Events Calendar
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April
Saturday, April 17th, 1pm to 2pm (Pacific) - this training will be led by Jennifer Soos
MISS Tele-training. To check your eligibility, contact Kara. Once eligibility is confirmed, you will receive call in number and access pin.
Saturday, April 17th, 3pm to 5pm (EST)
Borders Book at The Mills, Natrona/Pittsburgh, Celebrating National Poetry Month &
Book Signing for Woodmont Ave release, click here for details.
Friday, April 23rd, 6 to 10 pm (EST) SHARE Auction
Kara will be opening the Lancaster, PA, SHARE event
Looking forward to connecting with all of you there!
May
Saturday, May 1st, 1pm to 2pm (Pacific)
MISS Tele-training. Topic: Facing Mothers Day and Fathers Day.
To check your eligibility, contact Kara. Once eligibility is confirmed, you will receive call in number and access pin.
Sunday, May 9th
Coach Kara aka Mother Henna chats about creative life & HERstory of Mothers Day on FaveCrafts Radio!
Check out FaveCrafts radio at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern on Sunday, June 13th, to catch Coach Kara and host Tiffany chatting about crafting a creative life!
June
Tuesday, June 1st
heART Swap Permission Slips must be in my hands by June 1st!!
To read all the Swap details and sign up to participate, please click here...
Saturday, June 19th
Summer Solstice Blog Festival at Mother Henna's
All Permission Slip Participants and anyone celebrating Summer Solstice are invited! I'll share photos from our latest Permission Slip heART swap, and you feel free to share on your blog in whatever way you want to celebrate. Then come over to MotherHenna.blogspot.com and add your perma-link to our Blog Festival. This is a collaborative project bringing heART-Full artists together to share ideas, process, art, and Solstice celebrations! Mister Linky will remain open through June 21st for you to add your perma-link to the fest!
July
Friday, July 2nd, 7-9pm
Art Opening for First Friday at Vashon Bookshop for Mother Henna heARTworks!
Come play and check out a few original canvas pieces and a bunch of new posters from heARTist Kara LC Jones aka Mother Henna. We'll be hanging out for a bit at the bookshop and then wondering around to all the FAB art openings in Vashon town!
Tuesday, July 6th
Coach Kara aka Mother Henna chats about 1,000 Permissions Granted on Adventures In Density & Effort!
Check out Adventures In Density & Effort at 3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern on Tuesday, July 6th, to catch Coach Kara and host Joan chatting about 1,000 Permissions Granted!
Friday, July 23rd, 7pm
Book Release Party at Vashon Bookshop for our new title: 1,000 Permissions Granted
Come play and check out all the 1,000 Permission slips in this new creative collection from KotaPress, written and compiled by Mother Henna's own Coach Kara!
Saturday, July 31st, 1pm to 2pm (Pacific)
MISS Tele-training. Topic: Care for the Caregiver - make sure you are getting the support you need to do outreach work. To check your eligibility, contact Kara. Once eligibility is confirmed, you will receive call in number and access pin.
August
Thursdays, August 5, 12, 19, 26, Noon to 1PM (Pacific)
Weekly Group Coaching - call in via conference line or Skype.
$100/person for 4 week session if you are new to our coaching.
$75/person for 4 week session if you've done coaching or Home Workshop previously.
Click here to register...
September
September 2- 5, 2010, Tempe, Arizona
MISS International Conference
Exploring Mindful Grief:
A Journey for Families and Professionals, for details click here.
Kara and Hawk will be offering a 3 part mini-series that touches on The Hero's Journey!
We'll also be helping to facilitate the Sunday training just for MISS volunteers.
See you there!
Saturday, September 18th, 1pm to 2pm (Pacific)
MISS Tele-training. Topic: Discoveries and Debrief from 2010 MISS Conference. To check your eligibility, contact Kara. Once eligibility is confirmed, you will receive call in number and access pin.
