Mythological Foundations of Personal Process and Creative Expression
Creative Mythologies: Images of Change and Transformation
August 6 – 10, 2012
This Workshop has been Canceled.
Evans Lansing Smith / Cheryle Van Scoy: Ancient Stories, Personal Process and Creative Expressions
For more information or to register by
phone, call 505-685.0921
Workshop Overview
Joseph Campbell wrote that myth has the power to touch and exhilarate the deepest and most creative energies of the soul. This workshop will explore the imagery and stories of a variety of archetypal themes—such as of Alchemy, Creation, Apocalypse, the Great Goddess, the Labyrinth, and the Descent to the Underworld—with a focus on change and transformation. These offer a rich reservoir of mythologies that can help guide us to new forms of creative expression in times of radical change and breakdown of the old structures.
The workshop will include slide-illustrated presentations, imaginal experiences, explorations of the landscape (inner and outer), and creative expression in the medium of the participant’s choice (such as writing, painting, photography, dance, music, and sculpture utilizing natural materials within the Abiquiu landscape or brought from home).
Artist Statement
Evans Lansing Smith traveled with Joseph Campbell on tours of Northern France, Egypt, and Kenya, with a focus on the Arthurian Romances and the mythologies of the Ancient World. He is the author of 8 books and many articles on Comparative Literature and Mythology. He has a B.A. from Williams College, an M.A. from Antioch International, and a Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate School. He has taught at colleges in Switzerland, Maryland, Texas, and California, and is currently Co-Chair of the Mythological Studies Program at the Pacifica Graduate Institute, in Santa Barbara, CA, and Emeritus Professor of English at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. http://www.studyofmyth.org/links
Cheryle Van Scoy has a life-long fascination with the creative responses of individuals to the challenges of living and dying and their inevitable demands for change. She is an artist with master’s degrees in both critical care nursing and mythological studies within the framework of depth psychology. Currently, she is an analytic training candidate at the original C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland.
Lans and Cheryle enjoy life by the sea in Carpinteria, CA.
Who Should Attend:
All levels – Enthusiast, Advanced Amateurs and Professionals: individuals interested in exploring their imagination and the ancient mythologies alive in our psyches; anyone interested in enriching creative expression through a knowledge of the stories and archetypal imagery of world mythology—whether that expression be through such media as photography, painting and drawing, poetry and fiction, relationship and personal development, or music.
What Should You Bring:
Participants are expected to bring the necessary materials for preferred artistic expression – i.e. paints, brushes, pens and paper, instruments, cameras and camera supplies. Please note these materials should be portable. There will be opportunity each day for artistic expression/play; we hope to examine the transition of created works as the week continues, so the focus should be on materials that are flexible, easily transported and projects that can be completed within an hour or two at most.
Remember we will be working partially outside in the environment so, bring good hiking shoes, hat, gloves and layered clothing for the early morning hours may be cool.
Lodging
Participants will have to make their own reservations at:
The Abiquiu Inn
Building 21120, Hwy 85
Abiquiu, NM 87510
Phone: 505.686-4378
email: abiquiuinn@zianet.com
web site: www.abiquiuinn.com
Meals
Breakfast and box lunch are included in lodging price.
Four dinner’s is not included, participants expense.
On arrival The Abiquiu Inn will host a light buffet and “Champagne Reception at My Blue Heaven”.
Closing dinner will be at Jasper Ranch, at the base of Pedernal Mt., hosted by the workshops.
Tuition
$1200.00
*** This workshop is for 10 participants only.
