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You can now register in person or online with our secure server system. Simply click the links below to register for an upcoming class. If you are not comfortable registering online, email us or call 970-618-0561 to register with a human!
NOVEMBER 1, 2010 REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT: It is our intention to create a fantabulous creative experience for you and your family. In an effort to support our facilitators to bring you their best, we are now requiring pre-registration for most classes. Classes will generally close a week before the scheduled date. If a class cancels due to lack of enrollment, only registered students will be notified. We truly appreciate your support with this new policy.
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NEW Program! Healing heARTs with Horses
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Creativity
with Sheri Gaynor, EAGALA Certified and Cowgirl, Susan Gibbs and The Herd, EAGALA Certified
Workshops • Retreats • Private, Group and Organizational Sessions
Tapping into the long-standing connection between humans andhorses, Creative Spark Studio is proud to announce the addition of our new Equine Facilitated Integrative Healing Program. With elements of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP), Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) and expressive arts practices, our program utilizes horses to create powerful metaphors that mirror our relationships with others and ourselves.
We provide Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Equine Assisted Learning with children, adolescents and adults for emotional growth. Our services include:
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Individual, Family and Group sessions
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Weekend Retreats
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Therapeutic Programs for Youth
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Corporate Teambuilding
We serve members of the community, schools, courts, and agencies that provide residential and outpatient behavioral healthcare. Read more...
Upcoming Workshops and Events
NEW CLASS:
A Visual Journaling WEEKEND...Attend one day or the full weekend!
Day One: Visual Journaling 101 - The Basics of VJ
Saturday,February 25
Time: 9-4pm
In collaboration with Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities!
Sheri Gaynor, author of Creative Awakenings: Envisioning the Life of Your Dreams Through Art. This introductory class will show you simple tools and techniques to create a beautiful art journal. Visual journaling is an entryway into our heart and mind. You will use creative writing, paint, and collage to move beyond the written word and take the idea of journaling to new places. Take part in a journey of the imagination in a safe, supportive environment where there are no rules and anything goes. As with all Sheri's classes...no previous creative or artistic experience required, only a willingness to experiment and explore. Registration and a materials list are available through CCAH @ 970-963-1680.
Visual Journaling Beyond the Basics
Sunday, February 26th
Time: 9-4pm
In collaboration with Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities!
Sheri Gaynor, author of Creative Awakenings: Envisioning the Life of Your Dreams Through Art. Beyond the Basics will show you new ways of layering the pages of your journal, using transparent glazes, personal photographs, photo transfers and other fun techniques. Take part in a journey of the imagination in a safe, supportive environment where there are no rules and anything goes. As with all Sheri's classes...no previous creative or artistic experience required, only a willingness to experiment and explore. Registration and a materials list are available through CCAH @ 970-963-1680.
You can attend one day or the full weekend. Please Note: To enroll in Beyond the Basics, you must have taken an introductory visual journaling class with Sheri in the past.
Painting Your Heart Out!:Introductory Level Intutive Painting
The Second Saturday Each Month (Next Class-March 10th)
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Faciliatated by Sheri Gaynor
Open to 10 participants
Free Your Heart! Free Your Mind! Free Your SPIRIT!
Are you feeling called to awaken to your creativity? Are you ready to paint with the freedom of a child?If you are a returning student or you have never painted before, join us for a day of inspiration, creativity and community and Paint Your Heart Out!
Join Sheri Gaynor in an environment of playful inspiration and support, to explore your creative soul and awaken the painter within. By letting go of technique, rules and outcome, and opening to PROCESS, you will dive in through color and brush and witness the magic unfold. Expand your sense of play andpossibility and rediscover the passionate playful child within.
Investment: $50.00Includes all materials and snacks
EASY WAYS TO REGISTER!: Call Sheri: 970-618-0561 Email sheri@sherigaynor.com
or... click on in through our BUY NOW secure server paypal!
Relics and Reliquaries: An Exploration in Mixed Media and Plaster
Sat, May 5, 2012, 9am – Sun, May 6, 2012, 4pm
Time: 9-4pm
In collaboration with Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities!
Join artist/author Sheri Gaynor, for a weekend of mixed media exploration. Using plaster, photo transfers, acrylic paint and other mediums, you will create a unique personal art piece, in the fashion of an ancient relic or reliquary (shrine). ake part in a journey of the imagination in a safe, supportive environment where there are no rules and anything goes. As with all Sheri's classes...no previous creative or artistic experience required, only a willingness to experiment and explore. Registration and a materials list are available through CCAH @ 970-963-1680
Intuitive Painting-Open Studio
Non-facilitated organized by Alexandra
Ages: Adult
Day: Ongoing the First Thursday each month
Pre-Paid Punch Pass: $100.00 for series of 4
Drop In with pre-registration: $32.00 (If you already have a punch pass, you can use it for this class!)
An open studio event. This is a non-facilitated intuitive painting group organized by Alexandra Jerkunica. To join you must have taken the introductory class with facilitator Sheri Gaynor. For more information call: 970-510-3004
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Looking Ahead...Save the Dates!
COMING SOON...stay tuned...it's gonna ROCK YOUR WORLD!
EMBRACE YOUR heART SONG and SHINE YOUR LIGHT
The 2nd Annual Writing, Creativity and Horses
With Facilitators: Lisa Jones, Sheri Gaynor and Susan Gibbs
June 22-24, 2012 at Sopris Mtn. Ranch
Where in your life have you been playing small? Are you ready to EMBRACE your heart song and shine your LIGHT with all the wattage you’ve got?
Join CREATIVE facilitators, Lisa Jones, Sheri Gaynor and Susan Gibbs for a wild hearted, juicy, BIG BOLD weekend of writing, creativity and the REFLECTIVE energy of HORSES.
Through WRITING, creativity, PHOTOGRAPHY, horse play and FULL ON expression, you will begin to see the world in a delicious NEW way and leave with a joy filled renewed sense of self! Together we will DISCOVER and uncover what is truly LIVING inside! Read more....
Limited to 8 participants, double occupancy. This weekend sold out quickly last year. Payment plans are available. Inquiries to Sheri Gaynor
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2nd Annual Sacred Journey Rides
Series begins May 2012
With facilitators: Sheri Gaynor and Susan Gibbs
Inquiries to Sheri Gaynor
Creative Spark Studio Cancellation Policies:
Classes (1-4 hours): To cancel a class and receive a refund, notify us at least two weeks before the start date. If we are given the required two week notice we will refund your money, less $20 for administrative/registration costs. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within two weeks of the start of the class. You will receive your refund within 15 days of cancellation by mail.
Workshops (3+ hours): To cancel a workshop and receive a refund, notify us at least three weeks before the start date. If we are given the required three week notice we will refund your money, less $55 for administrative/registration costs. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within three weeks of the start of the class. You will receive your refund within 15 days of cancellation by mail.
