Join ACA artist ambassador, Rachel Chase to explore four aspects of self: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. Learn and experience simple practices and processes for self exploration and healing. Express intuitively with a sense of curiosity and play using writing, drawing and watercolor.Each class will begin with a contemplation, breathing exercises, guided meditation, and some form of gentle slow movement (qi gong, easy yoga, stretching). Then it will progress into creating visual art that communicates the student’s contemplative experience.
Connecting live via Zoom teleconferencing
7PM EST on Thursdays
June 15th
June 29th
July 13th
July 27th
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About the Artist:
Rachel Chase has been a teaching artist since the age of 15. She began expressing through dance. First a classically trained ballerina, then a semi-professional modern dancer studying with the likes of Alvin Ailey dance company, and dancing professionally in the Orlando area; as well as trained in theater arts. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida with a bachelor of fine arts, integrating video art and performance, as well as painting and printmaking. Rachel has continued teaching movement and art to children and adults in community settings for over 15 years. She holds a Masters degree in clinical mental health counseling from Rollins College. As a therapist, she continues using expressive and visual arts as therapeutic processes, assisting others on their journey to well-being and wholeness. It is the power of play and creative expression that have always propelled her life into new and uncharted territory. She is constantly creating, and has a passion for consciously creating community. Join her in this ever-evolving process of intuitive creation. www.rachelchase.com