Welcome new member Dr. Clayton Hicks
April 23, 2012Kristen Santel and John O’Meara at the 2011 Summit
April 30, 2012What’s next for Sanctuary for The Arts?
Four years ago we opened a center for creativity in the woods and have had a wild ride! Stellar teachers have shared their creativity and inspired us beyond their workshops. Art has been exhibited, monologues read under the Big Tree, the garden photographed and sketched, the labyrinth walked around and around, the meeting room host to retreats and special events.
Now ~ we come to a fork in the road of the fourth year, another path to growth and change ‘“ much like the evolutionary nature of creativity for an artist.
And Sanctuary for The Arts continually evolves. The garden has been freshened with a new design, and every plant moved, thinned, trimmed or replaced with new. New art has found its way into the meadow. The labyrinth is awakening thick, lush, green. The trillium and dogwoods are blooming. It’s time to open for the fourth season’¦but along a different yet similar path.
Taking a lesson from Thoreau, who spent whole afternoons walking in the woods and believed in the benefit of idleness with discipline…we’re embarking on a program of ‘¦
more idleness with some discipline
less structure with more spontaneity
more creativity in connection with others.
As you might have guessed, this approach reflects changes in my personal life. With my husband’s upcoming retirement, the June horizon beckons with lots of travel, lots of rowing, lots of my own art ‘¦and Sanctuary for The Arts.
so Next‘¦
Sanctuary for The Arts is offering Sunday Gatherings in place of workshops and open studios. Throughout this summer we’ll open for designated Sunday afternoons for focused creativity in the woods. At Sunday Gatherings you can choose to participate in the conversation with fellow artists and a facilitator, or you can choose to wander off on your own to contemplate or create. You can bring work to share (and we hope you do) and you can learn from others’ work. You can paint, draw, watercolor, photograph, weave, write’¦by yourself or with others. You can always stroll the garden, walk the labyrinth, play in the creek, draw on the bridge ‘¦
Come anytime between 12n-6pm. Reservations, though not necessary, would be greatly appreciated. Sunday Gatherings are donation only.
Sunday Gatherings are scheduled for the following dates and creative topics. For the finer details click on www.Sanctuary-for-The-Arts.com / Sunday Gatherings
May 20:ebb and flow ~ a dialogue on Art and Water
June 24:on Art’¦for the Time being
July 22:Gallery in the Garden ~ a celebration of art and nature
Sept. 23:Playing with Fire!
Take a moment on www.Sanctuary-for-The-Arts.com to read a new page, Artists Around Town featuring some fellow artists exhibiting in the greaterColumbus area. Send us your information for posting and inviting other artists to enjoy your work.
Sanctuary for The Arts continues to be available for meetings, retreats, and special events through advance reservation. The labyrinth is open for World Labyrinth Day on May 5, for Sunday Gatherings and on other days by calling ahead. We continue to offer creative philosophical discussion, in the style of Socrates Caf̩ (monthly on Monday evenings Рcall to be added to the reminder list).
We’re looking forward to a fourth season, a new path of flourishing creativity in the woods. I hope you can join us for a Sunday Gathering, to reconnect’¦with nature, with creativity and ourselves.
Whenever I have found myself stuck in the ways I relate to things, I return to nature. It is my principal teacher, and I try to open my whole being to what it has to say. ~ Wynn Bullock
