Is this course for you?

• Whether you think you are--not at all, a little, or very artistic--are you intrigued to see what happens if you explore your creativity in a new way?
• Do you want to delve into your creativity and connect with your inner vibrancy?
• Do you want to feel more in tune with nature than you feel now?
• Do you want to explore your personal story and glean deeper meaning from it through art?
  

If your answer is YES to any of the above ...

then this course is for you!

Explore the Medium of Your Choosing

We are all creative! With a focus on process, not product, Imogene facilitates individual self-expression.

Each participant can explore any medium of their choosing. For example, you can paint, make collages, do photography, write poetry, or explore mixed media.

Except for the fourth session which will be black and white paper cut-outs, it is recommended that you choose one medium to explore in order to see the emergence of your creative voice.

Session Descriptions

• Be Excited by Playing with Color and Shapes in a New Meaningful Way!
  
• In Art Sparks', Color and Emergent Phases of the Cosmos are Pathways to Explore Your Personal Story and Connection to the Universe.

Session 1 - Introduction

Art Sparks begins with viewing Divine Sparks film, followed by a discussion, and the “Visualize Words” activity. You choose two of your favorite words in the film and create an image visualizing your chosen words in unusual relationships. 

Session 2 - The Story Begins

This session links the film’s introduction with the idea that we all have a “life story.” By exploring your own story through art, you can discover ways to make your life more meaningful and satisfying. 

Session 3 - Blue

The Blue session aligns the idea of possibility with the metaphorical great blue void from which everything emerged. You explore what it means that you are each “possibility.” 

Session 5 - Red

The idea of transformation is symbolized by the emergence of water and sky. This session conveys the ideas that each person can be a hero, and that transformation is doable. Through your artwork, you experience yourself as a hero in your own life! 

Session 6 - Green

The idea of growth is represented by the emergence of the Great Green Earth. In the movement + art activity, “Twirling, Whirling On,” you experience your growth process in an embodied way and express it in art!

Session 8 - Purple 

The idea of journey is associated with the emergence of animals. Discussion centers on thinking about the benefits of going on a journey—whether by running errands, traveling to different cultures, or viewing our own life as a journey. As the course develops, more choices of art activities are given to promote individual empowerment. 

Session 9 - Orange

The idea of consciousness is linked with the emergence of humans. Discussion and art work centers on what it means to be aware, awake, and conscious. “My Dream of the Future” activity builds on an earlier activity in the second session about personal goals and reflections.

Session 10 – Rainbow

The ideas of harmony and cooperation are connected with the potential for the consciousness of all living things. All the preceding colors combine into a rainbow to represent harmony and cooperation. We explore what harmony means and how it involves diverse elements working together. 

Session 11 - The Story Ends

This session explores a sense of belonging to a more hopeful universe—by shifting from “me” to “we.” You invite others (ahead of time) to join you in making a piece of art together. You experience the joy of collaboration and “being in the flow” of the creative process—and making a piece of art that no one person could have made!

Session 12 – Summary & Emergence of Your Artistic Voice 

You share three pieces in which a similarity of patterns, composition, use of materials, textures, style, themes, or color is apparent. Your “body of work” will reveal the emergence of your artistic voice—an affirming, empowering discovery! A progression of expression, or resolution of issues, may also be apparent in some of your later pieces.

Imogene Drummond, M.F.A., M.S.W., A.C.S.W., is an internationally collected artist, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and author of articles about cultural transformation. 

An eco-spiritual artist, Imogene has undertaken numerous art expeditions to sacred sites around the world, created art films about creativity, developed Art Sparks’ creativity program, and created a cosmo-centric video installation. Imogene’s toolkit ACQUITS promotes effective group communication. Her article "Options for the Future: Transforming Patriarchy through a Process of Cultural Metamorphosis" is the closing piece in the thought-provoking anthology The Rule of Mars: Readings on the Origins, History and Impact of Patriarchy endorsed by Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist and author Jared Diamond. Imogene is a member of the esteemed Society of Women Geographers, whose membership includes explorers of ideas as well as geography, among them Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, and Jane Goodall.

For more information about Imogene’s art, visit her website at: www.imogenedrummond.com

Your Program Facilitator

"Art Sparks is a marvel! This vibrant creativity program is already sparking the imagination and empowerment of our children, who are seeking ways to connect to the wonders of our universe."

~ Mary Evelyn Tucker, producer of the EMMY-winning Journey of the Universe film, book, and educational series

"Drummond’s work is what painting is all about: It has a painterly quality and a primitive energy that is not conventional. Paintings must flow internally from the artist. Drummond’s work does this."

~ Leonard Freed, Magnum Photographer



Imogene Drummond