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What themes would you like to see offered with future Guided Creative Retreats? What days/times work best for you?

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What themes are you most interested in? (check all that apply)

BITS & PIECES | Dipping into the tactile art forms of collage art and communicating a feeling or story through materials and texture

BUILDING A CREATIVITY-BUILDING PRACTICE | Designing and establishing an intentional practice of art-making and creativity-building that can become a gentle ritual we can look forward to and rely on. Strengthening our creativity by exercising our imagination a little bit each day.

FOUND WORDS | Exploring the art of found words poetry and collage, we'll respond to prompts and all participants will receive a packet of source clippings from various print materials sent to them ahead of time (or digitally if tuning in from abroad).

HOGWARTS EXPRESS | Playful, geeky prompts and creative antics centered around the world of Harry Potter.

HOW WE HUE | Pulling from the color palettes all around us, exploring color as emotion and symbolism, and tapping into our personal color palette

JOURNAL-ISMS | A gentle time of journaling (written or art), responding to different prompts that spur on thought, revisit memories, and enhance them on the page.

LETTERLY MATTERS | The art of letter writing, telling stories through the post, enhancing snail mail, and envelope art

LIGHT & DARK | A 2-part retreat where we delve into the loveliness of light and the depth of darkness, taking inspiration from visual works and written words to draw out symbolism and imagery.

LITERARILY | Pulling inspiration from literary works and illustrations to envision and create something new (a companion to Storybookish)

MIDDLE EARTH | Imaginative prompts centered around J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

MUSICALITY | Responding to a song or melody, taking note of its overall feeling, rhythm, and movement to pour into your own creation

PORTRAIT | Explore different ways of creating a portrait (visual, written, or composed) of persons, places, and things

SILLINESS | Playful, game-like prompts that are all about entertaining the ridiculous, making others (and ourselves!) laugh, and letting ourselves be goofy with our creativity.

SENTENCE-STRINGS | Stringing together words in new ways, playing with phraseology, and figurative language

SKETCHBOOK | Exploring unexpected routes to ideation, translating concepts to imagery, and the art of adding details

TEND | Exploring creativity as an affirming practice and way to take care and tend to ourselves in meaningful ways

TOLD BY HANDS | At the intersection of art and language, we'll draw inspiration from both tactile materials and mix them with words to explore multimedia art

VISUAL STORYTELLING | Telling a story without words through imagery, color, and texture

WORDPLAY | Playful prompts and exercises centering around clever wordplay and pulling inspiration from uncommon definitions, quotes, and sentence-strings to create

If you selected "Other", please feel free to share any themes you'd love to see here:

Which past Guided Creative Retreat themes would you like to see offered again?

DAYDREAM | Activating the imagination and stepping “off the path” to wonder, wander, and ask, “what if?”

DIARIES & CHRONICLES | Creating and enhancing a journaling practice, adding visual or tactile delight to your entries, making note of the little details that impact a day, and letting your imagination carry you off and away with words

GEEKERY GOODNESS | Pulling inspiration from your favorite books, television shows, films, video games, or graphic novels to make fan art or fan fiction

MAGIC IN THE MUNDANE | Finding beauty in the tiny things all around us and using them as inspiration

MEMORY | Walk through a series of prompts to draw out ideas, conceptualize a project, and apply to your chosen medium by delving into a past positive memory to create something new.

RETURN TO SELF | Collaboration with Kimberly & Cole Montgomery all about rediscovering and reconnecting with a piece of ourselves through creativity.

SPOOKY | A playful exploration of the spooky, fantastical, and mysterious (most likely hosted in October).

STORYBOOKISH | Pulling inspiration from literary quotes and illustrations to envision and create something new

THE ART OF REFLECTION | Processing thoughts and experiences through creativity, we'll take note and draw out the important pieces or details so that we can explore them through our chosen mediums.

THE ART OF SELF-EXPRESSION | Finding or rediscovering your creative voice, calling upon the why behind what you create to inspire new work, and practicing the art of expressing oneself through visual art and/or written words

WORDS | Walk through a series of prompts and exercises centered on creative writing (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, free writing) to ignite the imagination, explore wordplay, and apply to your writing style.

None, I've already attended all of the themes listed above.

Though I've already attended the themes listed above, I would enjoy exploring them again with a new project.

