Throughout my years of guiding beautiful people through the practices and processes of art journaling and till today- I often hear how that practice makes people feel at ease, safe, free, connected to their creative selves, be themselves, and all kinds of good stuff.
At the same time I hear how going outside of the journal, or bigger, makes people feel the opposite, and therefore fearful or having performance anxiety.
The truth, I believe, is that once you feel truly comfortable, free, joyous, from within the art journaling practice, there is nothing that can limit you other than your “beliefs”. If you can be free inside of the journal you can be free in any other substrate, any size, any format.
So let’s get our paints out, our papers, our pens, and find our freedoms and joys on another substrate, the canvas!
Let’s make new decisions about our capabilities. Let’s find newness, cause we need it and deserve it. Let’s start making new statements and declarations that better suit our spirits.
Our explorative, eager, brave and loving selves.
I truly believe that the need to be witnessed by the self and by others is a human-core-need to be fulfilled by the act of creating. Therefore, a compelling part of my journey is the teaching of art making and visual journaling. As a young adult in Israel, I had studied Fine Arts in an artists' village nestled at the foot of Mount Carmel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, and later, in the Netherlands, Graphic Design at the University of Arts in the contemporary yet history-drenched city of Utrecht. Now living by the beach of Southern California with my family, I take in all the magnificence of the landscapes that shaped me and of the visual languages I have acquired along the way. I keep an online visual journal titled One Artist Journal that is derived from my actual physical journal pages. It is now available in a published book form, carrying the same title. After One Artist Journal came 14 Artist Journals, my second book, depicting the journaling worlds of 14 magnificent individuals. After 14 Artist Journals came my third, titled IN MY BONES: A Visual Journal, continuing where One Artist Journal left off. I am very passionate about finding meaning and connection through the process of visual journaling.
for a feast of Orly's visual life please visit
orlyavineri.com and on instagram @orlyavineri
please join us for Orly's first offering of mixed media exploration on canvas!
home will be Chapel Rock in the towering pines of prescott, arizona,
located two hours northwest by shuttle for phoenix sky harbor airport.
join us in big sky county as we share a leap of faith in joyous creative mixed media art camp!
out of the art-journal and onto the canvas
a mixed media art camp with orly avineri
nov. 15-20, 2018
$1,600 shared
$1, 800 private
12 rooms available
4 rooms are fully ADA compliant
five nights lodging, all meals, four full days of creative explorations,
24/7 access to art studio. our camp home is bright, spacious, austere, the grounds and buildings completely wheel chair accessible.
come away with us- far from the distractions of the world.
there will be camp fires, quiet walks, the chance to share our stories and hold each other up
in the light of kindness, compassion and care.a time to be seen, heard, revered and revealed.
we are so pleased to offer a retreat that is inclusive and supportive and accessible to everyone!
please email rebecca at recuerda_mi_corazon@yahoo.com
for a welcome letter with all the details
