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WomanKraft Art Center:
“To actualize your dreams, take little steps in a consistent direction over a long period of time”
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DRAWING DOWN THE MUSE-WOMEN'S CREATIVE WEEKEND
The final Muse Weekend happened on April 10-12 2009
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“ We are here to express the courage of our creativity. Exactly how that is done is mostly a matter of faith.” Linn Lane
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“DRAWING DOWN THE MUSE”
Creative Weekend for Women 2009
Each business listed below has been kind enough to support WomanKraft’s Creative Weekend for Women. We thank them for their contribution, and we encourage WomanKraft members and friends to support our Sponsors. When you visit, say you saw their at at WomanKraft!
Our Fabulous Sponsors for the 2009 Muse Weekend are:
Antigone Books- 411 N. 4th Ave. 792-3715
Southwest Bee Supply- 844 S. 6th Ave. 882-7522
WomanKraft School of the Arts- 388 S Stone Ave 629-9976 x2
www.MeaningfulThings.net-
Arizona contact for The International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers meeting in Arizona December 2009
more info- 602-686-3169
Food Conspiracy Co-op- 412 N. 4th Ave 624-4821
www.foodconspiracy.coop
Pima County/Tucson Women’s Commission
The El Presidio Promenade and Garden Tea- May 9
www.pimatucsonwomen.org
BOOKSTOP- 214 N. 4th Ave. 326-6661
Quality Used Books Bought and Sold
Touch of the Muse Mobile Massage
Patricia Bowne LMT 822-6543
patriciabowne@themusesanctuary.com
Mother Source Modalities- Donette Tyrrell 272-6969
donettetyrrell@gmail.com
Soul Recovery with Elisabeth- Soul Retrieval, Journeys and Healing
sweetnessofsoul@yahoo.com
Jay’s of Tucson- Beads, Silver Jewelry, Supplies
4627 E. Speedway 323-1123 www.jays-of-tucson.com
Sarnoff- Art and Writing
2504 N. Campbell 795-1229
17th Street Market- Your One-Stop Shop for International Foods
830 E. 17th St. 792-2588
www.treasureshidden.com
The Institute for the Shamanic Arts
www.shamanworld.com
SEE PHOTOS OF THIS YEAR’S WEEKEND
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"Drawing Down the Muse" Women's Creative Weekend
2009.
Saturday Morning Workshops
DRUMMING DOWN THE MUSE
facilitated by Barbarah Travland
Drumming with intention can be a powerful tool. Drum to focus your energy and then write, draw or otherwise express your experience on paper. Experience the power of intentional, intuitive drumming.
RAVEN’S TREASURE CATCHER
facilitated by Patricia Bowne
We all have our treasures that we can’t bear to part with. Come listen to a meditative story of the Raven while building a web-like shield to hold trinkets that have special meaning to you.
Saturday Afternoon Workshops 1:30-3:30 P.M.
THE DANCING MURAL
facilitated by Ingrid Aspromatis and Melanie Jo Gray
Come dance your Art out! Celebrate and express yourself through art and dance. Intertwine dance and movement while using fabric to create a communal mural.
A CHARMED LIFE
Creating a Personal Pendant
facilitated by Marnie Ehlers and Gayle Swanbeck
Symbols are embraced by almost every civilization and religion. They impact our subconscious mind. Create a pendant rich with personal positive symbolism that can elicit positive perspective in your life. Build a clay prototype to be cast in bronze!
Saturday Afternoon Workshops 3:30-6 P.M.
CREATING EARTH GODDESSES
facilitated by Kaitlin Meadows
Create a Divine Dirt Goddess (or animal totem) that connects you to your primordial feminine wisdom, then create a naming story for your mud woman.
THE RHYTHMIC MUSE
facilitated by Quynn Elizabeth
The Muse comes through while we are open, altered and/or in a creative state. Come play with ways to access the altered state enjoyed by all humans. Explore simple movements while listening to rhythmic music, as well as breathing techniques and sounds that can move us closer to our Muse.
Sunday Workshop for All
SUN SHIELDS
facilitated by Gayle Swanbeck
We‘ll each design our own personal vision of the sun. We will then decorate our small sunshield to bring victory into our lives over any darkness that holds us back.
