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The Farms: Art Retreat Schedule

Schedule subject to change.

Friday, May 9
9:00 a.m. – Registration

9:30 a.m. – Welcome

10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Workshops
Beginning Watercolor with Belinda Beccue
Cyanotype with Laura Kochevar
Therapy Monsters (multimedia art) with Orrin Taylor

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:30-4:30 p.m. – Workshops
Botanical Plaster Casting with Jennifer Anderson-Cruz
Intaglio Printmaking with Sally Walsh
Ikebana with  Rachel Wooters

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
Studio Time
Night Hike with Alex Lourash

Saturday, May 10
7:00 a.m. – Grab & Go Breakfast Options

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

8:30 a.m. – Breakfast

10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Workshops
Beginning Watercolor with Belinda Beccue
Painting & Jewelry with Billie Theide
Haiku Poetry with Lee Gurga

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:30-4:30 p.m. – Workshops
Painted Silk Scarves with Sally Walsh
Woven Bracelets with Billie Theide
Felted Trivets with Laura Kochevar

3:30-6:00 p.m. – Break

6:00 p.m. – Dinner

7:30-9:30 p.m. – Late-Night Activities
Studio Time
Weaving with Belinda Beccue

Sunday, May 11
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast & Closing Remarks

9:00 a.m. – Workshops
Pastel Painting with Mandy Roeing
Open studio

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

The schedule is subject to change. Workshops may have capacity limits. Participants will be contacted after registration closes with instructions on workshop sign-ups.

Get more information and sign up for The Farms: Art Retreat here by May 2.

 

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