Arts Council gallery features works by members

You are invited to visit the Arts Council galleries on First Friday, September 5th, to see work by yours truly and other Arts Council members. Also, swing by the Yoga East Healing Arts Studio to see the masterful work of Robert Towner. Both shows will be on exhibit throughout the month.

Caterpillars with Character exhibit on display at the Cape Girardeau Nature Center in September

Adventures in Art at Open Window Studio

Professional Artist & Arts Educator Kelly Hughes of Open Window Studio, offers young artists an opportunity to develop skills while experiencing the meaningful process of creating art. This workshop will focus primarily on the visual arts, in activities which are designed to encourage creative discovery, practice skills, teach basic technique, demonstrate the care and use of materials, and encourage greater appreciation for the arts. Students will explore a variety of media and materials to engage in drawing, design, collage, painting, clay work, print making, fibers, sculpture, and paper making experiences.

Adventures in Art at Open Window Studio is a small group art class for children ages 4-8 years. The class will meet every other Friday of the month, 5:00-6:00 pm. The class meets September 12th and 26th, October 10 and 24, November 7 and 21, and December 5 and 19. I look forward to your call to register your child by Friday, September 5th. All supplies and materials provided. A maximum of six accepted. Drop in fee is $15 per class, or pay the reduced rate of $100 for all eight classes, due at the first class.

Call 837-2690 with any questions.

Register now for art lessons

Please register by August 30th for your instructional art classes. Limited openings are available, and returning students get first choice of lesson times through August 15th. Classes begin September 2nd. Rates and contact information can be found by clicking the tabs above.

I look forward to working with you this year!

Flourish Magazine features Open Window Studio artist Kelly Hughes

http://www.semissourian.com/story/2106936.html

ART & SOUL Workshops continue

Workshops are offered every fourth Saturday of the month.  Please visit the studio website to pre-register for monthly workshops and yoga classes at http://www.yogaeasthealingarts.com  

 Session Five: July 26th   2:30 - 4:30  

PARTS & WHOLE   Weaving

   Participate in community games, an interpretive dance, add your creative touch to a group weaving, and contribute to group poetry. Experience vinyasa flow and a sense of communion in yoga.   

Session Six: August 23rd   2:30 - 4:30

ACCEPTANCE   Painting

  Learning to accept and care for oneself is healthy, and a vital step in caring for others. Learn centering yin asanas, create a painting and write a letter of love to oneself, in connection with all beings in love.

Beneath the busyness of life flow deep, energetic impulses, creative currents, passions, and inspired communion. Too often the to-do lists and future plans distract from the soulful, nourishing life that can “currently” be enjoyed moment by moment.  Yoga East Healing Arts studio is a unique space   in which the meditative practices of yoga and creative           expression are naturally and profoundly intertwined.

Open Window Studio now accepting enrollment for art classes

Open Window Studio is now accepting enrollment for instructional art classes, beginning fall semester. Limited openings available. Returning students have until August 15th to reserve their preferred class time. Studio classes will resume Tuesday, September 2nd. I look forward to working with you! Find more information at www.OpenWindowStudioArt.blogspot.com

Project Runway workshop offered at SE Missouri State University Horizons Summer Programs

Join us for an exciting workshop that teaches you the basics of fashion design, construction and illustration! The popular "Junior Fashion Designer" workshop, now entitled "Project Runway" is being offered for the third consecutive year, July 7 - 11 on the university campus. Register now by calling 573 986-6879.

Cape Public Library offers summer workshops for kids

The Cape Public Library and Open Window Studio are teaming up to bring more creative experiences to the youth of our area! Make plans to join us!

*Creation Station  (ages 4-7)
Saturday, June 28  9-10 a.m.
This class will meet monthly, with each class based on a theme and an element of art and design. This month’s theme is form.

Registration required

*Studio Art Adventures (grades 4-7)
Saturday, June 28    1-2 p.m.       Drawing in Comic Style 
There is a $3 fee for materials payable to the instructor on the day of the program. Registration required.

Open enrollment for the Fall Semester at Open Window Studio - now through August 30th

Please register by August 30th for your instructional art classes. Limited openings are available, and returning students get first choice of lesson times through August 15th. Rates and contact information can be found by clicking the tabs above.

I look forward to working with you this year!

One of my favorite bands

OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall - Official Video: http://youtu.be/m86ae_e_ptU

What does Open Window Studio offer developing artists?

