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Creative & Restorative Retreats

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Encaustic Workshops
Paper Series Workshops
Artists Creative groups

Art Journaling

Do you enjoy journaling?  Ready to add imagery and visual artistry to your text?  The beauty of art journaling is that it is a safe place to freely explore and discover new things.  We blend the love for aesthetics and order and bring it into a living space.  Learn techniques, such as organizing a calendar into beautiful pages, to collage processes, to painting, drawing and expressing emotion through color and texture. Record your ideas in a book for your next painting or larger artwork. This is part 3 of 3 paper themed summer classes. Each class is a stand alone, or can be paired in the series.
 
 

Location at Firstlight Art Academy, Brentwood (Cool Springs)
Presented by and in partnership with: Fly Forward Studios

Please bring a sack lunch or eat before you arrive.

All Supplies Included.

A variety of hot teas will be available during the workshop.

 

5-Hour Workshop

ADULTS & Teens

Saturday, August 9

12 pm to 5 pm 

 

Journaling Workshop

$125 – includes all supplies and materials.

November 14-16

creative
Restorative
retreat

In Sewanee, TN

ST. MARY’S CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Silent directed creative retreat

NOVEMBER  14-16

ST. MARY’S SEWANEE, TN

 

Join us for a weekend of creative inspiration and meditative silence as we create space to connect with self, God and nature. We will begin our retreat Friday evening and conclude on Sunday before lunch time. Please dress comfortably on Saturday. We will be doing creative projects and the grounds are open and available to explore, so please dress accordingly. You will meet with Jennie for Spiritual Direction twice during the weekend. Please note: We need the names, street addresses and email addresses of 3 people who champion you creatively and will commit to supporting you while you are on retreat. I will contact them listing specific ways they can lock arms with you.  Please ask them first before filling the registration form out. Please have their information in front of you when you register. 

 

Location: ST. MARY’S  SEWANEE, TN

Cost: $430

Presented by and in partnership with: Fly Forward Studios

All Supplies Included.

 

 

November 14-16

Friday Evening to Sunday Midday 

Please register by August 1 to secure a spot.

 

Creative Retreat

$430– includes all supplies, food, lodging (private room and bathroom) and materials.

Learn More & Register

Please note that the link above will take you to the Fly Forward Studio Website for registration.

Jennie Schut, instructor

Jennie Schut is an award-winning artist, author of Waking Up Grey: An Exploration of Creative Awakening and certified Enneagram Applications Professional. She is the founder of Fly Forward, an organization that aids creative and spiritual exploration, awakening and flourishing through educational materials, small groups, retreats, workshops, individual art instruction, creative direction and leadership training. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Middle Tennessee State University and a certificate in Spiritual Direction from Selah Center for Spiritual Formation. She is currently working on certification in the Somatic Enneagram.  She works primarily with oils and encaustic, a wax-based medium.

Jennie has been an instructor at Firstlight for several years.