Join us for an immersive exploration into the world of Fungi. We'll collect and identify, cook and create with a variety of species.
This workshop retreat is a musical intensive that encourages an expansive look into the scope of sound, encouraging improvisation, reflection, and an appreciation for the other, less musical sounds naturally created by the elements and musical instruments.
This workshop retreat offers a unique opportunity to hone your watercolor practice in breathtaking landscapes.
This culinary workshop retreat with Chef Virginia Willis offers a multi-faceted approach to health and wellness.
This immersive workshop retreat will give attendees a wholistic introduction to plein air painting techniques that will help you render realistic landscapes full of atmosphere and light, using the alla prima method.
This retreat workshop will offer guided meditation opportunities throughout the day, immersive nature gatherings, journaling, and time for recuperation.
This culinary workshop is with Lamara Davidson. More information forthcoming.
Create your own personal, ceramic mask during this workshop retreat with George Rodriguez. Attendees will develop work steeped in cultural history, narrative, and ritual for a finished product that is unlike any other work in your art collection.
This ceramic workshop retreat with Vernon Smith is mindful, playful, aesthetic-focused, process-oriented, and expressive. Attendees will focus on simple thrown forms—bowls, cups, and cylinders—as a canvas for exploring aesthetics, texture, and personal expression.
The weekend’s activities will include moderate hikes along Hambidge trails, lectures about the plants we see and their uses, sketching plants on the trail, and collecting specimens for printmaking. Studio activities will encompass bookmaking and printmaking techniques to create personal botanical journals.
SOUND WORKSHOP
Award-winning sound designer, Richard Devine, welcomes you to explore the soundscape of Appalachia with a deep dive into audio field recording. Explore listening and recording techniques, and learn about the latest and most effective audio equipment.
CERAMICS WORKSHOP
In this inspiring hands-on workshop with Sondra Elder, you'll learn to create stunning incised forms and double-walled vessels that seem to defy physics and conventional thought.
CULINARY & WELLNESS
Bon Appetit, Y'all! Cook healthful recipes in hands-on cooking classes and learn tips for maintaining healthy eating habits, mindful consumption, and recipe makeover techniques, with Chef Virginia Willis.
VISUAL ART & FILM WORKSHOP
From the lost cinematic art of the camera obscura to the artisanal DIY practice of the handmade film, this two-part workshop celebrates the idea of making cinema from scratch.
VISUAL ART WORKSHOP
Artist Marryam Moma will guide you into a deep understanding of collage as an artistic medium, nurturing both technical skill and creative intuition.
VISUAL ART & CRAFT WORKSHOP
Transform your “weeds” into beautifully crafted baskets! Angela Eastman will teach you to harvest, process, and weave with invasive vines.
MUSIC WORKSHOP
Follow Grammy Award-winning musician, Kebbi Williams, in an exploration of the world of communication through music.
