Arts & Spirituality Retreat Day 2
We look forward to seeing you with more great ways to connect your artistic side to your spiritual side with Arts and Spirituality Retreat – Journeys in Creativity
Local artists and talented church members lead group activities to help you explore your artistic side as it relates to your spiritual journey. You’ll get a chance to enjoy live performances, explore visual art installations, eat, drink, paint, cut, arrange, cook, sing, pray, refresh and renew!
Two day event: Friday evening, February 2 and Saturday morning/afternoon, February 3.
Friday, February 2
5:30 p.m. Registration and Refreshments
6:15 p.m. Welcome Performance
6:45 p.m. Dinner and Fellowship Catered by Linda Wayman Cooks! and the AHCC Arts & Spirituality Retreat Kitchen Team
7:30 p.m. Building Community through Creativity with David D.J. Rau
8:30 p.m. Closing
Saturday, February 3
8:30 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Details
9:10 a.m. Building Community through “To Know and Be Known”
10:00 a.m. ARTS EXPERIENCE I (see descriptions below)
11:45 a.m. Lunch and Fellowship Catered by Linda Wayman Cooks! and the AHCC Arts &Spirituality Retreat Kitchen Team
12:30 p.m. Performance
1:15 p.m. ARTS EXPERIENCE II (see descriptions below)
2:45 p.m. ARTS EXPERIENCE III (see descriptions below)
4:15 p.m. Building Community through Worship and Celebration
Arts Experience Opportunities – Session I
5-D: Creating Masterworks with Collage with Assemblage They said there wouldn’t be any math. Ugh. 2-D (flat) plus 3-D (not flat) adds up to 5-D! Join Rau for a workshop to combine both paper images and tiny objects into a creation showcased in a shadow-box frame. The subject matter is up to you, but helpful hints on types of adhesion, collecting, and composition will be featured. Let’s put images and objects never meant to be together…together. That’s the point! Facilitated by David D.J. Rau, Curator of Visitor Engagement, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT, and Artist who works in 5-D.
Altered Books Twice Upon a Time… Participants will embellish vintage books that have been prepped with folds. Using an array of fantastic supplies and rich visual images, participants will create their own beautiful visual story out of the book! Facilitated by Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT, and Artist.
Knowing/Being Known: An Exploration Through Movement, Written Reflection, and Dyading This experiential session will begin with slow, gentle, mindful movement, as a way of turning inward and centering. Participants will use prompts for written reflections as a way of knowing themselves more deeply. Then, we will move into pairs (or a dyad), to share what we learned from the exercise, what we learned to know more deeply about ourselves, with the other person in our small social group, thus knowing and being known. Facilitated by Cynthia Wolcott, Certified Yoga Instructor and Life and Well-Being Coach
Watercolor Abstract Adventure! Jump into abstracts! Put brush to paper and create using watercolors —-making shapes and colors and brushstrokes and marks. We’ll experience freedom and fun as we create a 9×12-inch triptych using just three colors and lots of other “stuff.” Facilitated by Jane Carroll, Watercolor Artist, Teacher
Arts Experience Opportunities – Session II
5-D: Creating Masterworks with Collage with Assemblage They said there wouldn’t be any math. Ugh. 2-D (flat) plus 3-D (not flat) adds up to 5-D! Join Rau for a workshop to combine both paper images and tiny objects into a creation showcased in a shadow-box frame. The subject matter is up to you, but helpful hints on types of adhesion, collecting, and composition will be featured. Let’s put images and objects never meant to be together…together. That’s the point! Facilitated by David D.J. Rau, Curator of Visitor Engagement, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT, and Artist who works in 5-D.
Altered Books Twice Upon a Time… Participants will embellish vintage books that have been prepped with folds. Using an array of fantastic supplies and rich visual images, participants will create their own beautiful visual story out of the book! Facilitated by Julie Garvin Riggs, Manager of Youth Education and Outreach, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT, and Artist.
Angels in the Dark In this workshop, participants will meet their inner “angels” using a process of meditation and creative expression, and learn how to use the experience to foster feelings of well-being, joy, and calm in their lives. The process was inspired by the facilitator’s experience while recovering from cancer, where he learned to express the “angels” within him – intuitive energy and experiences that helped support the healing. This process helps people use intuitive creativity to find peace from a wide range of issues. Facilitated by George Herrick, life coach, artist, and author of the book, “Stone Warrior: confronting life’s dark challenges with stone art and meditation.” George is founder and creator of SoulDeep Living, a process for liberating your divine creativity.
iPhone Photography In this workshop, participants will learn about all the various iPhone apps available to enhance their iPhone photos. Multiple photos of a single still life montage will be taken using various camera settings. Although focused on iPhone apps, many techniques can be applied to other types of camera phones. Facilitated by Fred Verillo, photographer
Paper Feather Art “He will cover you with His feathers and under His wings you will find refuge.”- Psalm 91:4. Feathers are a universal symbol of hope and comfort. Participants will craft a paper feather with a piece of sheet music that is special to them to create a meaningful and personal work of art! Participants may bring a copy of music that is special to you (printed on heavy cardstock) or use sheet music supplied. Templates for the feather will be available or participants can create their own. Note: we will be using sharp scalpels to cut the feather. Facilitated by Kristen Walsh, Artist and Author
Arts Experience Opportunities – Session III
Knowing/Being Known: An Exploration Through Movement, Written Reflection, and Dyading This experiential session will begin with slow, gentle, mindful movement, as a way of turning inward and centering. Participants will use prompts for written reflections as a way of knowing themselves more deeply. Then, we will move into pairs (or a dyad), to share what we learned from the exercise, what we learned to know more deeply about ourselves, with the other person in our small social group, thus knowing and being known. Facilitated by Cynthia Wolcott, Certified Yoga Instructor and Life and Well-Being Coach
Paintbrush Muse Rather than only paint with a paintbrush, participants will make a paintbrush into one-of-a-kind piece of art! There will be many faces to choose from that participants will paint, embellish, and assemble, or participants can bring their own copy of a photo to use as a face. Copies need to be printed on paper (not card stock) and be 1-1/4” wide from ear to ear. Facilitated by Kristen Walsh, Artist and Author
Super Soup! What makes this a super soup super? It is easy to make…delicious and nutritious. Make it for a family dinner or dressed up for a dinner party—be prepared, you will be asked for the recipe. And it can easily be made vegan. Facilitated by Linda Wayman, a Home Cook, Cookbook Author, Caterer, Loves to Teach Cooking and is a frequent Arts and Spirituality Retreat presenter
Watercolor Abstract Adventure! Jump into abstracts! Put brush to paper and create using watercolors —-making shapes and colors and brushstrokes and marks. We’ll experience freedom and fun as we create a 9×12-inch triptych using just three colors and lots of other “stuff.” Facilitated by Jane Carroll, Watercolor Artist, Teacher
REGISTRATION DUE JANUARY 19, 2024
Friday night and Saturday; includes 2 performances, 2 meals, 3 workshops, materials, and FUN for the weekend (and memories for a lifetime)! @ $80/per person
Registration:
- Payment may be made using a credit card online at ahcc.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=199. Select your workshop choices by printing and mailing this form.
- OR Register by check: (print and mail the Registration form – ONE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT – along with your check)
Please submit one registration form per person with payment to:
Asylum Hill Congregational Church/Attention: Arts Retreat
814 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105