Community Classes
Creative Writing Course: Milk & Honey Writing Workshop
Location: Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Way, Santa Barbara, California
Dates & Time: October 15, 1-5:30pm
Ages: 16 and up
Cost: TBA
Registration: TBA
Are you looking for a place where you can dip your toe into your untapped writing waters? Need a community of curious, supportive writers? Dreaming of a land where ideas become words and words produce stories and stories develop into poems? Then, join the Milk & Honey Writing Workshop. During this one-day workshop, new pieces of writing will be born and take flight, inspired by that mythical land where there is infinite abundant creativity. Open to all levels. (Beginners welcome!)
Teaching and Coaching
Maureen Foley currently teaches private and group creative writing, visual art or bookmaking classes for children, teens and adults. She also offers creative coaching workshops and sessions. For more information or to set up a class, e-mail maureenkathrynfoley@gmail.com or call (805) 259-5099.
"Hand," mixed media
This sculpture was produced during the 2008 Art by the Sea Summer Camp.
Photo by Jennifer Buur
"Hand," mixed media
This sculpture was produced during the 2008 Art by the Sea Summer Camp.
Photo by Jennifer Buur
Teaching Philosophy
I believe that everyone is innately creative. Children are naturally artistic beings, transforming tape and cardboard into houses or turning a few words into a song. But as young people grow into adults they often lose their fear of striking out into the void. Fears develop and questions arise. What if I look stupid up there on stage? What if I paint this canvas and everyone hates it? Why do I think I can be a writer?
Over the last ten years I have developed various tools and methods to help individuals cultivate and realize their artistic dreams, based on my own struggles and successes with creativity. From hands-on teaching to goal-setting to brainstorming sessions, I have helped clients turn a vision into reality, regardless of their artistic medium.
Finally, I believe in the healing potential of the artistic process. Making art (in any form) transforms emotions and abstract ideas into something tangible. Like alchemy, artists transform dross to gold, pigment to masterpiece, ink to ideas. While the final piece itself is important, I feel that the creative process is the truly revolutionary act. The act of creation is like a forest fire; problems, concerns, worries, and anxiety are burned away, to reveal the true self.
Over the last ten years I have developed various tools and methods to help individuals cultivate and realize their artistic dreams, based on my own struggles and successes with creativity. From hands-on teaching to goal-setting to brainstorming sessions, I have helped clients turn a vision into reality, regardless of their artistic medium.
Finally, I believe in the healing potential of the artistic process. Making art (in any form) transforms emotions and abstract ideas into something tangible. Like alchemy, artists transform dross to gold, pigment to masterpiece, ink to ideas. While the final piece itself is important, I feel that the creative process is the truly revolutionary act. The act of creation is like a forest fire; problems, concerns, worries, and anxiety are burned away, to reveal the true self.
