Upcoming speaking engagements:

2010

Astrology and the Unconscious — New York City - March 14, 2010
Presented by the Institute for Expressive Analysis

How can psychoanalysis, dedicated to listening so deeply to the inner life of a being, and astrology, determined by something so outside of us meet? Is the phrase “astrology and the unconscious” an oxymoron? This lecture hopes to bridge this gap by looking at different dimensions of how astrology can be understood within a psychoanalytic context, using different theoretical perspectives. An orientation to astrology will be presented as well as a case study in which astrology played a key role.

Sunday, March 14th 2010 3:30 – 5:30 Location: Pure Vision Arts,
114 West 17th Street 3rd Floor (between 6th and 7th Ave.)

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Astrology, Art, and the Chart. — San Francisco, Ca - May 27, 2010

Two of the best places I know of that show how the inner and outer worlds reflect each other are in astrology and art. The psyche speaks to us through art in line, form, color, images and archetypes; and these elements have astrological correlates. Richly illustrated with examples of artists (famous and not), a result of over 20 years of research on art elements, psychology, and astrology, we’re going to look at the specific art characteristics of the signs and planets to see the correspondence between psyche, chart, and artwork.

Thursday, May 27, 2010 San Francisco, Ca
Meetings start at 7:30 pm and are held at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco's Marina District. Parking and public transit available. Meetings cost $7 for members and $12 for non-members for the general public. info@sfastrologicalsociety.com

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SUMMER 2010
5 Day Intensive On Art and Psychoanalysis - Seoul, South Korea

CONSIDERING COLOR:
INTENSIVE STUDY OF COLOR, IT’S HISTORY IN HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS, DIFFERENT COLOR SYSTEMS, AND UNDERSTANDING IT’S APPLICATION TO ART INTERPRETATION.

DUENDE, THE GOLDEN DARK “All that has black sounds has duende.” Manuel Torre In the opinion of the lecturer, psychoanalysis is the science with duende, since we are specialists in seeing in the dark, the realm of the unconscious.

Duende is a term used to describe artistry empowered by the awareness of death. The term was the cornerstone for Federico Garcia Lorca’s poetry, and is primarily used to describe Flamenco performers. No art form embodies “danger and desire” more aptly than flamenco. Attachment, passion, anger, death, and mourning are key themes in this art.

This lecture begins with a discussion of the psychodynamics of the color black, moving to the definitions of thanatos from Freud and Klein. A clip from the film “The Matrix,” to illustrate toxic narcissism and the death instinct is shown. The lecturer then integrates Jungian alchemical models with ideas of darkness, discussing how duende is an aspect of the mercurius archetype, also quoting Joyce McDougall in this context.

To conclude, there is a case study using both artwork and dream material from a client to illustrate the healing process as she detoxifies from thanatos, finishing up with a film clip of flamenco.

Past events

Seattle, Washington - May 14 and 16 2009
    www.washingtonastrologers.org


AS ABOVE, SO BELOW; AS WITHIN, SO WITHOUT

We are our charts!! The planets and signs manifest through us and can be seen in line, form, color, images and archetypes…and in our bodies. These classes are a study of the systems of correspondences crucial to doing good astrological work, and will take your interpretation skills up a notch by giving you the key to seeing just how specific planetary and sign energy is.

May 14: ART AND THE CHART
One of the easiest places to see this in artwork.

We’re going to look at a number of artists, famous and not, and see how their artwork manifests their chart, both in terms of formal elements (line, form, color) as well as archetypal themes.

May 16: SATURDAY WORKSHOP 12-5
WHAT SHAPE ARE YOU IN?
Literally...what shape are you in? This workshop combines the way astrology manifests in artwork with the way it manifests in our bodies. We will review the basic characteristics of art elements and astrology, with an emphasis on color systems. Then we will go into the basic information about the physical characteristics of the signs and planets, correlating them. We'll look at different people, both famous and not, to see how they express their astrological energies in how they look and practice differential diagnosis with them. Through exercises using the material, you will see how this works for you and your chart.

