*Map of the Face : Literary Portrait Day Retreat
A Reflective and Collective Participatory Project

In our selfie culture, what does it really mean to have a face? How do we show up? For ourselves and for each other? Join writer Nina Hart and designer/artist Martha Skinner to create a literary portrait through drawing and words, moving inward from self to collective connection. The end product will be an art piece that you’ll get to take home – and yet the process is the map that leads down the road to connection. The retreat will take place on Sunday, October 27 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Marshall, N.C.

       LINK to sample of emerging group drawing

 

Sign up details:

Sliding scale – $99 – $120 plus tax includes supplies, downloadable collective art piece, tea, and snacks. Reserve your spot soon through the DONATE button below*, as the “play”shop will fill up! Half of the tuition will reserve your spot. The full tuition is due on October 20 by 5:30 p.m. Contact Martha with any questions and if you need to arrange a different payment option.

[*The *DONATE button was the only option we had right now to allow sliding scale. We will work on a different button next time]

 

 

Biographies:

 

Nina Hart is a writer, performer, and creativity coach trained in the Kaizen-Muse method. She is also a certified Gateless Method writing teacher – “a method of teaching the art and craft of writing using creative brain science, ancient non-dual teachings and highly-effective craft tools…allowing writers to access the creative genius inside.” Her first collection of surreal short fictions called “Somewhere in a Town You Never Knew Existed Somewhere” was selected as a Short Stories (Adult Fiction) category finalist in Foreword Reviews’ prestigious 2014 IndieFab Book of the Year Awards. She is the founder of a unique method of teaching writing called “Writing from the Top of your Head,” which combines group Creativity Coaching with creative writing. (Offered online, in Asheville NC, and beyond.) Nina was also an original member of the experimental dance troupe Contraband, in San Francisco and, playing a purple electric bass, has recorded and performed with numerous bands.

 

 

Martha Skinner’s Installations and participatory documents come to life through collective participation. Her work, which she prefers to refer to as “play”, is created through connection and exchange. As spaces, performances, experiments and community projects, in playful ways they address, highlight, subvert, societal and environmental issues that need transforming. The process by which they emerge is a celebration of life. Martha taught architecture and design for 18 years at the University of Michigan and at Clemson University with a focus on representation. “Draw a Map of Your Face” is a question that intrigued her as a young student herself applying to the school of architecture at the Cooper Union and reappears as a question to her own students over the years. Martha’s “body of play” has been exhibited internationally. Honors include exhibition of her work in the 10th Venice Biennale and at the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, five awards from I.D. Magazine, a Next Generation Award from Metropolis Magazine, and receipt of a People, Prosperity and the Planet Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Her work has been recognized in publications such as Discover Magazine, ID Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, Fast Company, Business Week, Architectural Record, Transmaterial, and WordChanging. Martha who was born in Colombia, lives in Marshall, N.C. USA. She has lived in France, Italy, The Czech Republic, and Spain.

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