developing a creative practice
WITH annemarie o’sullivan & tom Mcwalter
retreat schedule
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
8:30 am to 9:00 am: Welcome & Tea
9:00 am to 9:30 am: Introductions & Class Overview
9:30 am to 10:30 am: Foraging Walk: Plants to Manipulate
10:30 am to 12:30 pm: Binding, Wrapping, Plaiting and Pairing
12:30 to 1:30 pm: Lovely Local Lunch
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Drawing Activity
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Making Brushes and Mark-Making Tools from Foraged Materials
Thursday, October 3, 2024
9:00 am to 9:30 am: Drawing Activity
9:30 am to 10:30 pm: Foraging Walk: Plants for Pigments & Inks
10:30 am to 12:30 pm: Making Pigments & Inks
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Lovely Local Lunch
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Reset Activity - Encouraging Playfulness & Embracing Mistakes
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Drawing, Painting, and Mark-Making with Self-made Tools, Pigments, and Inks
Friday, October 4, 2024
9:00 am to 9:30 am: Drawing Activity
9:30 am to 10:30 am: Reflection on Day 2 Mark-Making - Editing, Cropping, and Presenting the Work in Sketchbooks
10:30 am to 12:30 pm: How to Wrap 5 Eggs
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Lovely Local Lunch
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Reset Activity - Self Care & Undoing Creative Blocks
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Place Making: The Farm Dinner
6:00 pm: Black Cat Organic Farm Dinner
Saturday, October 5, 2024
9:00 am to 9:30 am: Drawing and Writing Activity
9:30 am to 10:30 am: Presentation and Discussion: The Maker’s Mark
10:30 am to 12:30 pm: Making your Mark
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Lovely Local Lunch
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Preparing your Space to Work Creatively
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Finishing up Making Based on the Course Experiences You are Most Excited About
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm: Student Sharing, Wrap Up & Farewells
*schedule subject to slight changes