Well now I'm totally blissed out, having spent five days at
The Omega Institute in the Hudson Valley, where I was teaching "Expressive Collage and Painting". What a fabulous group of women (yes, they were all women) I had in my class!! The environment of Omega is so totally in line with what I teach in my art workshops, and the staff and faculty support were so accommodating, that it was indeed an honor and a pleasure to teach there. Omega offers a wide variety of
workshops to nurture your soul, or you can just go there for a little getaway or personal retreat with
R & R.
Here is a bit of totally unedited video of the workshop. Out of respect for the participants, I included only myself on the hoola-hoop (those of you who were in the workshop will get the full version).
And here are a few photos, taken by my fabulous assistant, Lu:
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Anne, who is a workshop facilitator herself in "process art", with me pestering her |
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Genny |
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Genny again, with her gorgeous work |
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Me with the group |
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Sandy working |
And here are a few photos from Omega's web site:
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Relaxing under a tree |
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Reading in the library |
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Dining on the porch |
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Tai Chi by the lake |