October
Friday, October 1st, 6 to 9pm, at Cafe Luna, Vashon Island, WA
Day of the Dead Gallery Show Opening
Twenty international artists collaborate to bring you a stunning, colorful, heart-felt show celebrating Day of the Dead. Opening night is First Friday Art Walk, and then the show hangs for the entire month of October.
Saturday, October 16th, 1pm to 2pm (Pacific)
MISS Tele-training. Topic: The Daze of Holidaze. To check your eligibility, contact Kara. Once eligibility is confirmed, you will receive call in number and access pin.
November
Sign up on the Mother Henna blog by 11:59pm Pacific, Thursday, November 25th.
Handmade Holiday heART Gift Exchange
Handmake a lovely gift of heART. Just one gift. Something special. Made with your love and talent. Exchange it with another heARTist. On Friday, November 26th, Mother Henna will put all names of all who signed up into a hat and match you with partner. Mail gift to your partner by December 15!
December
Saturday, December 18th
Winter Solstice & Handmade Holiday Blog Festival at Mother Henna's
Make art in whatever your medium is, exploring the meaning of Solstice, light/dark, renewal, holidays, holiDAZE, handmade heART, love/loss, whatever moves you. Document in a post on your blog. Then come over to MotherHenna.blogspot.com and add your perma-link to our Blog Festival. This is a collaborative project bringing heART-Full artists together to share ideas, process, art, and Solstice/Winter Holiday celebrations! Mister Linky will remain open through December 21st for you to add your perma-link to the fest!
Sampling of Past Events
Kara is available to teach or speak on these topics for your group in the future if you wish. Some of the listings below have links so you can see more about the experience participants had with different topics.
Classes & Conference Workshops
Grief & Creativity Workshops
Winter 2010, UW Tacoma, Using Poetry to Document the Grief Experience, Prof. Rick Furman
Fall 2009, for LIOS first year students, half-day module with Prof. Alex Onno.
Summer 2009, Hero's Journey & Losing Layla: 3-day personal retreat & professional training for bereaved parents and those who care for them.
heART of the Hero, small group session, 2009
Click here to see session flyer
Getting to the heART of it, small group session, 2009
Click here to see session flyer
Poetry UNslam, conference workshop, 2006 & 2008
Click here to see session handout
Grief: Finding Our Way, conference workshop, 2007 & 2008
Click here to see session handout
Writing to Heal the Heart, conference workshop, 2006
Click here to see session handout
Exploring with heART, conference workshop, 2006
Blog Festivals
heART Celebration 2010
Click here to see the heART Celebration Fest 2010
Winter Holidays 2009
Click here to see the Winter Holiday Fest 2009
Day of the Dead 2009
Click here to see the Day of the Dead Fest 2009
Summer Solstice Hero Dance 2009
Click here to see the Solstice Hero Dance 2009
Sweater Fest 2009
Click here to see the Sweater Fest 2009
Celebrate your heART 2009
Click here to see the heART Fest
Honoring the Neighborhood 2008
Artist Collaborations
heART Swap 2010
Click here to see how we set up the heART swap for Valentines!
Handmade Holiday heART - Gift Exchange 2009
Click here to see how we set up the handmade heART gift exchange!
Day of the Dead, fine handmade art, free photo book
Click here to see collaboration post! Click here to get free copy of photo book (PDF, 20 MB)
heART of the Hero/Shadow, Graphic Novel 2009
Click here to see the art & learn about contributing artists!
heART Cards 2009
Click here to see the art & learn about contributing artists!
Inspiration Deck 2008
Click here to see the deck & learn about contributing artists!
Henna & Visual Art Events
A Small Victory, Summer 2009
henna bereavement & self-care retreat day
Music on the Rock, Summer 2009
one-day music fest for Vashon Allied Arts
The GRRRRLS, a solo exhibit, Summer 2009
a visual art show at Cafe Luna Vashon for the month of August 2009
Contact & Questions
If you need to reach me about any of our events, please email or call 206-251-6706.