Pastels: On a Black Background

  • Date: 05/03/2010
  • Time: 9am - 3pm
  • Location: Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center
  • Address: 3560 Hwy. 51 N.
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Min/Max attendance required: 0/8
  • Event Difficulty: No Skill Required
  • Activity Age Range: All Ages
    • Event Cost per participant: $30.00 • Cash
  • Will art supplies be provided for attendees to use? No
  • Required Supplies: Bring pastel supplies and sketches or photos of landscapes with several distinct large areas. Pastel boards and under paint will be provided.

Black brings up values quite a few notches. An imagined or photo landscape is suggested as the subject of this painting. Bring pastel supplies and sketches or photos of landscapes with several distinct large areas. Pastel boards and under paint will be provided. Bring a lunch.

Creating Design Paper for Collage

  • Date: 08/30/2010
  • End Date: 08/31/2010
  • Time: 9am - 3pm
  • Location: Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center
  • Address: 3560 Hwy. 51 N
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Event Difficulty: Easy
  • Activity Age Range: All Ages
    • Event Cost per participant: $50.00 • Cash
  • Will art supplies be provided for attendees to use? Yes
  • Required Supplies: All materials will be provided for the first day, on the second day bring a canvas on which to apply collage, a white glue like Elmers (not school quality), scissors, and other media that you would like to work into the painting.
  • Preregistration Required? No

This is a two-day workshop. Monday we will create color sheets of paper to be used for collage using fluid acrylics, watercolors, and gels. Tuesday we will use these sheets to create collage paintings. Wear painting clothes and bring a lunch each day. You will have plenty of sheets to take home and use for further paintings.

For more information contact Karen Kappell at 715-385-3750.

Pastels: 6 Easy Steps to Intriguing Landscapes

  • Date: 08/24/2010
  • Time: 9am - 3pm
  • Location: Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center
  • Address: 3560 Hwy. 51 N
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Min/Max attendance required: 0-8
  • Event Difficulty: Easy
  • Activity Age Range: All Ages
    • Event Cost per participant: $30.00 • Cash
  • Will art supplies be provided for attendees to use? Yes
  • Required Supplies: Bring pastels and a lunch, and some of your favorite landscape photos. All other materials and surface board to pastel paint on will be provided.
  • Preregistration Required? Yes

A loose formula for expressing what is seen and felt in the beauty of landscapes will be the focus of this workshop. Bring pastels and a lunch, and some of your favorite landscape photos. All other materials and surface board to pastel paint on will be provided.

Pre-register by August 17. Call Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center at 715-385-3750.

Watercolor: Webbing

  • Date: 08/16/2010
  • Time: 9am - 3pm
  • Location: Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center
  • Address: 3560 Hwy. 51 N
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Min/Max attendance required: 0-8
  • Event Difficulty: Easy
  • Activity Age Range: All Ages
    • Event Cost per participant: $30.00 • Cash
  • Will art supplies be provided for attendees to use? No
  • Required Supplies: Bring watercolors, a stretched half sheet of watercolor paper on a board, photos of flora, and a spray bottle with a soft mister.
  • Preregistration Required? Yes

Paper Transformed: Imagine tiny threads of color vibrating from the paint source. That is what water webbing has to offer. It is a beautiful delicate effect and a soft method to use with stamping. We will learn this technique which works especially with a creation of background with watercolors. Bring a lunch.

Pre-register by August 9. Call Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center at 715-385-3750.

Take Time for Art – 2

  • Date: 08/03/2010
  • Time: 9am - 3pm
  • Location: Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center
  • Address: 3560 Hwy. 51 N
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Event Difficulty: Easy
  • Activity Age Range: All Ages
    • Event Cost per participant: $20.00 • Cash
  • Will art supplies be provided for attendees to use? Yes
  • Preregistration Required? No

If you attended a previous workshop and were unable to finish your art, bring it to Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center and receive additional assistance. Come to work and finish those pieces of art that have been tucked away for a future time. Assistance is available.

For more info, contact Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center: 715-385-3750.

Art Critique

  • Date: July
  • Time: 1pm - 3pm
  • Location: Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center
  • Address: 3560 Hwy. 51 N
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Event Difficulty: Easy
  • Activity Age Range: All Ages
    • Event Cost per participant: $5.00 • Cash
  • Preregistration Required? No

Gather with a group of artists to look at recent artwork you have done to get objective feedback on it. If you would like to participate, come with 2-3 recent finished pieces of art and join us in a group critique.

Suggested donation is $5. For more information, contact Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center: 715-385-3750.

Take Time for Art

  • Date: 07/13/2010
  • Time: 9am - 3pm
  • Location: Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center
  • Address: 3560 Hwy. 51 N
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Event Difficulty: Easy
  • Activity Age Range: All Ages
    • Event Cost per participant: $20.00 • Cash
  • Will art supplies be provided for attendees to use? Yes
  • Preregistration Required? No

If you attended a previous workshop and were unable to finish your art, bring it to Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center and receive additional assistance. Come to work and finish those pieces of art that have been tucked away for a future time! Assistance is available. Bring a lunch.

For more information, contact Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center: 715-385-3750.

Vacation With A Purpose: Native American Culture Workshop

  • Date: 07/05/2010
  • End Date: 07/11/2010
  • Location: Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center
  • Address: 3560 Hwy. 51 N
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Event Difficulty: No Skill Required
  • Activity Age Range: All Ages
    • Event Cost per participant: $285-550 • Cash
  • Will art supplies be provided for attendees to use? Yes
  • Preregistration Required? Yes

This workshop/vacation will deepen understanding of how the original people of America live, allow you to see the earth as viewed through native spiritual traditions, and to reconnect with Mother Earth.

We will be guests at a traditional Native American pow-wow on the sacred grounds of the Chippewa at Lac du Flambeau. There will be a variety of other excursions during the workshop, as well as drumming, arts, crafts, and music in the native tradition. Art project include beading, dream catchers, branch weaving, shield making – directional hoop and more.

Partial scholarships available (see fees below).

Register by June 7. 715-385-3750 or www.marywoodsc.com

Fees: $550 inc. private room in lakeside cabin and meals at Marywood. $285 for commuters, inc. day programs and lunch.

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