Linda Howe

(Union County)
linda.howe1@icloud.com 
973-476-1401
www.njstorynet.org/linda-howe

Linda is a multi-modal Artist, semi-retired, Art Center, Museum Studio, educator. She is also a poet, muralist, illustrator, storyteller, curriculum designer, music lover, choral singer, and collaborator. The beauty of nature, a poetic imagination, and the power of story, shared with others, continue to nourish and sustain her heart, soul and Spirit. These lifelong interests are still evolving, and are what she wants to invite you to share and inspire you with, in safe, simple, light -hearted, easy to learn ways.

Participants are not required to have previous experience and artistic talent. A willingness to try something new is encouraged. She loves working and playing with children though seniors, and most abilities. She takes great pleasure in meeting and collaborating with diverse peoples.

Linda is a lifelong learner who encourages curiosity and exploration. She encourages taking small risks repeatedly, to come more fully aware of, and responsive to one's own creative energies. She uses music, poetry, and guided visualization, for deep dives. She has had an ongoing interest in using the expressive Arts, in nature, for sacred play, and integration in trauma recovery. She has also been following Energy Medicine, Energy Psychology, TATlife.com, Tai Chi, and other elegant tools for creating inner balance, harmony, and better energetic health.

One of her visual Art specialties is called Touch Drawing. It is a simple, safe, easy to learn, hands -on, print -making, process. She worked with Deborah Koff-Chapin and 20 others at a Touch Drawing Conference on Whidbey Island, in 2005. Then she took it everywhere she went, for decades, including Touch Drawing at a Family Winter Festival performance, live, conducted by Susan Haig, at the South Orange, Symphony Orchestra, in NJ.

She has taught Touch Drawing at Sylvan Dale Ranch in Colorado, in other wilderness settings, and for 12 Step Recovery Conferences in NJ. She taught, wilderness skills, rhythm stick dancing, Native American Stories, and journaling at The Farm & Wilderness Foundation, Dark Meadow Camp, on Lake Nineveh, Mt. Holly, Vt.

Linda also teaches Mandala -making, Faux- mosaics, creative writing, Storytelling and visual journaling. She has also performed original poetry for www.poetryalive.com in Asheville, NC. 2008. Her poem 'Where I'm From' was performed at The Jubilee Theatre in NC, and then as a choral piece, the music written by Contemporary Composer, David Tcimpidis, at Morristown UU, 2104.

Her intention is to facilitate a safe space and experience for individuals and groups to practice accessing curiosity, support, relaxation, creative flow, and expressive freedom. One common result is learning simple stress reduction, and learning to contact a deeper sense of openness, peace, wholeness, and contentment. "I'm here to help you welcome and claim the power and truths of your unedited self, ideally with more awareness, loving kindness, acceptance, forgiveness, and compassion.

Give yourself the gift of time, to explore what may lay dormant in yourself, and is waiting to emerge. Trust the process, explore the many expressions and languages of Art in images, words, mixed- media, sounds, music, or in traditional and other emerging Art forms. Bring your humor and a memory, or your tears and your own story, or a way to write, imagine, or dare to create a new one!

Instagram: lindahowe898

Website Design for Visual Art, purchasing original Art, private lessons, or group classes & workshops, is currently in progress.

Member since: 5/11