FLASH SALE!! ~ “Mining Your Golden Treasures Within”

FLASH SALE!! ~ 2 for 1 ~ Sign up by tomorrow, August 27th & bring a friend for FREE!! or– just split the cost and pay just $50 each for the 4 week series! Finally- a reward for procrastinating 😉

Please join me for my 4 week painting series ~ “Mining Your Golden Treasures Within”, on Tuesdays, 6-9pm, beginning 8/27 ~ at Impressions Art Studio!

During our weekly classes, we’ll be using a variety of mediums and techniques, including acrylic paint, gold mica, gold glitter and more. It’s time to allow your golden essence to shine through! I’ll be guiding you step by step throughout the entire process, so all levels are welcome – beginner to advanced.

Using short meditations & guided visualizations, we’ll delve into our subconscious realm & discover what wants to be revealed, on your canvas, and in your life. Your painting will serve as a portal to, or mirror of your inner terrain as we create, using this fun & dynamic method of art making.

Get ready to have fun & dive deep! All materials and instructions are included in your $100.00 registration fee. To reserve your spot, please Venmo payment to @Susan-Risse-3. Feel free to post or PM any questions you may have.

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New Painting Series ~ “Mining Your Golden Treasures Within”

Please join me for my next 4 week painting series ~ “Mining Your Golden Treasures Within”, on Tuesdays, 6-9pm, beginning 8/27 ~ at Impressions Art Studio!

During our weekly classes, we’ll be using a variety of mediums and techniques, including acrylic paint, gold mica, gold glitter and more. It’s time to allow your golden essence to shine through! I’ll be guiding you step by step throughout the entire process, so all levels are welcome – beginner to advanced.

Using short meditations & guided visualizations, we’ll delve into our subconscious realm & discover what wants to be revealed, on your canvas, and in your life. Your painting will serve as a portal to, or mirror of your inner terrain as we create, using this fun & dynamic method of art making.

Get ready to have fun & dive deep! All materials and instructions are included in your $100.00 registration fee. To reserve your spot, please Venmo payment to @Susan-Risse-3. Feel free to post or PM any questions you may have.

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Glitter Gypsy in Oahu Open Studios~You’re Invited~November 14-15

Aloha, and welcome to another year of Oahu Open Studios, an island-wide *FREE* ART EVENT! Glitter Gypsy is excited to be participating again this year.

What is Oahu Open Studios? Fifty one local artists will be opening their art studios to the public over the next two weekends. Our event kicks off tomorrow evening at First Friday Arts Walk in Chinatown (November 6,2015, 6:00-9:00p.m.) with our Opening Celebration/Preview Exhibition. Meet the artists & preview their artwork, while enjoying refreshments & live music. The art show will remain hanging there in the lobby of “Bishop Place” (1132 Bishop St. at Fort Street Mall-take the escalator up & pass the security guard to the “Main Lobby”) through November 20th.

“Weekend 1” Artist Open Studios (Central, North Shore & Windward Oahu) is November 7th-8th, 11a.m-6p.m., both days.

“Weekend 2” Artist Open Studios~ MY WEEKEND! ~ (Leeward Oahu~ Waianae to Honolulu to HAWAII KAI) is November 14th-15th, 11a.m-6p.m., both days

**FREE GUIDEBOOKS & PRINTABLE MAPS available at http://www.oahuopenstudios.com Go there to grab your copy & beginning planning your art studio tours!

Be sure to stop by Glitter Gypsy Studio (my home/studio) ~Studio #51~ any time November 14th-15th, 11a.m.-6p.m., both days!

What to expect at Glitter Gypsy Studio:

~Open Studio/Art Salon~ View/purchase my original art, as well as archival quality art prints & greeting cards.

~Enjoy complimentary wine, tea & pupus while visiting, visioning, asking questions & talking story.

~Relax on our ocean-view lanais or poolside while visiting the artist & other guests.

~Ask me about upcoming Events, Workshops, Monthly Women’s Creativity Art Circles, Creative Coaching & More!

~BONUS: International Singer/Songwriter & Actress Lucie Lynch will be performing LIVE Saturday afternoon after 4:00!

Mahalo! I’ll see you at Oahu Open Studios! ~Aloha

PS: I’d love it if you’d “Like” me on FB http://www.facebook.com/GlitterGypsy & Susan Conrad Risse (profile page) on Instagram @glittergypsies, LinkedIn: Glitter Gypsy Risse, @SusanRisse + you’ll receive all of the latest updates a lot quicker & easier!

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Women’s Creative Spirituality Workshop. Build your own Traveling Shrine or Altar!

Join local artist, teacher & spiritual guidess, Susan Conrad Risse as she walks you, step-by-step, in the creation of a traveling shrine or altar dedicated to honoring your sacred self.

Come just as you are, straight from work or wherever, to play with us in this magical, whimsical & sacred playground of the heart.

All are welcome, no matter what you feel your “creative level” is. 
NO PREVIOUS ART EXPERIENCE is required.
When: Wednesday, June 19th – 5:00-8:30 pm
Where: Waimanalo Beach Cafe and Gallery
41-865 Kalanianaole Highway, Waimanalo 96795
(808) 783-4749 http://www.facebook.com/dabeachcafe

Included will be yummy food & drinks and ALL supplies.
If you have totems or elements of significance to you in this creation, please bring them along!

