[Avivagold] 2002 Painting from the Source Schedule and Newsletter
Aviva Gold & David Fitch /Painting From The Source
avivagoldpfts@hotmail.com
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:41:11 +0000
Painting From the Source Newsletter
April 2002
Dear painting Friends Worldwide,
Hope you are all creatively dealing with the escalating challenges of 2002.
The following are some updates in my Painting From The Source Life:
It feels so good and right to be teaching others to do what I do. The first
PFTS Training will successfully complete in July with 9 graduates.
The Second 1 year PFTS training will begin in January 2003. This one
will be an International group and take place in my newly renovated
home retreat in the wooded Berkshire foothill in New York State.
I'm looking forward to leading more workshops in my newly renovated home
retreat. It’s so beautiful, quiet and natural here. I have built a spacious
dorm room and new sink in my home studio and look forward to holding more
painting retreats here as well as training.
http://www.paintingfromthesource.org/training.html
(please see detailed description of my home retreat on my 2002 schedule
http://www.paintingfromthesource.org/schedule.html )
I'm planning to go " down under" in winter 2003. Yes, I'm invited to lead
workshops in Australia! I’ll keep you posted.
I love my new administrative assistants, Lynn and Betsey Eaton, a
married couple; Lynn is the guy.
After selling 13 thousand copies, Harper Collins has decided not to
reprint my book. At first I was sad and disappointed. Now as I search for
a new publisher, I have the spirit of adventure.
WANTED: Before most every workshop I am franticly looking for different
people who can assist me (set up studio, logistical stuff). Its
draining, constantly training new people. I am now looking for a few
people who love to paint from the source, who I will pay to assist me on
a regular basis. Requirements are someone who has attended a previous
workshop, lives in my geographic area and is compatible with me and my
style. You get plenty of time to paint and make $300. Contact me.
This July 17th I will be 62. I am grateful to feel good about my life so
far.
Love to you all, Aviva
With Aviva Gold and Friends
2002 Spring/Summer/Fall Schedule
Please see my website for registration and updates.
www.paintingfromthesource.org
Aviva’s Retreat in the New York Berkshires:
Includes health-conscious meals, comfortable & informal accommodations and
supplies $320.00 total - $85.00
Non-refundable deposit to address below
May 17-19, June 14-16, July 19-21, August 2-4, August 30-September 1,
September 20-22, October 4-6, October 25-27, November 8-10
Come paint with Aviva for a weekend (Fri night to Sun afternoon) in her
rustic home retreat nestled in the wooded foot-hills of the Berkshire
mountains. Enjoy walking on long winding dirt roads through woods and open
pastureland, sightings of a wide variety of animals and birds, including
deer, wild turkey, fox, and beaver,painting with a small intimate group of
no more than 11 kindred spirits, around the clock access to cozy painting
studio, screened in back porch, fireplace and wood burning stove, peace and
silence of breeze, birds and brook, fresh air and star filed night skies,
stonewalls and not least, Avivas great grandmother 280 year old Oak Tree
guarding her driveway entrance. New and previous participants will also
appreciate the NEW SPACIOUS DORM ROOM AND NEW SINK IN THE STUDIO. A weekend
here is as transformative as 5 days in Omega and Kripalu because of the
small group, concentrated paint and dream-time, and powerful vibes of this
natural setting. Avivas home retreat will also be the site of the 2003 PFTS
Training. Call or e-mail for more info about weekend at Aviva’s. Click
here: info@paintingfromthesource.org
Other Locations:
-Kripalu Center, Lenox, MA. , April 28 - May 3, Call 800-741-7353, Web site:
www.kripalu.org
-Ross Institute, East Hampton, LI, NY, May 11. To register call:
631-907-5163 or email: events@ross.org
Website: www.rossinstitute.org/cfub
-Rowe Conference Center, Rowe MA, May 31-Jun 2nd, Call: 413-339-4954
-Open Center, Soho, NYC, December 15. Call: 212-219-2527
* FOR PAINTING FROM THE SOURCE TRAINING INFORMATION, Contact us below or
click here: info@paintingfromthesource.org Next Training begins January
2003. Attendance at a PFTS workshop is a prerequisite for consideration.
See training information on bottom.
INTERESTED IN PFTS COMING TO YOUR TOWN? Contact us below! Or click here:
http://www.paintingfromthesource.org/schedule.html
CEU’s are available for Mental Health Professionals attending PFTS workshop.
For plane reservations contact Sumaya @ 888-635-8144 or
Pinebrook@taconic.net
For a Painting From The Source Video send, $35 ($39 out of U.S.)
For Aviva’s Book, send $20 (US
postage included in price’s)
Contact information, see below:
AVIVA GOLD, MFA,CSW,ATR-BC, REAT, 179 MALLORY ROAD, GHENT, N.Y. 12075
PHONE/FAX: 518-392-6175, EMAIL: info@paintingfromthesource.org
WEB ADDRESS: http://www.paintingfromthesource.org
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PAINTING FROM THE SOURCE 1 YEAR TRAINING 2003 INFORMATION
"PFTS training has given me the skills and confidence to lead my own
painting workshops, and do it in my style. Leading painting workshops has
become my passion and mission. But the most satisfying result of the
training is having a network of fellow leaders who are personally and
professionally supportive beyond anything I imagined before I began the
training."
Mego Johnson, PFTS Training Student.
" Being exposed to Aviva's unique facilitation style and mission, I learned
for the first time the meaning of teaching from my heart not from my head."
Susan Brew, student completing the 1st PFTS Training.
