Be as a flower that sways with
the breeze exhilarated by the sun.
–Kahlil Gibran from The Prophet
–Kahlil Gibran from The Prophet
Copyright 2008 The Red
Spirit
2009 Retreats
June 5-7
Create Your Own Vessel From the Earth
We have a deep knowledge of vessels. After all, that's what we are. Janet B. Reed will teach us how to weave our inherent knowledge of vessels with materials such as willow and grapevine gathered from the woods to create unique and beautiful forms. We will learn the fundamentals of weaving
with fiber, apply adornments to
fit our personal style and fill our creations with keepsakes to take
home.
Janet has a B.S. in textiles and an M.S. in education. She continues her education in the visual arts, teaches workshops and conducts artist residencies. As an artist, Janet has explored the possibilities of using fiber techniques to produce three-dimensional structures. Her recent basket forms are respectful of traditional techniques but have become forms without function. Janet has traveled to Japan and South America and has been attracted to both the aesthetics of the Japanese and the spirituality of Native Americans. These influences manifest themselves in her work. She now lives in Traverse City, Michigan. Her work is part of many private and several corporate collections.
Materials are included in this workshop.
Fee:
Weekend - $325
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $225
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
June 19-21
Canoe the Kalamazoo
If you love water, wildlife, canoeing and the great adventures that only women can have, then join us as we glide down the beautiful Kalamazoo river letting our concerns of the day flow away. During this 5-hour canoe trip, we'll stop to enjoy a picnic, discuss our sightings and be home in time for a delectable dinner.
Marcia Heeter, ordained UCC minister, Pastoral Counselor, LCPC, certified leader of The Dances for Universal Peace and owner of Women's Time Out, womenstimeout.com, a company that offers canoeing and camping retreats to women only, will lead this 5-hour water voyage. Marcia will teach the basics of canoeing safely so you can relax and look for sightings of eagles nesting, great blue heron, wildflowers along the banks and more.
Fee:
Weekend - $325
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $225
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
July 17-19
Transform Yourself and Welcome the New You
Are you a woman in transition? Looking for a new career or unhappy in the one you have? Seeking more from your life but are stuck? Familiar with the Law of Attraction but are finding it difficult to access and embody the joy that is waiting for you? Trudy Robertson brings a wealth of creative processes and techniques to help you identify resistance or obstacles, shift your perception and achieve success.
Trudy's M.A. in Pastoral Counseling and Psychology has helped create a successful private counseling practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition, her growing art business is an adjunct to her practice. Trudy, with her husband, has operated a group home for troubled teens and wrote a comprehensive curriculum transforming destructive lives into successful, rewarding ones. Her expanding repertoire of new methodologies continues to benefit people.
Join us as Trudy's insights take us on a journey of self-discovery. It's a true reason to celebrate.
Fee:
Weekend - $325
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $225
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
August 14-16
Designing Silk Scarves: Removing color to Create Designs
Learn the art of creating one-of-a-kind patterns on silk scarves. Several techniques will be used to both remove color from black scarves (pictured) as well as adding color using the Japanese resist method of shibori. You'll produce serendipitous results of pattern and color and go home with lovely fashion accessories. In addition, Jennifer Gould will
bring
some of her dolls and jackets for us to see, buy or ask questions
regarding her next workshops conducted at local guilds in the Midwest
and in her home.
Jennifer, a multi-faceted fabric artist in Byron Center, Michigan, has been working in textiles since the 70's, designing wonderful contemporary dolls. Many of her painted and printed jackets are influenced from her studies in Japan. 500 Handmade Dolls, a recently published Lark Book features her extraordinary work. Jennifer of jennifergoulddesigns.com will show us how to tap into our creativity with colorful fun and many uniquely beautiful, silk scarves.
Fee:
Weekend - $350
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $250
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
September 18-20
(Open for requests. Call or email to discuss your ideas)
Weekend -$
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
October 23-25
Exploring Landscape, Inside and Out
Do you love to garden but need more expert advise on how to design your landscape? Would you like to have all your questions answered in one comprehensive weekend? Then explore the interior and exterior processes of landscape design with Julie Siegel of Jsiegeldesigns.com. The archetypal land elements at the site of the Red Spirit Retreat will enable us to look at our spiritual selves and mythic pasts both individually and as members of a community. Our investigation will lead us to address certain functional aspects of landscape design that we can apply at home in our own gardens. We will also learn what to ask when attempting to be active stewards of the land both publicly and privately. For reference, please take a look at Julie Moir Messervy's book, The Inward Garden: Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning.
Fine Gardening magazine describes Julie as having combined her background in dance, animation, architecture and writing with her love of plants to create gardens that are full of energy and speak to the larger regional aesthetics. Being raised by a photographer and a painter guaranteed Julie's creative sensibility. Her decades of teaching and public speaking developed strong communication skills and independent thought. These have become essential tools for assisting clients in transforming the abstract ideas that eventually become manifest as landscapes. Julie's involvement with various community, environmental, and social projects links her professional activity with her humanitarian beliefs.
