A six-week series based on Julia Cameron’s classic book, The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, will be offered on Wednesday nights at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 West Napoleon Blvd, Metairie.

The class will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, May 3 and will conclude on Wednesday, June 7. The series is free of charge and is open to the public. Registration is not required.

The class will be led by Rolf vanAnders, a certified Wellness and Mindfulness Based Creativity Trainer and Life Coach. He is on staff at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, and was previously an adjunct professor at Delgado Community College.

“Our sessions will be informative and interactive with creative practice exercises,” vanAnders said. “Each session will end with a relaxing and inspirational meditation designed to unlock and unlimited one’s creativity and problem solving skills.”

Course dates and topics:

• 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 3: “We Are All Creative, And Creativity Is Endless. So Let’s Learn How to Unlock and Unlimit Our Creativity.”
• 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 10: “Creativity Is an Attitude and a Way of Life.”
• 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 17: “Harmonize and Tune-up Your Energy to Bloom Like a Flower and Sing Like a Bird.”
• 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 24: “Clear the Canvass of the Mind and Make Space for Your Creative Abilities to Thrive.”
• 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 31: “The Elements of Design Are Your Building Blocks for Creating Successful Outcomes.”
• 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 7: “Develop the Power of Your Creativity Through Awareness, Intention, Focus, Discernment, Affirmation and Practice. Activate, Awaken and Engage the Sacred Power of Your Subconscious Mind.”

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity is a self-help book by American author Julia Cameron with Mark Bryan. The book was written to help people with artistic creative recovery, which teaches techniques and exercises to assist people in gaining self-confidence in harnessing their creative talents and skills. It was originally published in 1992 and is in its tenth printing.

In the book, Cameron provides a system to encourage creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.

For more information regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.