Seoul, Korea (see photos)
Week long seminar on art therapy, symbolism, and psychoanalysis.
July 26-30 2008 Seoul, South Korea
Expressive Arts Therapy Association and Mjungji University.
Depth-Oriented Art Therapy
5 day seminar, 8 hours a day, combining psychoanalysis, art therapy, and astrology. We studied how the inner and outer worlds meet and show themselves through symbolic themes and images in art (line, form, color, composition and imagery content), dreamwork, psychoanalytic dynamics, and astrology. The first two days were about the basics of art diagnosis, and an introduction to astrology and the elements. The third day was all about symbolism from a Freudian and Jungian perspective; then the last two days of the seminar layered these together with astrology, using the complete charts of the participants in the workshop.
We all had a wonderful time!!!

Boston, Ma. – November 21-23, 2008
     International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education conference
    "Danger and Desire in the Analytic Connection"    www.ifpe.or
     Saturday November 22, 9AM              Duende: The Golden Dark

"All that has black sounds has duende." Manuel Torre, as quoted by Federico Garcia Lorca. Duende is a term used to describe artistry empowered from the awareness of death. Using Jungian Alchemical, and neo-Freudian models, and illustrated with film clips and slides, this lecture discusses ideas of darkness and its different dimensions in psychoanalytic practice, ending with a case study of a suicidally depressed artist's transformation

.New York, NY
    December 6th and 7th, 2008 NCGR:
    The Astrology Connection Education Conference
   "The Embodiment of the Gods: Planets in Personality and Prediction"
     contact: astrojohn@earthlink.net

    December 6, 2 PM          Van Gogh: the Man, His Art, and His Chart

How Van Gogh's planetary patterns manifest for him in his psychodynamics and his artwork, natally and dynamically.

April 17, 2008 / Astrological Society of Connecticut
  (860) 568-8617  www.myasc.org
  The Color of Astrology

Color has powerful archetypal resonance, and astrological "signatures" come in color too.  We will study the meanings of color from different systems and their correspondences to the signs and planets in natal charts.  We will also look at the psychodynamic implications of this and how color can be observed as a key to transits and progressions.  Sample artwork will be used in demonstration.

May 20, 2008 / United Astrology Congress, Denver, Colorado
  uacastrology.com
  PLUTO AND SATURN MEET DUENDE

"All that has black sounds has duende"...Through the metaphor of duende, a term  used by the poet Federico Garcia Lorca to describe artistry empowered by the awareness of death, and using different psychological models,  this is a lecture about the dynamics of saturn and pluto. Their different relationships to themes of envy, death, and liberation  will be explored, as well as the healing potential of integrating their challenges.
July 2008

MPS Art Therapy Department Community Lecture/ Symbolism and Art Therapy
  Claudia Bader, MPS, ATR-BC, NCPSYA, LCAT, LP
  Tuesday, September 18, 2007, 6:30-8PM
  133/141 West 21 Street, Room 101C, between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, NYC

Jung said symbols are the essence and the images of psychic energy. They have an objective, visible meaning behind which is hidden an invisible and more profound meaning. Symbolism permeates all aspects of art expression, and art therapists are specialists in understanding symbols which express vocabulary from the unconscious. Starting with a slide and music show, we will explore different theories about what symbols are, how they function, and a system for understanding how to interpret them.

Attendees must RSVP. Lectures are FREE to the public. All attendees must bring photo ID. CEC’s available for ATR-BC’s. For more information or to RSVP, please contact arttherapy@sva.edu or 212.592.2610.

December 2007 / New York NCGR Education Conference
  What Shape Are You In?

Literally...what shape are you in?  This lecture will go into the basic information about the physical characteristics of the signs and planets.  We'll look at images of different people and see how they express their astrological energies in how they look.  If there is time, we'll develop this information by looking at how the ascendant, planets in the ascendant, aspecting the ascendant,  and the ascendant ruler play an important part in the shape you are in!!! 
www.astrologynyc.org