Description
Offered by Dr. Susana Enriquez, PhD
Visual artist
Frida Kahlo’s Intimate Notebook workshop is a guided space to direct you to create, like Frida, a personal journal of reflection, self-knowledge and personal renewal.
The workshop offers a gateway to the process of exploring your inner world and your creative self through exercises to clear, rest and observe the mind with introspection activities and innovative practices. At the same time, this workshop offers a deeper insight into Frida’s spiritual, personal, cultural and creative life.
We work with different strategies to explore your thoughts and feelings without judgment. Susana Enriquez’s* workshop takes you through activities of reflection, mindfulness and creativity; you learn as you do. During the workshop, a personal journal is created by recording memories, mark making, drawing, automatic writing, and documenting insights; as Frida Kahlo did on her personal diary.
— J. Jesús Martínez Álvarez –
“The artist Susana Enriquez has assimilated the world which initially created her, taken advantage of the cultural heritage which has formed her as a Mexican and transmitted this through her art. Forms, colors, textures, spaces, working in harmony with academic rules well learned and taken to the extreme, where only natural intuition may lead us to a happy ending”.
– Ghillian Sullivan –
“I’ve nearly finished my classes in the Frida
Kahlo workshop with Susana Enríquez and
I’m extremely happy I’ve done it.
I never knew that ‘art exercises’ existed, but this way of releasing the freedom of expression needed to draw, paint or whatever creativity you have inside you has been a transformation for me.
We all get mentally hemmed in by everyday life but the Kahlo workshop quickly cuts through all that so that you can express yourself.
It’s not about techniques – though Susanna teaches all art techniques in other classes – it’s about clarifying things & stepping into your individual creative self.”
– Catherine Dunlop –
“This is unique type of workshop. The diary of Frida Kahlo is used to unlock your hidden artistic skills.
Susana uses examples from Frida’s diary, to
step by step guide you into a new type of
artistic expression.
It would be suitable beginners and more experienced artists, especially those who need to relax and approach art in different way.”
– Alanya van de Wiel –
“Susana ran a very inspiring weekend workshop based on the diaries and visual journals of Frida Kahlo.
I found the exercises offered a deeper insight into Frida’s spiritual, cultural, and creative life while also providing me with practical and creative inspiration for my own
artistic practice.
Susana is a very professional, warm, and encouraging teacher and artist whose passion for Frida is infectious!
I left both days feeling inspired, encouraged and motivated with new ideas to incorporate into my personal creative life.
I highly recommend, and I’ll definitely be participating in more of her classes.”