Chester Street Uniting Church: Arts In Action

Lindena's passion is to inspire people to experience the delights of creative expression. As a visual artist and teacher of creative and performing arts, she has taught "Creative Expression as Healing" at Nature Care College in Sydney and has facilitated creative workshops, retreats and rituals for schools, colleges, church and community groups, and the general public. Many of her students have called her the "teacher of freedom". She inspires her students with gentle guidance, encouragement and humor.	PLAY WITH PAINT with Lindena Robb Saturdays, 1 - 5pm Reawaken your creative spirit and invigorate your life. Play With Paint is for all who want to explore their creativity in a variety of visual art media. There will be gentle guidance in a step-by-step process throughout. Scroll down or CLICK HERE) to view photos from previous workshops. Play with Paint in 2012 12th May - Mandorlas 14th July - Poetry & Painting 15th September - Mandalas 3rd November - Gratitude	12th May - Mandorlas A mandorla is the almond shaped segment that is made when two circles overlap. This symbol represents the overlapping of opposites, like heaven and earth or male and female. The place where the opposites overlap is a place of integration and healing. The old symbol for Christ - two lines indicating a stylised fish, is a mandorla. Come and create your own mandorla as a way to embrace duality. CLICK to see samples. More information & bookings: PLAYWITHPAINT2012@GMAIL.COM
Workshop cost: $50 including all materials and afternoon tea. Venue: Epping Uniting Church Hall, corner Chester & Oxford Sts (at the roundabout) Booking for these workshops is essential by the Thursday before . Email playwithpaint2012@gmail.com or phone (02)9869 1327 and leave a message.
14th July Poetry inspires painting inspires poetry. You do not have to be a poet or an artist to thoroughly enjoy the play of words and colour. Follow a gentle step by step process which will invite you into the delight of word pictures and painterly responses.	15th September Mandalas for Forgiveness A mandala is a holy circle that is representative of wholeness. Creating a mandala is a meditative process, bringing peace and harmony to a fragmented mind. In this mandala class the peace that forgiveness offers will be our focus, or you may like to create a mandala focused on other themes. you will be supplied with beautiful metallic colours, paints, inks, pens, collage materials and coloured papers.	3rd November Gratitude This is a time to remember the things you are grateful for. Perhaps time to remember a relationship or someone who has been a gift in your life. There will be an opportunity to create small, medium or large cards and/or paintings. We will focus on blind contour drawings and touch painting (no skills needed) to celebrate these blessings.
For more information about Arts in Action Email: artsadmin@chesterstreet.org.au or phone (02) 9869 1327 and leave a message Note that advance bookings are necessary in case of changes to the program. Venue: Epping Uniting Church, corner Chester & Oxford Sts, Epping (at the roundabout) Keep up-to-date by adding your name to our email contact list. Send a message to artsadmin@chesterstreet.org.au.
Soul Cards, March 2012

Walk the Labyrinth, November 2011 Lead by Elizabeth Grace, we created a labyrinth in the sanctuary using long strings of multi-coloured beads. We then walked the labyrinth path as a meditation, into the centre and out again, becoming aware of personal insights and meaning.

Art Workshops in 2011
Branching Out to Dream, November 2011 Branches from the bush became the base for personal creations holding our dreams. The results delighted us.

A Meditation on Mandorlas, June 2011 We created mandorlas, an ancient symbol of overlapping circles representing a pair of opposites. The place where they overlap is a place of healing. We used paint, pencils, pastels, and collage in our creations.

A Meditation on Mandalas, April 2011 A mandala is a representation of wholeness. We explored the harmonizing effect of drawing or painting a mandala using metallic pens, glitter, paint and coloured papers.

A Meditation on Our Place of Belonging, March 2011 We played with a range of techniques using paints, washes, tissue paper, and coloured pencils - scratching & scraping thick paints, dribbling and blowing watery paints. Then we cut and pasted our experiments to create a collage - our personal place of belonging. Each was very different, surprising, and beautiful.


Shavuot (Pentecost). A Biblical Culture Immersion presented by Elizabeth Raine & John Squires, 30 May 2009
The call to worship	Grinding nuts and spices	The table is ready
In the temple	Lunch: the farmers' fare	A scholarly debate
Temple musician	Work included weaving	A joyous dance

Chester St Uniting Church Arts Program

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