Art for Life - Year Two - Diploma Program
Fifth Term: Veil Painting & Biography

The water-colour technique that brings luminosity and transparency into painting. An inner reflection of this activity brings those qualities into the soul. Introduction to Biography Work.

Tuition $800 plus materials

10 Thursdays, 10 AM - 4 PM, Jan. 7 - Mar. 11

Art for Life - Modular - Diploma Program - One Week Intensives

Our in-depth training course is for anyone seeking creative expression in their lives or interested in working with art and healing in the world.

The focus in this first year is on the development of art skills and their application to growth and transformation. Tuition $800 per week plus materials, Call for exact times 905-763-1003 or email info@arscura.com

Colour Awakening to the emotional power of the individual colours in painting. Water-colour, egg tempera and Goethe’s colour theory. The seven soul gestures as awakeners of consciousness. March 14 - 20

Clay Modeling Fundamental principles of sculpture. The power of three-dimensional space. The metamorphosis of will as reflected in our own becoming. July 11 - 17

Life as Art - Biography
Overcoming Polarity

During this term we will continue to deepen the understanding of our life patterns. Qualities of form and dissolution are identified. Our own tendencies to polarize and learning to find balance can lead to transformation of life long challenges.

Tuition $395

10 Wednesday Mornings, 10 AM - 1 PM, Jan. 6 - Mar. 10

Life as Art - Biography - Downtown on Week-ends
Planetary Qualities

We look at the Planets and their relationship to our life. This unique three-weekend biography course uses clay modeling, life charting, fairy tales, conversation and reflective journaling to create a deep learning process.  All levels of artistic experience are welcome. Tuition: $395

Jan. 8 & 9, Feb. 5 & 6, Mar. 5 & 6, George Brown College 207 Adelaide St. E.

Registration: 416-465-2830, dorothy@arscura.com

Core Studies
Observation and Diagnosis

How can the “super-sensible” become sense perceptible and guide our choice for the therapeutic treatment? The challenge of developing threefold and fourfold diagnosis as the basis of art therapy. Tuition: $395 plus materials

10 Wednesday Evenings, 7 PM - 9:30 PM, Jan. 6 - Mar. 10

Evening and Short Courses

Veil Painting

The subtle and beautiful art of veil painting is an antidote to the stress and speed of modern life. Take a break, breathe and paint your way to peacefulness.

$175 includes all materials

5 Tuesday Evenings, 7 - 9 PM, Jan. 19 - Feb. 16

Warm Your Heart for Clay

Experience the joy of being creative in a flexible and responsive media. Let's coax wondrous creations with our hands.......and fire them into permanency at the end of the course. No experience required, bring enthusiasm and willing hands.

$175 includes clay and firings.

5 Thursday Evenings, 7 - 9 PM, Jan. 21 - Feb. 18

Creative Friday Mornings - The Hero’s Journey

The hero's journey has three stages: departure, initiation and return. This course represents a call to the quest for creative soul seekers to journey into the unknown. Weaving stories and myths of the world into a creative Art Journal, the hero discovers lost treasure, and returns from the journey, renewed. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself". Joseph Campbell

$295 plus $35 material cost

8 Friday Mornings, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (coffee & social 9 - 9:30 AM) Jan. 8 - Mar. 5 (excluding Feb. 26)

Special Events

Healing and Personal Development Through the Mirror of Essential Oils

Thomas von Rottenburg will return for a second workshop to deepen and intensify this phenomenological approach to an understanding and a relationship with these transformational oils. Please register early as there are a limited number of spaces. Thomas will also be available for a limited number of personal consultations during the week before or after the workshop (dates TBA).

Practitioner’s only session - call for details

April 30 - May 2

Open House Dates
Saturday March 13, 7-10 pm
Sunday March 14, 12:30 - 3 pm