   The purpose of  Open Window Studio is to support local artists by offering instructional classes for youth and adults by providing a workspace for artists to further develop their skills, and by providing a unique setting for area artists and community members to connect and learn from one another. For twelve years now, the Studio has been offering quality learning opportunities, guided by experienced Teaching Artist Kelly Hughes.

   Perhaps you are interested in developing your artistic skills to better express your vision. Perhaps you are ready to rediscover a joy of art. Perhaps you are seeking instructional classes that won't fit into your semester schedule. Perhaps you have a burning desire to create something meaningful to share with the world. Open Window Studio offers many such opportunities for "some serious fun!"

   Although the flexibility of personalized private lessons at Open Window Studio allow you to design a path in creative discovery and technical skill custom tailored to your interests, there is a progression that may be beneficial for artists looking for solid development in the fundamentals of composition, media technique and specific skills. That path may look something like this:

NURTURING CREATIVE EXPRESSION

FUNDAMENTALS - Introduction to the Elements and Principles of Design
                                 - Basic drawing skills
                                 - Compositional design
                                 - Color theory
                                 - Understanding Perspective and Proportion

MEDIA TECHNIQUES - Drawing / Illustration
                                       - Pastel Painting / Portraiture
                                       - Acrylic Painting
                                       - Oil Painting / Portraiture
                                       - Pen & Ink
                                       - Watercolor Painting
                                       - Printmaking / Screenprinting
                                       - Fashion, Fabrics and Textiles
                                       - Sculpting /  Hand Built Ceramics
                                       - Collage / Bookmaking / Papercraft

SPECIALTIES  - Figure / Comic / Fashion Illustration
                          - Portraiture
                          - Landscape / Plein Aire
                          - Still life / Florals
                          - Animals / Pets / Horses / Wildlife / Journaling
                          - Abstract Expressionism

INTENSIVES - Fashion Design - Illustration, Construction, Textiles
                        - Architectural Design
                        - Art & Soul Yoga Workshops
                        - Adventures in Art ( Youth  - multimedia )
                        - Art Appreciation

   In addition, any of these specialties can be chosen as inspiration for work commissioned of Kelly Hughes, including murals, borders and backdrops, business logos / signage, pet portraits and custom painting projects.
Visit www.OpenWindowStudioArt.blogspot.com to learn more!

ART & SOUL WORKSHOPS

We invite you to join us for a uniquely creative yoga practice called Art & Soul! This is the second set of monthly Art & Soul workshops, meeting Saturday from 2:30 - 4:30 at Yoga East on Broadway in Cape. A different workshop is offered each month. This month, learn to create a nature journal, enjoy contemplative yoga postures and discuss the joys of creative process.
Please register online at http://www.yogaeast.abmp.com/

Session Three:
May 31  2:30 - 4:30
BALANCE Sculpture
Let loose the shakti energy in a yoga dance, find balance in sculpting and in practicing balance poses as we discuss the need for balance in relationships.


Session Four:
June 28th  2:30 - 4:30
CYCLES AND SEASONS  Nature Journaling
Learn the influences of the divine masculine and feminine in the process of writing, move with yoga energy flows, and enjoy the practice of observing nature to bring serenity, perspective, and sense of connection.



"Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Picasso

Beneath the busyness of life flow deep, energetic impulses, creative currents, passions, and inspired communion. Too often the to-do lists and future plans distract from the soulful, nourishing life that can "currently" be enjoyed moment by moment. Yoga East Healing Arts studio is a unique space in which the meditative practices of yoga and creative expression are naturally and profoundly intertwined.

We invite you to slow down and allow these "currents" to soothe your busy mind, bring awareness and open you to a more creative flow. Art & Soul Currents introduce yoga postures and artful practices that transform stress into creative energy and inspire self-expression. In a supportive, non-competitive setting we invite expression in many forms, including song, story, interpretive dance, journaling, traditional craft and expressive art. Engaging in such nurturing daily practice can quiet the mind, sift through the clutter and create space for expansion, expression and playful possibility.

