workshop Rhinebeck, NY

Awakening the Creative (The Painting Experience)

Renee Fleming Neuroscience Investigator Award

Dates

Oct 12–17, 2025

Tuition

$75.00

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Stewart Cubley and a participant painting

Discover and nurture your creative voice in this pressure-free painting workshop with Stewart Cubley, Matt Belay, and staff.

Get a small taste of what it's like to explore your creativity and paint with Stewart Cubley.

Join us for a unique opportunity to investigate the power of process painting. During this 5-day workshop, we collaborate with investigators in the field of neuroscience to record participants' experiences in relation to flow states during the creative process and the impact of creativity on well-being.

We invite you to share your workshop experience through questionnaires that will be offered throughout the week to add to the scientific research that is exploring these connections.

Artistic freedom is the right to create without being pressured to perform, produce, or succeed. Whether you are a veteran painter or are picking up a paintbrush for the first time, the experience is about creative process and free expression, rather than technique, training, or expertise.

In a respectful and nurturing studio environment, you receive individual attention and gentle guidance to:

  • Discover a creative voice that is entirely your own
  • Trust your intuitive perception
  • Follow your own authentic energy
  • Explore process painting as a path to spiritual awakening

There will be no critiques or judgment of the work. This workshop may interest people from a variety of disciplines, including art, education, counseling, social change, and meditative practices.

Everyone who registers for this program will be required to stay on campus rather than commute.

Other sessions of Awakening the Creative: The Painting Experience are available June 8-13 and October 5-10.

More Information

Everyone who registers for this program will be required to stay on campus rather than commute.

Funding for this workshop is provided by the second annual Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards, established by the Renée Fleming Foundation and administered through the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative.

Enrollment is limited for this program; register early.

All materials will be provided.

Continuing Education

Faculty is independently offering CE credits. See processarts.com for information.

Workshop Rhinebeck, NY

Oct 12–17, 2025

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  • Stewart Cubley

    Stewart Cubley, founder of the Institute for Art and Living, uses the practice of process painting...

  • Matt Belay

    Matt Belay

    Matt Belay is a creative builder who has worked with The Painting Experience since 2004.