Which past seasonal retreat themes would you like to see offered?

AUTUMN | Seasonal theme of 'Autumn', soaking up its wonders through a series of deciduously tactile prompts that will help us connect our creativity with autumn.

WINTER | Seasonal theme of 'Winter', soaking up its wonder through a series of prompts to help us connect our creativity with the frosty stillness and fireside coziness.

SPRING | Seasonal theme of 'Spring', soaking up its energy through a series of prompts to help us connect our creativity with the vibrant, colorful personality of the season.

SUMMER | Seasonal theme of 'Summer', soaking up its wonder through a series of prompts to help us connect our creativity with carefree, playful nature of summer.

None, I've already attended all of the seasons that have been offered so far.

Though I've already attended some of the themes listed above, I would enjoy exploring them again with a new project.

Would you prefer to...

... keep workshop length at 1.5 hours for $15

... extend workshop length to 2 hours for $20

What dates/times work best for you? Check all that apply.

Mondays (12-1:30pm PDT / 2-3:30pm CDT / 3-4:30pm EDT / 8-9:30pm BST / 9-10:30pm CEST)

Mondays (6-7:30pm PDT / 8-9:30pm CDT / 9-10:30pm EDT / Tues., 10-11:30am JST / Tues., 11am-12:30pm AEST

Tuesdays (12-1:30pm PDT / 2-3:30pm CDT / 3-4:30pm EDT / 8-9:30pm BST / 9-10:30pm CEST)

Tuesdays (6-7:30pm PDT / 8-9:30pm CDT / 9-10:30pm EDT / Tues., 10-11:30am JST / Tues., 11am-12:30pm AEST

Wednesdays (12-1:30pm PDT / 2-3:30pm CDT / 3-4:30pm EDT / 8-9:30pm BST / 9-10:30pm CEST)

Wednesdays (6-7:30pm PDT / 8-9:30pm CDT / 9-10:30pm EDT / Tues., 10-11:30am JST / Tues., 11am-12:30pm AEST

Thursdays (12-1:30pm PDT / 2-3:30pm CDT / 3-4:30pm EDT / 8-9:30pm BST / 9-10:30pm CEST)

Thursdays (6-7:30pm PDT / 8-9:30pm CDT / 9-10:30pm EDT / Tues., 10-11:30am JST / Tues., 11am-12:30pm AEST

Fridays (12-1:30pm PDT / 2-3:30pm CDT / 3-4:30pm EDT / 8-9:30pm BST / 9-10:30pm CEST)

Fridays (6-7:30pm PDT / 8-9:30pm CDT / 9-10:30pm EDT / Tues., 10-11:30am JST / Tues., 11am-12:30pm AEST)

Saturdays (11am-12:30pm PDT / 1-2:30pm CDT / 2-3:30pm EDT / 7-8:30pm BST / 8-9:30pm CEST)

Saturdays (12-1:30pm PDT / 2-3:30pm CDT / 3-4:30pm EDT / 8-9:30pm BST / 9-10:30pm CEST)

Saturdays (1-2:30 p.m. PDT / 3-4:30pm CDT / 4-5:30pm EDT / 9-10:30pm BST / 10-11:30pm CEST)

Saturdays (2-3:30 p.m. PDT / 4-5:30pm CDT / 5-6:30pm EDT / 10-11:30pm BST / Sun., 6-87:30am JST / 7-8:30am AEST

Saturdays (3-4:30 p.m. PDT / 5-6:30pm CDT / 6-7:30pm EDT / Sun., 7-8:30am JST / 8-9:30am AEST)

Saturdays (4-5:30pm PDT / 6-7:30pm CDT / 7-8:30pm EDT / Sun, 8-9:30am JST / 9-10:30pm AEST)

Sundays (3-4:30 p.m. PDT / 5-6:30pm CDT / 6-7:30pm EDT / Sun., 7-8:30am JST / 8-9:30am AEST)

Sundays (4-5:30pm PDT / 6-7:30pm CDT / 7-8:30pm EDT / Sun, 8-9:30am JST / 9-10:30pm AEST)

If you selected "Other", please let me know what days/times work best for you + what time zone you're in:

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Yes, please!

Depends if there's a tier that feels like a good fit.

Not for me, thanks!

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Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts! I appreciate your feedback immensely and am wishing you a lovely week with happy pockets of creativity.

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