Fee:
Weekend - $325
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $225
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
June 5-7
Create Your Own Vessel From the Earth
We have a deep knowledge of vessels. After all, that's what we are. Janet B. Reed will teach us how to weave our inherent knowledge of vessels with materials such as willow and grapevine gathered from the woods to create unique and beautiful forms. We will learn the fundamentals of weaving
with fiber, apply adornments to
fit our personal style and fill our creations with keepsakes to take
home.
Janet has a B.S. in textiles and an M.S. in education. She continues her education in the visual arts, teaches workshops and conducts artist residencies. As an artist, Janet has explored the possibilities of using fiber techniques to produce three-dimensional structures. Her recent basket forms are respectful of traditional techniques but have become forms without function. Janet has traveled to Japan and South America and has been attracted to both the aesthetics of the Japanese and the spirituality of Native Americans. These influences manifest themselves in her work. She now lives in Traverse City, Michigan. Her work is part of many private and several corporate collections.
Materials are included in this workshop.
Fee:
Weekend - $325
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $225
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
June 19-21
Canoe the Kalamazoo
If you love water, wildlife, canoeing and the great adventures that only women can have, then join us as we glide down the beautiful Kalamazoo river letting our concerns of the day flow away. During this 5-hour canoe trip, we'll stop to enjoy a picnic, discuss our sightings and be home in time for a delectable dinner.
Marcia Heeter, ordained UCC minister, Pastoral Counselor, LCPC, certified leader of The Dances for Universal Peace and owner of Women's Time Out, womenstimeout.com, a company that offers canoeing and camping retreats to women only, will lead this 5-hour water voyage. Marcia will teach the basics of canoeing safely so you can relax and look for sightings of eagles nesting, great blue heron, wildflowers along the banks and more.
Fee:
Weekend - $325
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $225
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
July 17-19
Transform Yourself and Welcome the New You
Are you a woman in transition? Looking for a new career or unhappy in the one you have? Seeking more from your life but are stuck? Familiar with the Law of Attraction but are finding it difficult to access and embody the joy that is waiting for you? Trudy Robertson brings a wealth of creative processes and techniques to help you identify resistance or obstacles, shift your perception and achieve success.
Trudy's M.A. in Pastoral Counseling and Psychology has helped create a successful private counseling practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition, her growing art business is an adjunct to her practice. Trudy, with her husband, has operated a group home for troubled teens and wrote a comprehensive curriculum transforming destructive lives into successful, rewarding ones. Her expanding repertoire of new methodologies continues to benefit people.
Join us as Trudy's insights take us on a journey of self-discovery. It's a true reason to celebrate.
Fee:
Weekend - $325
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $225
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
August 14-16
Designing Silk Scarves: Removing color to Create Designs
Learn the art of creating one-of-a-kind patterns on silk scarves. Several techniques will be used to both remove color from black scarves (pictured) as well as adding color using the Japanese resist method of shibori. You'll produce serendipitous results of pattern and color and go home with lovely fashion accessories. In addition, Jennifer Gould will
bring
some of her dolls and jackets for us to see, buy or ask questions
regarding her next workshops conducted at local guilds in the Midwest
and in her home. Jennifer, a multi-faceted fabric artist in Byron Center, Michigan, has been working in textiles since the 70's, designing wonderful contemporary dolls. Many of her painted and printed jackets are influenced from her studies in Japan. 500 Handmade Dolls, a recently published Lark Book features her extraordinary work. Jennifer of jennifergoulddesigns.com will show us how to tap into our creativity with colorful fun and many uniquely beautiful, silk scarves.
Fee:
Weekend - $350
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $250
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
September 18-20
(Open for requests. Call or email to discuss your ideas)
Weekend -$
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
October 23-25
Exploring Landscape, Inside and Out
Do you love to garden but need more expert advise on how to design your landscape? Would you like to have all your questions answered in one comprehensive weekend? Then explore the interior and exterior processes of landscape design with Julie Siegel of Jsiegeldesigns.com. The archetypal land elements at the site of the Red Spirit Retreat will enable us to look at our spiritual selves and mythic pasts both individually and as members of a community. Our investigation will lead us to address certain functional aspects of landscape design that we can apply at home in our own gardens. We will also learn what to ask when attempting to be active stewards of the land both publicly and privately. For reference, please take a look at Julie Moir Messervy's book, The Inward Garden: Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning.
Fine Gardening magazine describes Julie as having combined her background in dance, animation, architecture and writing with her love of plants to create gardens that are full of energy and speak to the larger regional aesthetics. Being raised by a photographer and a painter guaranteed Julie's creative sensibility. Her decades of teaching and public speaking developed strong communication skills and independent thought. These have become essential tools for assisting clients in transforming the abstract ideas that eventually become manifest as landscapes. Julie's involvement with various community, environmental, and social projects links her professional activity with her humanitarian beliefs.
Fee:
Weekend - $325
Includes workshop fees and materials
Camping discount - $225
[vital information]
[register for this retreat]
