Whether you have experience using oracle cards or not, this workshop will be a four hour exploration in letting your intuition take the lead in creating twelve (or more or less if you choose) small artworks that channel your your personal inspirations, reflections, writings, images, symbols, and wishes.

This is based on an unexpected part of a course I took a few years ago, and though I would hardly consider myself an expert in working with oracle cards, the lesson and the artwork that came out of it really stuck with me. Since 2020 has been so unsettling and dramatic and we’re nearing the end of the year, this seems like a good time to share the experience with other people. Oracle cards are entirely yours to interpret and use however you like - there is no formal structure or specific meaning assigned to them, but they are meant to be uplifting and inspiring. We all could use that energy right about now.

I will provide the cards and a box for you to keep them in, and some supplemental materials for everyone to work with, including imagery for collage.

There will be basic lessons in layering paint, intuitive mark making, collage and quick image transfer.

PLEASE READ BELOW FOR THE SUPPLIES TO BRING!

Instructor: Jackie Lakely

Capacity: 7 students

Registration and Fees

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• Members: $100.00; after 11/7/2020: $110.00

• Non-Members: $130.00; after 11/7/2020 $140.00

• Registration Required.

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Registration Code of Conduct Policy

REQUIRED SUPPLY LIST

• If you have a collection of writings, images, symbols, poems, or any other materials you would like to use, please bring that with you. It’s not a requirement but since this is so personal you might want to gather some things beforehand. If you have original photographs or imagery you might want to make photocopies of it instead of using the originals.

• Acrylic paint and/or acrylic inks - whatever colors you like, plus black and white

• Pencils, pens, other mark making tools you like to use such as oil pastels or markers

• Brushes in the sizes you like to work with, plus a couple of small ones (cards are 5x7”)

• Spreader - if you have one

• Acrylic Medium or GAC - I prefer satin or matte

• PVA Glue or mod podge

• Paper Towels (required)

• Any personal collage papers or magazine clippings or images you want to bring

• Mask (required) and your own snacks/beverages

• Gloves if you have them and want to use them in class