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Gretchin Lair
- Birthday
- August 4
- Interests
- Tea, Community Gardens, Art Therapy
Gretchin Lair is a member of The Portland Artist's Way Meetup Group
- Member of this Meetup Group since
- December 7, 2004
- Organizer of this Meetup since
- March 2, 2005
- Link
- my Portland Artist's Way classes
- Additional Information
- "I facilitate Artist's Way Creative Clusters twice a year from my Portland studio, where we try a variety of exercises and mediums to give you confidence & courage in your own creative abilities: http://scarletstarstudios.com/artists...
" - Title
- Creative Advocate
- Introduction
- I want to encourage you to make art: visual, literary & expressive! I've been involved with the Artist's Way for five years and my faciliation style focuses on art exploration & creative self-expression. "Every painting is a self-portrait." (Picasso)
- How did you first hear about the Artist's Way?
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While in a frustrating job in San Diego I was referred to a terrific facilitator and that process changed my life! I had never heard of Artist's Way before and was incredibly skeptical, but at the time I had nothing to lose.
- What art have you done? What art have you always wanted to do?
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My primary arts are calligraphy, poetry & theatre, but I've always wanted to be better at visual art, specifically drawing. Artist's Way gave me the confidence to experiment with my own visual style.
My Meetup Groups
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- Creative Advocate
- Organizer
“ i love discovering new artists and encouraging experienced ones. let's go make something! ”
Greetings
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“ I'm so excited to be a member of Artist's Way! I'm a big fan of the book and think it's great there is a group that appreciates it as much as I do. I look forward to meeting everyone and making some great art together. ”
—Nikki (Feb 19, 2008 11:24 PM) -
“ Hi Gretchin,
Thanks for taking my question about joining your group today. I'll look forward to hearing from you soon. ”
—Charles (Oct 31, 2007 5:30 PM) -
“ Gretchen,
Thanks for joining! I'm really excited to meet you and hear your input! I am also pretty new at the development process, but I think we will have some great help and experience from others. We'll have to make our next meet up on a different night so you can attend. talk to you soon! ”—Virginia (Oct 18, 2007 6:40 PM) -
“ Gretchin has the rare ability to provide an environment that invites growth without pushing for it, and thus supports each person to unfold into their own wholeness, in their own time and way. Her willingness to show up as herself provides a much needed example of authenticity and self-nurturing in the creative process. ”
—Emma McCreary (Feb 17, 2007 9:06 PM) -
“ Gretchin is an amazing woman! She is talented, generous, and nurturing. She sets safe boundaries and encourages self-exploratio
n in a non-threatening and supportive way. Because of Gretchin's mentoring of me in her Artist's Way Creative Cluster, I've decided to offer Creative Clusters in Salem. Gretchin has been an enthusiastic encourager of my plans! ”—Dayna (Dec 21, 2005 6:13 PM)