Workshops are offered every fourth Saturday of the month, beginning March 22nd. Please visit the studio website to register for monthly workshops and yoga classes at http://www.yogaeasthealingarts.com

Nourishing the Creative Life

A quote from Clarissa Pinkola Estes:

"Creativity is a shapechanger. One moment it takes this form, the next that. It is like a dazzling spirit who appears to us all, yet is hard to describe for no one agrees on what they saw in that brilliant flash. Are the wielding of pigments and canvas, or paint chips and wallpaper, evidence of its existence? How about pen and paper, flower borders on the garden path, building a university? Yes, yes. Ironing a collar well, cooking up a revolution? Yes. Touching with love the leaves of a plant, pulling down "the big deal," tying off the loom, finding one's voice, loving someone well? Yes. Catching the hot body of the newborn, raising a child to adulthood, helping raise a nation from its knees? Yes. Tending to a marriage like the orchard it is, digging for psychic gold, finding the shapely word, sewing a blue curtain? All are of the creative life. All these things are from the Wild Woman --the Rio Abajo Rio, the river beneath the river-- which flows and flows into our lives.

Some say the creative life is in ideas, some say it is in doing. It seems in most instances to be in a simple being. It is not in virtuosity, although that is very fine in itself. It is the love of something, having so much love for something --whether a person, a word, an image, an idea, the land, or humanity-- that all that can be done with the overflow is to create. It is not a matter of wanting to, not a singular act of will; one solely must."

FWD: Asking Questions from 'The Muse is IN Blog'

Asking Questions As a writer, an artist, and purveyor of creative coaching, I have come to rely on an exquisitely simple tool for triggering creativity and intuition. It's convenient, free, and more dependable than I imagined it would be when I actively started using it many years ago. The catch is it requires patience and trust, and those qualities are on the endangered list. The tool is this: The simple asking of small, conscious, constructive questions without expecting immediate answers. Expect answers and expect more than one, but not immediately. I've been using this method of fertile inquiry for so long that the answers seem dependable in their arrival. I ask a question before sleeping at night and get clarity in the morning when I am still halfway in the dream world - the imaginative delivery system of the subconscious where anything is possible - but as I begin to feel the first conscious clues of awakening, before all my insecurities and habitual patterns of thought get a chance to fog my good knowing. I have been known to doubt an early morning answer as my neuroses kicks in and protests, but more often than not I go back to the answer dawn delivered. Questions about creative directions usually take more time to incubate and arrive in flurries, lightning flashes, and once ... on a billboard. The mind LOVES questions, they trigger the complex detonation of possibilities. A question can simmer, incubate, and ricochet off my vast inner world of collected experience.  Not using the most obvious answer is a trick many people fail to use because they too easily fall in love with any idea or answer before they take it deeper by staying open to more answers, finding the answer behind the answer so the idea and the answer results in more depth and confidence. You can ask questions anywhere (brace yourself for a silly poem): In a closet with a bear In a line for underwear In a greasy corner diner In the mountains of caroliner While spacin' out in conversations Or holidayin' to weird locations. [Okay.. I'll stop.]  Here are some questions you might consider test driving but remember: patience and trust. 1. How can I make it easier to show-up to my passions? 2. How do I want to feel in the creative process? Playfully  curious? Mischievously quirky? Anticipating discovery? Boldly sure?  3. What is one small way I can make my writing/art/music/life fresh? 4. What's one small thing I can do right now, really quickly, just to move into a little more momentum? 5. Where will my next inspiration come from? 6. Why would I want to go to a party when I can stay home and be creative? Okay, that last one snuck in there, I suppose as an answer to "What additional quirky question can I add to break up the seriousness of these questions?" That's how they work. I find that concentrating on one question at a time works best. Asking small questions is one of the tools Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaches learn during their training. If you're interested in knowing more about that, here's where you would go.  “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” ― Socrates        This article was forwarded from 'The Muse is IN Blog' using FeedBlitz. Your email address was not shared and you were not subscribed when you were sent this article. Subscribe to 'The Muse is IN Blog' email updates. Search 'The Muse is IN Blog' Click here to safely unsubscribe from "'The Muse is IN Blog'." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy

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Studio classes postponed until August

It's summertime! At the conclusion of this week, school semesters come to a close and we all get to take some time for more leisurely activities at a more leisurely pace. With this slowing of schedules comes the opportunity to stop and smell the roses, and truly observe the people and things around us. Being attentive and observant is key to developing artistic skills. We must take time to observe and understand to meaningfully  interpret the world around us.

So when you find yourself on a family camping trip, watching images flash by on a road trip, sitting poolside or watching a baseball game, have a sketch book with you and practice recording things that you notice, things that are interesting, anything you can see around you. In your interpretation of those things, in your attentive observance of those things, they take on a meaningful and sometimes magical quality. Look for it. You will find it.

