Art Experience Workshops

THE ART EXPERIENCE

Have you ever won­dered, “What does art do?” We all have expe­ri­enced orig­i­nal art in some form or another; in muse­ums, gal­leries, movies and books. Many say that art is the pin­na­cle of cre­ativ­ity, yet some of us just don’t feel it! What if you could turn view­ing art into a font of new ideas for your busi­ness or your life?    Join cre­ativ­ity expert and arts pro­fes­sional Anthony Bil­loni in a pilot that will guide you toward a per­sonal and fruit­ful expe­ri­ence with art. Bil­loni is a grad­u­ate of the Inter­na­tional Cen­ter for Stud­ies in Cre­ativ­ity at Buf­falo State Col­lege and wrote his mas­ters the­sis on gen­er­at­ing new and orig­i­nal ideas in a museum set­ting. He has suc­cess­fully tested and pre­sented parts of this process over the last ten years in var­i­ous set­tings, includ­ing Buf­falo, NY, Mid­land, MI and Kas­sel, Germany.

THE PROCESS

Two 2-hour ses­sions (approx) at the beau­ti­ful new Burchfield-Penney Art Cen­ter (BPAC).  Ses­sion One will intro­duce two new meth­ods of expe­ri­enc­ing art. Ses­sion Two will build on expe­ri­ences from ses­sion one and intro­duce a third method to con­nect with art in a more per­sonal way. Anthony will facil­i­tate com­pan­ion learn­ing expe­ri­ences using tools and tech­niques from the Cre­ative Prob­lem Solv­ing Process. The goal of this expe­ri­ence is for you to have a deeper per­sonal con­nec­tion to art. You will be com­fort­able with your own impres­sions gleaned dur­ing your museum visit. You will also take away a basic under­stand­ing of the cre­ative prob­lem solv­ing process and use the tools and tech­niques to cap­ture and process your impres­sions, fur­ther per­son­al­iz­ing your art expe­ri­ence. This new expe­ri­ence can lead to improved prob­lem solv­ing skills and a broader pos­i­tive per­spec­tive on impor­tant chal­lenges at work and in your life.

You will be asked to com­plete short ques­tion­naires before and after the ses­sions to help with the con­tin­ued improve­ment of this expe­ri­ence. There is no cost; how­ever if you are not a mem­ber of the BPAC, there will be a nom­i­nal admis­sion fee.  Space is lim­ited to ten par­tic­i­pants. To join, con­tact Anthony at anthony@artdiary.net.