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Art Nurture goodness to start off the New Year! Creative Community through the Art Nurture BOOK CLUB

11/21/2013

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It is amazing to me that 2013 is quickly coming to an end and that 2014 is winking at us from around the corner! 

This past year has been a beautiful and wild one. I am grateful to you for joining me on   the Art Nurture Journey. 

Art Nurture: The Simple Guide to Cultivating Your Creativity came out in October and since then, I have gotten many requests for a BOOK CLUB to go through the book together! 

Creative Community creates a healthy support system for each of us as we face the inevitable ebb and flow of engaging with our creativity and nurturing our unique art.

An excerpt from Art Nurture: The Simple Guide to Cultivating Your Creativity... 
Creative Community

There have been many times in my creative life that I have felt like throwing in the towel. Some of that has come from professional frustration or personal frustration or even just discouragement from one particular project that has gotten me down. It never fails that a member of my caring and cultivated creative community will send me an encouraging email or leave a kind voicemail. Those things are winds in the sails of a deflated artist.

'I get by with a little help from my friends.' -The Beatles
In an effort to cultivate creative community, I have created
  The Art Nurture BOOK CLUB!
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BOOK CLUB is free to join! Simply click here and register with your e-mail address. I will send all details via e-mail to the BOOK CLUB List. 

BOOK CLUB will include....

A private Facebook Group for continuing community 
One weekly live call on Wednesdays at 6pm EST
I will e-mail links to the live call for those who are unable to be on the call

What you need to join BOOK CLUB....

A Copy of Art Nurture: The Simple Guide to Cultivating Your Creativity
Your own journal
A willingness to engage in this material within a supportive creative community!

Here is the Schedule for BOOK CLUB....

Sign-Up for BOOK CLUB is open now
Deadline to join BOOK CLUB is January 5th, 2014

Live Call Schedule

Week 1 
Your Art Nurture Journey
6 pm EST Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 

Week 2 
The Seed of Creativity
6 pm EST Wednesday, January 15th, 2014

Week 3 
Shed that Outer Layer
6 pm EST Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

Week 4 
Taking Root
6 pm EST Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

Week 5 
Breaking Ground
6 pm EST Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

Week 6 
Growing Up
6 pm EST Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

Week 7 
Sustainability: How to Tend & Nurture Your Creativity for the Long Haul
6 pm EST Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Join as many of the live calls as you can! 

I hope you choose to be a part of The Art Nurture BOOK CLUB!               
Join The Art Nurture BOOK CLUB!
Creative Community is a part of a healthy and sustainable creative practice. 

Find a go - to person in your life, join a group, join a class, reach out for resources because they are here for you. 

When I felt the most dried up in my creative practice was the time I was most cut off from the resources available to me. That is where my heart is coming from with my book and now with creating the BOOK CLUB.

I would love to hear from you, so please leave a comment below!

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As always, keep nurturing and cultivating,
Court   

 
12 Comments
Lorna link
11/26/2013 09:49:17 am

It is wonderful that you are doing this Court. I have too much on my plate right now, but if you do it again in the Spring I would definitely be interested!

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Court link
12/1/2013 12:37:28 pm

Thanks, Lorna! I will keep you updated!

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Melissa Burkheimer link
11/26/2013 10:53:59 am

This sounds like a great opportunity Court! I can't believe you're doing this for free! I'm going to share this with my peeps!

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Court link
12/1/2013 12:38:06 pm

Yes, I am really excited about it and thanks for sharing with your peeps!

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Cathy link
11/27/2013 08:02:23 am

Great idea! This sounds like a great way to take time for yourself.

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Court link
12/1/2013 12:39:03 pm

Yes, I think so : ) Also, a great way to go through the book and cultivate creativity and community at the same time.

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Shana link
11/27/2013 09:30:54 am

What a fabulous way to share your wonderful book!

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Court link
12/1/2013 12:39:36 pm

Thanks, Shana!

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Silvia link
11/30/2013 02:42:36 am

Court, a brilliant way of building a community around your work and we all need community.

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Court link
12/1/2013 12:40:55 pm

Yes, we all do need supportive community. It is especially important when we are cultivating our creativity. We can feel vulnerable and sometimes can be met with discouragement when sharing with others. It is nice to have a safe space in which to share our creative development.

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emily pereira monroe link
12/9/2013 03:47:38 am

Congratulations again on your book! I've been reading it on my own, but a book club sounds like a fabulous idea! I'm in :)

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Court link
12/9/2013 05:40:13 am

Awesome, Emily! So glad you will be joining in for the book club!

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