#theslowcreativityproject

An simple repeated object can be a real companion or focus for a small child, they find it again and take joy in exploring their world with it, enjoying the familiarity of it in appearing in front of them. This toddler artist has across this past term at Sensory Art Play, really focussed on the balls and circles within each LAB.  She enjoyed textured ones in paint, the feel and patterns made with it, ping pong ball inside a whisk listening to the sound it makes (try it!), rolled balls in clay, and then a squashed ball between the toes! It was particularly interesting to notice her reaction to circles printed on the glowing lightbox- flat shapes that can’t be picked up. Such beautiful slow moments, full of curiosity and wonder!  🌱✨ . . . . #mamakindkurs #slowfamily #elternkindkurs  #kinderkunst #kunstberlin #littleart #littleartists #berlinmitkind #kreativkinder #littleartberlin  #prenzlauerberg  #berlinkids  #childledart #reggioinspired  #berlinfamily #berlinwithkids #kinderkunstkurs #kleinkinder #hauptstadtmitkind #kidsartworkshop #kunstkurs #kinderkunstwerkstatt #malortberlin #kinderkurs #senefelderplatz #berlinkids #toddlerartist #berlinprenzlberg #theslowcreativityproject (at Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany)

...and more photos >>> Utterly delighted if a bit bloody nervous to finally get out into the big wide ole internet....my BRAND NEW group, NOT pre-recorded e-course for just 15 people! I have been passionately cooking this up over the past few months 💡😍It is inspired by my 20 years of encounters in real life as an artist, through art education in nurseries, kindergartens, schools, colleges, community settings, businesses, museums. From babies, kids to adults, I have loved creative exchanges, nurturing curiosity to empower people to live more creatively.  I have begun that journey perhaps with you and your kids recently in Berlin or previously the UK, and now through The Slow Creativity Project, and I hope we can work together more on this for yourself, especially where may work better for you from the comfort of your own home, ( I also continue the adult/kids classes in person in Berlin if that ticks your box more.) I have created this very special experience with those in mind who perhaps are looking to re-ignite their creativity, or just get motivated to create a regular creative habit, learn how to let go, and embrace mistakes. The ideas and tasks you explore can work alone or share photo-instructions with family, for example. It's a group e-course for UP TO 15 ADULTS, keeping it intimate with lots of space to share our participant-centred journey in a private Facebook group. This week is the EARLY BIRD Special, until midnight Thursday 26th July. FIRST 5 to sign up get an extra special bonus with me, see the web link to find out more! 💥✨🌱 . . . #artworkshop #experimentalart #madebyhand  #feedyourcreativity #onlineartcourse #artecourse #theslowcreativityproject #reggioinspired #reggioartcourse #followyourcuriosity #artcourse #artathome #creativitycourse #groupartcourse #personcentred #feedyourcreativity #experimentalart #exploreart #thepowerofart

The journey of art and creativity across our lives, as babies, toddler, kids, tweens, teenagers,  into the many years of adulthood. We have a choice, particularly as adults, whether to feed our creativity, to slow down and notice more, be childlike again, our busy minds calming when our hands start creating. When we do we feel truly connected to ourselves,  and each other, immersed in the moment. This week I went live in my Facebook group, The Slow Creativity Project, (which was born from my revolutionary mission to transform lives, through getting people in flow, one hand made mark at a time) I talked about a study by NASA in 1968, which found that creativity DRAMATICALLY decreases across our lives. Creativity is not learned, rather unlearned. We are all born creative.  In the test in 1968, 98% of 4/5 year olds tested on the genius category for imagination in ways to look at problems with new innovative ideas. Same group at 10 years old scored 30%. At 15 years old, it is 12%, and - shockingly- as adults in a wider study, 2%. In my work in arts education across the last 20 years I have worked considerably in places where people have opted in to develop their own creativity. In my work with little art, I started off working with classes where the parents have opted in for their child to develop their creativity. And so many parents I have worked with over the years love this special time to reconnect, marvel in their child’s enjoyment of clay, paint, watching them follow their curiosity. But some have really found this a challenge to open up to, to feel creatively confident  to engage in the tasks themselves, the process not the outcome, follow THEIR own curiosity. And so started my work with adults, engaging them also in the joy of hands on MESSY play with materials, using inquiry-based person-centred Reggio ideas like I do with the kids…..to this point little art has been only operating face to face in Berlin and on Thursday, I was utterly delighted to launch the NEW e-course…more about this in the next post + Link in Bio! 💡😍🌱 . . . . #artworkshop #madebyhand #feedyourcreativity #reggioart #reggioinspired #theslowcreativityproject #simplelifehappylife