NATURAL COLOR & CREATIVITY
Co-taught by Sasha Duerr and Suzanne L’Heureux, this course combines experimentations with natural color and plant based palettes with guided personal reflection and creative inquiry to encourage new ways of seeing and engaging with the world.
Activities throughout the course are designed to support students in exploring their vision and voice through natural color instruction and experimentation; writing and reflection exercises on weekly themes; and meaningful interaction with the teachers and class cohort. Students will receive recipes, inspirational resources, and related coursework to enrich personal and creative growth.
Natural dyeing is a holistic endeavor that invites us to slow down, connect with the living world, be present and stay open. In this course, we’ll explore how to bring these lessons creatively and conceptually into our lives and personal practices, embracing impermanence, inviting discovery and opening ourselves to possibility.
The class will meet over 4 weekly sessions on Zoom. Each week will include natural color experimentation and instruction with Sasha with a Creative Coaching lens provided by Suzanne.
When:
Thursdays, from 10am-1pm PST
January 27th through February 17th
Price for this four-session workshop:
Sliding scale $450-$700
Please write to us if you’d like to be considered for a scholarship.
While we hope for full in person participation, sessions will be recorded.
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SASHA DUERR is an artist, designer and educator who works with plant-based color and natural palettes. Sasha centers her practice and research on the collaborative color potential of weeds, food and floral waste, and local and seasonal ingredients. Teaching for over a decade at California College of Arts with a joint appointment in Textiles and Fine Arts, Sasha lectures, consults and widely designs curriculum and courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice. In 2007, Sasha founded Permacouture Institute to encourage the exploration of regenerative design practices for fashion and textiles. From "Dinners to Dye For" to "Weeding Your Wardrobe" and "Seasonal Color Wheels" her extensive work with plant-based color palettes has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine, Domino, Elle Decor Uk, and the Huffington Post. Sasha is the author of THE HANDBOOK OF NATURAL PLANT DYES (Timber Press 2011) NATURAL COLOR (Watson-Guptill/Ten Speed Press 2016) and NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020).
SUZANNE L’HEUREUX is a Life and Art Coach who works with clients on personal growth, health and wellness, and professional development goals. She has a niche working with artists on visioning and creative development. Suzanne took her coaching coursework through the Mindfulness Coaching School and has spent many years engaging in deep psycho-spiritual work rooted in Buddhism, somatic awareness, and personal inquiry. She has an MA in Art History and for nine years ran Interface Gallery, a non profit contemporary art space where she supported artists in expanding their practices and manifesting their vision for their work (2011-2020). She is based in Oakland, CA.