Creativity Workshop: Creative Writing, Drawing, Storytelling, and Personal Memoir NEWS, January 25, 2002 Hello. Here is the latest news on upcoming Creativity Workshops: creative writing, drawing, storytelling and personal memoir. This summer we will be having our workshops in Florence, Paris, Barcelona and Greece. It's a great way to explore your creativity and a new culture at the same time. We will also be holding spring workshops in New York City. The Creativity Workshop's goal is to help individuals believe in and develop their creative process through a series of writing and drawing exercises. Whether you are a writer, a business person, a teacher, or an artist we can help you discover and nurture your particular way of expression and break through the fears and blocks that inhibit creativity. If you are interested in reading more about the workshop, we can send you some very interesting magazine articles and interviews with the directors, Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel which will give you a deeper idea about the workshop's techniques, origins, and results. Please see below our updated Calendar for New York City and European workshops and general information on all our workshops. See unsubscribe information at the bottom of this message Regards, Karen Bell Administrative Associate mailto:kbell@creativityworkshop.com SUMMER IN EUROPE 2002 All workshops are taught in English. JUNE Florence, Italy June 25 - July 6, 2002 http://www.creativityworkshop.com/florence.html 10 day workshop Tuition Fee: $1,000 (Accommodation packages available) (Special fellowships for Italian participants available) JULY Samos, Greece July 6 - 16, 2002 http://www.creativityworkshop.com/samos.html 9 day workshop Tuition Fee: $1,500 (includes tuition and accommodations) (Special fellowships for Greek participants available) Barcelona, Spain July 31 - August 10, 2002 http://www.creativityworkshop.com/barcelona.html 9 day workshop Tuition Fee: $950 (Accommodation packages available) (Special fellowships for Spanish nationals available) AUGUST Paris, France August 11 - 21, 2002 http://www.creativityworkshop.com/paris.html 9 day workshop Tuition Fee: $950 (Accommodation packages available) (Special fellowships for French nationals available) SPRING IN NEW YORK CITY 2002 MARCH New York City March 9 - 10, 2002 http://www.creativityworkshop.com/newyork.html 2 day weekend workshop: Saturday from 11 AM to 4:30 PM Sunday from 11 AM to 4:30 PM Tuition Fee: $300 MAY New York City May 11 - 12, 2002 http://www.creativityworkshop.com/newyork.html 2 day weekend workshop: Saturday from 11 AM to 4:30 PM Sunday from 11 AM to 4:30 PM Tuition Fee: $300 New York City May 27 - 31, 2002 http://www.creativityworkshop.com/newyork.html 5 day workshop Monday through Friday 4 to 7 PM Tuition Fee: $600 JUNE New York City June 15 - 16, 2002 http://www.creativityworkshop.com/newyork.html 2 day weekend workshop: Saturday from 11 AM to 4:30 PM Sunday from 11 AM to 4:30 PM Tuition Fee: $300 Tools for a Lifetime The exercises used in the Creativity Workshop are intended to become the tools for a lifetime. Participants are encouraged to draw from all kinds of resources of creativity -such as the oral tradition, dreams, childhood memories, sense perceptions and intuition. Working both individually and in collaborative groups, participants explore their imaginative potential through exercises in writing, drawing, collage, map making, story telling, brainstorming and guided visualization. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What people say about the Creativity Workshop "This is my third workshop coming up and I can't wait! Shelley and Alejandro ever so gently are able to get us fellow travelers (and not students) in to a discovery mode that emerges us deep into the experience of our very own creativity. You are magicians who invite us to return to the best of our childhoods. Once there we recapture those golden days of play and dream and fantasy. I'm very happy to know and experience the alchemy that you label a creativity workshop. Professor Carroll Blue, School of Communications, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA "The new millennium needs bold, creative men and women who can turn their dreams into reality... Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel show how you can do this through their challenging and inspiring creativity workshops...even a simple first contact will prove what these two talented teachers can do for your own gifts." Dr. Kirpal Singh, Writer, Professor, Singapore Management University. "I feel as though I now have a focus, a method, a way of evolving my ideas and that the means are just as important as the end. I have created environments just to create in, and environments just to display the work in. My vision of attending to each detail, sound, smell, texture, substance... is starting to find a home. Thanks for opening my eyes to these essential aspects of creating through your guidance and example." Student. University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. "This class was THE MOST enriching, enlightening, inspirational class I have ever taken. The way I work and what I create will never be the same." Student. University of Iowa, USA. "Shelley and Alejandro's Creativity Workshop is amazing in that it breaks down all your fears about thinking and writing. If it wasn't for them I fear I never would have finished my master's thesis. I was blocked until I took this course." Francesca Salidu PHD candidate in Shakespeare, University of Pisa. San Miniato, Italy. "Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel taught their Creativity Workshop as American Cultural Specialists under the United States Information Service auspices. To say that they were extremely effective is a vast understatement. I would unreservedly recommend their course. They have abundant creativity, energy, and a wealth of skills." Gloria Berbena, Asst. Cultural Attaché, US Information Service, US Embassy. Rome, Italy. "A special experience. Berc and Fogel opened us up to new and wonderful ways of looking at our creativity." Belkis Bottfeld, PHD, psychologist. Istanbul, Turkey. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Creativity Workshop has been taught at educational and government institutions and for corporations. EDUCATION AND ARTS National Institute of Education at Singapore University. Singapore./ University of Iowa. Iowa, USA./ Munich Television and Film School. Munich, Germany. / Yldiz University. Istanbul, Turkey. / Nerengi Institute. Istanbul, Turkey. / Scuola Drammatica San Remo. San Remo, Italy. / Academy of Drama and Film. Milan, Italy. Prague Summer Writers Workshop. Prague, Czech Republic. / Writing Beyond the Walls. Lucca, Italy. / Spoleto Arts Symposia. Spoleto, Italy. / United World College. Trieste, Italy. / Australian National University. Canberra, Australia. Australian National Playwright Conference. Canberra, Australia. / NSW Writers Workshop. Sydney, Australia. / Performance Studies Department. University of Sydney. Sydney, Australia. / Hungarian Ethnic Artists Festival. Kisvarda, Hungary. Art School of the Aegean. Samos, Greece. / Scuola Sagarana. Lucca, Italy. / The Art Alliance. New York, USA. / Portland Stage Company. Portland, ME, USA. We have taught and trained teachers sponsored by the following schools:University of Iowa (1995-2000, full semester course), University of Southern California / DePaul University / Columbia University / San Diego State University / University of Michigan / George Washington University / International School of Prague / Washington International School / American School. Asuncion, Paraguay / Hong Kong International School / The Chinese University of Hong Kong / Southampton College / La Guardia Community College / Sidwell Friends School. GOVERNMENT US State Department, Washington, D.C., USA / US Embassy. Tel Aviv, Israel. / US Embassy. Rome, Italy. / US Consulate. Milan, Italy. / US Embassy. Istambul, Turkey. / US Embassy. Canberra, Australia. / US Embassy. Budapest, Hungary. / US Embassy. Singapore. CORPORATE Bayer AG / The Walt Disney Company / Procter & Gamble / Colgate-Palmolive / HBO / Chartercom / i-traffic / Go2net / LPK / KFAssociates / Cross Country Travcorps / L'actualité / The4 [creative network]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The teachers Shelley Berc is a writer and teacher. She was a professor of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa from 1985-200. Her novels, plays, and essays which include 'The Shape of Wilderness', 'A Girl's Guide to the Divine Comedy' and 'Theatre of the Mind' have been published by Coffee House Press, Johns Hopkins Press, Heinemann Books, Performing Arts Journal and Theatre Communications Group Press. Her plays have been produced by theatres such as the American Repertory Theatre, the Yale Rep, and the Edinburgh Festival. Alejandro Fogel is a visual artist and teacher working in painting, site installations, video and digital art. He has exhibited his works in galleries and museums in Argentina, Bulgaria, Cuba, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United States and Germany. His ongoing project 'Root to Route' chronicles his father's journey through the Holocaust years. His work is in private collections and museums around the world. Berc and Fogel explain in theory and demonstrate in practice the concepts of originality, 'appropriation', memory and imagination. Under their guidance, participants explore their own creative processes through different writing and drawing exercises. They emphasize the intimate link between personal and public spheres, individual and social practices, history and myth, dream and reality. The focus of the workshop is on process not product and to help participants find life-long tools of creative expression. Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel have taught their Creativity Workshop internationally. They have lectured on creativity and their own work at universities and cultural centers throughout the world. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To register or to request more information please contact Karen Bell: mailto:kbell@creativityworkshop.com or register online at: http://www.creativityworkshop.com or call Tel: (212) 249-1602 -- To unsubscribe from: Creativity, just follow this link: http://creativitylist.net/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi?f=u&l=Creativity&e=kerberos@mit.edu&p=5731 Click the link, or copy and paste the address into your browser.