Workshops

Courses currently on our schedule:

(all courses take place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, unless otherwise specified)

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-Shodo - Oriental Ink-Brush Calligraphy
-Shodo 2008

the Way of the Brush Ink-Brush Calligraphy

NEW SCHEDULE :

Weekly Monday or Tuesday evenings, 18:30 - 20:30

please note the following schedule for the next few weeks June - July 2008:

Monday 16th June

Monday 23rd June

Monday 30th June

Monday 07th July

Monday 14th July

Monday 21st July

Monday 28th July

just leave a quick message if you intend to come by or

have any questions -

613 321 3557

info@crimsonbamboo.ca

crimsonbamboo@mac.com

(use of any of these is fine)

Location is at our store

mother earth natural health

747 - Richmond Road, Ottawa (just a minute West of Westboro/corner of Cleary)

Introduction and ongoing practice to writing with ink and brush.

As space allows you can join at any time; $ 15,- per session;

Various handouts included, no previous experience required; all class materials provided, and some green tea, too.

Coordinating mind, body, and brush as the ink traces onto the paper can be both, simply fun as well as a means for calming the mind and investigating the Self -

Introductory Workshops to writing with Brush and Ink

Usually on a Saturday- or Sunday -afternoon - ( next dates to be decided soon - let me know if you are interested and have a preferred possible date) 13:00 - 17:00

4 hour workshops

Introduction to Ink-Brush Calligraphy; $ 55,-

no prerequisites, all class materials provided,

handouts included;

course guidance provided by peter vernon quenter

Workshops

at crimsonbamboo

Haiku
with Terry Ann Carter
MANAGING STRESS IN A COMPLEX WORLD:
DISCOVERING THE SIMPLE BEAUTY OF HAIKU POETRY

next workshop to be scheduled for autumn in 2008
Location will be at our studio, Jaku Gan Sai - Tranquil Rock Studio, 2712 Marie street, Ottawa

In her book No Time: Stress and the Crisis of Modern Life, Canadian
academic Heather Menzies states, "there is a crisis of meaning and
accountability" that threatens to paralyze society. She sees signs of it
everywhere: depression, stress, physical and emotional burnout and attention deficit disorders. "The unanswered e-mails, phone calls, voice mails, deadlines -- create a miniature Tower of Babel in people's heads --
a confusion of personal and business priorities, voices and digital bits and pieces." She asks, "Are there any meaningful encounters in such a quick moving world?"

antidote: Haiku Poetry

haiku poetry can be an antidote for the stress of our post modern culture
-- allowing us to step off the spinning wheel, to stop and breathe deeply and slowly. To note the birth and death of each moment, to slow down, to see.

Join Terry Ann Carter in an interactive haiku poetry workshop

cost: between $40,- to $60,- CDN / 3-4 hour workshop;
materials included in price:
handout on haiku history, style, and techniques
several small haiku (hand designed) examples
one haiku magazine

Terry Ann Carter has composed haiku in the rain forests of British Columbia, the Peruvian mountains, and Tokyo Central Station. She participated in the Basho festival, Ueno, Japan, in 2004, and placed first in the haiku competition sponsored by the Cherry Blossom Festival in Vancouver (2007). Her poems have been published in haiku journals around the world and she has won several international awards. In 2001 she co-founded kado Ottawa, a local haiku group that fosters the appreciation of haiku and related Japanese literary forms. She is Vice President of Haiku Canada.
We attended two workshops with her last year, and consider ourselves very fortunate to be able to enjoy her fine teachings and her presence at our studio.

Brush Calligraphy Workshop in Montreal
Saturday, 1st of November 2008, I will, again, be teaching a workshop on Calligraphy at the au Papier Japonais in Montreal.
Beginner and or advanced can join.
This will be about the fifth time teaching at this fine store and studio in Montreal.
If you are interested in joining us there, please contact the staff at the au Papier Japonais directly for more details and registration,
at:
www.aupapierjaponais.com (Montreal) Japanese paper and art supplies

World Haiku Association Japan

WHAC4 International

Commemorative Haiga Contest 2007

First Place Award of Excellence

peter vernon quenter