Connections - PM Sessions
Discover New Connections and Celebrate the Creativity Within You
Through the easy-to-learn art of Zentangle, writing, and conversation, we will connect with ourselves and others by engaging our hands, minds, and hearts.
What is Zentangle?
Zentangle is a meditative way of drawing structured patterns that create beautiful images. If you are thinking, “I can’t draw!”, that is wonderful! Zentangle is about what we can create one pen stroke at a time.
How It Works
Duration: 3 weeks in EVENING sessions
Format: Weekly in-person meetings
We will begin by working with our hands through the art of Zentangle. Our faciliator, Elizabeth Vander Kamp, will provide supplies, instruction, and any help you need to get started.
Our 2nd week, we will continue with a brief Zentangle and explore our thoughts through facilitated discussion and writing exercises.
And the final week will be about our hearts. We will begin with a brief Zentangle and then move toward deeper connection with an exploration of the wisdom we find in our hearts and how we can best listen to that wisdom.
What You’ll Need
Your supplies will be provided as part of your registration fee. They are yours to keep.
Bring coffee, tea, or your own refreshing drink or snack if desired. If possible, due to the nature of the class and our artistic creations, please bring your drinks in a bottle or sealed cup to prevent spills.
Most importantly, ask friends to register with you and look forward to building connections with others too.
Dates & Time of the Program:
3 Tuesday Evenings, September 16, 23, 30
6:00 PM- 7:30 PM
Note: if evenings are not best for you, this program will be repeated in October on Thursday mornings.
Led by:
Elizabeth Vander Kamp
Fee & Registration:
The cost of this series is $45, which covers all 3 weeks and your supplies
Registration is limited to 25 people.
Registration is required. Use the button below to register.
Meeting Information:
Due to renovations at our Threshold Center building, we are holding September’s programs across the street from our building at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church @ 3775 Crosshaven Drive, Vestavia AL 35223.
Come to the covered entrance on the front of the building and someone will direct you to the correct room.
Elizabeth Vander kamp, Facilitator
Elizabeth is a visual and performing artist and her work as a facilitator has resonated with participants of the Threshold Center (which she finds thrilling!). She has decades of experience in health and healing, writing, performing, Zentangle, calligraphy, storytelling and story-listening.
Most recently, Elizabeth served as Assistant Director for the world premiere of From Where I Sit, a theatre piece created from the writing of people with spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. This project grew out of her work as one of the founding artists of UAB's Arts in Medicine (AIM) program. Elizabeth facilitates Expressive Writing classes for individuals and groups through AIM and in community. She created TRUE listening and facilitates listening classes with a vision of humans learning to listen better together.
Elizabeth's passion for listening underpins all her work; she believes it is the foundation of love.
