Art as Healing
A Personal Journey
-Lonna Keller
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A free virtual master class exploring the ways
both creating art and wearing art can support
your well-being.
September 15—17
Join me on a journey through time.
See how challenging times in my life have influenced my work. From subtle, sometimes hidden healing elements, to now creating pieces where healing is the focus.
The Evolution of an Artist:
Wearable Art Pieces Meant to Sooth, Empower, Entice and Demand Attention
What You Will Learn About Me
Life Experiences
How challenging circumstances influenced my work and helped me move through them with purpose and intention.
Resilience
There is a resilience that plays a key factor in success. In some phases of life that comes easy, in others it takes effort.
Synchronicities and Magic
When you work from your greatest desires and in alignment with your true self, magic and synchronicities are abundant.
What You Will Learn About The Work
Material Choices
How are the materials beneficial to the wearer?
Design Choices
What thought was put into the form?
Meaning and Symbolism
What meaning is intended to be portrayed?
Process Chosen
Why was a specific process or technique chosen over others in the design of this piece?
Day 1
Sexy, Sensual and Dramatic
Silver Massage
A Dramatic Piece Created to
Massage the Body
(Do I need more under each of these?)
Synthesis
Sensual and Sexy, With a Touch of Balancing Energy
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Petals
Full of Movement and Sound When Worn and a Bit of Hidden Healing
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Day 2
Bold, Playful, and a Bit Wild
Extreme
Bold and Daring with
Warrior Energy
Spirit
Sexy, Playful and
Demanding of Attention
Rain
Playful and Dramatic
with Drops of Healing Power
Day 3
Spiritual, Balancing and Healing
Remembering Who I Am
The transition piece to my new body of work
Influenced by the Third Eye Chakra
Full of color and crystal healing energy
The Sun is About to Shine Again
Created to help balance the Sacral and Solar Plexis Chakras
Starseed
Designed to help activate the
Crown Chakra
In Search of What to Say
When the "right" words are hard to find
Created for the Throat Chakra
What to Look Forward To:
Wearable artwork and personal transformation meant to inspire and excite
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Learn which creative processes can be meditative and grounding
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Explore how wearing art, such as jewelry and larger scale body adornment can be healing and empowering
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Learn how material choices and intention play an integral part in my creative process
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A peak into my journey as an artist and the healing qualities my work holds
A bit about me...
For years, Lonna Keller has explored how creative practice shapes the way we experience ourselves, each other, and the world. As an artist and educator, she is guided by intuition and experimentation, creating work that invites connection with the wearer and explores themes of healing and empowerment.
Lonna holds an MFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design, a BFA in Metalsmithing, and a BS in Sociology/Anthropology. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC); the Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY); and the Wearable Art Museum.