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Photo credit: Barbara Parmet. Photos from pre-COVID rounds of classes.

Cor Art Classes
Workshops for the Human Spirit
Cor: noun, Latin.  1.(anatomy) heart.  2.(figurative) soul, mind.
Classes begin September 30.

 
We are offering in this third pilot of an arts residency teaching program a response to the difficulty of the last few months. These classes offer a place to feel human in a surreal time. They are an opportunity to renew, to refresh, to process, to feel some playfulness and freedom, and to learn skills helpful in these changing times.

Classes will take place online, or in some cases outdoors in small groups. Thanks to generous support from the Eichholz Foundation and Dana White, class fees are discounted for all, and scholarships are also available.

This program is set up with working adults in mind, especially in the service and helping professions. Medical professionals, teachers, bus drivers, nonprofit employees, social workers, firefighters, daycare workers, restaurant servers, and others in all walks of life. But these classes are really for all of us. We are all going through this.
 
Find out more, sign up for a class, apply for a scholarship, at sbcaw.org/classes.​​​
 
Special thanks to the Eichholz Foundation and to Dana White for their support to develop this program and provide scholarship funds. 
 
Photo credit: Barbara Parmet. Photos from pre-COVID rounds of classes.

The Workshops in Brief:

Poetry: Words to Engage Good Trouble

“...a willingness to pay good attention (the best kind of currency) to what really matters in a time of mutual losses, upheaval, opportunities for social justice and the establishment of unprecedented relationships en extremity.”

Taught by Rick Benjamin
Monday nights, 5:30pm-7:30pm, October 5 - November 9 (6 classes total). 
$120 (class fees discounted for all, scholarships available)
Form: Online 
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Photography: Photography Through the Lens of Self and Other

“...You could try this: Stop for a moment before jumping into the day. Instead of logging on, while still in bed in the morning, open your eyes. Notice the quality of light, the shapes coming into view.”

Taught by Barbara Parmet
Time: Tuesday nights, October 6, 13, 20, 27, 7-9 pm. (4 classes total) 
$80 (class fees discounted for all, scholarships available)
Form: Online
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Creativity Rehab

“This time of strife has confounded the creative practice of most people. This workshop will attempt to reactivate your creative gestures...“

Facilitated by Patrick Melroy
Time: Wednesday afternoons, 4-6pm, October 7 - November 11 (6 classes at this time)
$120 (class fees discounted for all, scholarships available)
Form: Hybrid, some sessions online and some in-person, outdoors, socially-distanced, in small numbers.
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Storytelling Workshop

“the need for people to share stories becomes even more important as a way to connect and build community. How does one stop becoming a passive consumer of media but an active creator in their own lives?”

Taught by Joseph Velasco
Time:  Thursdays, 7-8:30pm October 1- November 5 (6 sessions total)
$120 (class fees discounted for all, scholarships available)
Form: Hybrid, some sessions online and some in-person, outdoors, socially-distanced, in small numbers.
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Photo credit: Barbara Parmet. Photos from pre-COVID rounds of classes.

The Drift

“Dérive: It is an unplanned journey through a landscape... in which participants drop their everyday relations and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find"—Guy Debord

Taught by Patrick Melroy
Time: Wednesdays 12pm-1:30pm.  First class Oct. 7th (6 classes at this time)
$120 (class fees discounted for all, scholarships available)
Form: Outdoors (socially-distanced, in small numbers).
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Music Workshop: Human Musicking

“...music is not an abstract concept or an objectifiable thing, but a process that we all partake in. This course will give participants a foundational grasp and hands on experience…”

Taught by Sio Tepper
Time: (8 weeks) Wednesdays. Start September 30th. 7-9pm.
$160 (class fees discounted for all, scholarships available)
Form: Hybrid, some sessions online and some in-person, outdoors, socially-distanced, in small numbers.
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Sharing Peace and Joy: A Workshop in Postcards, Paper, Envelope Art, and More

“This is an opportunity to use this new found time at home to learn some new skills to connect with others. While working with materials that are in the house or easily found outdoors the worries of the outside world fade...” 

Taught by Judy Nilsen
Time: (6 weeks) Sunday afternoons. 1-2:30. Starting October 4th.
$120 (class fees discounted for all, scholarships available)
Location: Online​
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Comments from previous class participants:

  • “I felt truly stretched... it was amazing to feel myself growing in the process and seeing how other class members were growing in leaps and bounds.”
  • “Wonderful project which inspires art and community connection. It is a gift to listen to other peoples’ stories, to learn from experts in town, and be a part of community work.”
  • “This was a community building experience for each of us. Phenomenal.”
Find Out More and Sign Up
Photo credit: Barbara Parmet. Photos from pre-COVID rounds of classes.
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