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Creative Warm Up for Beginners

Time out to tune in to creativity and nature appreciation.

Mel Barry

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1 hour

1 to 6 guests

$24 - $120 ($24 for 1 adult in a public group of six; $120 for Private group of up to six adults)

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Overview

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Teacher

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What you'll do

Do you feel you are not very creative but willing to take some creative steps, in a non-competitive environment? This session will ease you in to reflecting on your innate creativity and nature connection. You might be surprised by what emerges.

Taking time out, in any format, for creative expression or nature appreciation can help to alter our pace or provide a fresh perspective.

Outline of the experience:

After briefly reflecting on your objective for attending, you will enjoy a series of short tasks to help get you into a creative mode. These are experiments in broad creative expression concepts and broad nature themes.

Please Note: In keeping with the timeout theme, everyone is required to switch off telephones. No photos/recording/filming. The session will not be recorded.

What Next?

For those who enjoy this warm up and would like to stretch themselves further, ask me about other workshops for individuals and pairs. I also offer in-person workshops for private professional teams or social groups keen to enjoy novel timeout together for a couple of hours or longer. These workshops involve a series of creative experiments followed by self-guided and contemplative time to develop at least one concept, either at your own pace or in collaboration with someone who has a similar creative interest. Past participants have described their experience as freeing, exciting, relaxing, challenging, fun, empowering, and a good creative stretch.

Please note: Public dates for this class require at least 6 guests to run. In the unlikely event that we don't reach this number, we'll cancel the class; in this case we'll inform you and allow you to get a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the class.

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Knowledge required

This experience involves basic and general creative expression/nature appreciation, for the absolute beginner or beginner. It is not an art class and Mel is neither an art teacher nor an art therapist. It is not intended for those practising or professional in any of the subject areas. It is mostly a contemplative session involving reflecting and doing, rather than much in the way of conversation.

What to bring

An open mind and friendly, positive attitude.
Basic arts and crafts materials, according to the list of suggestions provided when your place is paid in full and confirmed.

More about this class

This class is new, and is covered by ClassBento's money-back guarantee.

Your teacher

Mel Barry

Women-owned

Give me a tight brief about your most persistent environmental conundrum, and I’ll give you a creativity workshop to help your internal/external stakeholders have fun while reflecting on the issue from a different perspective.

I love facilitating novel ways for organisations and individuals to seek fresh perspectives. A creative breakthrough is powerful, and creative pursuits can help to spark self-improvement, original ideas, or innovation.

Mostly self-taught, with some formal training as a creativity facilitator in England, since 2012 I have delivered many hundreds of hours of adult creative expression sessions for a range of public and private organisations, festivals, and community groups in London and Sydney.

FOUNDER OF ART HUT IN LONDON'S BATTERSEA PARK

I enjoyed a five year Art Hut collaboration with a therapeutic gardening charity serving the London public. In their delightful English garden, I delivered nature-inspired public exhibitions and creativity workshops for individuals, pairs, and groups.

As an Independent Curator in London, I have produced many public exhibitions showcasing professional and aspiring artists alike. All of my curations have featured collaborative workshops with artists across sculpture, painting, drawing, cartooning, printmaking, dance, and poetry, and partnerships with charities, youth clubs, schools, public gardens, community centres, public venues, residential networks, and festival organisers.

COLLABORATIVE CREATIVE

Delivering creativity workshops is one of a number of ways that I practise and stretch my collaborative approach to my artistic expression and curiosity. I am a Collaborative Creative. I find inspiration through making conceptual art, dancing, observing wildlife and bird song, walking in green and blue spaces, music, singing, theatre, and political and societal observations.

SUSTAINABILILTY PROFESSIONAL

I offer a range of sustainability soft skills across external communications, engagement, and creativity. Since 1998, my sustainability career has focused on environmental and community-based initiatives in Australia and Europe.