The Creative Moment

I had the pleasure to attend Katie Ludwig's, also known as Lady Pajama, super fun Creative Moment class at the Zootown Arts & Community Center.  As a typical artists I showed up late and got distracted by all the the great art and artists at the ZACC.  Nonetheless, as I made it into the classroom I found Katie and piles of supplies on the table.  This class is about opening up to art where a synthesis of writing, drawing, object exploration, and works on paper will boost your creative potential.  The only thing you need to bring is a sketch book and yourself as Katie and the ZACC provide all the other materials.  After a brief warm up, we moved into the main project of the night.  The project took up 3 pages of your sketchbook and started with creating a horizon line on each of the pages.  Then we broke off into pairs and began interviewing our partners while drawing their portrait and writing words from the interview.  It was really amazing watching each person get to know the other while seeing a drawing emerge from the page.  Katie instructed us that this drawing is not about making the person look correct, but is more based on feeling, having fun and being in the moment with your mark making device. After everyone had interviewed each other, filling up their three pages we finished by drawing, stamping or transferring the name of the person onto the portrait. Katie then ended the class by reading to us... alls I needed was my onsie, some milk and I would have been a kid again.

The people who have been going regularly to the class have already filled up a large portion of their sketchbooks.  For example, Bruce who does not call himself an artists, especially not a drawer, has a great looking sketchbook.  When asked what his inspiration was for attending this class he responded by saying that " as a woodworker he was often told that his work was creative, so he thought that this class would be a great opportunity to further develop his creativeness."

If you want to attend this class show up to the ZACC at 6pm on the LAST thursday of the month.  And don't worry if you haven't been to one yet, as this was my first time and with the warmth and acceptance of Katie and the ZACC you'll fit right into "The Creative Moment".