Cures for Strange Times: An Art and Wellness Workshop Series

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Dates
1/7/21 - Ongoing
Location

This weekly program series will take place over Zoom.

This series of virtual workshops brings wellness and creativity together in hands-on creative exchanges. Pairing wellness practitioners from the Northern Berkshire community with local artists and makers, these interactive experiences center reflection, play, making, and embodiment as forms of learning and being. Featured pairs include a yoga teacher and a jazz musician, an art therapist and a comic book illustrator, a florist and a botanist, and a farmer and a chef.

Workshops will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28. Click on individual event listing below for more information and to register.

Program Videos

January 28, 2021: Farming and Feasting

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January 21, 2021: Foraging and Flowers

January 14, 2021: Auto Bio Comic Workshop

January 7, 2021: Yoga With Live Music

1/28/21
Cures for Strange Times: Farming and Feasting

In this workshop, farmer Tu Le of 328North Farm in Williamstown, Mass., and Aaron J. Oster of A-oK BBQ in North Adams, Mass., bring mindfulness to the table with a conversation highlighting bold flavors and local ingredients.

1/21/21
Cures for Strange Times: Foraging and Flowers

Botanist Joan Edwards and floral designer Wendy Hybl Fannin call attention to the beauty of the winter landscape in this discussion and workshop featuring foraged and locally-found botanicals.

1/14/21
Cures for Strange Times: Auto Bio Comic Workshop

Artist Anna Moriarty Lev and art therapist Kaye Shaddock explore making comics as a form of art therapy. This workshop features several short exercises with prompts to inspire you to create comics from your life. Participants are asked to bring paper of choice and a drawing implement (a pen or pencil is perfect).
1/7/21
Cures for Strange Times: Yoga with Live Music

Art historian and yoga instructor Emily Kamen partners with multi-instrumentalist and composer Zachary Hann for a live yoga session accompanied by experimental music and inspired by Joan Mitchell's 1969 painting Sunflower VI.