Learn how to use art and music as modes of awakening!

This workshop will have two parts:

The first will be a talk on the relationship between creativity and meditation, given by Sunya Kjolhede-Roshi (abbot of the Windhorse Zen Community). It will end with a short period of Zazen (seated meditation).

The second part will be a workshop led by musician and author, Stephen Nachmanovitch. This will be an interactive workshop dedicated to the exploration of musical improvisation and how it relates to the spiritual path. Crowd participation is highly encouraged!

"Stephen Nachmanovitch performs and teaches internationally as an improvisational violinist, and at the intersections of music, dance, theater, and multimedia arts. He is the author of Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art (Penguin, 1990). Born in 1950, he graduated in 1971 from Harvard and in 1975 from the University of California, where he earned a Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness for an exploration of William Blake. His mentor was the anthropologist and philosopher Gregory Bateson. He has taught and lectured widely in the United States and abroad on creativity and the spiritual underpinnings of art. In the 1970s he was a pioneer in free improvisation on violin,violaand electric violin. He has presented master classes and workshops at many conservatories and universities and has had numerous appearances on radio, television, and at music and theater festivals. He has collaborated with other artists in media including music, dance, theater, and film, and has developed programs melding art, music, literature, and computer technology. He has published articles in a variety of fields since 1966, and has created computer software including The World Music Menu and Visual Music Tone Painter. He lives with his family in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is currently performing, recording, teaching, writing, and has completed a new book, The Art of Is."

 Investment: $25 at the door