Have a wonderfully magical summer! I look forward to more magical artistic adventures with you this fall.

Kelly

Return to the Studio

I welcome your return to the studio this week! Thank you for your patience in my absence. I have updated the blog page to reflect some additional student lessons on the studio schedule.

Time for a desert vacay

Greetings friends of Open Window Studio!

 

It has been a wonderful transition from winter to spring here at the studio, welcoming many new and returning students to explore their art and practice their skills. In these past few months, there have been fabulous watercolor florals, pastel chalk portraits, animal sketches, weavings, mache sculptures, realistic drawings, chalk landscapes, oil painted portraits, wildlife acrylic paintings, comic books and super hero masks created by the eighteen students visiting the studio weekly! What a variety of expressions and delight is found in exploring art together! I hope you have inpressed yourselves as much as you have impressed me with your skills!

 

It brings me joy to have the opportunity to teach and support each of you in your artistry, but it is time for a break. It is time to take the time carved out of this busy schedule months ago, and meet up with my friendly crew and do some flying through the southwestern desert. After viewing the world from an aerial perspective, baking my bones in the desert sun and spending every day outdoors, I shall return refreshed and recharged, to share my stories, make new art and meet with you all again.

 

I leave this Friday afternoon, and will be back in studio on Wednesday, April 16th. Lessons will resume on Wednesday, April 16th and continue through the entire month of May (thanks to the extended school year.) The end of the year always brings special events and outings. Please continue to message or courtesy call if you are unable to make your lesson time. I am happy to work with your busy schedules and reschedule when that option is available.  

 

I usually take the summer months off to enjoy time with my family, but as my children are teens and have their own plans for summer, I will be offering a more limited schedule/studio time to those students who wish to continue their lessons in the summer months.  If that option interests you,please schedule your summer lesson time by May 1st.  I will be offering Art Workshops at Yoga East every fourth Saturday of the month, Creation Station art (for ages 4-7) and Studio Art Adventures (for grades 4-7) every fourth Saturday at the Cape Public Library, and a Horizons summer workshop on campus, entitled "Project Runway," July 7-11. Keep up with summer events by visitinghttp://www.openwindowstudioart.blogspot.com/ or on FB page "Open Window Studio artist Kelly Hughes."  

 

I look forward to meeting with each of you this week, and again when I return mid-April.

Art & Soul workshops at Yoga East

We invite you to join us for a uniquely creative yoga practice called Art & Soul! This is the first of our monthly Art & Soul workshops, meeting Saturday from 2:30 - 4:30 at Yoga East on Broadway in Cape. A different workshop is offered each month. This month, learn to create a mandala, enjoy contemplative yoga postures and discuss the joys of creative process. 

Please register online at  http://www.yogaeast.abmp.com/ 

   

Session One:

March 22nd    2:30 - 4:30  

INNER WORKINGS     Mandala Tangle

Find a meditative space in the creation of a "Mandala Tangle" drawing, practice restorative yoga postures, be inspired by reflective writing prompts and slow down to practice being attentive in the present moment.

 

Session Two:

April 26th     2:30 - 4:30   

MANIFESTING      Book Making

Take courageous steps in opening to the idea of "Being Love," through allowing your body to dance, moving through heart fire postures, and creating a book in which to record your ideas, dreams and the unfolding journey.

 

"Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Picasso

 

Beneath the busyness of life flow deep, energetic impulses, creative currents, passions, and inspired communion. Too often the to-do lists and future plans distract from the soulful, nourishing life that can "currently" be enjoyed moment by moment.  Yoga East Healing Arts studio is a unique space   in which the meditative practices of yoga and creative expression are naturally and profoundly intertwined.

 

We invite you to slow down and allow these "currents" to soothe your busy mind, bring awareness and open you to a more creative flow. Art & Soul Currents introduce yoga postures and artful practices that transform stress into creative energy and inspire self-expression. In a supportive, non-competitive setting we invite expression in many forms, including song, story, interpretive dance, journaling, traditional craft and expressive art.  Engaging in such nurturing daily practice can quiet the mind, sift through the clutter and create space for expansion, expression and playful possibility.

 

Workshops are offered every fourth Saturday of the month, beginning March 22nd. Please visit the studio website to register for monthly workshops and  yoga classes at http://www.yogaeast.abmp.com  

 

 

   

Welcome new artists

Welcome to Open Window Studio artists Mollie, Mason, and Averi! I look forward to learning with you and discovering art together!