About this Event
Symbolic Visions: Cultivating Presence, Inner Knowing, and Joy
A Five-Session Collage Workshop with Ritual & Reflection
Session 3: Honoring the Process – Presence in Creation
Come to The Local Art Gallery Saturday afternoons to immerse yourself in the world of collage with Heather Geoffrey. Whether you want to sign up for the entire series at a discounted rate or take each class individually, this series offers flexibility to suit your schedule and interests. Please feel free to bring images, paper, or materials that speak to you. Comfortable clothing is recommended as we’ll be working with glue and other materials.
$40 for individual session or $175 for all 5 sessions. All materials provided. Ages 16+
DATES: Saturday, March 8, 15, 12, 29 and April 5 from 1-3pm. Sign up for the series by 3/7/25
Session 1: Awakening Symbols – Seeing Beyond the Surface
Session 2: Deep Listening – Gathering, Arranging, and Trusting Intuition
Session 3: Honoring the Process – Presence in Creation
Session 4: Embodying Joy – Radiance in Creation
Session 5: Integration – Seeing with New Eyes
Workshop Overview
In a world that often encourages distraction and disconnection, the act of slowing down, listening deeply, and creating with intention becomes a form of resilience and self-honoring. This workshop invites participants on a creative journey of presence, intuitive discovery, and joy through the art of collage.
Using symbols, imagery, and layered compositions, we will explore the language of the subconscious, awaken inner knowing, and embrace the delight of creative flow. Each session integrates ritual elements—breathwork, visualization, slow-looking, and closing reflections—to foster deep engagement with both the creative process and inner awareness. Through this blending of art and ritual, participants will develop a symbolic visual language that resonates with their own experiences, cultivating a practice of mindful creativity that extends beyond the workshop.
Artist Bio
I am an interdisciplinary artist whose body of work includes acrylic painting, digital photography, analog collage, multimedia works, written word, and performance. I was born on the border between the United States and Canada in Newport, Vermont. In 2009, I received a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies with focuses on: Borderland Theory and Spirituality in Artistic Process & Creation from Goddard College. I went on to expand my studies with focuses on: The Medicine of Art, Artist as Keeper of Ancestry and Lineage, Artist as Vessel, and Borderland Theory and Expression in Artistic Process. I received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in 2012. My paintings, photography, collage, and multimedia works have been exhibited in both group and solo exhibitions and my work has been commissioned for public murals and private collections.
I experience creating art as an ongoing dialogue with the worlds that I inhabit and those that inhabit me. I believe that the seen and unseen worlds of the physical, imaginary, emotional, and spiritual are constantly in conversation. It is this ongoing conversation that I find magical and am most curious about and interested in. It is where my artistic creations rise out of. I think of these creations as portals and doorways into a realm or universe. It is my hope that viewers of my work feel invited into this realm and become increasingly aware of the magic and wonder that can be found within their own. Over the years my work has expanded to embrace and include a lighter and more whimsical expression. This is especially true in my works of analog collage and mixed media. Opening myself to this ongoing exploration and allowing it to lead me in new directions has been a core experience and focus of my work since 2020.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mill District Local Art Gallery, 91 Cowls Road, Amherst, United States
USD 44.52
