Short Course: Exploring POLARITY

14 October 2008 - 18 November 2008, R720 - 15 hours
6 sessions, Tuesdays 7 - 9:30 pm
presented by Andrea Raath

• exploring polarity through the creative medium of artistic expression
• facilitating consciousness to enable personal development
• releasing inhibition to create and play
• mastering and achieving dexterity with different art mediums; clay, chalk pastel, paint …

Experience enriched by the group - minimum 10 participants
No art experience required.

" … art is full of intimations of the negative in ways that allow us to participate imaginatively in their possibility. The experience of art can help us to build a creative friendship with the negative."
John o’Donohue

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For further information contact
Andrea at aundi_at_telkomsa.net or 021-671-0637 or
Fiona at fiona_at_cfce.org.za or 021-797-6802

Professional Development Course: Bridging Polarities through Art

The first South African facilitated training "Bridging Polarities through Art" began in July 2007. There are 16 participants all working in a field where this training can be used to assist their work. They will complete 4 modules by December 2008.

In the first module they were taken on a journey into process orientated art through the mediums of chalk, pastel, charcoal, clay and painting. Basic co-counselling skills were practised, which lays the foundation for the coming modules and the work that these facilitators will do once their training is completed. Also included in this training is music, dance, movement and writing.

"Guided inwards by the colours
Blending and creating rainbows
the artist within awakens and rejoices."
- Eileen Parker, course participant

There is a possibility for 2 new participants (people working in a field of care) to join into the training in Module 2, if they are able to fulfil certain requirements. Please contact Elaine via email, elaine@nitric.co.za or Ilana via telephone, 021 794 5663.

Short Course: Personal Leadership Through Art

January 2009

Passion and Compassion in Life and Work. Personal relationships and groups are changing a great deal nowadays. We are faced with new challenges and need to be able to respond in a lively way. The course on Personal Leadership will teach you how to handle these challenges and to find creative solutions.

The course content leads one from reactive to pro-active, from incapable to capable and from creative to creating. The student works experientially with painting, drawing and modeling, voice expression, theatre improvisations, dance and movement, creative writing and co-counselling. Real change is change from within.

Workshop Themes -

• Exercise the art of personal leadership
• Discover your patterns and convictions
• Recognize your core qualities
• Develop consideration for the greater whole

Facilitators: Marline de la Rive, Marlies te Witt, Gre Terpstra and Ellen Landeweert. For further information visit www.leadershipthroughart.nl or contact info@cfce.org.za, 021-797-6802 (CCE main number).

Experience with artwork is not necessary for taking this course - curiosity is!

The Foundation Year Course

First Year full-time and part-time students at our Centre share common modules that lay a foundation for further study. The material taught (and experienced!) in these modules is enriching for a variety of persons, including parents, social science professionals, artists, business persons seeking a balance in their lives, and indeed anyone who seeks to embrace life whole-heartedly and head-on.

Some participants will commit to the entire 10-month course (Feb – Nov), while others choose to take only a module or two. Pricing varies from module to module, depending on length. We encourage you to have a look at the module descriptions.