Resident program teacher Carol Sexton on transformative creativity
Carol's award-winning sculpture Balancing Act. She says, "I'm thinking about how to balance different parts of my life."
Carol Sexton's award-winning sculpture "Balancing Act" features rounded stones stacked on top of each other, like a balancing act. "I'm thinking about how to balance different parts of my life," she says. When she works with students at Pendle Hill, Carol encourages them to "make a connection with their lives" as they shape natural materials to find balance and insights for themselves. What's important, Carol says, is "the process of discovery that helps students to understand themselves better and find means of expression other than words - a universal language."
For example, in the sample class for her fall term course Spirit Taking Form: Clay and Stone as Spiritual Grounding, Carol selects groups of 3-4 participants and gives each group a lump of clay and a title, which could be something like "Balancing Act." Each group then creates something, talking as they shape the clay. "They come up with amazing things," Carol says.
Upcoming event
Everyone is welcome to attend the free sample class for this fall's Spirit Taking Form course without preregistration. The class will be Thursday, October 8, 9:30-11:00 a.m. in the Firbank art studio at Pendle Hill. Attenders decide after the sample class whether to continue with the full course. Carol's courses are open both to students in Pendle Hill's Resident Program and to "commuters" who live in the Wallingford area.
