Session 1:
07/05/25
2-4pm
7 May 2025
Holy Trinity, Prince Consort Rd
London SW7 2BA
with Claire Elizabeth Barratt /Linda Mary Montano
Workshop: Living Art, Raw Material and Self-as-Sacred-Place with Claire Elizabeth Barratt
An interactive, collaborative, physical workshop session.
Come as you are. Wear comfortable clothing. Participate at your own comfort level.
In this session we examine the Self as “Living Art”, the raw materials of the self in relationship with the raw materials of time, space, energy and the elements. We explore the Self as Sacred Place - the location of our dwelling and experience and interactions - physical and spiritual.
Self - made in the image of the Divine, we are also creators.
Self - body and psyche - as Raw Materials with which to create.
Self - as aesthetic being - our presence and countenance.
Self - as Sacred Place we inhabit, where transformation occurs … transcendence of Self.
Plan for workshop session time:
Total duration of the workshop is two hours.
The first hour will be a series of guided movement meditations with Claire. Participants are free to respond at their own individual pace.
Meditation Themes:
BODY = ELEMENT = EFFECT
Breath = Air = Openness Expansion Awareness
Weight = Earth = Stability Support Security
Vibration = Fire = Inspiration Stimulation Motivation
Joints = Water = Fluidity Peace Healing
This will be followed by preparation for Linda Mary Montano’s guided chakra meditation.
There will be a short break.
Guided Chakra Meditation with Linda Mary Montano
The second hour will feature Linda Mary Montano.
Linda and Claire will lead an interactive performative meditation based on the chakras.
All are invited to participate.
Remaining time is open to further meditations, collaborations and discussions.
What To Bring
Please arrive up to 15 minutes early so the session can begin on time
Wear comfortable clothing. Additional warm layers are advised
Small blanket, yoga mat, cushion for extra comfort if needed
Water or anything else you might need for personal sustenance
Scarf, or any number of scarves, in any of the chakra colours - which are the same as the rainbow colours - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
Claire Elizabeth Barratt
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Bio
Claire Elizabeth Barratt (artist moniker CillaVee) is a British interdisciplinary and performative artist based in the USA. She is the director of international arts organization Cilla Vee Life Arts, established Bronx NY 2002, and has run The Center for Connection + Collaboration from her home in Asheville, NC since 2020. She served an apprenticeship with the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation and holds an MFA in Creative Practice from the Transart Institute for Creative Research with Plymouth University where she developed the Living Art performance pedagogy. She was a Co-Founder and Director for Circle Modern Dance and a Choreographer for the Knoxville Opera Company in Tennessee and performed as a dancer for Unto These Hills outdoor drama on the Cherokee Indian reservation in North Carolina. Claire has presented work through organizations such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Bronx Council on the Arts, Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center and Art Basel Miami. She has been a member and facilitator with the international Sacred Dance Guild since 1997 – becoming a SDG Legacy Project accredited facilitator in 2024.
Much of her work is collaborative, durational and improvisational - often in the form of multi-disciplinary installation. She has performed and taught throughout the USA and in Canada, Europe, Japan and the Middle East.
cillavee.org
Linda Mary Montano
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Bio
Linda Mary Montano is a seminal figure in contemporary feminist performance art and her work since the mid 1960s has been critical in the development of video by, for, and about women. Attempting to dissolve the boundaries between art and life, Montano continues to actively explore her art/life through shared experience, role adoption, and intricate life altering ceremonies, some of which last for seven or more years. Her artwork is starkly autobiographical and often concerned with personal and spiritual transformation. Montano’s influence is wide ranging – she has been featured at museums including The New Museum in New York, MOCA San Francisco and the ICA in London.
Linda Montano on Wikipedia
with thanks to Revd Jennie Sharpe
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2-4pm
7 May 2025
Holy Trinity, Prince Consort Rd
London SW7 2BA
with Claire Elizabeth Barratt /Linda Mary Montano
Workshop: Living Art, Raw Material and Self-as-Sacred-Place with Claire Elizabeth Barratt
An interactive, collaborative, physical workshop session.
Come as you are. Wear comfortable clothing. Participate at your own comfort level.
In this session we examine the Self as “Living Art”, the raw materials of the self in relationship with the raw materials of time, space, energy and the elements. We explore the Self as Sacred Place - the location of our dwelling and experience and interactions - physical and spiritual.
Self - made in the image of the Divine, we are also creators.
Self - body and psyche - as Raw Materials with which to create.
Self - as aesthetic being - our presence and countenance.
Self - as Sacred Place we inhabit, where transformation occurs … transcendence of Self.
Plan for workshop session time:
Total duration of the workshop is two hours.
The first hour will be a series of guided movement meditations with Claire. Participants are free to respond at their own individual pace.
Meditation Themes:
BODY = ELEMENT = EFFECT
Breath = Air = Openness Expansion Awareness
Weight = Earth = Stability Support Security
Vibration = Fire = Inspiration Stimulation Motivation
Joints = Water = Fluidity Peace Healing
This will be followed by preparation for Linda Mary Montano’s guided chakra meditation.
There will be a short break.
Guided Chakra Meditation with Linda Mary Montano
The second hour will feature Linda Mary Montano.
Linda and Claire will lead an interactive performative meditation based on the chakras.
All are invited to participate.
Remaining time is open to further meditations, collaborations and discussions.
What To Bring
Please arrive up to 15 minutes early so the session can begin on time
Wear comfortable clothing. Additional warm layers are advised
Small blanket, yoga mat, cushion for extra comfort if needed
Water or anything else you might need for personal sustenance
Scarf, or any number of scarves, in any of the chakra colours - which are the same as the rainbow colours - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
Claire Elizabeth Barratt
Bio
Claire Elizabeth Barratt (artist moniker CillaVee) is a British interdisciplinary and performative artist based in the USA. She is the director of international arts organization Cilla Vee Life Arts, established Bronx NY 2002, and has run The Center for Connection + Collaboration from her home in Asheville, NC since 2020. She served an apprenticeship with the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation and holds an MFA in Creative Practice from the Transart Institute for Creative Research with Plymouth University where she developed the Living Art performance pedagogy. She was a Co-Founder and Director for Circle Modern Dance and a Choreographer for the Knoxville Opera Company in Tennessee and performed as a dancer for Unto These Hills outdoor drama on the Cherokee Indian reservation in North Carolina. Claire has presented work through organizations such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Bronx Council on the Arts, Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center and Art Basel Miami. She has been a member and facilitator with the international Sacred Dance Guild since 1997 – becoming a SDG Legacy Project accredited facilitator in 2024.
Much of her work is collaborative, durational and improvisational - often in the form of multi-disciplinary installation. She has performed and taught throughout the USA and in Canada, Europe, Japan and the Middle East.
cillavee.org
Linda Mary Montano
Bio
Linda Mary Montano is a seminal figure in contemporary feminist performance art and her work since the mid 1960s has been critical in the development of video by, for, and about women. Attempting to dissolve the boundaries between art and life, Montano continues to actively explore her art/life through shared experience, role adoption, and intricate life altering ceremonies, some of which last for seven or more years. Her artwork is starkly autobiographical and often concerned with personal and spiritual transformation. Montano’s influence is wide ranging – she has been featured at museums including The New Museum in New York, MOCA San Francisco and the ICA in London.
Linda Montano on Wikipedia
with thanks to Revd Jennie Sharpe
