Sacred Arts Research Foundation
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The Sacred Arts Research Foundation (SARF) is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting visual, musical, performance, crafting, and healing artists by providing funding, space, and resources at its community hub, The Ark. Rooted in the Golden Drum community, SARF fosters a sustainable home for the sacred arts under the guidance of Maestro Manuel Rufino.
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Raw Chocolate Making
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Join us for a fun and delicious afternoon learning the basics of raw chocolate preparation with Jerry "Moon" Murtagh, founder and chief chocolatier of Moonlight Chocolate. Give a gift this Valentine's Day that's truly from your heart: your own homemade gourmet, raw chocolate! Raw chocolate opens the heart and brings warm feelings of positivity, creativity, and joy. A natural antidepressant, cacao contains anadamide "the bliss molecule"...
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$40
Planet Mandala Painting Workshop
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For thousands of years tantric seers have observed the powerful influence of the planets on the human spirit. Indian astrology, has long understood that while the energy released by the orbiting planets affects our lives, it is also an energy that can be directed and harnessed to improve our spiritual, mental and physical well being. Mandala's sacred circular energy patterns reflect our inner nature. Using an ancient number grid,...
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$95
Introduction To Holistic Herbalism & Wild Medicine
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This multi-sensory course with herbalist Vanessa Chakour, will introduce the empowering practice of Holistic Herbalism; treating the whole self—mind, body and spirit—in collaboration with medicinal plants. We’ll share herbal infusions (medicinal teas) and tinctures made from plants found in the wilds of New York and discuss how they help us heal. You’ll learn to tap into the language of these wild healers, engage meditative and creative...
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Spirit Animal Collage Class with C. Finley
Sacred Arts Research Foundation See all classes by this school @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY
Welcome to collage class, where all of your wildest art dreams may come true. Collage is a great way to visualize your dreams and get the creative juices flowing. Artist and curator C. Finley carefully curates beautiful materials in order for you to follow your creativity and discover how this fun and quick artistic practice can unlock unique possibilities. Materials are provided (scissors/glue/paper and carefully combed through collage page.
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$25
Sacred Song School
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The Sacred Arts Research Foundation and Golden Drum Community members have been cultivating their connection to sacred sound, chanting, mantra, folkloric and healing songs from around the world. Under the guidance and inspiration of Maestro Manuel Rufino, Taino Elder & world director of M.A.I.S.C, we have come together to create an educational platform for sacred songs to be learned. Music is one of the deepest forms of prayer and healing...
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$10
Chakra Mandala Painting
Sacred Arts Research Foundation See all classes by this school @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY
This meditative painting practice connects us to the subtler planetary energy governing the chakras and it strengthens our natural state of inner harmony and peace. Mandalas, through their (sacred) circular energy patterns, reflect our inner nature. By utilizing the Vedic Square (an ancient number grid) you can create an infinite number of shapes and patterns to form a beautiful mandala. We will be working with specific colors and mantras related...
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$95
Bamboo Didgeridoo Making Workshop
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Join director of Didge Project AJ Block for a workshop in which you will make your own bamboo didgeridoo and learn how to play it. Bamboo is one of the oldest known woods for musical instrument making and some of the oldest known didgeridoo specimens found in Australia have been of bamboo. Note: Materials are included in the cost of this course.
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$120
Healing Flower Ceremony
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The healing flower ceremony is an ancestral ceremony of our Andean tradition, which links us with nature and the sacred. It's a ceremony of blossoming, of rebirth, of bonding with our inner world. We work with the sacred sound and the four altars of the tradition, also with the elements of nature and the four deities. With the petals of roses, the red color awakens the power of love in our lives, the white color for is forgiveness and healing, and...
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$103
Introductory Workshop on Embodied Storytelling
Sacred Arts Research Foundation See all classes by this school @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever told your story? Come learn and experience the power of therapeutic theater through embodied storytelling. This introductory workshop is for those interested in making a meaningful shift in their lives through an innovative psychological art form called Self Revelatory Performance. We will explore and play with different ways of bringing personal experience into ritualized performance. This process can be a right of passage, a celebration,...
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Free
Macrame Plant Hangers
Sacred Arts Research Foundation See all classes by this school @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY
In this workshop students will learn several fundamental macrame knotting techniques to make their own plant hanger. These techniques can also be used to make many other future projects. All materials (including plants) included. Students are welcome to bring their own additional cordage, beads, etc and basic horticulture and the therapeutic benefits of plants will also be discussed.
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$60
Beads on the Loom of Time: Brick Stitch Technique
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Beading is an ancient art that spans across most traditional cultures around the world including the Native American traditions of South, Central and North America. It has also been found in traditional cultures of Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. It is an incredible meditation and a great way to connect with the divine patterns that are within all things. In the first class we will learn the basics of brick stitch which is...
