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Check back frequently for current events, workshops, and other happenings at Rising Bird Healing Arts!


Rising Bird Healing Arts Summer Art Show!

WHEN: Thursday, August 14, 2008; 6:00-9:00pm
WHERE: 6316 9th Avenue NE (in the Roosevelt District of Seattle)

This summer I am joined by the lovely JC Clapp, a fiber artist who creates original felted handbags. Please join us for an evening of art and merriment!

• Contemplate Courtney's original art, prints, and cards for sale!
• Salivate over JC's handmade felted handbags for sale!
• Tour the other businesses in the neighborhood as part of the Roosevelt Art Walk!
• Enter to win a free massage!
• Enjoy some delectable refreshments!

To learn more about the event, click here to view the colorful flyer!


The Artist Within: An Integrative Art Workshop and Bodywork Series

For three months (August 3 – November 1, 2008), immerse yourself in your creative life by exploring your artist within. This hands-on holistic healing package includes a dynamic combination of group art workshops and individual holistic bodywork sessions.

In this package you will...

* Tend to your creative life, allowing it to grow & flourish.

* Explore your identity, personal journey, desires, and dreams through a powerful combination of reflection, art, and bodywork.

* Connect with like-minded people for creative play, support, and inspiration.

* Release stuck-ness in your body and your life through dynamic art exercises.

* Learn to listen to your body's powerful messages and creatively address old injuries or traumas that are being held in the body.

* Improve your well-being through bodywork sessions that both heal and rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit.

This package includes...
* Four “Artist Within” group art workshops - all art supplies provided!

* Tasty snacks and tea provided at each workshop.

* Three 90-minute individual bodywork sessions (one session per month).

* A community creativity blog for between-workshop sharing, support, and inspiration.

* Weekly art exercises I will post to the blog to foster creative momentum.

* A “Creativity Pack” of goodies, including an artist journal and a “Second Chakra Kit” for creativity.

To reserve your spot in The Artist Within, please email or call Courtney at
cputnam@rising-bird.com or (206) 228-9124 by July 1, 2008.

Space is limited to 8 participants.


Cost: $495* Cash, checks, and credit card (via PayPal) are accepted.
* May be paid in two installments.


Click here to view complete workshop schedule and descriptions!


A Year of Living in Your Body: An Experiential Workshop Series

Imagine feeling more connected to your body's messages. Imagine tapping into your inner wisdom and creativity, letting go of doubt and fear. I invite you to spend a whole year living fully in your body. By engaging in awareness, reflective, creative, and body-centered exercises, we will explore how our bodies can help us to understand in a deep and meaningful way how we relate to ourselves and engage with the big, wide world around us.

This workshop series is facilitated by Courtney Putnam, MFA, LMP
and will be held at Rising Bird Healing Arts.

$100 per workshop or $320 if you sign up for all four.
To register, email Courtney at cputnam@rising-bird.com
Space is limited to 8 participants.


Sunday, July 27, 2008; 1-5pm

Writing from Your Body
Do you feel and hear all that your body has to tell you? In this workshop, we will explore the ways in which paying attention to our bodies can enhance our writing and our writing process. We will write from our guts, our hands, our spleens, and our blood vessels. We will explore how telling the story of our bodies can help us to reclaim our creative, knowledgeable, and truth-telling physical selves.

Sunday, October 19, 2008; 1-5pm
Six Senses Workshop
When we smell, hear, taste, touch, see, and intuit, we take in the world around us. We process information, feel deeply, make important decisions, and experience pleasure. We also can feel overwhelmed by sensory stimulation and in turn shut off our sensors. In this workshop, we will engage in all six of our senses and learn how to become “awake” in our bodies and to interpret the wisdom of our sensory experiences.

Sunday, January 11, 2009; 1-5pm
Your Body Speaks: Inner Wisdom
What does it feel like in your body when you resonate with an idea, thought, or feeling? How do you know when your body is giving you important information? In this inner wisdom workshop, we will explore the power of our six chakra, the chakra of intuition and inner knowing. Using writing, guided visualizations, muscle testing, and pendulum work, we will tap into the body's hidden wisdom.

