Upcoming Programs &
Directed Retreats

May 9 - 11, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Needle felting is an exciting and versatile hobby adaptable to art forms. Discover how amazing it is to design and sculpt wool with specialized needles. You will be introduced to several easy steps enabling you to produce a variety of designs and inspiring you to experiment after the class with your own ideas. All materials…

May 27 - 31, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Vacation with a Purpose: Watercolor, Fluid Acrylics, and Inks Karen Kappell, FSPA All of these media can be used to create water-based paintings: watercolor and acrylic washes allow for many happenings. Acrylics give bright and subtle colors and inks can give shape details in the paintings. The week will allow for exploration in all three…

June 1 - 6, 2024
3:00 pm - 12:00 pm

The “growing edge” is an element of the experience of summer, which moves us from the messy, turbulent new life of spring to its culmination in fruiting and ripening as the harvest approaches. It is also an important aspect of our growth as writers as we connect with what is germinating in the moment and…

June 17 - 19, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Pastels come in both oil based and dried soft powdered pastel. We will be using soft pastel, and Sister Karen will have many pieces of Nupastels for your use. If you purchase your own, Sister Karen suggests Prismacolor Nupastel (a set of 12 for $16.19 at cheapjoes.com). Since this is an introductory class all materials will be provided, so…

July 1 - 5, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

With Karen Kappell, FSPA The surface you apply your watercolor on depends on the results you want. We will explore each day a different surface that watercolor can be applied to and notice the pros and cons of each. The different surface papers and underground materials will be provided at a cost of $5 per…

August 12 - 13, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

This is a two-day workshop. Monday morning we will create color sheets of paper to be used for the bowls using fluid acrylics, watercolors, and inks. Papers to paint will be provided. In the afternoon, we will take the transformed papers and create a three dimensional paper bowl that will need to dry over night….