Joyful Journaling: An Invitation for Art and Writing

Create your own journal full of art, writing, and whatever brings you joy!

Let’s start the New Year off on a bright note! Using writing prompts, collages, folded paper, and art techniques, we will create meaningful journals with pages filled with joyful thoughts, gorgeous colors and sketches and quiet spaces for reflection. Based on the writings of the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, we will add quotes that inspire practices of finding laughter and contemplation within our creative practices while making a book you will want to return to over and over again.  We have all the necessary supplies, including paints, collage sheets, pens, and a beautiful blank book to start your journey.

About Instructor: Shawn Bowman

Passionate about enabling creative communities, Shawn Bowman works as an arts enrichment educator and curriculum developer empowering students both young and old with hands-on craft projects and literacy through comic creation. She is the Wolverine Farm Reader in Residence for January through March of 2025. Bowman has partnered with the University of Denver’s Enrichment Program, Denver Comicon’s Pop Culture Classroom, Denver, Boulder, and Jefferson County Libraries and served on the Board of Directors for Making Progress Colorado the producers of the Denver Maker Faire, additionally, she has presented programming at the St. Petersburg Fine Arts Museum, Cincinnati Museum of Contemporary Art, Oregon Museum of Science, Portland Art Museum and for the last four years doing family programming for the RiNo Arts District.

Cost:

$30 – One Person

$50 – Two people when you sign up together!

Dates and Times:

Saturday, January 11, 2025

12 – 2pm