BRATTLEBORO — Are you an artist trying to get enough time in the studio? Do you find it challenging to make good use of your time when you finally get there? Are you an entrepreneur struggling to get far enough ahead of production deadlines to develop something creative and new?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you may want to register for “Time to Innovate: Managing Time to Support Creativity,” a daylong workshop with Integral Master Coach Lyedie Geer, to be held at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Drawing upon her extensive research and experience working with artists and creative entrepreneurs, Geer will help participants better understand their relationship with time and how to work with it instead of against it. The registration fee for “Time to Innovate: Managing Time to Support Creativity” is $195, or $150 for BMAC members.
Space is limited. To register, visit www.brattleboromuseum.org or call 802-257-0124, ext. 101.
Geer is an Integral Master Coach who brings 25 years of experience in the areas of leadership, artistry, and entrepreneurship, along with a Masters Degree in Management and Leadership, to her coaching practice. She has managed a number of artists over the years and is currently devoting herself to coaching.
Her professional experience ranges from philanthropic roles in education and the arts to small business ownership. She was the Founding Director of The Moving Company Dance Center (now known as MOCO) and is currently serving as Second Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
“This workshop draws upon my longstanding interest in and research on our relationship to the unique human construct we call time, how it impacts the creative process and the dynamics of project and administrative teams,” she said. “I began this research when I was studying anthropology, doing ethnographic field work in Guatemala in the 1970s, and then I took it up again more recently while completing my Masters in Management and Leadership.
“The applications I'm offering now in workshop form, and in my coaching practice, provide artists, leaders, and creative entrepreneurs with practical clarity about their own unique relationship with time. I offer them new ways to structure their lives toward creativity and collaboration. It might sound like lofty stuff, but how we relate to and understand time is a critical component to being both innovative and timely.”
Artist Luann Udell of Keene, N.H., who participated in Geer's “Time to Innovate” workshop in 2012, said, “I attended with much prejudice, assuming we were going to learn about day planners and Google calendar. I was prepared to be bored stiff and take away a nice idea or two. Well, Lyedie blew my socks off.
“Her presentation gave me a deeper understanding of my creative process and how to use that understanding to focus even more on my creative and professional goals. The content is powerful, and Lyedie's presentation style is earnest and heartfelt. Our entire audience of creative professionals (web designers, commercial photographers, graphic artists, etc.) applauded when she finished.”
For more information, call 802-257-0124 or visit www.brattleboromuseum.org.