Call to Gather x NYAAF Presents Modern Kintsugi

​To play is necessary. 

​‘Call to Gather’ champions creative play as essential for health and wellness; fostering mental, emotional, and social well-being. They believe everyone is a maker, and that its through shared creative experiences human beings build trust, collaboration, and can develop a deep sense of community. Gather Artists are all highly experienced in their craft, providing quality creative sessions from a wide range industries for individuals to begin to explore their creative potential, heal, and connect - ultimately igniting personal and collective transformation in community.

​Come reignite child-like play and become present in wonder.

​MODERN KINTSUGI 

​The art of Kintsugi embodies new beauty made through imperfections. It’s an artistry of mending broken pieces, symbolically representing how brokenness in our lives can transform to places of beauty and power. Instead of hiding chipped and broken parts,when imperfections are pronounced with the gold, symbolizing the light, you behold something that’s more beautiful. It’s an art form of mending to make new. In this Gather, we’ll have an open time to share personal discovery with each other as we apply Kintsugi to a piece we’ve each brought with us. We’ll share a time of personal reflection and beholding through working with our hands.

​Please do not break things to bring. Instead, look for cracked, chipped, and broken ceramics you already have. No glass, please.

​Gather Facilitator: Sarah Tintle

​Sarah Winston Tintle is a modern Kintsugi facilitator. In this role, Sarah focuses on creating beauty from brokenness, in an effort to make the world a more peaceful place, one creation at a time. She holds a B.S. from Vanderbilt University and a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Duke University. Sarah has worked as a pediatric physical therapist for the past 18 years, and this work has framed how she views her role as an artist. Sarah’s desire is for all people (children and adults!) to be able to live their lives to their fullest potential. She sees play as an essential component to learning, not only with pediatric clients, but with adult learners as well. She uses this lens to invite class participants to engage in a playful way, in order to more deeply understand how beauty is made