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Women - Art - Life

This class is exactly what I need at this moment as
I transition to the newest part of my life. - Peggy Lovejoy, USA

Women Art Life is a workshop for women artists working in any medium. If you are creative and yet don't consider yourself an artist, this is still the perfect workshop for you since it focuses on you being all that you can be and is a gift that you give yourself. The struggles women face are common to us all whether we are working or retired, married, single, divorced or widowed, have children living at home, or are childless. We are so good at putting everyone else first and ourselves last. Too often our dreams - especially our art - suffer as commitments to others overwhelm us. We are left feeling disconnected, frustrated, torn, alone, and tired. In Women-Art-Life, you will learn how to shape your intentions, clarify your choices, and create meaningful art while balancing life's demands. With a few simple changes, you can put in place structures that will energize your life and discover the tools for creating personal, individualized work.
 

Taking Myrna's Women, Art and Life course has been one of the best decisions I have ever made.  Even though I am mostly a prismacolor artist, I found Myrna's lessons easy to follow, inspiring and thought provoking.  Any woman who has a need or desire to create (in any medium) would find this to be an eye opening, life changing experience. I highly, enthusiastically recommend it. - Caren Gallimore, Virginia, USA

This five lesson, seven week workshop includes both written and creative assignments on topics such as gratitude, choice, intentions, change, dreams, opportunity, and working with style. The assignments are small pieces that can be created in the medium of your choices. You may chose to focus on the written assignments, the creative assignments or both, share as little or as much of your work as you would like.  It's up to you.
 

         
Dreams - Choices - Grateful

         
Attracting - Gathering - Lifeline

I'm one of the first very lucky students taking Myrna's new workshop. It is a life changing experience. Myrna's lessons, reading suggestions, written and textile assignments, and tactful comments to our posts touch every aspect of our lives, for the best! My Positive Book is slowly and nicely coming together and I know this is a piece I'm going to treasure for years. Sometimes you feel that some things are coming to your life at just the right time. Obviously, it was the right time for me to attend such a workshop. I'm very grateful to Myrna for creating it!
- Elisabeth Fuchs, France

My teaching approach is to support and encourage you in developing YOUR style. I'll hold your hand and help you get where you are going through guided assignments and positive feedback but I will not tell you what to do and how to do it nor will I criticize your work. Each lesson contains assignments that will help you to create your pieces your way while learning the elements and principles of design.  I believe in support, encouragement, positive reinforcement, setting goals, and practice, practice, practice. This is only fabric (or whatever medium you work in)  Let's enjoy it fully. The less we stress, the more fun we have, and the more we can learn. YES YES!

Just wanted to say thank you Myrna. You are absolutely superb - amazing how you coach, support, and encourage as well as teach. - Diana Reid, New Brunswick, Canada

Class Fee - $125.00 Canadian
Class length - seven weeks
Class dates -

    January 19, 2009  

   April 6, 2009    

Note: if you would like to reserve a spot in a specific class but cannot pay in full now, please email the class name and date to Myrna@MyrnaGiesbrecht.com. A $50.00 non refundable deposit will be required with the balance to be paid no later than two weeks prior to the class start date. To make the deposit, click on the link below.  

    $50.00 Deposit        

Student Discount -  If you have studied with me in the past and are comfortable recommending my workshops to your friends and fellow artists, you will receive a 10% discount for each student you recommend that enrolls in a workshop. Ten students and you get a free class. In order to track referrals, I will need to have your contact information in my data base. You can send that to me at myrna@myrnagiesbrecht.com. If I already have it, ask me to set up a tracking account for you. I need your permission first.

Myrna Giesbrecht
textile artist - author - instructor