World Arts Organization Online Presents:

2025 ONLINE ADVANCED EXPRESSIVE ARTS TRAINING

with Markus Scott-Alexander, PhD, REAT and musician, Linda Worster

This is a time to come together to make sense of the role of creative exploration, responding to changes within us and around us. It is a time for quiet reflection and vibrant, creative art making. It is a time for personal healing and professional evolution. It is a time for community.

Creating clarity through philosophical inquiry, theoretical explorations, and multi-modal, arts-based practice.

Cost: $950 CDN/$750 USD, or $750 CDN/$500 USD for students and those with limited income. Payable in one or two instalments. 

Application Deadline is December 30th, 2024

Send a letter of inquiry and introduction to:
drmarkusscottalexander@gmail.com

Please include your full name, country of residence and time zone, a brief description of your education and experience, and the primary reason for taking the training.  ENROLMENT IS LIMITED. APPLY NOW!

Course Details and Applications

  • 24 Hours Diploma Program delivered over 8 months.

  • Three hours, one Tuesday a month, via Zoom

  • Times TBA depending on participants with option to create two classes to accommodate different times zones. 

  • 2025 DATES: 
    January 14, February 11, March 11, April 8,

    May 13, June 10, July 8, August 5

OUTLINE

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CONTENT


SESSION ONE:  The phenomenon of co-creation.

  • Learning from nature.

  • Crystallization theory.

SESSION TWO:  Discerning direction.

  • Where are you coming from?

  • Intermodal sensibilities.

SESSION THREE:  Problems vs. Difficulties.

  • Understanding the difference between ease and easy.

  • How do expressive arts practitioners counsel?

SESSION FOUR:  Giving form to the unseen.

  • Artmaking as a way in and a way out.

  • Embodiment of what you value.

SESSION FIVE:  Allowing as the creative force.

  • Letting go and shaping your life and your work.

  • Deep play for self-care.

SESSION SIX:  Giving permission for newness.

  • Letting go of old patterns through the arts.

  • Resource oriented facilitation.

SESSION SEVEN:  Creating stillness.

  • Balance - The art of call and response.

  • Creating community.

SESSION EIGHT:  Taking responsibility for ability

  • Name it. Claim it. Aim it.

  • Sustainability in arts-based approaches to service.