THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF RESOLUTIONS, START A BODY REVOLUTION!

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REAL FOOD.  REAL BEAUTY.

 CReatIVITY WORKSHOPS

IN BALLARD AND FREMONT!

Series begins Thursday, January 9th at Seattle Creative Arts Center

 with Sibel Golden, PhD and special guests!

sibel

 Start LOVING food and stop feeling guilty and stressed about what you eat.  STOP hating your body and start EMBRACING your BEAUTY.  Let go of all the confusion and hype, and start making up your own mind about food that nourishes you and brings you joy.  Let go of all the rules and trends and find what’s REAL in YOUR world.

JANUARY 9th Feed the Body, Nourish the Soul 

Create a dynamic, sustainable, joyful food practice for the New Year…and beyond!  A radical blend of creative and practical approaches to eating and living.

FEBRUARY 13th My Body, My Valentine: An Artful Approach to Body Image Love and Care 

Create Art Journal love letters  using collage, drawing, painting, and poetry…Dazzle yourself!

MARCH 20th Delish: For the Love of Food! 

Trust your higher eating power to know what to eat.  Creativity meets mindfulness! A dynamic duo joining forces to dispel fears and myths about food so you can relax and re-claim your rightful hunger!

AND THERE’S MORE!!!  Please keep in touch to get up to date information!

$25/WORKSHOP Includes art materials and other cool stuff you get to take home—WHAT A DEAL!

CONTACT ME:  https://www.facebook.com/realfoodrealbeautyworkshops

CHECK ME OUT: http://www.sibelgoldenphd.com

SCAC IS PLEASED TO WELCOME THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAMANIC STUDIES MARCH 1 AND 2

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Michael Harner’s SHAMANISM, DYING, & BEYOND : An Advanced Shamanic Weekend with Beth Beurkens, M.A. in Seattle, Washington

Saturday, March 1, 2014   10:00 A.M. – 5:30 P.M.

Sunday, March 2, 2014         8:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Course Description: Participants learn how to deal with the issue of dying and the destiny of souls from a shamanic perspective. The workshop is both for those who wish to learn for themselves, and for those who wish to help others who are in terminal situations or who have already passed on. Experiences to be undertaken include learning how to become experientially familiar with the after-death realms, tracking a person using shamanic journeying, completing unfinished business, helping a person to cross over, and classic psychopomp work.

Prerequsite: The Way of the Shaman: Shamanic Journey, Power & Healing

About the Instructor: Beth Beurkens, M.A. is a shamanic practitioner and has been a teacher of shamanism and a vision quest guide for 22 years. She has been a college instructor of religion and spirituality for 31 years and is a poet and writer. Beth leads dynamic life-changing seminars on the West Coast and in Europe and has a shamanic healing practice in Ashland and Europe. Beth has studied extensively with Michael Harner, Alicia Luengas Gates, and Sandra Ingerman. She is on the faculty of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and is a writing instructor at Rogue Community College.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Phone: (541) 708-0473

Thank you Peggy Sturdivant for the beautiful article about the SCAC!

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“I am terrible at keeping a secret. I want to live in this place”

At Large in Ballard: Creative Energy

 11/13/2013

By Peggy Sturdivant

One day last summer I noticed a new tenant on Market St in the spot that had been occupied by the Quilting Loft before it moved next to Firehouse Coffee. “Seattle Creative Arts Center,” I read on the glass, before I dared to jaywalk across the four lanes of traffic to go to Limback’s.

I puzzled over this new entity, assuming since they had Seattle in their name they must have moved from an earlier location. The space looked fairly empty, like a gallery. Signage said Music & Art Education, Workshops, Performance Events. Who are they, I wondered? Why haven’t I heard of them?

Last week I filled out an online form requesting more information about the space. Meleah Gibson responded almost immediately. That’s when I learned this isn’t an organization or a cooperative. Seattle Creative Arts Center is the lovechild of Chris and Meleah Gibson. Although conceived perhaps slightly earlier, the birth of the business happened to coincide with the birth of their eight-month old daughter Charlie.

Chris and Meleah Gibson offer combined experience in music, composition, dance, lighting, art, live performance, sound recording and teaching. They also share their two offspring, Charlie and the Market Street space that they hope will become home to all genres of creativity, even beyond their areas of experience.

A Cornish graduate Chris teaches guitar, bass and piano, as well as songwriting and music theory. Meleah studied ballet, tap, jazz and modern at the British Academy of Dance. They met as part of a local musical production called Tuning the Air, during its eight-year run. Chris was performing as one of the ten guitarists in the round. Meleah had discovered a passion for lighting. Then both of their jobs ended and they decided to put their life savings into their shared dream of a creative center.

It was months into their search for just the right space for months when they went further west on Market Street than in the past. Once they saw the former Quilting Loft space it became the place. Meleah said, “I thought, if we don’t get this space I don’t think I can go on.” In order to create a space that could accommodate music lessons, a photography studio, catered events, performances, art shows and classes they had to do, “a ton of remodeling.”

The result is a location with fantastic lighting, in-house sound system, small kitchen, and stage area, that is both visible and invisible. It is a space that can become anything you want it to be. A practice space for a chorus, seating for an audience, a meeting place, a place for workshops in writing, painting, sewing…who knows? Meleah’s dream is for the space to one day be in use from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day of the week. It’s already home to one photographer, Ingrid Pape-Sheldon, and would be ideal for additional shared studio space. Roll-away mirrors that could transform it into a dance studio are on the wish list.

Perhaps it was baby Charlie beaming at me as well as her parent’s vision. Suddenly I wanted to make the space part of my life too. I wished there was a Ballard writer trying to write a novel in the month of November while in the storefront window. I thought longingly of a space for writers, with the coffee, but without the barista’s choice of music. I could imagine people stepping to the microphone on the stage. Artwork on the walls, a tableau in the windows to provide better clues to what would be possible inside this space.

Although it took me five months to investigate SCAC others have been more proactive. Groups practice there on Monday and Tuesday nights. Chris has been receiving music students, although he welcomes more. The venue has had monthly art installations. After opening the doors last June, “The events side of it just happened.” Birthday parties, teenage bands; they receive inquiries from quite a few teenagers; unlike clubs the venue can be for all ages.

There have been parties, book launches, belly-dancing, weddings and events that mixed art and wine. and on November 16th a woman is hosting an event there called “A Beautiful Mess.” Cynthia Sherris Johnson found the site on Yelp when looking for a place to share the photo essay she created following a personal loss and divorce. On November 23 the SCAC hosts “The Taste of Health & Inspiration” with Dena-Marie.

So the space is being found. “We’re getting into the veins of Ballard,” Meleah said. “We knew it would take a while.” The Gibsons also want to keep the space relatively affordable so that it can be home to artists. They offer non-profits a $35/hour rate for classes, $20/hour for use of a rehearsal room and the event space for $125/hour.

Thinking back on what led them to open a place that could provide a community for artists, Meleah said, “We didn’t want to waste our creativity.” Applying their energy and life savings to build that dream, the Gibsons have opened the door to the creativity in everyone. SCAC is not an organization; it is Chris, Meleah, Charlie, you and me. Because I don’t want to waste my creativity either.

Seattle Creative Arts Center, 206.297-6001. www.seattlecreativearts.com. 2601 NW Market St., Seattle 98107