ooze with creativity with placerville Arts

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Creativity! What is it? Can anyone be creative or more creative? Artists, wannabe artists and those hungering to be more creative in their life endeavors are invited to attend Placerville Arts Association’s meeting, 2-4 p.m. Monday, May 15, at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring St. Refreshments are served so those who attend can meet and greet other artists and wannabe creatives.

Creative vibes will be generated by guest presenter Judy Arrigotti. She will lead members and guests through various fun activities to demonstrate how they can train themselves to “think out of the box through fluency, flexibility, originality and creative behavior.” Arrigotti will explore the answer to this question: “What is the difference between a talented artist who draws, paints, sculpts or molds with technical skills and an artist whose style and voice are recognizable — their art is original (one of a kind)?” Find the answers to this question and escape the box!

The demonstration will cover the stumbling blocks to creative behavior: how people are trained by parents, teachers and peers to conform from birth to adults. Those attending will learn how to break out of the box to look at their “creations” from a new and fresh perspective — leap from a technical artist to an artist who develops their own style and finds their creative voice.

Arrigotti retired after teaching adults and children for more than 30 years and now pursues her art full time. She has opened her own studio/ gallery in El Dorado Hills. Guests are welcome by appointment. Her goal is to be original in the way she sees and interprets her ideas. Her daily experiences and personal philosophy influence her subject choices. Visit her website at judyarrigotti.com.

The artist constantly studies her surroundings and looks for new ideas. She enjoys the challenge of creating unique originals. Arrigotti is also a two-dimensional painter in oils and acrylics on canvas and 3D on gourds and clay sculptures. Most of her paintings are large works.

Placerville Arts is crawling with creativity oozing from artists’ paint brushes, palette knives, carving tools, gourd files and sanders, jewelers’ pliers, fine-tuned cameras and more. For more information visit placervillearts.com and visit the organization on Facebook.

Mental Health Awareness Month Events

May 6th - NAMI Walk & Celebration in Sacramento

Join us to celebrate NAMI’s role in achieving mental health FOR ALL 8am – noon - William Land Park

May 12th – Film Event – “Orchestrating Change”

The story of the only orchestra created by and for people living with mental illness. LIMITED SEATING

6:30pm – 8:30pm – The Episcopal Church of our Saviour – Placerville

MAY 19TH – Film Event “Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops”

Follows two police of cers who divert people from jail and into mental health treatment one 911 call at a time. LIMITED SEATING 6:00pm – 8:00pm

For more information and to reserve your seat go to namieldoradocounty.org or scan QR code

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