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Michele Cassou
Born (1942-09-27) September 27, 1942 (age 81)
U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter, Teacher, Author

Michele Cassou (born 27 September 1942) is an American painter, teacher, and author.

Biography

Cassou is an artist who holds dual citizenship in France and the United States. She is known for her exploration of the creative process through the "Point Zero Painting" technique. Her early works have been included in the Collection de l'art brut, a collection curated by Jean Dubuffet and permanently displayed in Lausanne.[1][2]

She has been teaching since her early twenties, first in Paris, then Canada, Ottawa, Montreal, then in the United States. Presently, she teaches the Point Zero Method under the name Michele Cassou Painting Workshops. She conducts workshops in the San Francisco Area, at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur California, at the New York Open Center, and at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos New Mexico, in various Zen centers and other locations throughout the United States and Europe.

Cassou and her work have received praise by other artists and authors.[3][4]

Additional References in Books

TV, Radio, and Web Interviews

Conferences

May 2010 w/ host(s) Dr. Carol Stalcup[6]

Author and Workshop Facilitator Michele Cassou Teleseminar.[7][8]

"If you do not listen to your intuition, it will stop talking to you. Your intuition is like a sensitive friend. If you question it, censor it, judge it, it gets hurt and becomes silent."[10]

Exhibitions

Collection

Jean Dubuffet Collection. L'Art Brut Lausanne.

Books

VIDEOS

References

  1. ^ The Soul of Creativity, Edited by Tona Pearce Myers, 1999, p.2-6, ISBN 1-57731-077-2
  2. ^ "Collection de l'Art Brut, Jean Dubuffet's." http://www.rawvision.com/outsiderart/whatisoa.html
  3. ^ Point Zero, Creativity Without Limits, Michele Cassou, Julia Cameron, 2008, Front Cover. ISBN 978-0-9802259-0-7
  4. ^ Point Zero, Creativity Without Limits, Michele Cassou, Jack Kornfield, 2008, Back Cover. ISBN 978-0-9802259-0-7
  5. ^ http://www.icreatenow.com/ Michelle Cassou and her studio.
  6. ^ va.radiopilot.net/voiceamerica/vepisode.aspx?aid=46351
  7. ^ http://www.expressiveartsfacilitators.com/.../author-and-workshop-facilitator[permanent dead link]...
  8. ^ "Michele Cassou". www.goodreads.com.
  9. ^ harleyinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/07/michele-cassou.html.
  10. ^ Michell Cassou. Life, Paint and Passion. p.80.
  11. ^ From the catalogue Nueva Invencion Coleccion de Arte Bruto Lausana. The collection of L'Art Brut Lausanne of Jean Dubuffet. Director de la Collection: Michel Trevoz. Group show. pp. 62, 75.

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