Art Journal Retreat: Create Your Story at Genesis
Discover your unique creative style at the Genesis Retreat Center!
May 7-11, 2025
Your $350.00 deposit will hold your space, and the balance of $665.00 (shared room) or $755.00 (Private room) is payable by check or Zelle
See pricing details below at the *
Imagine spending 5 days and 4 nights in community, creating a unique art journal, in the lovely month of May, 2025. Join me at Genesis Spiritual Life Center, Where peace meets holistic hospitality, to awaken your senses, ignite your imagination, and connect with like-hearted women. Allow yourself to experiment and create without expectation or judgement, and bring out that inner kindergartener who loves to play with art materials.
We’ll create and explore and discover and relax.
This retreat is for YOU. Self-care is so important, and you deserve some “Me” time!
Our time in the studio will include creating a hand-made art journal, some Gelli printed papers, and exploring mark making with various tools. You will go back home with lots of new art techniques and a book you will treasure.
Your art journal will be constructed from one large sheet of high-quality watercolor paper, which will become a one-of-a-kind 16-page book with flaps, pockets, hidden tuck spots and more!
The Gelli printed papers can be used to embellish your journal pages as well as in future collage and other art projects. You will learn a variety of techniques to make your gel prints unique and fun! And we’ll be creating textures and marks using stencils and various tools such as markers, pens, paints, sticks, and more.
And the studio is open for you 24 hours, so you can visit and create any time of day or night.
More about this venue, from their website:
”Genesis’ grounds are maintained in cooperation with nature’s wisdom and are free of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Wooded groves and mature specimen trees, many 100 to 150 years old, surround the property. Within are broad expanses of lawn peppered with commemorative plantings of ornamental trees, shrubs, and gardens which enhance the natural beauty and contemplative atmosphere of the grounds. Among the trees, comfortable benches and lounge chairs invite guests to sit in reflection. A Compassionate Curve pathway, the spiral of life, the peace pole, and the labyrinth provide other means for inspiration and meditation throughout the property. A small fruit orchard, community vegetable gardens, compost pile, chickens, black squirrels, and a variety of birds and other wildlife participate in the council of all beings at Genesis.”
Doesn’t this sound like a place you’d enjoy? You will have free time each day to wander the grounds, the labyrinth, and the pathways.
This is “Me Time” for you! Create, relax, enjoy. You deserve it!
*Your price: $1105.00 (private room) or $1015.00 (shared room)
Your space is held with a non-refundable deposit of $350.00 via this webpage.
The balance is payable via check or Zelle.
Your balance can be paid by PayPal or Stripe with a 3% fee added.
If you pay by check or Zelle, there is no additional fee.
If you wish to pay in full, please let me know and I will send you my address.
Send Zelle to me at kat4clay@gmail.com
What’s included:
Your comfortable single or shared bedroom
4 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 4 dinners
Coffee, tea, snacks
Large sheet of watercolor paper for the journal
Bookmaking tools
Gelli plates, paints, and brayers to use
Most other art supplies
Encouraging instruction from your guide
Daily optional group walks on the peaceful grounds
What’s not included:
Your travel costs
Your art supplies, such as glue stick, scissors, pens, collage materials, ephemera you wish to bring
Souvenir shopping and other expenses outside the retreat center
Personal, Medical, and/or trip cancellation insurance (highly recommended)
Registration is between 2-4pm on Wednesday, May 7th. We will enjoy a little get together before dinner, and a studio tour after dinner. We finish on Sunday, May 11th mid-morning, so you can get a head start on your journey home or wherever you wish to travel!
Cancellation Policy:
A full refund, less the $350.00 deposit, will be given at the cancellation of a retreat registration as long as the cancellation request is received by midnight, three months prior to the retreat.
No refund or credit is given for cancellations made with less than three months notice, if you fail to attend, or if you leave the event early, or if you miss part of a session.
Some exceptions may be made for sudden incapacitating illness or family emergencies. You might be able to apply a partial credit toward another retreat led by Kat Kirby within the next 24 months.
If you, or we, are able to find someone to take your place, you will receive a full refund minus the $350.00 non-refundable deposit,
If we have to cancel:
While we have never cancelled a retreat to date, if we must cancel a booked retreat date for any reason, you may transfer your full retreat payment to another retreat, or you may request a refund of your payment, constituting a full settlement.
We cannot be held responsible for your expenses incurred in preparation for any cancelled retreat, such as airline tickets, loss of work, and/or other costs associated with preparing for your trip. For this reason, we highly recommend travel cancellation insurance.
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