ONE-DAY WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
FALL 2020
Dream Mandala Collage Workshop
ONE SUNDAY – date to be announced
LiDoña Wagner Dream Mandala Collage
Unlock the meaning of a personal dream and create a powerful symbol to inspire your future. Bring a dream you would like to understand. With guidance from artist and dream mentor LiDoña, you will access your dream’s significance through playful processes of collage and interior dialogue. Using magazine images, you will explore where the dream takes you. In addition to dream-work approaches, you will learn a centering mandala technique and basic compositional principles. After a day of fun you take home a beautiful mandala that mirrors your dream’s message.
Maximum 5 students
Earth Air Fire Water
One SUNDAY – date to be announced
LiDoña Wagner – Cut Paper Mandala
Who has not been mesmerized by a blazing fire or the subtle light of a sunrise? Or captivated by the beauty of a flower blossom unfolding? Every runner, hiker, or gardener understands that water and air are key to all life forms, including our own. Our existence depends on basic elements of our planet: earth, air, fire, and water. If you made it through kindergarten, you know how to use scissors and paste. Now as a grown-up you can have fun cutting art papers to make stunning mandalas that reflect your deep connection to nature. During a day of mindfulness, with guidance relative to effective composition and color usage, you can make a beautiful Earth Air Fire Water cut-paper mandala.
Maximum 8 students
Energy Glyphs in Ink and Gouache
ONE SUNDAY – date to be announced
LiDoña Wagner – Energy Glyph
Anyone can paint from the heart. This is a class for the fearful, those who hesitate to pick up a paintbrush or who say, “I can’t draw a straight line.” It’s also for those who want to loosen up their painting style or want to take a break from traditional art making. With prompts from LiDoña, you’ll express your individual life force in ink and gouache. From spontaneous and playful mark making you will find yourself making original cards and personal logos. Don’t sell yourself short. If you feel, you can paint! Now a professional artist, my artistic journey began with energy glyphs in ink and gouache.
Maximum 5 students
INTENSIVE MANDALA WORKSHOPS
FALL 2020
Gaia’s Gift – Nature Mandala in Gouache
Six weekend days mid September through December – Dates and location to be announced
LiDoña Wagner – Nature Mandala
Painting a Nature Mandala is fun, creative, and mindful. Working with circular forms found in nature gives the brain a chance to heal and find wholeness. In this class you will create a symbol of your unique connection to nature using gouache, an ancient Asian medium. Gouache is a luscious water-based paint that is similar to oil paint in viscosity, rich color, and opacity but easier to use. You will learn Eastern and Western principles of art making, practice mindfulness, experience the joy of creativity, and create a mandala based on personally selected aspects of nature. The beauty of your completed mandala will inspire you and serve as an aid to meditation.
Dream Mandala Journey
Meets monthly in LiDoña’s home beginning in January until completed. Beginning date to be announced. Interview required for acceptance.
LiDoña Wagner – Flight of the Eagle
Go on a Jungian dream journey into the self as manifested in a Tibetan Buddhist mandala structure. Participation in one of LiDoña’s one-day workshops and an interview are required for participation in this inner journey intensive. No other prior art experience or dream work are necessary; all basics are taught at the beginning of the journey. Commitment to do the work on a regular basis and stay through completion is essential.