Aging and the Arts Creative Encounters in Awe Walking: Light

1670 East Drachman Street,Tucson AZ 85721

24 September, 2022

Description

This event is free and all materials required for the workshop will be provided, free of charge. The workshops are open to all artistic skill levels and no preparation is necessary to participate. Creative Encounters in Awe Walking gives students and community members tools to encounter and share moments of awe in and across our communities. The goal is to promote awe walking as an accessible and affordable wellness practice across the lifespan. Recent neuroscience research has associated positive health benefits with taking short walks while looking for things that inspire awe. Creative Encounters in Awe Walking will explore creativity as a tool to enhance and encourage awe walking practices. Creative Encounters in Awe Walking combines botanical illustration, bird watching, photography practices and art making. Each of the four workshops will have a theme, such as sound, light, or color, and will feature an artistic modality such as photography, drawing, or sound recording. The workshops are being presented in collaboration with community partners from the Tucson area, including the Tucson Botanical Gardens, the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography and the Audubon Society. We will focus on light as a cue for this month’s workshop at the Center for Creative Photography. The Center for Creative Photography is located at 1030 North Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85721. Parking is free in Surface Lot 3039 (east behind the CCP) on weekends. Register by September 23.