Mindful Marks with David Chang and Anne Cowie
September 10 -15, 2023
You are invited to spend a week with us to focus on your own personal and artistic development through the process of mark-making. This may be a new experience or you might have facility with both marks and letters. The main requirement is that you are open to growing your artistic practice from the heart out.
We will be working on many simple exercises and in different ways: quietly and individually to understand our own direction, in small groups to further develop and express our ideas and practice listening to others, and as a large group to benefit from the dynamic and unique energy of the whole.
Daily activities will include meditation, writing, experimenting with various tools, working in a variety of sizes, contemplating, and finding beauty in the unexpected.
The outcome will be a better appreciation for the individuality and honesty possible in a simple mark. Ideally, we will develop a working methodology shaped around us personally that will inform our ongoing process.
David and Anne each value their regular practice of mark-making and are excited to share their experiences and provide some simple exercises that could be informative and pertinent to your process.
Below: Anne Cowies works
The beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains