Illuminated Forms: Integrating visual art as writing portals w/ Katie Guinn and Domi Shoemaker

A four hour generative multi-media lab (with plenty of breaks to move, process, and pee)
Saturday June 28th, 1-5pm Pacific
This session will be recorded and shared with all registrants for a limited time afterwards.

How may we utilize art techniques and tools that have existed for thousands of years to help illuminate our own creativity today?

How may we use the process of creating visual art as a portal into our writing practice? How can the movement of our brains through our bodies making art conjure the stories and threads within that we are looking to tell?

In this one-day collaborative lab, we will gently explore the artform and techniques of Illuminated Manuscripts, then apply that directly into our writing practice. Call it embellished journaling, call it cross-pollinating. Tapping into the flow of writing and art together has the ability to amplify our creativity. 

We will go over some basic art techniques in order to get you going! 

You do not have to identify as a visual artist to participate and enjoy this lab. Rulers and compasses exist for a reason.

What you will need:

A Journal (Can be lined or blank) If you choose to use paint, I recommend a sketchbook like this.

A Favorite pen/pencils

These mechanical pencils and erasers are some of my favorites. 

Optional:

Watercolor pan sets

Gold Leaf kit

Paint Brush set

Colored pencils.

Pricing:

This workshop offers a sliding scale based on your relative financial standing. In an effort to reflect disparity in economic condition and access to wealth, the following payment system is designed for those with more wealth to help cover the costs of those with less access to wealth and resources. We trust your discernment of your current financial situation and how you fit into the global economic context.

As you decide what amount to pay, please consider your present-day financial situation governed by income, but also the following factors: historical discrimination faced by your peoples; your financial wealth (retirement/savings/investments); your access to income and financial wealth, both current and anticipated (how easily could you earn more income compared to other people in your community, country, and the world; are you expecting an inheritance); people counting on your financial livelihood including dependents and community members; the socio-economic conditions of your locale (relative to other places in your country and in the world); your relationship to food & resource scarcity.

$325 Partner

$250 Supporter (Note: This amount reflects the real value of this course.)

$175 Companion

$150 Friend

A limited number of scholarships are also available for anyone needing further financial assistance. Please email Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com for more info, or if you are feeling challenged in any way by the financial requirements of participation.

Katie Collins-Guinn (she/they) is an artist, mother, spouse, designer, writer, and dirt digger. Her adult coloring book The Stoner Babes was published in 2018 with Microcosm Publishing, which celebrates diversity alongside the transcendental and medicinal qualities of cannabis, and recently went into its 4th printing. She’s been published in Pacific Stone Zine, Call Me [Brackets], Entropy, Nailed Magazine and others. She also spent time as a contributing freelance writer for the Portland Mercury. She creates all the original artwork for Corporeal Writing, co-designs for social media, is the in-person events coordinator, and manages all of the swag, thus utilizing her apparel design degree.

Domi Shoemaker is the gender-free co-founder of Lidia Yuknavitch’s Corporeal Writing, where  Domi manages virtual drop-in, connects writers with one another, and leads writing collaborations online and in-person. They also offer coaching and editing services through Corporeal Writing and they would love to talk with you about writing