Create
Creative activities relieve stress. Like meditation, they invite us to pay full attention to the present moment. Making art develops our capacity to generate out of the box solutions. Meanwhile, we form new connections between brain cells by attending to novel or complex tasks.
In our Elemental Art Retreats, we use multimedia materials in visual art explorations with a focus on process and experimentation. We approach art, just like movement: in the spirit of practice and discovery. These art retreats are times to play and spaces to kindly connect with our hearts, bodies, minds, and each other. We welcome all levels of art experience - from none to a lot!
In our Elemental Art Retreats, we use multimedia materials in visual art explorations with a focus on process and experimentation. We approach art, just like movement: in the spirit of practice and discovery. These art retreats are times to play and spaces to kindly connect with our hearts, bodies, minds, and each other. We welcome all levels of art experience - from none to a lot!
These art retreats have removed many of the creative blocks that have hindered me for too many years!
Jo-Anne G.
Your art retreats are refreshing and inspiring!
Karen B.
I thoroughly enjoyed this Elemental Art Retreat ~ the theme was "Fire" ~ with Susan, where we explored and shared all sorts of simple things and passions that light us up, especially important to recognize as we have started the season of longer nights. A small, safe, online group, a perfectly curated box of supplies safely delivered to my front door, amazing and sweet and cute little notes with inspiration and opening instructions leading up to the retreat.
Melanie M.
ELEMENTAL ART RETREATS - returning in September!
Receive lovingly curated boxes of art supplies and personalized notes, delivered to you door. Experience the magic of discovering the delights inside!
Then, gather with us online for two-part retreats that creatively and meditatively explore the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. We work with a variety of media and each month's project is a surprise.
So far, we've explored multimedia compositions with acrylic paint and found objects, watercolour paint techniques and book making, layered paint on cardboard and tissue paper collage on glass, origami mobile making, sculpting with polymer clay, needle felting, stenciling, and stitching. Come join us to discover what's next!
Each retreat participant receives:
Receive lovingly curated boxes of art supplies and personalized notes, delivered to you door. Experience the magic of discovering the delights inside!
Then, gather with us online for two-part retreats that creatively and meditatively explore the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. We work with a variety of media and each month's project is a surprise.
So far, we've explored multimedia compositions with acrylic paint and found objects, watercolour paint techniques and book making, layered paint on cardboard and tissue paper collage on glass, origami mobile making, sculpting with polymer clay, needle felting, stenciling, and stitching. Come join us to discover what's next!
Each retreat participant receives:
- all materials required to create an open-ended project (with the exception of some common household items, ie scissors)
- delivery to your door in the City of Ottawa (the Wednesday before the retreat)
- personalized notes for each day leading up to our gathering
- practical guidance on use of supplies
- encouragement to play and experiment
