Drawing / Painting Course with Van James
Dear Friends:
We are pleased to announce a new workshop for teachers and educators connected with Waldorf or Steiner Education. Mr. Van James from Hawaii will be coming to Iloilo to give a two and one half day intensive workshop on art—painting and drawing from kindergarten to class 8—from October 27-29, 2010. The cost of the workshop includes all art materials, plus board and lodging (shared room – double occupancy). The venue for the workshop will be the St. Clements Retreat House in Iloilo City. All art materials will be provided. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from Iloilo and from Iloilo airport to and from the venue. Kindly see attached poster for more information and for sharing with interested colleagues. Kindly note that spaces are limited and will be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis.
The course will begin at 9:00 am on October 27 and end at 12:30 on October 29. Rooms are available on the evening of October 26 for those wishing to arrive a day early, but meals will not be served on this day. During the course, breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks will be provided for those staying in.
Van James is a teaching-artist at the Honolulu Waldorf School and the Kula Makua Teacher Training program in Hawai’i. He is a regular, visiting instructor at Rudolf Steiner College in California, Taruna College in New Zealand and the Chengdu Teacher Training in China. He is chair of the Anthroposophical Society in Hawai’i, and a member of the Asia-Pacific Anthroposophical Initiative Group. He is the editor of Pacifica Journal and author of several books on art and archaeology including Spirit and Art: Pictures of the Transformation of Consciousness and The Secret Language of Form: Visual Meaning in Art and Nature. He holds a BFA degree in drawing and painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, and is a graduate of Emerson College, England, and the Goetheanum School of Painting in Switzerland. He lives in Honolulu with his wife, has four grown children and four grandchildren.
Contact:
James Sharman
Course Director
Gamot Cogon Institute
0927-971-1460
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