International painting and mindful workshop. Art of icon. Art of life.

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Art of icon and art of life

Workshop in Poland

16 – 23 August 2015

Located on the very edge of Kampinos forest. In between Warsaw and Poznan. Not far away from Frederic Chopin’s birth place Zelazowa Wola.
http://otulina.com/

A week away from everything. Spent in a peaceful and creative atmosphere.
A time to help you look into a silence that is in all of us. To help you built confidence and learn who you are through creativity and personal development tools.
Icon painting will take a time in between breakfast and lunch. Students will work on icons that speak to them and through this work explore the technique of ancient egg tempera. Making paints from natural ingredients will help us connect to material we work with but also look into ourselves and understand creative processes.

Led by – Basia Mindewicz 
Founder of Edinburgh School of Icon Painting. She is an experienced icon painter and tutor. She has been teaching egg tempera for over 7 years in Poland and Scotland. She curated few exhibition in Edinburgh.
‘’I would love for art to be accessible to everyone. My mission is to help people find and built a confidence to create. To open world of art to all. I believe spirituality could be open to everyone and icon painting seems to be a perfect way. Icon is becoming more and more popular in modern world because people need something non materialistic in their lives. I would like to inspire this inner movement. Help explore what is not physical.’’

After lunch participants will explore mindfulness and more.
‘’I would like to offer opportunity to explore your inner worlds, emotions, needs, body experiences and to explore social world of relationships, connections, closeness, care and trust.
We will be using a broad range of methods and tools, beginning with artistic and physical expression, through mindfulness and inspiration from neuropsychology, NVC (nonviolent communication) and attachment theory applied to adult relationships. Together we will take a look at many important questions such as: what is that helps us become more alive and present, what is our drive, our spark of energy in life, how we understand spirituality and our connections to the world.’' Agnieszka

Led by Agnieszka Stein – who has been working as a psychologist for last 15 years. In her work she helps people develop personal relationships. Agnieszka is an author of two books about building relationships with children and personal development through parenting. She has led many empathic communication workshops. Using many psychological tools she is inspired by attachment theory, NVC, neuropsychology and ecology.

Cost £400
And it includes:
Icon workshop
Agnieszka’s workshop
Full board accommodation.
Flights not included. You can either fly to Warsaw or Warsaw Modlin.

Non refundable deposit of £100 is required with booking.

Retreat in Spain, Los Olivos ''Art of icon. Art of life''

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‘’Art of icon and art of life’’

Course in beautiful Los Olivos Hacienda

9 – 14 May 2016

Co organized with Los Olivos.

More information about the retreat house Los Olivos http://www.haciendalosolivos.org/

Course will be built into the house routine.

A week away from everything. Spend in a peaceful and creative atmosphere.
A time to help you look into a silence that is in all of us. To help you built confidence and learn who you are through creativity and personal development tools.
Icon painting will take a time in between breakfast and lunch. Students will work on icons that speak to them and through this work explore the technique of ancient egg tempera. Making paints from natural ingredients will help us connect to material we work with but also look into ourselves and understand creative processes.
Led by – Basia Mindewicz
Founder of Edinburgh School of Icon Painting. She is an experienced icon painter and tutor. She has been teaching egg tempera for over 7 years in Poland and Scotland. She curated few exhibition in Edinburgh.
‘’I would love for art to be accessible to everyone. My mission is to help people find and built a confidence to create. To open world of art to all. I believe spirituality could be open to everyone and icon painting seems to be a perfect way. Icon is becoming more and more popular in modern world because people need something non materialistic in their lives. I would like to inspire this inner movement. Help explore what is not physical.’’

After lunch participants will explore mindfulness and more.
‘’I would like to offer opportunity to explore your inner worlds, emotions, needs, body experiences and to explore social world of relationships, connections, closeness, care and trust.
We will be using a broad range of methods and tools, beginning with artistic and physical expression, through mindfulness and inspiration from neuropsychology, NVC (nonviolent communication) and attachment theory applied to adult relationships. Together we will take a look at many important questions such as: what is that helps us become more alive and present, what is our drive, our spark of energy in life, how we understand spirituality and our connections to the world.’' Agnieszka

Led by Agnieszka Stein – who has been working as a psychologist for last 15 years. In her work she helps people develop personal relationships. Agnieszka is an author of two books about building relationships with children and personal development through parenting. She has led many empathic communication workshops. Using many psychological tools she is inspired by attachment theory, NVC, neuropsychology and ecology.

Minimum number of participants – 8

Maximum -11

Cost:

Full board £580 single occupancy
£520 shared occupancy

All booking should be made with Los Olivos.

This does not include flights. Transfer from Malaga airport will be arranged. The cost will depend on numbers sharing from the airport. Follow this link for details and arrange directly with Hacienda Los Olivos http://www.haciendalosolivos.org/Reservations.html

Contact:

Basia Mindewicz – 0447565144722 or edinburghicons@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like to book.

