Art Experiences programs at Your Holistic Health Team, Brecksville

Each leaf that falls ... is saying "Hello" to you!
A handmade card using stamps and colored pencils.

There will be an Art Experiences open house this Sunday from 2 to 4 at Your Holistic Health Team. Bring your children for an afternoon of creativity while reaching out to others with our "Make a Card, Give a Smile" program. Cards are distributed to participating assisted living facilities requesting cards for those in need of a greeting or cheery hello.

The class schedule for 2009 is included in the first issue of the Art Experiences Newsletter. There is also a "Creativity Tip of the Month", information on Your Holistic Health Team, and an article by Kristen Boyesen on bringing meditative practices into everyday living.

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Making Mandalas, Family Activity, Cleveland area

Coming soon to Your Holistic Health Team, a Resource Center for Healthy Living, Brecksville, OH:
Making Mandalas. A family activity at one low price for parent/guardian/grandparent and up to two children.

Other classes, workshops, services, and programs include:
A Parent/Child Experience
Intro to Imagination Arts
That to This
Yin Yang Drawing
Charcoal On, Charcoal Off
Ornaments and paper sculptures
Meditation
Creativity Coaching
Private art classes
Young Living Essential Oils

Email wildernessartist (at) sbcglobal.net for more information.

Retreat for Women, Lakeside OH

Kristen will present Drawing from Nature at the 2009 Create-A-Way retreat, Lakeside OH

Sept 25-27 (weekend)

Create-A-Way Artist Way retreat for women:

A Soulful Creative Retreat for Women

Chagrin Falls art classes and workshops

Kristen has two classes at Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools through Community Ed

Sept 23, 6:30-8:30 PM (1 Wed), Chagrin Falls Middle School Library: Introduction to Active Imagination
Oct 28 and Nov. 4, 6:30-8:30 PM (2 Wed), Chagrin Falls Middle School Library: Exploring Meditation

Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools
400 East Washington Street
Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022

Classes for adults and families, Cleveland, Mayfield

Kristen has three workshops with Mayfield Community Education and Recreation

Sept 30-Oct 21 (4 Wed), Mayfield High School Humanities Library: Active Imagination
Oct 3, 9 AM- 3PM (1 Sat), Mayfield Middle School Library: Stress Relief Workshop
Oct 24, 9-11:30 AM (1 Sat), Mayfield Middle School Library: Parent Child Bonding

Art shows and networking event

I have two art shows posted on Facebook, and a discount link for a great networking event at the Ritz Carlton, Cleveland. Use title link for details about these events.

"Create-A-Way" Artist's Way retreat opportunity

Wendy Fedan has organized another wonderful retreat for Lakeside OH. I will be presenting a workshop "Drawing from Nature". Check out the title link for details on the other workshops and early bird special pricing.

Photography by Kristen Boyesen

Photo of the inside of a Kaleidoscope.


Seeds of Change

A Cleveland area online store, Geniocity.com has exclusive rights to sell the 9x9 Kaleidoscope Mandala line.

Geniocity specializes in "Tools and Toys for People who Think."

Use the link below for direct access to the mandalas.

Kaleidoscope Mandalas at Geniocity for $135

See other sizes at Kaleidoscope Mandalas

Cleveland Area Art Classes, Art

Artworks by Kristen Boyesen are on display in Bedford in the storefront window of Carson and Associates, Broadway Avenue.

Art Classes will be resuming soon. Please call Kristen for more information at (two one six) 577-9874.

Sign up now for "Art Smarts" for Mom, Dad, Kids: an interactive program of fun and learning.

Textile Republic

One of my latest projects has been to create textile designs for Textile Republic, where fabric designs are created by anyone with a desire to express their creativity in this way (could be you!) and voted on by textile designers and you, the viewing public. This Cleveland area company will manufacture the winning designs. Go to the title link to see my designs, and then hit home to see others.

Vote!

News

Art Experiences is expanding in several directions!

Draw and Paint classes are expanding, and the schedule is posted at the link.

Imagination Arts workshops are being offered in North Olmstead at Securely Anchored Wellness Center; at the VA Medical Center, Brecksville; in Bedford during Draw and Paint classes; and will soon be available at the ART Showcase Gallery in the galleria, Cleveland as a lunchbreak workshop.

Wilderness Art has expanded into textile design with pastel images that are transformed into repeatable images for printing on fabric. Enter "wildernessartist" in the search box in the Browse Designs page or click here.

Go to Textile Republic Home to see the top rated designs. Each click of Home brings up a new selection. Help your favorite designs to be printed onto fabric by voting and leaving comments. Sign-up is easy. Textile Republic is owned by a local Cleveland entrepreneur.

I have always used photography as a way to capture those images I want to later make into artworks. Now, a new category of photographs are available to purchase. Kaleidoscope Mandalas are actual photographs I took of "scenes" inside my hand crafted kaleidoscope. They are available as giclee prints on canvas online or at ART Showcase Gallery.

I have signed on with Mind Body Soul Connect to provide Imagination Arts workshops, retreats, and keynote presentations in NorthEast Ohio and across the country.

2008 promises to be very busy and rewarding!

Imagination Arts at the Veterans Hospital

Imagination Arts for Veterans

Tuesday, Nov 6, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Brecksville VA Medical Ctr
Resource Recovery Center
Building 5, Room 23 B
Presented by Kristen S. Boyesen
Open to all veterans, free of charge.

*Improve memory
*Rehabilitation after stroke
*Increase cognitive awareness
*Feel inner peace
*Helps relieve PTSD

This workshop accommodates up to 24 people in each session. Participants make a REM-gram™ as they Record Eye Movement. All sit together at grouped tables to provide a shared experience. Materials are provided. No art experience is needed.

According to Penney Pierce in The Intuitive Way, A Guide to Living from Inner Wisdom, “ By noticing things, you connect with your world."

By following the easy instruction to make a REM-gram™, participants mini-meditate to the right side of the brain, the master expert at "noticing things."

"Kristen is a creative genius," says Jan Phillips, visionary thought leader and author of several books, including the award-winning The Art of Original Thinking. "I highly recommend her." www.janphillips.com

"I opened up a creative side I didn't know I had. Therapeutic," commented Russ at the 2007 Burning River Fest, Cleveland.

Nikki, also at the Burning River Fest, wrote, "This exercise was unlike any other. I've never really thought of something so simple being so relaxing."
Dennis, stroke survivor and in a lot of pain from a broken neck, has been working with Kristen since 2003. He writes, "I get relief from the severe pain while doing art, my memory is slowly improving, and the depression and its dark cloud are lifting."

Kristen has been creating and selling paintings for 40 years, winning numerous awards in New York and Ohio. She has 25 years' experience as an art teacher, and has created the REM-gram™ process for people to mini-meditate their way to the right side of the brain. Ms. Boyesen exhibits her artwork in the Galleria, Cleveland, at A.R.T. Showcase; in The Gallery, Willoughby, OH; and with two galleries in Northern New York.

Kristen S. Boyesen is an artist who has developed the REM-gram™ (Recorded Eye Movement) program to help people get in touch with their creativity. She is not a member of the medical community, a particular religion, or a religious group. All thoughts shared are from life experiences and are for the purpose of helping others to create the ambiance, attitude, and exercise regimens for healing-from-within to occur. Any adverse side effects should immediately be directed to a medical doctor or a mental health care professional.