One-hour Activities, Cleveland area

One-hour, One-Visit Activities

1) Domino pins. Decorate with alcohol inks and rubber stamps. Pin affixed to back. Technique demonstrated. Assistance provided when needed. After drying, can be used as a necklace by pinning to hemp cord. $10 materials fee for up to 12 clients. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment, building relationships (They make great gifts).
2) Model Magic pins or pendants. Techniques for combining colors are demonstrated. Participants choose colors, manipulate into designs, shape, emboss & add glitter. Assistance provided when needed. Pin or cord must be attached after 3 days of drying. Staff help needed for this, 3 days after session. $5 materials fee for up to 12 clients. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment.
3) Printmaking. Clients affix random shapes they cut, or are precut, to Plexiglas back. Prints are done on 8.5 x 11 paper so are easily framed for gift giving or hanging on their wall. Demo to start, assistance given when needed. $5 materials fee for up to 12 clients. Frames not included. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment.
4) Stamping Mandalas, black ink. Card stock is pre-cut into squares. Wide variety of stamps for making patterns. Mandalas can be copied and colored with markers in different versions or made into group coloring books to use and to share. $5 materials fee for up to 12 clients. Self-esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment, relationship building.
5) Stamping Mandalas, colored ink. Card stock is pre-cut into squares. Wide variety of stamps for making patterns, but each color ink has its own set of stamps. Practice in sharing and cooperation. Demo to start, assistance given when needed. $5 materials fee for up to 12 clients. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, relationships.
6) Creative collage. Tissue paper and glue. Demo to start, assistance given when needed. $3 materials for up to 12 clients. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment.
7) Original stamps designs. Original stamp is created of shapes. Stamping is repeatedly done with tempera on 8.5 x 11 paper to create design. Demo & assistance. $3 materials for up to 12 clients. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment.
8) Fabric carry bags. Original stamps are used with acrylic paint on fabric bags. Demo to start, assistance given when needed. Materials fee dependent on price of fabric bags and number of participants. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment.
9) Sun catchers. Affix cellophane to clear backing in interesting patterns. Demo to start, assistance given when needed. $5 materials fee for up to 12 participants. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment.
10) Percussion Group. Clients choose among variety of shakers and rattles. Take turns leading beat. No additional materials fee. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment, relationships.
11) Story-telling. Visuals are passed out and traded. Each tells a fictional or personal story based on the visual. No additional materials fee. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment, relationships.
12) Response to music. Different musical styles are played. Markers on paper response. Describe feelings/experience at end of session. $3 materials fee. Self esteem, cognitive enhancement, self-expression, enjoyment.

Please call (two one six) 577 9874 for booking these activities.
Multiple-session activities are also available.

Classes at Tri-C East for Fall 2011

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Core Creativity Training (9:00 to 9:50 AM)


Learning from the Masters (10:00 to 11:50)

These classes are now available for online signup at the link above under "2011 Fall Eastern Campus Online Registration Catalog". For full immersion into an art experience, take both!

See the full schedule of classes for the Eastern Campus at the following link to copy and paste:
http://www.tri-c.edu/enrichment/seniors/Documents/2011FallScheduleEast.pdf

Art Classes, Cleveland: Creative Expressions

Kristen Boyesen will be holding a series of workshops beginning in June of 2011. Would you like to host?
Creative Expressions Samplers (2 hours) are free, including materials.
Creative Expressions I: 9 to 5 on selected Saturdays.* $70 including materials and lunch.
Creative Expressions II: 9 to 5 on Saturday and 10 to 4 on Sunday*. $120 including materials and lunch each day.
Creative Expressions for Families: 9 to noon and 1 to 4 on selected Saturdays.*

All participants receive a free landscape art print by Kristen Boyesen, valued from $10 to $39.

* Schedule to follow. Call to host a free Sampler at your home or facility! (two one six) 577-9874.

