The Artist's Way - 12 Week Programme
Facilitator: Anima Ganguly
Audience: Open to TU Dublin staff only
Duration: 12 weeks
Workshop Delivery: Fortnightly Online Group Facilitation of Artist's Way.
The Artist’s Way is a seminal text for creative unblocking and was published in 1992 by Julia Cameron. The Artist Way is the start of a journey to discover and care for your creative self. Julia Cameron, believes creativity is a spiritual path, a way of tuning in and listening to yourself and as we create and allow ourselves to be creative, we become more and more ourselves. The aim is to create a collaborative and supportive group where we are all involved in the process of supporting and encouraging each other’s creativity and wellbeing.
Over 12 weeks, we look at gradually discovering what blocks us from living a creative and joyful life and start taking steps towards treating ourselves as wonderful, creative and inspired beings. All participants need is a copy of the Artist Way book, pen/paper and a willingness to give it a try. Every week you are asked to do daily morning pages, two of the weekly tasks and one artist date. Morning pages are 3 pages of stream of consciousness writing- to clear the sludge from your brain - handwritten and ideally done at the start of your day. You just write the thoughts as they pass through your head without censoring them.
The Artist Date is a once-weekly, festive, solo expedition to explore something that interests you. The Artist Date need not be overtly “artistic”– think fun more than effort. Artist Dates fire up the imagination and they encourage play.
Schedule of upcoming events:
| Week | Topic | Date | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Artist Way |
Tuesday 7th January 2 - 2.45pm |
Online: Microsoft Teams |
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| 1 | Recovering a Sense of Safety | Tuesday 7th - Monday 13th January |
Individual focus and Yammer |
| 2 | Recovering a Sense of Identity |
Tuesday 14th - Monday 20th January |
Individual focus and Yammer |
| Check in on weeks 1 & 2 |
Tuesday 21st January 2-2.45pm |
Online: Microsoft Teams | |
| 3 | Recovering a Sense of Power | Tuesday 21st - Monday 27th January | Individual focus and Yammer |
| 4 | Recovering a Sense of Integrity | Tuesday 28th Jan - Monday 3rd February | Individual focus and Yammer |
| Check in on weeks 3 & 4 |
Tuesday 3rd February 2-2.45pm |
Online: Microsoft Teams | |
| 5 | Recovering a Sense of Possibility | Tuesday 3rd - Monday 10th February | Individual focus and Yammer |
| 6 | Recovering a Sense of Abundance | Tuesday 11th - Monday 17th February | Individual focus and Yammer |
| Half way point celebration and check in on how it’s going so far |
Tuesday 18th February |
Online: Microsoft Teams | |
| 7 | Recovering a Sense of Connection | Tuesday 18th - Monday 24th February | Individual focus and Yammer |
| 8 | Recovering a Sense of Strength | Tuesday 25th February - Monday 3rd March | Individual focus and Yammer |
| Check in on weeks 7 & 8 |
Tuesday 4th March 2-2.45 |
Online: Microsoft Teams | |
| 9 | Recovering a Sense of Compassion | Tuesday 4th - Monday 10th March | Individual focus and Yammer |
| 10 | Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection | Tuesday 11th - Monday 17th March | Individual focus and Yammer |
| Check in on weeks 9 & 10 |
Tuesday 18th March 2-2.45pm |
Online: Microsoft Teams | |
| 11 | Recovering a Sense of Autonomy | Tuesday 18th - Monday 24th March | Individual focus and Yammer |
| 12 | Recovering a Sense of Faith | Tuesday 25th - Monday 31st March | Individual focus and Yammer |
| Celebration of Completing the Artist Way |
Tuesday 1st April |
In Person Meet up Venue TBC |
For more information contact healthandwellbeing@tudublin.ie.