Sunday, April 12, 2008; 1-5pm
You, Yourself, & You: The Self-Portrait
In this hands-on art workshop, we will explore the self in three parts: past self, present self, and future self. Using collage as our medium, we will cut and paste together meaningful images of who we once were, who we are now, and who we wish to be. Feel free to bring meaningful images you've collected.

Click here to view the complete (and colorful!) flyer


Spring Art Show!

Thursday, April 10, 6-9pm

I host my Spring Art Show here at Rising Bird Healing Arts (my home business in the Roosevelt District). The multi-talented Kara Jones will be offering henna body art to decorate your hands or feet! I'll be showing my mixed media originals and we'll both be selling cards and prints of our work. For more information about the show (and the artists), click here.


(Encore workshop!) Intentional Desires: An Abundance Box Workshop

Date/Time: Sunday, January 27, 2008; 1-4pm

Location: Rising Bird Healing Arts

Cost: $30 (checks and cash accepted); space is limited to eight people so sign up early!

Contact: Courtney Putnam at cputnam@rising-bird.com

Join me for an afternoon of envisioning your own abundance. In this hands-on workshop, you will explore your dreams and goals and create an abundance box as a visual representation of what you wish to manifest in your life. This is a time for thinking big, pulling your ingenious ideas out of the cobwebs of your mind, and giving life to your desires!

The purpose of an abundance box is to channel your intentions, goals, and visions into a symbolic artifact. Inside this box you will place small objects that characterize the things you wish to actualize. Think about what aspect of your life you would like to give a little positive intention. Are there goals and dreams you are ready to make real?

In this workshop you will create your very own abundance box and fill it with objects that represent what you hope to bring to life. We will also explore some principles of Feng Shui, which may enhance or inform the intention and placement of your box. Using a Feng Shui bagua (map) as your guide, you will determine where your box is best placed in your own home.

You bring (if you wish): Any significant images, symbols, or objects with which to 1) decorate your box, and to 2) place inside your box. I provide: Boxes of varying shapes and sizes, art supplies, collage supplies and decorative papers. Tea and light snacks will be provided.


Holiday Art Show!

Thursday, December 13, 2007, 6-9pm

Featuring…
Courtney Putnam, mixed media artist
Kristin Stubbs, jewelry artist

* Jewelry and original art for sale!
* Art cards and prints for sale!
* Enter to win a free massage!
* Enjoy some delectable refreshments!

Please join us!

This season, Courtney will be joined by the talented Kristin Stubbs, whose art takes the form of unique and exquisite jewelry pieces. For more information about the artists, download this flyer.


Intentional Desires: An Abundance Box Workshop

Saturday, December 22, 2007 (Winter Solstice), 3-6pm

Abundance [n]: great amount or supply; bounty, fortune, plentitude, prosperity, thriving

What do you want in your life? Better health? A terrific job? Creative energy? Strong relationships? Financial security?

Join me for an afternoon of envisioning your own abundance. In this hands-on workshop, you will explore your dreams and goals and create an abundance box as a visual representation of what you wish to manifest in your life. This is a time for thinking big, pulling your ingenious ideas out of the cobwebs of your mind, and giving life to your desires!

The purpose of an abundance box is to channel your intentions, goals, and visions into a symbolic artifact. Inside this box you will place small objects that characterize the things you wish to actualize. Think about what aspect of your life you would like to give a little positive intention. Are there goals and dreams you are ready to make real?

In this workshop you will create your very own abundance box and fill it with objects that represent what you hope to bring to life. We will also explore some principles of Feng Shui, which may enhance or inform the intention and placement of your box. Using a Feng Shui bagua (map) as your guide, you will determine where your box is best placed in your own home.

You bring (if you wish): Any significant images, symbols, or objects with which to 1) decorate your box, and to 2) place inside your box. I provide: Boxes of varying shapes and sizes, art supplies, collage supplies and decorative papers. Tea and light snacks will be provided.

Cost: $30 (checks and cash accepted); space is limited to eight people

About Courtney:
Courtney Putnam is a licensed massage practitioner and certified Reiki practitioner who offers a holistic approach to wellness. She is a poet and visual artist and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. With a strong belief in the mind-body connection, Courtney encourages creative expression as a vehicle for healing on the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.