John Heinz

John Heinz has worked in a variety of media, but currently doing mainly photography and luthiery. He has also done some sculpture, screen printing and drawing, and has been a professional modelmaker and foundery patternmaker as well as having repaired concert harps. He has worked in most common materials and some exotics.

Examples of his work are on his Myspace page. or at http://www.artbistro.com/Artbistro.com under his account also as Tymlaird.

He would be interested in doing a series of photographic shoots of Goddesses at their craft, Ritual spaces and tools.

He is also interested in Drumming, drumming circles, and building drums.

Sarah Rooke

Sarah Rooke is a writer and also a dancer

You can read her articles in Isis Seshat Journal, and on her Orders website

Sarah Rooke is Priestess Hierophant of Lyceum of Isis and Sachet of the Stars, Portsmouth, UK

Healing With Art and Soul

Join Joan Forest Mage and her fellow authors for a celebration of their new book Healing with Art and Soul.

Book signing and reception is Friday night, followed by a day of workshops in Expressive Arts Therapy.

Joan is one of forty co-authors of this edited book, which contains the proceedings of a Conference on Expressive Arts Therapy at which she presented in January 2006 in St. Petersburg FL.

The authors share their expertise as Expressive Arts professionals about theories and methods of how all kinds of art - dance, music, visual art, singing, theater, poetry - can be used for healing and connection to soul.

The book has a special advance price of $60 (regular cost $75). Please contact Joan at joan@LifeForceArts.org or 773-327-7224 if you would like to purchase a copy.

Schedule of Events, Friday July 24, 6 - 9 PM:
6 - 7 Meet and greet the authors; refreshments
7 - 7:15 Opening ceremony. Music by Lauren Lane Powell, and a toast.
7:15 - 7: 30 The Story of the Book, by Joan Forest Mage, Life Force Arts Center Executive Director; and Kathy Luethje, editor of Healing with Art and Soul
7:30 - 8 presentation by Susan Gregory, co-author of You Must Sing to Be Sound.
8 – 8:30 presentation by Joan Forest Mage, co-author of The 4 Skills of Relationship: Movement and Words.
8:30 - 9 Meet and greet the authors; refreshments

Emergence of the Divine Feminine

Life Force Arts Center invites visual artists to submit their work for

“Emergence of the Divine Feminine” a multi - arts festival, September 30 to October 30. to be held in conjunction with the Chicago Artists Month, October 2009.

Life Force Arts Center is Chicago’s space for spiritually based visual, literary and performing art. The Center presents dance, theater, music, performance art, authors and visual artists who work in traditions such as shamanic, goddess, earth-centered, visionary, angelic, yogic and other spirituallyuplifting paths.

Life Force Arts Center defines spiritual art as:

1) art that flows from spiritual practice,

2) art that strives to connect the audience with Spirit, or

3) art that creates spiritual healing, transformation or awakening.

In May the center hosted the 1^st Annual Chicago Festival of Spiritual Art which began our official exploration of what spiritual art is and presented a range of spiritual art from different perspectives. Emergence of the Divine Feminine continues the exploration focusing on a theme that is becoming more present in our current culture and mass consciousness.

The festival and visual art show will take place in the 1200 square feet main space and the smaller front gallery room.

What is the Divine Feminine? The Divine Feminine can simply be defined as the female aspect of God or the Divine. Manifestations of the Divine Feminine are often expressed as, but not limited to: Goddess, Great Mother, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Divine Mother of the Universe.

What are the different ways the Divine Feminine is expressed through art? What is happening now that is different from the past regarding the Divine Feminine? How are individuals experiencing the Divine Feminine within their own conscious awareness and feelings? What are the qualities that express the Divine Feminine? We will be reviewing different perspectives on this theme and also will consider how the current “emergence” of the Divine Feminine is influencing the arts.

Our preference is for art that is spiritually uplifting, inspirational, healing, transforming, and connects the viewer to the experience of the Divine Feminine.

IImportant Details:

*The visual art show will be listed on the program for Chicago Artist Month.

*Opening Reception Friday October 2, 2009, 5pm to 10pm.

*The Festival will run until October 30.

Art may be picked up on November 5 or later.

*Art should arrive at Life Force Arts Center by September 21. We will hang the

art on September 22-23, so that it will be showing during one pre-festival event:

The Fellowship of Isis 2009 Goddess Festival on September 26.

*Among the presenters for the month long festival will be author Andrew Harvey

and musicians Wendy Rule, S. J. Tucker and Faebotica.

Deadline: August 1, 2009, Artists will be notified on or around August 15.

Submissions Fee: $25

For Payment go to: www.lifeforcearts.org/site/call-for-artists

Submissions Requirements:

Submit up to 5 works of art that fit the theme for the show.

Submissions may be sent as jpeg images (max 500 x 500 pixels per image). Please put images in one file if possible.

Send to: artsubmissions@LifeForceArts.org

Art may include 2 or 3 dimensional: prints, paintings, photography,

digital, sculpture, mixed media.

Submissions should include:

Artist’s Name and Contact Information

Artist website

Title of artwork and date created

Size of the art or size of art framed if framed.

Type of Media

Artist Biography or Resume

Additional information:

Artist does not need to be present for the hanging of the art or for the opening reception, but any help with hanging is welcome and it would be wonderful to have the artist present for the opening. The artist is responsible for shipping the art or delivery properly wrapped and protected. The artist will agree to pick up art at the end of the show or make arrangements for shipping.

Life Force Arts Center is a not-for-profit foundation and is supported by donations and entrance fees to events. There will be a 70—30% split of any sales of art, the artist will receive 70% and Life Force Arts Center 30%.

Members of the Art Committee include:

Joan Forest Mage - Executive Director of Life Force Arts Center.

Laurel Smith - Digital Artist, BA Art History, Wellesley College.

Cortez Curtis – A veteran of Chicago Artist Month exhibitions, his paintings have been shown at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago area galleries and in permanent collections of corporations and businesses in the Chicago area.

We look forward to your submissions. If you have any questions, please contact:

Joan Forest Mage, Executive Director, (773) 327-7224

P lease feel free to pass on this information to others who might be interested.

Life Force Arts Center
3148 N Lincoln Av.
Chicago IL 60657
773-327-7224
www.lifeforcearts.org
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