Embodiment: Building Meaningful Content: Psychological Self-Potrait

This class is for:
INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

This Embodiment Workshop is to support you in discovering and integrating personal symbolism into a meaningful psychological self portrait. With a focus on content development vs techniques we will utilize writing prompts, mindfulness exercises and group discussions we will explore different archetypes, social influences and personal metaphors in order to create a unique visual vocabulary as personal expression.

Through the use of image, word, and personal symbology you will apply a variety of materials and techniques (including encaustic painting, mixed media and collage) to create your unique and reflective figurative (or not) psychological portrait.

This workshop engages proficient artists ready to explore more personal content and dig deeper in their personal practice. Through combining multiple approaches and techniques based on your skillset, you will be guided through developing and articulating your individual narrative symbology into the figure as an ‘embodiment’ of self

Content derived from this workshop will be a great resource to bring back to your own studio practice for further exploration, development and application.

Kelly Williams, with over 20 years of professional experience, merges her social work background with her passion for art and teaching, focusing on using art as a form of psychological expression. Having won multiple grants to work with disenfranchised populations, she uses art as a healing tool in the community. Her work encompasses a wide spectrum, ranging from abstract to figurative, often blending these styles and utilizing various techniques and mediums.

Kelly is an R&F artist instructor and a presenter at the International Encaustic Conference. Her artwork can be found in public and private collections, and she exhibits both nationally and internationally in various venues, including galleries, public spaces, performance art centers, and universities.

She has recently been awarded a Ford family foundation grant and returned from an artist residency in Ireland. Kelly offers private mentoring sessions and instructional workshops out of her studio in Portland, OR.

Check out her art and workshops online at www.kellywilliamsart.com