of all art materials, tuition, light snack & tea.)

- Rs. 900 per participant

- Rs.1600 for 2 participants from one school

- Rs. 2100 for 3 participants from one school

 

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Workshops are designed and facilitated by Susan Bullough-Khare

 

Susan received her educational training in England where, in addition to teaching, she also worked as an Occupational Therapist in a psychiatric unit, including drama in locked wards, and a House Parent in a residential home for emotionally disturbed children.

For over twenty years she was resident in Ireland where, in addition to raising two sons and running a small holding, she was director of the Inter-cultural Education Programme for the Kerry Education Centre. She also worked as a freelance consultantspecialising in Arts and

Inter- cultural Education and ran classes for girls with special needs.

She conducted art education projects for several arts festivals in Ireland including the Dublin Millennium and the Cibeal in Kerry. She has given presentations and mounted exhibitions of her work for conferences in Ireland, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Portugal and India.

In 2007 Susan attended and was a guest speaker at a seminar on ‘Best Practice in Anti-Racism Training’ in Dublin, Ireland. Most recently (June 2008) Susan  participated in a project at the South Bank Centre, London, called “The Art and Craft of Saving the World” e xploring ecology, climate change and environment through artistic encounters, exchange and participation through art and craft.

Susan conducts career development workshops for teachers on numerous aspects including creative education, classroom display and discipline management. She provides creative self exploration and ex-pression workshops for women, teachers, parents, youth and minority groups.

Susan has been travelling in India regularly since January 1988 and has grass-roots experience of the work of artists and crafts-people in many different States. She has used her arts and inter-cultural education programmes to develop exchange projects between schools in India, Ireland and England.

These interactions over a long period of time have given her a valuable perspective of India and her experience, inside and outside the classroom, enables her to empathise with teachers and parents and, through her workshops, provide personal experience of the creative process.

She has attended courses with BAAT (British Association of Art Therapist) including the ‘Foundation Course in Art Therapy’ and includes aspects of art therapy in her workshops.

Susan regularly facilitates workshops on the therapeutic value of art for NGOs, including those working with alternative mental health treatments. She has worked with traveller, gypsy and refugee children, youth from deprived areas in Dublin and India, peace and reconciliation projects, de-addiction centres, social work student exchange programmes and groups from minority communities.

She also works as a photographer and has produced education packs using her own photography as an educational tool. Her photographs have appeared in many books, magazines and exhibitions on India and Indian culture.

For enquiries or further information on Susan’s workshops please email – s.bulloughkhare@gmail…

About the Author

Started as a free lance writer earlier for Maharashtra Herald Newspaper, then with the Pune-Mid-Day. Have also contributed for articles on websites

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