Visual Fitness 4 All®
What is it? Why is it important?
Visual Fitness—the ability to decode and encode visual meaning— is a vital survival strategy in our 21st century digital world where pocket devices persistently bombard us with graphic information. Renee Sandell, artist and educator, helps learners of all ages decipher images and ideas to understand our increasingly visual culture. Her unique Visual Fitness training nurtures meaningful eye contact (not ‘iContact’) by engaging focus, accessing creativity, and building community.
Renee’s talks and workshops for individuals, educators, communities, organizations, and businesses help SEE MORE in life through ART! Take a Visual Fitness 4 All workshop for greater clarity and understanding of our lives, our past, and evolving New Normal!
Visual Fitness 4 All® training helps everyone decode and encode meaning
Form+Theme+Context (FTC)®
Strengthens FOCUS through balanced seeing so viewers can make informed judgements about objects, ideas, and experience. Interactive art explorations reveal deeper, interdisciplinary insights and discoveries.
Marking & Mapping®
Develops ACCESS to universal visual expression of ideas and feelings, by encoding authentic and inspirational narratives. Hands-on workshops guide visual storytelling that uses one’s creativity to reveal “visual voice.”
What Does Visual Fitness 4 All® “Do”?
Engages
everyone in balanced seeing and creating.
Links
creative and critical thinking for deeper learning.
Develops
skills in visual thinking via creative expression.
Creates
value via discovery of something yet to be known.
Visual Fitness 4 All®
What is it?
Why is it important?
Visual Fitness—the ability to decode and encode visual meaning— is a vital survival strategy in our 21st century digital world where pocket devices persistently bombard us with graphic information. Renee Sandell, artist and educator, helps learners of all ages decipher images and ideas to understand our increasingly visual culture. Her unique Visual Fitness training nurtures meaningful eye contact (not ‘iContact’) by engaging focus, accessing creativity, and building community.
Renee’s talks and workshops for individuals, educators, organizations, and businesses help SEE MORE in life through ART! Take an Art & Virtues workshop for greater clarity and understanding of our lives and the New Normal!
Visual Fitness 4 All® training helps everyone decode and encode meaning
Form+Theme+Context (FTC)®
Strengthens FOCUS through balanced seeing so viewers can make informed judgements about objects, ideas, and experience. Interactive art explorations reveal deeper, interdisciplinary insights and discoveries.
Marking & Mapping®
Develops ACCESS to universal visual expression of ideas and feelings, by encoding authentic and inspirational narratives. Hands-on workshops guide visual storytelling that uses one’s creativity to reveal “visual voice.”
What Does Visual Fitness 4 All® “Do”?
Engages
everyone in balanced seeing and creating.
Links
creative and critical thinking for deeper learning.
Develops
skills in visual thinking via creative expression.
Creates
value via discovery of something yet to be known.
“Visual Fitness builds the creativity and insight skills needed by every 21st century citizen. Visual Fitness is your birthright— you can decode and encode MEANING until your final breath! “
—Renee Sandell