THE INTENSIVE

DAY 1: CLAIRCOGNIZANT – Knowing It

Recognizing what you know and don’t know allows you to move forward with courage and clarity. It improves your choices and allows understanding.  Learning and putting what we learn into practice brings us success on so many levels.

9:00am-9:30am: WELCOME with Shelly Taggar, James Vincent, & Danessa Myricks 

9:30am-11:00am: IN GOOD FORM:
GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD with Alphonse Wiebelt & James Vincent 
Training your eyes and hands to capture all that is seen, and unseen is essential to an artist’s success. The fundamentals of beauty, shape, balance, tension and emotions allow unlimited expression and design within your work.  Observing and interpreting curves, lines and energy, help artists get out of their own mindsets and focus on the bigger picture in front of them rather than the small details.

• Capturing the subject as a whole, by prioritizing movement
• Understanding flow, light, shadow, form and shapes, to create impact in your art.
• It’s all about the process
  
  

11:15am-12:30pm: BEYOND IMAGINATION PANEL with Melanie Mills & Lijha Stewart, Hosted By Danessa Myricks 
Overcoming the odds or doing the impossible to become the artist you want to be, is easier when you have inspiration and example.  Our expert panel offers support, insight and advice on moving forward and making your mark.

12:30pm-1:30pm: Break

1:30pm-3:00pm: FACE FORWARD with Colleen Runne, Hosted by James Vincent 
Creating work that is well-balanced is the basis of beauty.  Using correct proportions, sizing and shading strengthens your work on all levels.

• Understand how your individual decisions work as a whole
• Find freedom of composition in the fundamental rules
• Learn to create impact and engagement
  
  

3:00pm-5:30pm: WHAT’S MY LINE? – PUTTING IT TOGETHER – with Bethany Townes, Lijha Stewart, Mari Shten, James Vincent & Danessa Myricks

Eyebrows have the power to complete or completely change the look of a face. Eyebrows frame the eyes, face and provide an expression that can be used to emphasize, enhance and correct the imperfect.  Mastering the makeup possibilities of eyebrows, empowers every artist. 

Building the best brow for each eye is also essential. Our James Vincent will talk through eye shapes and brow basics while Danessa Myricks shares brow trend before bringing you through an exercise that will change the way you look at brows. 

Understanding how to decide when, where and how to build lashes or attach faux lashes can seem daunting. Knowing what shape to create and how to create it can seem even more overwhelming. Mari Shten of Lash Lash NYC understands the why and how and will bring us through the decision-making process.

Putting together all the pieces in any makeup application requires you to understand the face in front of you, the job at hand and the products and tools you’re working with. Mastering and learning to manipulate all these individual components will allow you to compose and complete an incredible makeup look in any situation.

• Understand eyebrows and their power and presence
• Reimagine what is possible with eyebrow potential for your art and business
• Master the tools and techniques
• Gain insight into the power of product-in-design
• Develop your own aesthetic
• Learn ways to better pitch a client, communicate and complete any makeup

5:30pm-6:30pm: WELCOME COCKTAILS

Day 2: CLAIRVOYANCE – Perceiving It

Perceiving is becoming aware of something by using your senses. Perception not only creates our experience of the world around us but it allows us to act, imagine and see what is possible by activating ourselves and our senses. Perception allows us to approach our art, world and career differently and with purpose.

8:00am-9:00am: SOUND BATH with Kayce Laine

9:00am-10:30am: DREAM IT. BE IT. with Danessa Myricks, Jon Hennessey, Jacob Hyzer, Lijha Stewart, Nick Lujan, & Shelly Taggar
Bring your thoughts, ideas and goals together to build from imagination into reality.  This will require you to see what is possible and help you put a plan in place to get there.  In this session, we will answer individual questions and share experiences to step forward from what might be, to what is.

10:30am-12:30pm: ART SCHOOL
Room A: I STILL BELIEVE with Colleen Runne & Bethany Townes, Hosted by James Vincent 
Explore a new way of looking at ordinary objects around
us that offer endless prospects for expression in your art, career and life.