We will begin by gathering in circle to connect & ground with one another, as well as to visualize & set our intention for our evening journey. We’ll then gather our containers, personal items that you’ve brought plus anything that speaks to you from my personal ‘stash’ & begin creating!

I promise that you will not only open up your heart & have fun, but you’ll also leave with something that you’ve lovingly created. – Sound good?

Save your spot now for just a $20.00 non-refundable deposit. 
Remaining $30.00 balance to be paid by June 14th. ($50.00 total) Deposit through Paypal to susan@risse.com or drop off your deposit at the cafe to save your seat.

According to the dictionary, a shrine is:
1.) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as a shrine of art.

2.) A case, box or receptacle, especially one in which one deposits sacred relics.

3.) Ritual Altar: An altar that contains objects placed for specific intent which have deliberate symbolism. An altar created thoughtfully enhances the ritual’s meaning for the individual or group.

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Follow your HeART, even if you don’t know where it’s leading you…..

Hi, my glitter gypsies! How are you today? I am very well, thank you! I want to send out a BIG MAHALO to all of the beautiful women & girls who attended my 1st retreat of the Fall Series on 9/10/11! We had a terrific time & everyone left with a finished Mandala that they all really loved! It was so fascinating to watch while each person created something from their own heART, not really knowing the outcome, but trusting in the process. Lots of support & inspiration were flowing freely & lovingly. The Mandalas all turned out very differently, reflecting the personal journeys that each person was on.

We began in a Ritual, known as “the Red Thread Ceremony.” Many years ago, my teacher, mentor & artist extraordinaire, Shiloh Sophia McCloud, introduced me to this ritual & passed it on to me to share with even more women. It is a way of creating a vessel, or sacred space, to hold all of us safely in the arms of freedom to create that which is wanting to be expressed, even if we’re not sure exactly what that is. It was a beautiful & blessed day, to be sure.

Again, I would like to thank all of the women & girls who joined me on 9/10/11! Which brings me to the next workshop on 10/01/11, 10:30-5:30 again. This time, we will be creating 3-dimensional shrines (or memory boxes.)An amazing workshop that you won’t want to miss!!! Just go to the Home Page & click on Personal Shrines & Memory Boxes button & all of the details are there. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Sign up early, & get a discount + save your spot! Hope to see you there!!!

P.S. Within the next few days, I will be posting A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT/OPPORTUNITY! It is very exciting how the Universe plopped this into my lap, as I am open & flowing & following my heART , even if I’m not sure where it’s leading me…… Mahalo…..Glitter Gypsy

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Still Time To Sign Up!!!!

On this very significant weekend of not only the 10 year anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11/2001, but also, the numerical significance of the date tomorrow(9/10/11), as well as the “Full Moon in Virgo”, there is definitely a lot of energy moving around in the Universe.

Last night, I was up into the wee hours finishing this painting, “Our Lady of Peace and Love”~~dedicated to WORLD Peace and Love on this, the anniversary weekend of 9/11/2001.

I really wanted to go to sleep, as I need my rest to be ready to lead my “Women’s Creative Spirituality Workshop” this weekend. But, for some reason, this beautiful Lady kept calling out to me in Her gentle & loving way. “I need you to finish this, BEFORE this MOST SIGNIFICANT weekend to spread love & peace in the World. THEY NEED ME & this is something that you can do, in your own small way, to be a part of that POSITIVE energy.” So I listened, & I did it & here She is!

I’d also like to invite you to be a part of this “POSITIVE ENERGY MOVEMENT” with ME tomorrow at my Workshop! I REALLY want you all to come! This time, don’t worry @ $$. Payment plans & scholarships are available. This is about something BIGGER for me, for US. Please sign up, I will make it work!

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“Women’s Spiritual Creativity Workshop Series” begins Next Saturday!!!

Hi Everyone! We had a fantastic time last weekend at my Open House/Studio Party!!! Interesting, fun, entertaining group of friends were in attendance, both old & new.

For those of you who weren’t able to attend, I just wanted to remind you that there are still spaces available for our 1st workshop (next Saturday, Sept. 10th)–Theme~~Mandalas. Many people have asked me exactly what a Mandala is. That’s a very good question & it’s not a word one hears in daily conversation. If you click on the word “Mandala” on the Workshops blog, there is a definition there. But, simply put, Mandala means “circle.” Anything can be called a Mandala if it is circular & the intention is there. As an example, the Earth, the Womb, a platter of fruit in a beautiful circular pattern, & so on. In our case, we will be creating a Mandala of art. We will begin with a blank circular form that we will bless with paint, collage, glitter, ephemera, or any meaningful photographs, mementos, or objects of significance to you. There are no wrong or rights~~we’ll be creating from our hearts. I guarantee that you will leave with something that YOU LOVE! Sign up now~~if you sign up for all 4 workshops, you’ll save $50.00! I invite you create space in your life to “CREATE.”

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