Empowering Art — Expressing Your Inner Voice

— "By making their inner world visible women get in touch with their inner authenticity and develop personal artistic voice." Valeria Teles interviews Annette Luycx — the author of the "From Art to Empowerment: How Women Can Develop Artistic Voice." Annette Luycx, MEd, MSc, is an artist, author and freelance art educator and coach from the Netherlands living and working in Greece. She has taught collage, mixed media, ceramics and art and personal development, in Athens for the past twenty years at schools (middle school and high school) and cultural centers (adults). She is the author of "From Art to Empowerment: How Women Can Develop Artistic Voice" an art workbook for women. The book is available on Amazon, Archway and Barnes & Noble as a print copy and as an e-book. Annette holds a Master's Degree in Sociology and Women's Studies of the University of Amsterdam, a post-doctorate degree in Cultural Management of Paris Dauphine University and a Master's Degree in Art Education from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. Annette has specialized in art coaching and artistic talent development. The purpose of her teaching practice is to support artists, art students and creatives in gaining increased self-awareness and understanding of their individual creative process, as well as to promote their personal and artistic growth: the development of their artistic voice. She has been studying and exploring the link between artistic expression and self-discovery in the visual arts, dance, and theater her whole life. In 2014 she created the IRIS ART CENTRE, a center for adult art education specialized in the development of personal artistic voice. Here, she organizes summer art workshops and artist coaching residencies, in the Greek countryside about twenty miles north from the center of Athens. Now due to Corona, she also coaches artists online. To learn more about Annette Luycx and her work, please visit: https://www.www.annetteluycx.com/  — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.