Inverting the Change Art Workshop | Alena Rogozhkina | In Centre

 Prepare for Winter with Reinvigorating Art.

As winter approaches, the cold weather and lack of daylight can leave us all feeling drained. Creativity can be a powerful tool to work through this exhaustion and restore yourself.

In this workshop you will be introduced to creative ways and techniques designed to help you to relax, relieve body and mind tension, and feel calmer and more focused. These skills are things you can do in your own home, ideal for building into your everyday life.

You will participate in visual exercises, interacting with the elements and natural materials such as water, soil, wood, and plants. With this as your foundation, you will be guided through the art-making process, activating your senses to stir your inner creative flow and disconnecting from distractions in the world around you.

What to Expect

As an outcome of this workshop, you will be equipped with a few easy-to-access playful creative practices that you can take away to positively impact your overall health and well-being.

This will allow you to connect with your true feelings and a state of ‘being’ rather than ‘doing’ which is essential to support your body, mind and soul in the Autumn.

The price for this class includes all materials. £3 from your ticket will subsidise a ticket for a displaced participant to have a chance to join us on the day.

Two half-price scholarships are available. Please send us an email describing your circumstances in a couple of sentences and we will be happy to support you (scholarships are available on first come-first serve basis).

About Alena Rogozhkina

Alena Rogozhkina is a Ukrainian-Scottish visual artist, researcher and creative
educator driven by a passion for community wellbeing. Linking her background in
behavioural science and contemporary art practice, Alena expresses her own
perceptions and views while exploring limits that people have to create a better
everyday reality for themselves. She works across notions of time, energy, memory,
materiality, decay, transformation, and connection with a range of media including
found materials, installation, photography, painting, printmaking and moving image.

Alena`s studio is based at Arthur Conan Doyle centre where she develops her
experimental art practice and facilitates 1:1 and 2:1 bespoke creative experiences to help
individuals with or without any art skills to discover their unique creative voices, unblock their creative flow, empower them for changes, and support challenging transitions in life.

If you have any questions or would like to meet Alena in person before booking, you are welcome to visit her studio during the Open day on 23^rd September.

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