Workshop: Framing the Here + Now

“With a mind scattered between the sun and the moon, between the growing of the day and the very fine songs of the stars at night, trips to the planets I have not yet found the names of, I now give myself the freedom to SIT DOWN and collect a dream of the days of this special hill.” —Moki Cherry In the spirit of artist Moki Cherry’s search for cosmic understanding through present observations, join us for an experiential lecture and workshop. Together with the Gestalt Training Institute of Philadelphia (GTIP), we’ll explore art as a tool for connecting more fully with with the present moment, ourselves and each other. Inspired by Moki’s set of tapestries made famous as the meditative setting for her husband Don Cherry’s album cover forHear & Now, we’ll screenprint our own frames for seeing and taking in the world. Through conversation, exercises, and artmaking, explore the here and now as a framework for self-awareness and growth. Gestalt Therapy is a humanistic approach, centered on the present moment. Using experiential interactions, Gestalt Therapy encourages personal responsibility and holistic awareness with the goal of inhabiting our lives with more presence, self-acceptance, liveliness, and creativity. Co-facilitated by FWM Educators and faculty of the Gestalt Training Institute of Philadelphia, Laura Hawley, LCSW and Sarah Mello, LPC