Residential course in Poland

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Art of icon and art of life

Workshop in Poland

16 – 23 August 2015

Located on the very edge of Kampinos forest. In between Warsaw and Poznan. Not far away from Frederic Chopin’s birth place Zelazowa Wola.

http://otulina.com

A week away from everything. Spent in a peaceful and creative atmosphere.

A time to help you look into a silence that is in all of us. To help you built confidence and learn who you are through creativity and personal development tools.

Icon painting will take a time in between breakfast and lunch. Students will work on icons that speak to them and through this work explore the technique of ancient egg tempera. Making paints from natural ingredients will help us connect to material we work with but also look into ourselves and understand creative processes.

Led by – Basia Mindewicz

Founder of Edinburgh School of Icon Painting. She is an experienced icon painter and tutor. She has been teaching egg tempera for over 7 years in Poland and Scotland. She curated few exhibition in Edinburgh.

‘’I would love for art to be accessible to everyone. My mission is to help people find and built a confidence to create. To open world of art to all. I believe spirituality could be open to everyone and icon painting seems to be a perfect way. Icon is becoming more and more popular in modern world because people need something non materialistic in their lives. I would like to inspire this inner movement. Help explore what is not physical.’’

After lunch participants will explore mindfulness and more.

 ‘’I would like to offer opportunity  to explore your inner worlds, emotions, needs, body experiences and to explore social world of relationships, connections, closeness, care and trust.

We will be using a broad range of methods and tools, beginning with artistic and physical expression, through mindfulness and inspiration from neuropsychology, NVC (nonviolent communication) and attachment theory applied to adult relationships. Together we will take a look at many important questions such as: what is that helps us become more alive and present, what is our drive, our spark of energy in life, how we understand spirituality and our connections to the world.’’ Agnieszka

Led by Agnieszka Stein – who has been working as a psychologist for last 15 years. In her work she helps people develop personal relationships. Agnieszka is an author of two books about building relationships with children and personal development through parenting. She has led many empathic communication workshops. Using many psychological tools she is inspired by attachment theory, NVC, neuropsychology and ecology.

Cost £400

And it includes:

Icon workshop

Agnieszka’s workshop

Full board accommodation.

Flights not included. You can either fly to Warsaw or to Warsaw Modlin.

Non refundable deposit of £100 is required with booking. Balance should be paid till the end of May.

5 day intensive icon painting workshop

1 June - 5 June
Monday - Friday
11.00am- 5.30pm

This 5 day intensive workshop is designed for students of all abilities, no previous experience is required.

The aim of the course is to help you understand the tradition of icon painting through studying masterpieces, and through their inspiration to create your own icon.

Over 5 days of the course: You will be guided through initial stages of the process of creating an icon. With short introduction to what icon is. You will explore the technique off egg tempera. Learn to make egg yolk and wine binding medium and mix your own paints using dry pigments. You will then develop your work with the guidance of experienced tutor and complete your icon. You will be encourage to find your own voice, to be creative and experiment.

Basia Mindewicz is an experienced icon painter and teacher, who will introduce every aspect of the process of making an icon, emphasising the importance of personal relationship with the Divine reality, and creativity.

St. Margaret`s House
151 London Road
Edinburgh
EH7 6AE
2 floor, studio 2.31

Cost £255
Non refundable deposit of £70 non refundable deposit required with the registration. Remaining balance of £185 to be paid until 18th May. This would be refunded only if there are no spaces left.

''Doorways to the Divine''

Come and celebrate the Opening of the exhibition ''Doorways to the Divine'' in St. Margaret's House in Gallery 3 on Friday 16th January at 7pm.
151 London Road, Edinburgh
Davno and Georgian Singing Group led by David Tugwell will sing for us.
Free admission.
Please join our event on facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1561248427449996/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

We have few extra events prepared:
Talk with slides will take place on Sunday 18th January at 11am in the Gallery 3. It will be followed by icon painting workshop.
Talk: Andrew Paterson
Workshop/Taster: Basia Mindewicz and Andrew Paterson
Both by donation.

Second opening for those who can't make it on 16th will take place on 24th at 11am.

Here you can read a bit more about the show. If you can't make it to the opening please come and visit the exhibition. It will be on for 3 weeks starting on 17th January.
http://www.edinburghpalette.co.uk/events/doorways-divine-january-2015/

Curated by Basia Mindewicz of the Edinburgh School of Icon Painting, Doorways to the Divine features work by six artists who are exploring the idea of art as a spiritual path. Some of the work on show is inspired by the traditions of Christian or Buddhist iconography, depicting figures such as angels which symbolize states of prayer and contemplative vision. Others are interested in the possibility of directly channelling imagery from a universal spiritual source.

By showing their work together, the aim is to create a reflective, sacred space in which visitors may find a sense of sanctuary - and their own doorways to the divine.

Gallery 3, St Margaret's House
Opening night | Friday 16 January 2015
Free admission. All welcome.

Artists participating:
Basia Mindewicz
Andrew Paterson
Emily Learmont
Marta Pawelek
Billi Love
David Grossart

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