MOSAIC ALCHEMY presents: “Celebrating (the sometimes maddening) Creative Process”
Creativity is in all of us. If I can, you can. And I can.
And some days I can’t.
And that doesn’t mean it's not there.
Anyone who says “I’m not artistic, I can’t draw, I’m not the creative type, my friend, sister, cousin, mom partner is…” is invited to spend time with us this weekend.
See how easy it is to break a cup for mosaics.
Creativity is a muscle like any other; if you don’t use it it atrophies.
Creativity is a practice like any other; if you don’t practice you don’t get better.
Creativity is a relationship, if you don’t spice it up it gets dull fast.
Why do we assume that all artists are born creative?
We don’t expect doctors to skip medical school and then perform surgery?
We don’t expect chefs to saunter into a kitchen and prepare a five course meal without any training, skill with tools, or experience?
We don’t expect truck drivers to haul freight across the country without a class 4 driver’s license?
Exposure to materials in a safe and encouraging environment
Consistent practice and failure becomes mastery and sensitivity to materials
Repetition is your friend.
Return with tools, art materials new skills and maybe even new Art Buddies.
Two Special Guest Presenters:
Martin Wiech - Agape Practitioner sharing YOGA LAUGHTER!
Annie Brooker - ConZENtric Circles; Creative working @thestoneindustry sharing MANDALA ROCK PAINTING
Retreat Limit 15.
All welcome*
RSVP Now - $675 Early bird pricing; everything included until January 31, 2024; Prices rise to $875 from Feb 1-28.
Goals:
Take a weekend for yourself, yes, just YOU. No cooking, No Social Media, No work.
Experience the simple, empowering, healing and fun work of Dr Lucia Cappachione’s CREATIVE JOURNAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS. Check out Lucia's Amazon Author Page to explore her many publications.
Explore an introduction to mosaic making. Betty has been a professional mosaic artist for 20+years.
Enjoy the beauty of Malibu, California’s SERRA RETREAT CENTER without breaking the bank :).
Leave with tools and materials to continue your creative practice.
Enjoy our two special presenters that will make you laugh and guide you toward empowering financial resources to support your changes.
Make new friends and/or get reacquainted with your BFF inside of you.
Learn and play with these tools and more. :)
Schedule
Glass, plates, ceramic tile, smalti, etc. Play with these materials and more.
All activities in the Rindge Room
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Arrive anytime after 1pm
Upon arrival and check in at Serra Retreat
5pm - all evening -Visit Creativity Stations in the Rindge Room
Paint the base of your Mandala Rock (s)
7:00pm - Dinner
7 - 8:30pm - Intro to CJEA and Laughing Yoga with Martin ! -
8 - 9:00am - Breakfast-
9:30-11am - Movement & Spiritual Scavenger Hunt (Weather Permitting) Non dominant hand journaling.
12 - 1:00pm - Lunch1:30-2:30pm - Mandala Rock Painting with Annie
2:30-3:30 - Break
3 -5:00pm - Mosaic Activity - Learn tools, fitting, adhesives, design, and a bit of history too ;)
6 - 7:00pm - Dinner
7 - 8:30pm - Film: Non Traditional Artist -
8 - 9:00am - Breakfast
9:00am - Checkout: Remove belongings from your room to cars, place bedsheets in hall, and return to Rindge Room9:30am - 11:30am - Grout and complete your mosaic from yesterday.
11:30pm - 12pm -Reflection
12:00pm - Lunch
Retreat Concludes
You are welcome to enjoy the Serra Retreat’s grounds for the afternoon as long as we are respectful of others at retreat center.
What’s Provided
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Single rooms, with bed and desk and lamps, adjoining bath with shower, Serra provides simple towels, soap, linens.
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(5 Meals, cafeteria style).
Friday: Dinner
Saturday: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner
Sunday: Breakfast
There is a fridge in the Rindge Room where we will gather. Feel free to bring snacks to share or special foods for those with food allergies or other preferences. -
BYOB flowers and vase
Journaling and Art Materials
Financial Handouts
By consent, Email list to stay in touch with other participants.
Please email when you make your payment..or use Eventbrite.
Payment Plans available.
All payments Non refundable.
We need to provide Serra Retreat with a list of names in advance. Sorry, non transferable.
One DJS Scholarship available at discounted price ***$500
Email betty.mosaicalchemy@gmail.com by January 15th to apply.
***DJS honors the memory of Deborah Jean Stefl. Kind. Goofy. Talented. So Missed.
(left) Lucia Capacchione (right) Betty Rosen at Serra in 2022
Mosaic Alchemy
Hosted by Betty Rosen CJEA Practitioner & Mosaic Artist.
Betty Rosen has had successful careers in Film Production, Music Publishing and as a Teaching Artist specializing in mosaics and community built projects and now as a CJEA Practitioner.
She spent years advocating for creatives, filmmakers, songwriters, visual artists and finally became one herself slogging through the creative processw.
Resilience, Music, Art making, Scribbling, Trial and Error, Failure, Failure again and again, Redefining Success, Nature, Intimate conversations and Belly Laughs are the tools we will share and practice together so we can identify and pursue the changes we crave.
Special Guest Speakers for this retreat:
Martin Wiech - Agape Practitioner sharing YOGA LAUGHTER!
Annie Brooker - ConZENtric Circles; Creative working @thestoneindustry sharing MANDALA ROCK PAINTING
About the Space - Serra Retreat Center
Serene, rustic, and a home for the Friars. It’s important to us to show respect for their practices and this sacred space. This is not an opulent Malibu retreat; this is a simple, beautiful place for reflection and residence for the Friars. It’s stunning. Quiet. And a rare opportunity to stay in Malibu at an affordable rate.
Please visit their website if you have any further questions. You will be more comfortable if you leave your inner foodie at home, and there are many Malibu eateries to take advantage of on either side of the retreat. There is a refrigerator to store snacks and specialty items.
Overseeing Malibu Beach from Serra Retreat Center
Level of walking moderate to extreme. There are stairs everywhere. *
https//www.serraretreat.com/
Community Dining Room
I have been there for personal retreats many times since COVID; they take safety precautions very seriously.
Please don’t come if you are experiencing any symptoms or have traveled less than two weeks prior. Proof of vaccination required by Serra Retreat Center. Social distancing and masking will be in place when inside.
We are limiting this retreat to 15 maximum.
Please join us and share this opportunity with others!
Sunset over the Pacific Ocean
All activities in the Rindge Room and courtyard. Beautiful tiles everywhere!
2022 Retreat; CJEA Exercise in Rindge Room
Mosaic Alchemy’s Celebrating Circles Retreat 2022
Pioneer of CJEA work, Dr. Lucia Capacchione, and others, participating in non dominant hand journaling exercise.