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Release Your Creativity by Rebecca Schweiger unleashes your inner artist

In a departure from standard how-to books, Release Your Creativity (Sixth&Spring, May 2017) by Rebecca Schweiger shares lessons for creating meaningful works of art. The book includes 15 hands-on painting and mixed-media projects aimed at getting the creative juices flowing – no previous art experience required. Best of all, though the projects include step-by-step instruction, they are designed to explore a person’s distinct point of view so that the finished result is a unique expression of its creator.

Raised in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Schweiger is herself an accomplished artist whose work has been featured in galleries in New York and Boston, as well as several private collections. Several years ago, in a critique of her work, Nobel laureate Elie Weisel, whom Schweiger called a mentor and role model, noted her strong ability to express human sensitivity and Jewish experience.

At that time, she told the Ledger in an interview that while much of her work is rooted in Jewish themes, she sees her message as universal.

“I’ve had a lot of Jewish experiences, I’m involved in the Jewish community and my soul is in a Jewish form. And, as an artist, whatever you are is reflected onto the canvass. So, while I deal with all kinds of universal life themes my lenses are Jewish. But this is not your typical Jewish art. My painting is heavily expressive, pretty modern, somewhat abstract, and very open to the viewer. I want to welcome the viewer into the world of the painting. Many different people can enter my world. And that’s my goal.”

Today, Schweiger owns and operates The Art Studio NY., which attracts students from around the world, and has been featured on NBC, ABC, E!, The Village Voice, Manhattan Magazine, Boston Globe, and other media outlets.

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