Why Arscura

Regine Kurek, Director

Regine Kurek is a graduate of a four year art therapy training based on anthroposophy at the Kunststudientstatte, Ottersberg, Germany. She holds a diploma in biographical counselling from the Goetheanum, Switzerland. She has worked for many years as an artist, therapist and adult educator in Canada, United States and Europe. In 1989 she established Arscura, School for the Development of Art in the Healing and Social Fields in Toronto. From 1995 -1997 Regine was one of the carrying teachers in the final year of the diploma course program of Tobias School of Art, England and is now a coordinator of its international network for the research of art in the healing and social fields.

Arscura Faculty L-R, top: Jef Saunders (Facilitation Skills, Core Studies, Supervision), Dorothy Lebaron (Biography and Core Studies), Ingrid Wharton (Clay Modelling, Counselling Skills), Melanie Nason (Outreach and Communication), Sandi Churchward (Art History, Art Eduation), Timothy Cox (Consciousness Studies). L-R bottom: Rihana Rutledge (Painting and Personal Development), Vibeke Ball (Art and Student Placement), Regine Kurek (Art Program and Coordination), Elyse Pomeranz (Art and Education), Leigh Raney (Art and Anthroposophy).

email: info@arscura.com

Arscura Network Members:

Vibeke Ball - Toronto, Muskoka, ON and Florida
905-833-7367 vibeke@arscura.com Connecting through art with the wisdom of nature. Life story work with individuals, groups and families. Hospice.

Angela Duntsch - St. Catherines, ON and Niagara Region 905-682-0002 anhallodu@yahoo.ca Groups and individuals using various media and modalities.

Malcolm Glover - Calgary, AB 403-293-0787 sophiaarts@nucleus.com Individuals and groups,
creativity and transformative arts that integrate body, soul and spirit. web: www.nucleus.com/~sophiaarts

Norma Joy - Buffalo, NY 716-876-8034 njoystudio@adelphia.net Art classes for adults.
Engaging children and adults in the process of art with a special focus on loss and bereavement issues.

Dorothy LeBaron - Toronto, ON 416-465-2830 dorothy@arscura.com Biography, Adult Learning,
Destiny Learning. Art processes for businesses and organizations.

Melanie Nason - Richmond Hill, ON 905-709-3136 melanienason@rogers.com Imagination, Inspiration and Intuition, Creativity with groups and indivduals.

Elyse Pomeranz - Toronto, ON 416-535-6442 esp@verticalbodies.com Life passage (coming of age, birth, death), conflict resolution & classroom teaching.

Leigh Raney - Durham, ON 519-369-1654
Exploring soul and spiritual capacities through art. Guiding others along the spiritual path of the artist.

Rihana Rutledge - Aurora, ON 905-841-2882 studio41@aci.on.ca Counselling through artistic
processes with children, youth and adults.

Jef Saunders - Richmond Hill, ON 905 -763-1003 jef@arscura.com Therapeutic counselling using art, for individuals and couples.

Ingrid Wharton - Richmond Hill, ON 905-884-7606 tawharton@rogers.com Psychotherapist in private practice using art with groups and individuals to reconnect them to their unique life journey.

Last updated March 27, 2007