Classes/Workshops at Heavenly Hardware, Tremont

Programs, Classes, and Workshops with Kristen S. Boyesen
Life Learning and Creativity Coach

All classes are created to provide new experiences for personal growth, brain exercise, group sharing and fun. If you have never tried any of these activities, your brain will be glowing with pleasure.
Give yourself an outing into a new experience to discover inner spirit.

Saturday Workshop Schedule: 2010-2011 (Pay in advance for 4: $75 plus materials.)

Novenber 6:
1:00 - 2:30 Exploring Meditation [ $20 including materials]
3:00 – 4:30 Prayer/Intention Beads [$20 + $3 materials. Additional time, $5/hr]

Novenber 13:
1:00 - 2:30 Core Creativity (Discover your true self) [ $20 including materials]
3:00 – 4:30 Create Christmas Cards [$20 + .50 per card. Additional time, $5/hr]

Novenber 20:
1:00 - 2:30 Exploring Meditation [ $20 including materials]
3:00 – 4:30 Prayer/Intention Beads [$20 + $3 materials. Additional time, $5/hr]

December 18:
1:00 - 2:30 Paper Sculpture Ornaments [ $20 including materials]
[$20 + $3 materials. Additional time, $5/hr]
January 8:
1:00 - 2:30 Creative Collage [ $20 + $3 materials.]
3:00 – 4:30 Create a Mandala [$20 + $3 materials. Additional time, $5/hr]

Create a Mandala/ Rose Window: Stamps as shape-tools. Create beautiful designs.

Core Creativity Training: One Intro class or part of a workshop series. For the non-artist and seasoned artist. See in new ways. Let go and create! Discover your true self.

Exploring Meditation: An introduction to meditation practices and their benefits. Practice in silent meditation, guided meditation, and meditative drawing.

Expressive Collage: With tissue paper and magazine photos, delve into color and personal symbolism.

Greeting Cards: Stamps, edge-cutters and shapers, color and glitter glue. Make each one different, or make a plate for creating a series. Workshop offers extra time for larger projects.

Healing/Intention Beads: Write your prayer/intention on the paper strip and roll into colorful bead. Add sparkles. String beads and trinkets for necklace, pin, bracelet or bookmark.

Paper Ornaments: Paint or draw on paper. Cut into strips and fasten with beads, needle and thread, to transform the paper into a spiral egg-shaped ornament. Spray gloss finish.

Kristen Boyesen is studying for a Masters in Art Therapy and Counseling at Ursuline College. She is an artist, home school art teacher, and member of the American Holistic Medical Association. She lives in the Greater Cleveland area and offers retreats, workshops, classes and team-building opportunities for your organization or business.

Do you Homeschool in the Cleveland Area?

See classes that are available at your home or homeschool coop location at the title link.

Update August 15, 2010

This website has been quiet for awhile due to finishing 4 courses at two colleges followed by 2 months of working for the Census as an enumerator and crew leader. Yesterday I began to post the past columns from the Bedford Standard and the accompanying photos. This morning when I visited the garden ... the woodchuck had struck again!!! (Read the beginning of the woodchuck story in "A Multi-Media Experience"). More photos of my ongoing game with "Chuck" plus photos of a 10' Giant Ironwood (a native wildflower of Ohio) will be posted soon. The links to the columns and the photos are at the right.

Cedars & Sunlight

Oil Painting by Kristen Boyesen

Grow Your Brain Workshop

Scientific studies and self-report surveys agree:
We change our brains every day by what we do and how we think.

What is your ideal brain function?
Would you like to boost your enjoyment of life?

Join us at
Your Holistic Heath Team
Saturday, April 10
10 AM to 4 PM

for

Grow Your Brain Workshop

With Life Learning & Creativity Coach
Kristen Boyesen

Meditative practices and mindfulness training has been the subject of numerous scientific studies, confirming what meditation practitioners have been saying for thousands of years: Health, happiness, and longevity benefits abound.

