EMPOWER: Arts and Well-Being Workshops for Students
Council and Gestural Painting Workshop
An Arts in Action Project

ADMISSION:
Sessions are free and open to USC students only. Space is limited.

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No prior art or performance experience required. Light refreshments will be served.

DESCRIPTION:
We all have stories, voices, and gifts to share. But when dealing with the challenges and stress of being students, we often lose sight of this.

Share your experiences and connect with others in a new series of workshops that use Council, a group practice rooted in empathic listening and speaking from the heart. Facilitated by USC professors Alison Trope (Communication) and Holly Willis (Cinematic Arts), the workshops will help you find joy and support through student-led storytelling and creative expression. Each workshop will feature acclaimed artists in dance, theatre, and the visual arts, who will inspire instinctive creativity and build community.

The Council and Gestural Painting Workshop will feature visual artist Claudia Concha, an intuitive painter who says, “The gap between what you feel and what you express, that’s where we tend to feel the deepest, that’s where the creation starts.” She will guide students through an exuberant form of painting based on intuitive expression, gesture, and soul-centered wisdom that will all arise spontaneously.

Related Events:
Council and Clowning Workshop
Featuring USC’s Medical Clowning Team
E.F. Hutton Park
Friday, March 27, 2 to 4 p.m.
For more info, click here.

Council and Group Dance Workshop
Celebrating end of classes with CONTRA-TIEMPO Urban Latin Dance Theater
E.F. Hutton Park
Friday, May 1, 2 to 4 pm.
For more info, click here.

Presented by USC Arts in Action, part of Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative.