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The Farms: Art Retreat Schedule

The Farms: Art Retreat Schedule

Schedule subject to change.

Friday, July 17
9:00 a.m. – Registration

9:30 a.m. – Welcome

10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Workshops
Beginning Watercolor with Belinda Beccue
Felt Flowers with Laura Kochevar
Drawing Techniques with Emily Tackitt
Meditative Slow Stitching with Billie Theide

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:30-4:30 p.m. – Workshops
Stained Glass with Kari Keller
Colorful Coiled Fabric Coasters & Jewelry with Billie Theide
Cyanotype with Crystal Hartman
Felted Scarves with Laura Kochevar

4:30-6:00 p.m. – Lodging Check-in / Free Time

6:00 p.m. – Dinner with Cash Bar

7:30 p.m. – Late-Night Activities
Open Studio Time
Night Hike with Alex Lourash

Saturday, July 18
7:00 a.m. – Grab & Go Breakfast Options

7:30-8:30 a.m. – Morning Activities
Yoga with Josie Heck
Morning Hike 

8:30 a.m. – Breakfast

10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Workshops
Drawing Whimsical Faces with Emily Tackitt
Intaglio Printing with Sally Walsh
Ceramic Pots with Charlie Wolf
Watercolor Birds with Shannon Percoco

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:30-4:30 p.m. – Workshops
Stained Glass with Kari Keller
Intro to Ikebana with Rachel Wooters

Ceramic Pots with Charlie Wolf
Pastel Painting with Martha Blacker

3:30-6:00 p.m. – Break

6:00 p.m. – Dinner

7:30-9:30 p.m. – Late-Night Activities
Open Studio Time
Skills Share: Find a new friend and trade art skills and techniques 

Sunday, July 19
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast & Closing Remarks

9:00 a.m.-12 p.m. – Workshops
Abstract Acrylic Painting with Erin Boggs
Fabric Collage with Rhoda Crawford
TBD Workshop
Open Studio Time

12:00 p.m. –
Lunch
Art show set-up
Lodging Check-out

2:00 p.m. – Gallery Walk/Art Show
Closing remarks & final farewell

3:00 p.m. – Retreat ends

Workshops may have capacity limits. Participants will be contacted after registration closes with instructions to sign-up for workshops.

Get more information and sign up for The Farms: Art Retreat here.

 

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