Muse Weekend

September 6th to October 25th, 2008
PIECED TOGETHER:
THE ART OF COLLAGE
Receptions: Saturday, September 6th and Saturday, October 4th, 7-10 P.M.
This exhibit will present people with an opportunity to view and purchase collages in a multitude of mediums, elevating collage to new levels of artistic merit.

Read Poems by Ingrid Aspromatis and Patricia Bowne,
read and written at the Drawing Down the Muse Weekend.

“Art is my path, it's the language of my spirit with which I communicate. It's for me the greatest tool for healing, transformation and the creation of reality.“
Kati Astraeir



		DRAWING DOWN THE MUSE-WOMEN'S CREATIVE WEEKEND The 2008 Muse Weekend happened on April 11-13. Scroll down to see this year’s workshop schedule and slide shows! To see a list of 2008 sponsors click here.


	“ We are here to express the courage of out creativity. Exactly how that is done is mostly a matter of faith.” Linn Lane

VIVA LA VIDA
Is it not amazing how some days
can be sooooooo long?
Earmarked by pain and measured by
secret solitude, time marches slowly.

Not busy by mundane deeds or
running errands, but a pause
where one speaks silently
to one's own soul and
longs for a connection
to another wrapped in soft love
and compassion and understanding
that this life is two truths: pleasure and pain.

Slowly, from the ashes,
I arise again to Dance
because I Must
because I Live and Love

As I gaze at the vase full of
fresh, Spring Daffodils
I laugh to myself.

We are like those flowers...
First closed,
then Budding...
Opening complete with life
And then back
to the Earth
And maybe....
a seed left behind
to bring new flowers and
color and magic into the world.
Viva La Vida......Si, Ja and Yes!

ingrid aspromatis (c)2008

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

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


		SCENES FROM PREVIOUS MUSE WEEKENDS!




		Flags made at the 2004 “Drawing Down the Muse” weekend for women

	Drawing Down the Muse- 2006 by Barbarah Travland I sit Deeply Quiet Echoes of Soul Singing Coursing through my Bones I sit Deeply Quiet images of Spiritual Archaeology filling my Inner Landscape I sit Deeply Quiet Oestre Eggs Creations Symbolizing Protection, Intention Sharing and Connection with Spirit Sisters Moving through and Beyond Self Imposed Boundaries and Judgements I sit Deeply Quiet Reflecting on Today’s Workshops Letting them settle in to me We Touch, Creatively Sharing Soul to Soul Inner and Outer Journeys Drawing Down the Muse 2006




		“Drawing Down the Muse” 2005 participants

	“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!

“DRAWING DOWN THE MUSE” CREATIVITY WEEKEND for WOMEN 2008
This year’s weekend of creativity took place April 11-13. This was the 13th year of this fabulous artistic experience.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2008
FRIDAY: 6 through 9:30 P.M. Potluck Dinner and Performances by Attendees. Also workshop leaders entice you about their workshops. 6:30 performances start

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
SAT: 9:00- 9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30-12:30 A workshop for all
RECLAIMING PANDORA AND THE BOX facilitated by Gayle Swanbeck
Participants decorate and fill a special box with treasures, natural objects, fetishes, and symbols of their deepest intentions. Even when the evils of the world threaten the real Pandora’s box, it is always lined with hope.

12:30-2:30 really good lunch personally prepared just for this group. Lots of choice

2:30-5:30 3 choices of workshops
DANCING WRITE TO THE HEART facilitated by Edin Sirak
This is a movement/writing workshop. Participants focus on accessing our hidden unacknowledged gifts and desires using Gabrielle Roth’s 5 rhythms

INTUITIVE CHAKRA DRUMMING facilitated by Barbarah Travland
Participants explore the 7 chakra and their qualities by drumming for each other as partners and with the group.

ASPIRATIONS TREE facilitated by Marnie Ehlers
Participants will centralize their aspirations for the year as a tree branch they will embellish and plant.

SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
9:00-9:30 Continental Breakfast

9:30-12:30 choice of 2 workshops
CONCOCTING A COMPENDIUM facilitated by Kaitlin Meadows
Participants will collectively create an oversized artist book to the prompt “A WOMAN ARTIST IS…”

FRIDA KAHLO WRITING WORKSHOP facilitated by Ingrid Aspromatis
ress for the part, then write your own legend and self portrait after being inspired by seeing a scene from Freda’s movie.

12:30-2:30 Lunch

2:30-4:30 choice of 2 workshops
SOUL SINGING facilitated by Lila Luoma Upstairs
Experience the enlivening, healing and transformational aspects of sound and express the essence of your soul.

MAGICAL MYTH FACE AND BODY DECORATION facilitated by Patricia Bowne
Participants will meditate on a partner seeking the partner’s mythological counterpart. They will then decorate and make-up the partner to become that entity.

4:30-6:30 closing ceremony


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