This six-hour workshop for adults is an introduction to several enjoyable ways to stimulate brain growth, promote conscious choice over reactivity, acceptance over anger, and to ignite creativity.

Lunch is provided, and is part of the immersion experience.

Cost: $75 (Includes lunch, materials, handouts)
Class size: 4 to 10

For Information & to Register
216 577 9874

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Your Holistic Health Team is located at 8977 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville OH 44141
Ph: 216-832-4710
www.YourHolisticHealthTeam.com

Kristen Boyesen, a resident of Bedford, offers art and meditation-based classes and workshops for core creativity training and empowerment for change. She belongs to the American Holistic Medical Association Speakers Bureau, the Bedford Senior Network, and Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio. She gives rehabilitation workshops at the Brecksville VA Medical Center and is a graduate student in Art Therapy and Counseling at Ursuline College.

Forcing Spring

Feb 18 Column in The Bedford Standard.

Walking in the Path of the Deer

Links to my newspaper column Life's Small Pleasures and accompanying photos are to the right. The current article is "Walking in the Path of the Deer".

Art, Meditation, Creativity: Brecksville OH

Turn Stress into Energy & Inner Peace 

With these classes & workshops 

Class Descriptions

Imagination Arts: A wide variety of art and meditation-based classes and exercises for personal growth, empowerment for change and creative play. Group classes or private.

Yin Yang Drawing: Drawing is an exciting activity, utilizing fast & slow, instantaneous decisions & meditation, generalizations & details. This beginning class opens the experience of drawing to non-artists and is great review for practicing artists.

That to This!: People who have lamented for years that they “cannot draw stick figures” will be delighted with this easy and enjoyable process to create beautiful artworks that make wonderful gifts.

Exploring Meditation: Meditation comes in many forms, and there is one that is just right for you. Silence, mantras, prayers, music, movement, mandalas, art, focused breathing. Explore them all!

Greeting Cards and Valentine Cards: All the materials you need to create beautiful stamped or handmade cards.

Making Mandalas: Create patterns with stamping techniques, or let your muse wander. Mandalas are found in many spiritual traditions, including Christian, Buddhist, and Native American.

Creativity Coaching: Private sessions by appointment only.

Dates and Times

Thurs, Jan 28 • 3 to 5 • Open Studio 

Friday, Jan 29 • 12 to 1 • Free Lunch N Learn: Exploring Meditation

Friday, Jan 29 • 2 to 5 • Open Studio

Sat, Jan 30 • 10 to 11 • Exploring Meditation

Sat, Jan 30 • 12 to 2 • Family Valentine Day

Thurs, Feb 4 • 1 to 5 • Open Studio

Thurs, Feb 11 • 1 to 3 • Create Valentines!

Thurs, Feb 11 • 3 to 5 • Open Studio

Friday, Feb 12 • 2 to 3 • Open Studio

Friday, Feb 12 • 3 to 5 • Create Valentines!

Sat, Feb 13 • 10 to 11 • Exploring Meditation

Sat, Feb 13 • 12 to 2 • Family Valentine Day (or Open Studio by request)

Thurs, Feb 18 • 3 to 5 • Introduction to Imagination Arts

Friday, Feb 19 • 2 to 5 • Open Studio or Stamping Mandalas

Thurs, Feb 25 • 1 to 3 • Yin Yang Drawing

Thurs, Feb 25 • 3 to 5 • Open Studio

Thurs, March 4 • 1 to 4 • That to This!

Thurs, March 4 • 2 to 5 • Open Studio

Sat, Mar 6 • 10 to 11 • Exploring Meditation

Sat, Mar 6 • 11:30 to 2:30 • That to This!

Call Kristen Boyesen for more information or to register. 

(Two one six) 577-9874

Your Holistic Health Team

8977 Brecksville Rd

Brecksville , OH 44141

Click here for the class schedule at the Bedford location

Art & Creativity Classes, Greater Cleveland

The class schedule for Jan/Feb in Bedford is posted at the title link.