• Develop hand-eye coordination in artistry
• Develop your perspective and ability to perceive
• Notice finer details
  
  

Room B: MIX IT UP with Lijha Stewart, Nick Lujan, & Mari Shten, Hosted by Danessa Myricks
Mixing colors is just as important as your techniques and personal style in your work.  Choosing the right hues can make a huge impact in conveying emotion, depth, dimension and improve your artist’s eye on understanding the world around you.

• Break through limitations
• Develop problem-solving skills
• Learn to create a sense of space

12:30pm-1:30pm: BREAK

 1:30pm-3:30pm: BUSINESS SCHOOL with EJ Jamele, Jon Hennessey, & Danessa Myricks
BRAVE NEW WORLD
Everyone has a story and how you share that story, vision and whom you share it with, will be an important part of your evolution.

Making an impact in Modern marketing, allows advancement on so many important levels.  In this session, we will explore what is available and help you develop your own plan and presence in today’s social media world.

• Gain an understanding of curation and creating a narrative
• Master platforms including Instagram, Pinterest and many more
• Set a plan and schedule to prioritize your social media presence

3:30pm-5:00pm: AN ARTISTS WAY- Marika D’Auteuil, Hosted by Danessa Myricks

Watch and witness as Marika, known as @lapetitvengeance shares her artistry and insight on becoming an artist with your own voice, on your own terms.  With bold and artistic choices, a perfect complexion and a plethora of ideas, Marika is an artist who has developed an individual aesthetic and a body of work, that inspires us to each find our own vision and voice in art. 

Day 3 – CLAIRSENTIENCE – I Imagine Infinite possibility

UNDERSTANDING INSPIRATION

Inspiration awakens us to new possibilities by allowing us to transcend our ordinary experiences and limitations. Inspiration propels a person from apathy to possibility. It transforms the way we perceive our own capabilities.  Inspiration may sometimes be overlooked because of its elusive nature. Today we will look at different types of inspirations and how to access and include them in our art, brand and life.

8:00am: MORNING MEDITATION  Lijha Stewart with James Vincent 

9:00am – 10:30am: INSPIRATION MINDSET – THE EXTERNAL with Melanie Mills, Alphonse Wiebelt & Jake Aebly Hosted by Danessa Myricks
The term inspiration is commonly used.  Inspiration is a creative push from something that resonates deeply.  Knowledge-based and need-based inspirations are essential to makeup success as we establish our expertise.  In this panel, we will explore the tangibles and techniques of finding inspiration in what exists and how to use it to become better equipped as an artist and businessperson.

• Learn to read and breakdown a brief
• Find inspiration in client limitations
• Learn to express your art and aesthetic in any situation

10:30am-12:00pm: WHAT’S YOUR STORY-  Roshar,  Hosted by James Vincent
The internal – Designing from your own experiences and/or ideas, thoughts and feelings, allows you to create something that is individual to you and only you can come up with.  Explore tools for inspiration that allow you to perceive, practice, and put together ideas for easier communication, client pitch and personal collection.

• Pull ideas from your head and heart onto paper
• Learn to mine your memories and feelings for creativity and support
• Develop your brainstorming and organizational process
• Learn to create stronger communication tools, plan a narrative and practice techniques

12:00pm-1:30pm: BREAK, GET INSPIRATION ON THE STREET

1:30pm-2:30pm: TBD

2:30pm-4:00pm: COME INSIDE with Alphonse Wiebelt, Clint Brock, James Vincent
Understanding Inspiration – The external – Finding inspiration in the intangible – using the senses to find inspiration and develop ideas for makeup design and application.

• Engage your senses
• Activate your imagination
• Reimagine what you are capable of
  
  

3:30pm-4:00pm: CLOSING REMARKS with Shelly Taggar, James Vincent & Danessa Myricks

4:00pm-5:30pm: GET READY BREAK

5:30pm-7:30pm: JOIN OUR CLOSING PARTY AND CELEBRATE IARTIST