April: Body Improv with Seth Eisen

For April, we're doing a different kind of ArtDate-- with a special guest host, Seth Eisen!

Let loose in the body and allow the subconscious mind guide you. Led by JFK faculty member and performer, Seth Eisen and students from JFK’s specialization in Movement Improvisation and Poetics, this evening will start with easy warm ups then move into a playful improv, using the body and voice as the primary media of expression. Get ready for an the evening of unexpected wisdom and hilarious spontaneity as we strengthen the mind-body connection and deepen intuitive impulses.

For more information about performing artist Seth Eisen's work, check out:

www.eyezen.org

March: Tall Tales on Paper

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way...
things I had no words for." -Georgia O'Keefe

Friday, March 28th we'll delve into personal journey and creative myth in a playful night of expressive painting. Come explore your own beginnings, middles and ends, as you paint a story, true or imagined, and share it (or not) with others. Tempera paint, oil pastels, brushes and paper will be on hand for individual or collaborative works.

(Feel free to bring your own supplies- acrylics, support surface and/or brushes if you prefer!)

February: Poetic Possibilities for the Planet

"Your vision will become clear
only when you look into your heart...
Who looks outside, dreams
who looks inside, awakens."

- Carl Jung

This Month's Theme:
Poetic Possibilities for the Planet

Through a creative, collaborative collage, we'll explore our deepest intentions for our shared world.

January: Time Capsules

"Art is not a mirror to reflect reality,

but a hammer with which to shape it."

- Bertolt Brecht

This month's theme is "TIME Capsules", inspired by the western New Year and the Joseph Cornell exhibtion at SFMoMA (which ended this month).

http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/exhib_detail.asp?id=264

Create a unique mixed-media shadow box that represents a pocket of time. There will be plently of magazines, tin boxes, and trinkets on hand to work with, but *feel free to bring your own inspired oddities and/or supplies to use or donate to the party.

What is ArtDate?

"If you hear a voice within you say 'You Cannot Paint'
then by all means paint
and that voice will be silenced.
- Vincent Van Gogh

Make a date with yourself to creatively rejuvenate!
Art Date is a drop-in art-making party designed to inspire and connect you with your inner muse.

Explore and expand your innate artistic potential as you play, make and mingle in a fun, supportive studio environment.

Unwind after work and wake-up your wild-side with experiential exercises and mixed-media experiments that will spark your imagination and refuel your creative fires!

No experience is necessary! All are welcome. Materials provided.
Bring a friend, or make one here!

WHERE:
JFK University Campus2956 San Pablo Avenue (entrance on Ashby) Berkeley, CA 94702

Directions: From Hwy. 80/580, take the Ashby Exit. Cross 7^th and 9^th Sts. Turn left immediately at the Ashby Clock Tower building to enter the parking lot. Proceed forward and watch for JFK University Arts Annex sign to the right over Loading Dock B.

For more information visit: www.jfku.edu/artdate

JFK University's Department of Arts & Consciousness offers a variety of public programs, exhibitions, lectures and evening and weekend courses leading to BFA, MA and MFA degrees.