Day of Arrival:

If you are traveling from out of state or out of country, please plan to arrive the day prior to the workshop start date. This will give you the opportunity to check in, relax, and start to enjoy Santa Fe.

Day 1:

Introduction to the workshop and to each other.
Why study creativity?
Your creative aspirations.
Exploring insights from your unique past experiences.
Your creative, present strengths.
Exercises in automatic drawing, writing, multiple perceptions, three dimensional imaginary worlds, sentence play, stream of consciousness, and reflective relaxation.

Day 2: Storyworker's Camp at Hamaatsa

At one time, we were all storytellers. All people everywhere belonged to an oral tradition. Join master storyteller, Larry Littlebird at Hamaatsa, a story gathering place. Learn to tell your story through a step by step "storywork" experience based upon tribal American spoken word legacy.

If someone asks you, "What is it that you do? What is your mission statement? What are you passionate about?" Are you able to share your story - confidently, gracefully, clear and succinct? Can you inspire others to join you, support your mission or collaborate with you? This bold story work will confirm and strengthen the story you've been hearing. Your story as social profit leader; change agent; activist visionary. Are you one or all of these? Then, only you can tell the story.

Day 3:

Your creative blocks.
Creative possibilities.
Developing a consistent practice for your creative development.
Exercises in finding inspiration, active listening, cultivating confusion, sense and question games, norm destruction, mandalas and map making, and collaborative creativity.

Day of Departure:

Please plan to depart either very late in the day on the last day of the workshop end date or the following day. This will allow you plenty of time to check out and to travel to the airport after the end of the workshop.

Note: The order and nature of the exercises used in each workshop may vary.

Materials to Bring

The following is the list of materials that you will need to bring with you to the workshops.

Journal
Sketchpad, 9x12 or larger
Several sheets of larger paper, 16x20 or larger
Colored pencils
Pastels
Charcoal pencils
Sharpener
Scissors*
Eraser
Glue Stick*
A few of your favorite magazines
Camera
Sun Hat
Sunscreen
Towel or pillow to sit on the floor
Closed-top container for any beverages you may want to bring with you

* Please carry these items in your checked baggage so they are not confiscated by airport security.

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Workshop Co-Leader
—
Larry Littlebird,
Founding Director,
Hamaatsa

Larry Littlebird, founding director of Hamaatsa, is a Pueblo Indian from Laguna/Santo Domingo Pueblos in New Mexico. Larry Littlebird celebrates an indigenous holistic way of life. Over the past 35 years, Larry has worked extensively as a corporate trainer and executive coach, education specialist, and national speaker perpetuating the living oral tradition of his Pueblo Indian culture.

Special Guest
—
Steve Hickner,
Director,
DreamWorks Animation, SKG

Steve Hickner has spent the past thirty years working at some of the most fabled studios in animation including DreamWorks, Disney, Amblimation, Aardman, Hanna-Barbera, and Filmation.

He has worked as Producer on such films as: American Tail II: Fievel Goes West; We're Back! A Dinosaur Story; and Balto. His director credits include: Bee Movie and The Prince of Egypt. In addition, he has contributed to such films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, The Great Mouse Detective, Antz, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, and others.