The Mandala Center Presents

Ancient Images/Modern Icons: Art Making and the Divine Feminine Thursday

October 11th - Sunday October 14th

This hands-on workshop blends art-making with an overview of archeo-mythic female sacred images. Combining interactive & pictorial “lectures” with studio art-making activities, it covers 100,000+ years of the Sacred Feminine in cave art and icons. Participants will view sacred images from around the world, sculpt ceramic icons, create sacred collages, and write prayers reflecting their understanding of the Sacred Feminine.

The Workshop begins with breakfast on Thursday morning, Oct 11th ; participants may arrive after 4:00 on Wednesday, October 10; a simple dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m.

Workshop leaders

Sheila Hennessy is a ceramic sculptor whose hollowed female forms depict the human condition as being pregnant with possibilities, the limitations being merely those we place upon ourselves. Her current series evolved from earlier sculptures depicting the female form as “sacred seed pods.” Inspired by such seemingly far-ranging influences as the Divine Feminine, Jungian psychology, religious symbolism, world mythology and quantum physics, Hennessy’s art inspires contemplation and meditation.

Mary Saracino is a writer and independent scholar who has been researching and reclaiming the Feminine Divine for over 30 years. In 2001 and 2004, she participated in two Dark Mother study tours (Sicily & Sardegna) guided by Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, PhD, author of Black Madonnas and Dark Mother. Mary is an award-winning novelist/memoir writer and the author of No Matter What, Finding Grace, Voices of the Soft- bellied Warrior, and The Singing of Swans.

The Mandala Center

97 Mandala Rd.

Des Moines, New Mexico 88418