Members of your department may participate (via Zoom or in person) for a one-hour workshop, for all skill levels, with a professional teaching artist.
Email kroyer@pennstatehealth.psu.edu for details or to schedule a workshop for your group or department.
Meditative Patchwork Quilt Drawing
Most people have favorite mindless doodles that are drawn when the mind wanders. This class will start with several creative prompts that will start with doodling, then add in simple art elements such as shape and repetition. We will not be formally meditating, however each creative prompt will promote relaxation through repetition and creative flow.
New Center Stage Arts Offering: Zentangle classes!
The Zentangle Method® is an accessible, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. Center Stage team member Kerry Royer, a Certified Zentangle Teacher, leads groups in meditative drawing sessions. Center Stage is offering these classes at no cost across the Penn State Health system for groups of 4-16 employees and students. Find out how this mindfulness-based art form can help.
Reach out to Center Stage to schedule a 45-minute guided live drawing session for your team, either in-person or virtually. Center Stage provides all materials for participants. Sessions are appropriate for beginners. Goals are artistic inspiration, camaraderie and team building.
Working with the basics of shadow and light, using your own hand as subject matter, this art workshop, led by professional artist Ophelia Chambliss, is a step-by-step on how to create depth when drawing a basic object by working with shades of gray and the direction of the light. All you need is a pencil and paper and your hand.
In this workshop artist Gail Jones will take you on the journey of turning paper from home into an expressive piece of your creativity. You will learn the fundamentals of Mosaic Paper Art.
Mandalas are circular designs, with a center around which revolves an organized, repeating design. The design of the Mandala represents wholeness and symbolizes unity in the World and unity in our personal lives.
Participants will be introduced to Mandala design, learn its history and uses, then create their own mandalas with artist Judeth Hawkins.
Learn the basics of watercolor techniques and different kinds of applications. This session, led by various professional artists requires participants to pick up supplies at a designated location at Penn State Health prior to the Zoom session.
Paper Book Collage
In this workshop led by Judeth Hawkins, participants will create a small handmade book from one sheet of paper and practice collage as they illustrate their book with images gathered from magazines, photographs, and memorabilia.
Botanical Self Portrait
Join artist and educator Carrie Feidt for a relaxing art class where participants can create personalized paintings based on organics that make them unique.
Participants will start by drawing the silhouette of their side profile or the silhouette of a different shape, such as a heart, on their own canvas. Then, they will gather a list of flowers or plants that have special meanings to them and paint simplified versions of them within the silhouette.
Some examples of botanicals that could be used for the painting are the flower of the month that someone was born, the flower or tree of the state or country that someone was born, the botanicals of the state or country that someone resides, fauna that has meaning to loved ones, the wedding bouquets, etc.
Felted Wool
In this workshop, participants will learn how to take colored wool roving and alter the texture with a special needle to form a splendid, little object. We offer different options each season: pumpkin, heart, snowman, mushroom, lady bug, etc. Artist Sharon Carlucci will provide materials and students will be able to choose from a variety of colored wool roving.
At the end of class, everyone will get to see how unique each person’s “personalized botanical” truly is!
Glass Mosaic
In this workshop, join artist Aya Kinoshita to make “Mosaics in the Sky.” There are many things in the sky. The sun, stars, birds . You will pick your favorite and make it into a small mosaic with colorful glass pieces so that you can have it near you, your family, or your friend.
Email kroyer@pennstatehealth.psu.edu for details or to schedule a workshop for your group or department.
These workshops are made possible with generous support from The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine,
Penn State Cancer Institute, Center Stage Arts in Health, and the Department of Humanities at the Penn State College of Medicine.
