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Spirit Portraits, Auragraphs and Automatic Drawings: A Spiritualist Art Workshop with Medium Susan Barnes

Spiritualisms storied past extends into the history of art. Important creative figures were inspired by Spiritualism, including William Butler Yeats, Wassily Kandinsky and Edvard Munch. Most famously, Andre Breton and members of the Surrealist movement co-opted the Spiritualist technique of automation and their use of the trance state.

In this workshop, visual arts professor, clairvoyant medium, and spirit artist Susan Barnes will cover the varied history of Spiritualist art, and demonstrate how the practice of mediumship can play into creativity. A series of exercises and activities will assist participants in making their own spirit art. Areas to be covered include precipitated paintings, spirit portraits, auragraphs and automatic drawings. Supplies will be provided, but participants are also encouraged to bring their own tools.Art experience is not necessary.

Susan B. Barnes, Ph.D, CSNU, is a former professor who has taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, among other institutions. Author of eight textbooks in the fields of visual communications and internet/social media, she is a certificate holder from the Spiritualist National Union. Dr. Barnes teaches internationally and resides in Lily Dale, NY, where she also operates an art gallery.











When: Sat., Jun. 11, 2016 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Morbid Anatomy Museum
424 Third Ave. Brooklyn

Price: $40
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Spiritualisms storied past extends into the history of art. Important creative figures were inspired by Spiritualism, including William Butler Yeats, Wassily Kandinsky and Edvard Munch. Most famously, Andre Breton and members of the Surrealist movement co-opted the Spiritualist technique of automation and their use of the trance state.

In this workshop, visual arts professor, clairvoyant medium, and spirit artist Susan Barnes will cover the varied history of Spiritualist art, and demonstrate how the practice of mediumship can play into creativity. A series of exercises and activities will assist participants in making their own spirit art. Areas to be covered include precipitated paintings, spirit portraits, auragraphs and automatic drawings. Supplies will be provided, but participants are also encouraged to bring their own tools.Art experience is not necessary.

Susan B. Barnes, Ph.D, CSNU, is a former professor who has taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, among other institutions. Author of eight textbooks in the fields of visual communications and internet/social media, she is a certificate holder from the Spiritualist National Union. Dr. Barnes teaches internationally and resides in Lily Dale, NY, where she also operates an art gallery.

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