PACT: Authentic Self-Expression for Entrepreneurs Workshop

Sunday, March 3rd, 1:00-3:00pm

This workshop uses embodied drawing activities to expand your sense of play and wonder, and increase your awareness of where you stop yourself from your own greatness.

Location: PNCA  511 NW Broadway Room 314

When you step out into the world as an artist, you accept a great responsibility. You seek to remember what others have forgotten about this human experience, you seek to hold close what is essential, and above all, you seek to honor these truths in the way you live and work.

As an artist, you are an entrepreneur.  You are a leader.

And your journey as a leader depends upon cultivating the presence and the courage and vulnerability to lead yourself and your community into the unknown. The impact of your leadership depends on your ability to be responsive to change, to continually grow your creative capacities and to embody your authentic self-expression.

In short, it requires you to be your true self. It requires you to become who you were meant to be. If this is your calling, you recognize that your ability to create greater meaning and impact in your world relies upon your own willingness and desire to grow and change yourself.

So, what stops you?

 Where do you limit yourself?

At the core, artistry is a spiritual practice. When you begin to seek fuller expression of your creative energies in the world, when you integrate and empower all parts of yourself, you expand in your capacity to serve others and make the impact you came here to make.

Bio

Michael Namkung is an artist and multiple world champion athlete. He has received awards from the San Francisco Arts Commission, The Center for Cultural Innovation, and the Tanne Foundation for his pioneering work Drawing Gym, a hybrid art form that combines drawing with rigorous physical exercise.

He has exhibited and performed his work in galleries, museums, universities and public spaces worldwide, including SFMOMA, Museu de Arte Contemporaneo Niteroi, The Asian Art Museum San Francisco, Stanford University, Locust Projects, The Drawing Center New York, and Grace Cathedral San Francisco.

He holds a Master of Education degree from the University of California Santa Barbara and a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Francisco State University. He has served as Assistant Professor of Art at Florida International University, and currently serves as Visiting Assistant Professor at Lewis & Clark College.

PACT offers ongoing events for artists to meet and have conversations about our art practices and careers. Each month a new topic will serve as the springboard to start a dialog about ideas and issues that impact our lives. PACT is about creating an opportunity for artist to connect with each other in an open and supportive environment.

Email: tjwilson@artinoregon.org