"The PFTS training was a very deep and rewarding experience on the
spiritual, creative, intellectual and emotional levels; added much joy and
color to my life."
Jill Pries, PFTS Training Student.
"The PFTS Training helped me find my own home in my soul."
Montine Blank, PFTS Training Student.
"In addition to skill, technique, and the PFTS Process, I got so much more,
self discovery and empowerment”
George Herrick, Training Assist Teacher and Student.
Dear Prospective Painting From The Source Training Participants,
Feb 6,
2002
I am happy and proud to announce the details of the next (and 2ed) PFTS
Training Program. After reading your Questionnaire responses returned
combined with what I have learned from my current (and first) training, I
have designed the following parameters for the next training. I hope you
find it as adventurous and enticing as I do. Following are the basic
details.
1. LENGTH OF TRAINING is One year with 4, five-day sessions spread out with
3-month intervals FIRST SESSION BEGINNING, January 8-13, 2003. (other
sessions: April 9-14, August 6-11, December 6-8). Each 5-day session will
begin on a Wed eve and end on a Mon late afternoon to include a weekend.
2. THIS ONE YEAR WILL BE “AUDIT” STATUS. This means that the successful
completion of the 4 sessions will give you a certificate of completion but
not legally enable you to call yourself a PFTS Practitioners or use the PFTS
name or logo for your flyers and advertisements. At successful completion
of year you may of course add your 1-year study of PFTS with Aviva Gold to
your resume and Bio. For official PFTS Practitioner status, a second year of
study can be considered.
3. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AND RECEIVE: Emphasis will be on developing and
deepening your own painting and personal process with in depth study of
Aviva’s book and an emphasis on tailoring program to individual needs.
The part of the process where we embody and express our painting through
voice (music), theater, movement, poetry (using Gestalt Techniques), which
is unique to Aviva’s work, will be practiced and taught in depth with
probability of visiting teachers. Between sessions there will be reading
(from a variety of suggested books that support the process) and painting
assignments, and for those wanting it, support sessions on telephone or
e-mail (for international students) available at a minimal additional cost.
Those in mental health or healing arts fields and / or working with various
populations like children , prisoners, terminally ill, or yoga students will
gain the necessary process painting skills and experience to incorporate the
painting process into your work with any population. The basic skills and
information will also be available for those desiring and ready to offer
their own process painting workshops close or far from home.
The PFTS training will aid you in establishing your own ongoing painting
practice as well as enhance your personal growth including more clarity on
how to best use your gifts in the world. Many areas of your life besides
creative and occupational will develop, mature and evolve. You will have fun
and a tribe of people who will be a support system to you long after
training is over. Other skills you will learn (and thus be prepared to
teach) include:
*Trusting your intuition for problem solving and guidance.
*Learning how to access and use creative techniques and dreams for
relaxation, guidance, and wisdom.
*Learning group processing techniques to build a safe productive community.
*Overcoming shyness and in general ask for and get what you need in work and
personal life.
*Unblocking creative flow, enabling more spontaneity, fun, sensitivity and
access to experiencing and expressing emotions (connection with body).
*Creating art that emanates authenticity and soul beauty from which you will
gain a sense of accomplishment, self worth and empowerment that spills over
into all experiences of life.
* Riding out fear of the unknown and trusting the process through which core
beliefs such as “the universe is basically hostile” are replaced by “the
universe is basically supportive”.
*Learning techniques and new paradigms for reframing and accepting
previously perceived negative/detrimental situations and character traits,
thus enhancing self-image, health, intimacy and well-being.
*Learning effective teaching techniques to open free flow of creativity and
health for children, students and clients of all ages.
4.TRAINING LIMITED TO 12 PEOPLE
5. ALL SESSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AT AVIVA's HOME STUDIO where there is a
spacious new dorm room. New York State location in secluded hard wood forest
of the Berkshire Mts foot-hills. East of Great Barrington Ma,and west of
Chatham, New York.. Aviva’s Retreat 1 hour drive from Albany airport, 1 1/2
hour from Bradley Airport (near Springfield Ma. and Hartford Ct.), and 2 1/4
hours drive North of NYC. Luscious health conscious meals will be both
catered in and cooked at Aviva’s.
6.TRAINING FEES: Tuition is $5000 and includes all materials and Manuals.
Room and meals total $1200 for the year. Total is $ 6200.This fee does not
include travel expenses, books, (estimate $75), and any desired mentoring
sessions (about $40 for 1/2 hour). There are 2 work scholarships for $2500
available. Financial need must be demonstrated. $1500 must be paid upon
acceptance and full balance paid one month prior to first session.
7. REQUIREMENTS: To be considered into the program, candidates must attend
a resent workshop and Aviva clearly remember your process. If not remembered
or not considered ready, you may need to attend an additional workshop
before consideration. Other requirements include: Completion of a 5 page
application, completion of Aviva’s book, financial ability to pay fee, above
age 30, have working e- mail that is checked at least a few times a week,
willingness to be in personal therapy, no active addictions and / or in
recovery for addiction, (includes tobacco smoking).
Please e-mail Aviva for more training information:
info@paintingfromfromthesource.org
Click here for training application:
http://www.paintingfromthesource.org/training.html Click here for workshop
schedule: http://www.paintingfromthesource.org/schedule.html
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Aviva Gold
Painting From The Source
179 Mallory Road
Ghent, N. Y. 12075
Phone/ 518-392-6175
info@frompaintingfromthesource.org
"Beauty happens in art and life
the very instant you allow
your deepest soul truth
to be expressed." Aviva Gold
Aviva Gold
Painting From The Source
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