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$65
Drawing Lotus Flowers in the Tibetan Tradition
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In this evening workshop you will learn how to draw a Lotus Flower according to the Tibetan Buddhist Thangka tradition. The lotus flower (Skt. Pad Ma, Tib. Pema) was not only adopted as a sacred symbol in India and Tibet, but also in Persia, Egypt, China, and Central Asia. And in all these countries it is seen as a symbol of beauty, perfection and spiritual purity and spiritual awakening. Many aspects of the Buddhist path are captured in...
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$50
Grupo Mambe
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Grupo Mambe returns to The Ark for an intimate evening of medicine music from all over South America. Led by singer Fredy Velesquez of the legendary Colombian band Grupo Putumayo, Mambe is an international group of artists bound together by bonds of friendship and a love of positive, healing music. Featuring... -Fredy Velasquez: guitar and vocals (www.fredyvelasquez.com) -Juan Carlos Arevalo: flutes, charango -Greg Faiella: bass ...
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$15
Unitribe Presents Cosmic Renaissance
Sacred Arts Research Foundation See all classes by this school @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY
On Saturday, Oct 18th we offer you a transformational journey through the senses, inviting you into the blissful container of community to journey together through tastes, sounds, touch and visions. We begin the night with movement and vocal improvisation workshops to build the container for our co-creation, lean into the energetic support of The Ark, deepen our sense of belonging, and release into our embodied hearts. Please come early and join...
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$15
Ancestral Spanish Music With Rosalia Trio @ Golden Drum
Sacred Arts Research Foundation See all classes by this school @ 97 Green St, Brooklyn, NY
The show presented would not be considered simple entertainment but a medicinal treatment close to Shamanism. Guitarist, composer, vocalist, percussionist, arranger, songwriter Rosalía Mowgli, she is overall a very original musician. She unearths the ancestral traditional music from Spain and other Latin-American countries. Her music can be described as a fascinating encounter of guts and beauty. Original songs and brave arrangements of unknown...
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$20
Celestial Sound Immersion Concert and Workshop
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Celestial Sound Immersion is a full day of exposure to Celestially inspired sound flow. We will enter states of deep receptivity and listening. Through Laughter, breath work, movement, chanting and our own developed approach. Celestial Music holds time,space and energy as an ocean of NADAM sound current and light. Immersion in Celestial sound allows the mind to slowly lose its habit of getting lost in worldly concerns and returns our conscious awareness...
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$20
Beginning Guitar
Sacred Arts Research Foundation See all classes by this school @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY
In this course you will learn how to incorporate the guitar into your spiritual journey. Learn basic theory, how to play simple songs as well as methods of practice. Starting with songs from a variety of musical styles, you will leave this class with a foundational repertoire that will launch you into the many realms of guitar playing. On the final night of the series everyone will have an opportunity to invite their friends or family and perform...
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$20
What is Intimacy?
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Iris will be sharing some experiences from her life that touch on the difference between consciousness and awareness, de-conditioning one's mind and the practice of intimacy as a path to realization. Iris R. Campion, new author of Intelligent Intimacy: My Life and Friendship with Chaos Magician Stan Smith, will be hosting a reading and a lecture on the subject "What is intimacy?" Books will be available for sale and there will be time for questions...
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Free
Ojos De Dios Mandala Weaving
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Ojos de Dios ("God's Eyes") are sacred art objects used for protection and purification and as portals between the spirit and material worlds. They are made by many Native American peoples, notably the Huichol in western Mexico. Location notes: 2nd floor walkup - no handicap access. Entrance is at 107 Green St. #G55, Brooklyn, NY 11222
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$35
Across the Universe: A Medicine Melodies Journey
Sacred Arts Research Foundation See all classes by this school @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY
Join Grammy-Nominated recording artist Silvia Nakkach and percussionist Nacho Arimany for a special evening of healing sounds and singing along with divine melodies, Indian ragas, mantras, icaros from the Amazon, and beyond. Silvia is a “bridge-maker” that embodies training from many sacred music traditions. Her interactive concerts are both lively and enchantingly engaging.
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$25
Reviews of Sacred Arts Research Foundation
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Raw Chocolate Making
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Sacred Song School
Loved the organization and their aim to help awaken humanity. Beautiful healing songs! -
Raw Chocolate Making
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Raw Chocolate Making
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Introductory Workshop on Embodied Storytelling
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Introductory Workshop on Embodied Storytelling
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Planet Mandala Painting Workshop
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Chakra Mandala Painting
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Spirit Animal Collage Class with C. Finley
The teacher was great! A true artist
