The Dynamic Language
of Linear Design:
Meander, Koru, Knot,
and Braid
A Drawing Workshop at
Taruna College
Friday 4th
April (7-9.00pm)
Saturday 5th
April (9.00am – 5.00pm)
Linear designs such as
meanders, korus, knots and braids have held deep significance since prehistoric
times. Their rhythmic forms and
patterns indicate a journey of transformation and empowerment for the one who
successfully masters the secret language of their design. Labyrinths, mazes, and encircling
mandalas, all are iconography of artistic and spiritual
power, used for concentration, visualization, meditation and the journey of
self-realization. In this workshop
we will practice simple knot and meander form drawings as a basis for creating
more complex interwoven patterns and designs. In this way we will explore the
wonderous visual language of dynamic linear form drawing. No drawing experience
necessary.
Van James, an experienced international art educator based at the
Honolulu Waldorf School in Hawaii, will lead this workshop. He is the author of
several books on art including Drawing
with Hand, Head and Heart.
This is a course for non-artists as well as those who have artistic
experience. No prior skills are needed.
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For booking ring: 06
8777174
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Course Fee: $120+GST
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33 Te Mata Peak Road
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Havelock North 4157
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Programme:
Friday 4th April
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7.00-9.00 pm
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Introductory Talk
with practical exercises
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Saturday 5th April
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9.00-10.30 am
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Workshop 1
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Morning Tea
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11.00-12.30 am
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Workshop 2
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Lunch
(Bring your own)
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1.30-3.00 pm
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Workshop 3
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Afternoon Tea
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3.30-5.00 pm
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Workshop 4
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Drawing materials:
crayons, pastels and paper will be provided
The Origins and Mysteries of Art
Lecture and Workshop
with
Van James
11th
and 12th April
Friday
7.30 pm, Saturday 1pm-5pm
How
and why did people first make pictorial representations? What can we learn
about ourselves as contemporary individuals from prehistoric and even ancient
Egyptian art? The beginnings of art are a mystery that lies at the very
foundation of who we are as human beings and the capacities, such as memory and
mental picturing, that we take for granted. The lecture will survey Palaeolithic
to ancient Egyptian art while the workshop will explore the art of these
periods through pastel drawing.
Van James is a
Hawai’i based artist, author and teacher with a degree in painting and drawing
from the San Francisco Art Institute, USA, and diplomas from Emerson College in
England, and the Goetheanum Painting School in Switzerland. He has been
an art instructor at the Honolulu Waldorf School for 30 years and is a guest
instructor at Taruna College in New Zealand, and Rudolf Steiner College in
California. He is chairman of the Anthroposophical Society in Hawai’i and
editor of Pacifica Journal. He is also the author of several books on
art and culture including Spirit and Art and The Secret Language of
Form. His latest book is Drawing with Hand, Head and Heart.
Rudolf
Steiner House, 104 Michaels Ave, Ellerslie
Lecture
$20, Saturday workshop $50, $60 for both
As
places are limited please call Bernadette on 3611368 to register
Mandala
The
Art of Centering the Self
Lecture
and Workshop
with
Van James
28th
and 29th March
Mandalas are an artistic
expression in both East and West, used for visualization, meditation and
initiation. The mandala creates an enclosed sacred space, a cosmogram, which
represents the Self within the universe. Hildegard von Bingen, Rudolf Steiner,
Carl Jung, and the fourteenth Dalai Lama, all created mandalas and worked with
their power to fashion a center of energy within the great, universal periphery. Carl Jung said of mandalas: "In
accord with the Eastern conception, the mandala symbol is not only a means of
expression, but works an effect.
It reacts upon its maker. Very ancient magical effects lie hidden in
this symbol…the magic of which has been preserved in countless folk
customs." The evening lecture will consider the worldwide phenomena of
historic mandalas and the workshop will explore the practical-artistic aspects
of this sacred form, culminating in the creation of our own individual mandala.
The lecture and workshop may be attended separately, but both together are
recommended. No artistic experience is necessary. All materials are included.
Van James is a
Hawai’i based artist, author and teacher with a degree in painting and drawing from
the San Francisco Art Institute, USA, and diplomas from Emerson College in
England, and the Goetheanum Painting School in Switzerland. He has been
an art instructor at the Honolulu Waldorf School for 30 years and is a guest
teacher at Taruna College in New Zealand, and Rudolf Steiner College in
California. He is chairman of the Anthroposophical Society in Hawai’i and editor
of Pacifica Journal. He is also the author of several books on art and
culture including Spirit and Art and The Secret Language of Form.
His latest book is Drawing with Hand, Head and Heart.
Rudolf
Steiner House, 104 Michaels Ave, Ellerslie
Lecture
$20, Saturday workshop $50, $60 for both
As
places are limited please call Bernadette on 3611368 to register
Enlivening Our Work through the Arts
An evening with VAN JAMES
Wednesday 2nd April, 2014
In our time when technology increasingly
pervades the home and school it is important to be aware of and to help foster
the healthy human capacities that children will need for their challenging
future.
This
hands-on lecture-demonstration is for parents, care givers, teachers, and those
interested in how learning is supported through the development of creative
faculties by means of the arts.
We
will explore the importance of children’s drawings and how they lay the
groundwork for skills and faculties such as visual thinking, cognitive feeling
(emotional intelligence), and moral imagination. We will focus on basic
artistic principles that enhance the learning experience in the early classes
and provide a basis for confident and skillful work in the upper school.
Van James is a Hawai’i based artist, author and educator; a graduate of the San
Francisco Art Institute, Emerson College in England, and the Goetheanum School
of Painting in Switzerland. He teaches art at the Honolulu Waldorf High School
and is a regular guest instructor at Taruna College in New Zealand, Rudolf
Steiner College in California, and numerous schools and trainings in Asia. He
is editor of Pacifica Journal and
chairman of the Anthroposophical Society in Hawai’i, as well as the author of
several books on art and culture including Drawing with
Hand, Head and Heart: Learning the Natural Way to Draw.
THE ROLE OF ART
IN EDUCATION
An EVENING WITH VAN JAMES
Wednesday 9th April, 7.30 p.m.
Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School-- Eurythmy Hall
~Koha requested~
In
our time when technology increasingly pervades the home and school it is
important to be aware of and to help foster the healthy human capacities that
children will need for their challenging future.
This
hands-on lecture-demonstration is for parents, educators and those interested
in how learning is supported through the development of creative faculties.
We
will explore the importance of children’s drawings and how they lay the
groundwork for skills and faculties such as visual thinking, cognitive feeling
(emotional intelligence), and moral imagination. We will focus on basic
artistic principles that enhance the learning experience in the early classes
and provide a basis for confident and skillful work in the upper school.
Van James is
a Hawai’i based artist, author and educator; a graduate of the San Francisco
Art Institute, Emerson College in England, and the Goetheanum School of
Painting in Switzerland. He teaches art at the Honolulu Waldorf High School and
is a regular guest instructor at Taruna College in New Zealand, Rudolf Steiner
College in California, and numerous schools and trainings in Asia. He is editor
of Pacifica
Journal
and chairman of the Anthroposophical Society in Hawai’i, as well as the author
of several books on art and culture including Drawing with
Hand, Head and Heart: Learning the Natural Way to Draw.
