August 2015 | Art School in Budapest Art School in Budapest: August 2015

Art school in Budapest art school in English Language with NVC Nonviolent Communication courses

Art school in Budapest  art school in English Language  with NVC Nonviolent Communication courses

Friday, August 28, 2015

September Newsletter: Camden We Love You!

I will talk from my heart. That’s the best I can do at this moment.  The right sentences,  the right words  do not come easy anyway. I feel hopeful. I feel helpless.  I feel love. I feel sadness. I feel confusion. But above all, I really really really want to do something to help  Camden and his family. I am writing to you all now,  beautiful community of my little school, in the hope that together we can make a difference to the lives of Anneliese, Camden and little Zoli. 

You see, five years ago, when the idea of starting my school was born, I envisioned a place where people could come because they felt good in the school, a place where people matter to each other and a place where people can bloom to their fullest creative potentials. You all came to my little school from different corners of the world  and I think that for many of you, it was more than just art lessons here. For some of you it was a place to make friends, for others it was a place to discover what you wanted in your life and make brave choices, and for some of you ASIB even turned out to be your "Hungarian family". Together, you have created a small vibrant creative arty hub in Budapest.

In spring 2013, at one of their usual Wednesday lessons,  Anneliese and Camden
Sping 2013: 
Camdon and Anneliese at one 
of their Wednesday lessons
anounced: " We have good news. You are all going to become aunties!"  We were  thrilled.  Lori brought baby clothes the following week, and from then on, every Wednesday at lesson breaks, we were curiously touching Annelieses belly, making botanical comments: "Oh, now he is the size of a grape. Oh, now he is the size of an egg-plant. Oh, now he is the size of a small watermelon". Aneliese and Camden were so happy and so much in love. We were happy for them and with them. I thought of them so brave:  they had fallen madly in love and three months later,
 they decided to make a break in their careers, they packed two big suitcase and came to Hungary to spend a year traveling, dancing, doing arts and  all kinds of things they always wanted to do but never had time for. That is how I met them- they enrolled onto several courses at my school. And the news of  little Zoli arriving eight months later, simply crowned their beautiful story.  

However, this spring an email arrived in my inbox. Camden was ill, Annelies wrote. Camden, the strong, sporty guy who lived on a boat in Hawai, who surfed, who dances salsa fantastically, the guy who had been a sucessful marketing manager and the kind, quiet guy who created amazing drawings in my lessons, had been diagnosed with leukemia. His son, Zoli, our little surfer, was just turning two.  This is where the search for a bone marrow donor started and this is where my words ended.

Camden working on his very first painting, spring 2013
I should be saying something wise here, as I need to finish this newsletter somehow, but my head is empty. The only sentence that comes from deep within me is: "Camden, we love you! Camden, we care. Camden we are with you in this"  I wish I could be there this September when he will receive a bone marrow transplant from his sister. I want to give him a BIG hug, to give  Anneliese a BIG hug, to hold again little Zoli in my arms. The hug would tell them more than any words of mine can. But, I am in Hungary and they are in the States. I write this newsletter instead of that hug. 

Perhaps you might like  to join me and say in your heart: "Camdon, we love you!"  Perhaps, like me, you want to do something. You might like to  pray, meditate, send positive thoughts, walk a labirint, send a postcard, send an email, send a donation to the crowd funding initiative or perhals you might have another idea. Just do what your heart tells you. Because today, every little counts.

Camden we love you!



(A friend of Camden and Anneleise started crowd 
founding. You can find more information at: 
This crowd funding is not about money- it is about 
hope)

Monday, August 17, 2015

A Brand New Beginning

A new school year - a brand new beginning!

The new term at Art School in Budapest is starting with four exciting new courses. Check the list below, choose the course which tickles your heart the most and join the ASIB community of friendly creative people. 





 Fall 2015 - INTENSIVE COURSES:
____________________________________

Aug. 26 -28 / 13.30 -16.30 h
Afternoons in the  
Botanical Garden

intensive painting course for adults and teens above 14 regardless of their previous experience

Whether you would like to explore how to use colors to get in touch with your inner world, or would rather enjoy learning more technical painting skills this is a course for you. Depending on your personal level and aspirations we will address topics such as color theory, developing sensitivity for mixing tones, using color to present space, volume, light and  composition as well as some ... 

Aug. 31 - Sep. 3 / 18.15 -21 h
Evening Nude 

An intensive sketching and drawing 
course for adults and teens above 14 
regardless of their previous experience

Whether you would like to have taste of lessons at ASIB or you would like to explore how you could use drawing live-model to express your feelings and thoughts this is a course for you. Each evening of this course a model will be set and you will be receiving guidance which will help you improve your drawing skills in pencil, charcoal or brush and ...

  
Fall 2015 - WEEKLY COURSES:
________________________________________________________



Wednesdays, 18.15 - 21h
Nude & Portrait 

A weekly painting and drawing 
course for adults and teens above 14

 Whether you are professionally or non-professionally involved in arts, this course may be a fun and relaxed way to enforce your current knowledge and skills in 2D figure depiction.  During the lessons a model will be set and you will be encouraged to make sketches, small drawings and paintings in a technique of your choice.Beside acquiring...read more>>>


Wednesdays, 16 - 17.30h
Sketching & 
Small Drawings

A weekly course for adults and teens above 14
regardless of their previous experience

 If you would like to improve your visual perception and your drawing skills in an energetic and fun way, this is a course for you. Through making sketches and small drawings of live model, still life and the interior, you will be developing your sight, sense of composition, linear expression, shading and much more...read more >>>

Saturday, August 1, 2015

See You In September!

Work by Peter Pink
https://www.facebook.com/PinkerPeter
Summer Holidays have started!  Art School in Budapest will be closed till September. 

The new timetable and list of courses are expected to be published soon. If you would like to be the first to know about the new course starting  next fall  please subscribe to the mailing list (artschoolbudapest@gmail.com) and/or follow Art School in Budapest on Facebook .
   If you are interested in attending private lessons during the summer please email at : artschoolbudapest@blogspot.com or call: + 36 20 467 5051

ASB wishes you a lovely summer filled with exciting experiences, relaxation and lots of art!