Many other workshops featuring hands-on creativity and personal development will be offered:
This event fills quickly. $60-$100 sliding scale fee includes vegetarian breakfasts and lunches and choices of workshops for the weekend. Single workshops are $25.00 (if not already full.) If desired, bring drums or other instruments for Sunday's closing ceremony.
Please call WomanKraft Art Gallery at 520-629-9976 to register and for a complete list of 2009 workshops and information on past "Drawing Down the Muse" weekends.
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SCENES FROM PREVIOUS MUSE WEEKENDS!
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“Song Line”
created by women from the “Spiritual Archaeology”
workshop at the 2006 Muse creativity weekend
Water, moonlit silver, shining, shimmering
summer night.
Bless us Mother, as we remember...
The ocean refuses no river...
can we say the same?
Everything must feed everything else
art feeds life, life feeds art
the collective wisdom inspires
the infusion of joy into the world.
Positive thoughts and actions
Come back three fold.
Arise Go Forth
Conquer your fear,
Big Feet Run Fast.
Dance by the light
And sing from your heart.
Soul singing merges into deep spirit
archaeology of self.
I believe in me!
I am moving forward!
I accept what life has to offer.
Behold, thou art Goddess!
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- My Muse... The Bitch.
She doesn't let me sleep
No time to think
I can't get that R.E.M blink
She says that can wait
Don't hesitate!
Create... NOW!
She drops acid while snorting crystel meth
I think sometimes..
Has no sense of timing
Wakes me before the alarm clock's chiming
I have wondrous ideas for you
Gifts of spirit for a heart so true..
Better find some fabric, paint and glue... and get paper and colored pencils too.
Oh, and make time for some writing
I'm not done with you.
Goddess, warrior, philosopher, fool
Artist, pilgrim or student at the invisible school?
Whatever she wants, I feel like a tool
Coffee and chocolate feeds color and texture|Draw, paint, write and sculpt something wild
Reflections of self stand naked like a childIt doesn't matter that responsibility calls
If I don't do her bidding, she'll bust my balls.. or tits.
Either way, she'll have fits
Untill the birth of our art..
Wet and screaming it wriggles in the arms of the Muse
"Isn't it beautiful?" She coos
Yours, until it's someone else's to keep
I yawn, hoping to count sheep
Leave for a while and let this poor wretch sleep.
Poem by Patricia Bowne
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Our fabulous Sponsors for the 2008
“Drawing Down the Muse” Weekend
Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!
to the following Tucson businesses who have graciously supported this year’s Creative Weekend for Women:
If you are looking for something, and you think that one of these businesses might have it, please go out of your way to stop in, and spend your fantastic monies with them!
(And be sure to say you are from WomanKraft!)
A BIG THANKS TO GAYLE SWANBECK AND THE WOMANKRAFT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
ANTIGONE’S BOOKS
411 N. 4th Ave 792-3715
BENTLEY’S
1730 E. Speedway 795-0338
BOOKSTOP
214 N. 4th Ave 620-0947
CASBAH TEAHOUSE
628 N. 4th Ave 740-0393
CREATIVE SPIRIT GALLERY
549 N. 4th Ave. 792-9910
DESERT BLOOM NURSERY AND LANDSCAPING
11011 E. Tanque Verde Rd. 749-0604
JAY’S OF TUCSON
4622 E Speedway 323-1123
MAGPIE’S PIZZA
Many Locations
MURALS BY DONETTE
792-8412
THE INSTITUTE FOR THE SHAMANIC ARTS
www.shamanworld.com
SARNOFF’S ART SUPPLIES
2524 N. Campbell Ave 795-1229
SOUTHWEST BEE SUPPLY
844 S. 6th Ave 882-7522
Food and Water Sponsors for “Drawing Down the Muse”
To keep costs down, we cook the food for Saturday and Sunday in-house. We reached out to the following businesses, and they responded by donating the wonderful food that we cooked, and the water we drank.
When you shop with them, let them know you appreciate them supporting WomanKraft!
AQUA VITA
NW Corner of Glenn & Country Club 293-7770
FOOD CONSPIRACY CO-OP
412 N. 4th Ave 624-4821
17TH STREET MARKET
830 E. 17th St 792-2588
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