With Special Guest Artists -

STUART ZIFF, Guitarist, Songwriter.

DAWN MENDELSON - Mosaic Artist, Community Builder

“Celebrating Craft”

What is craft? What does it mean to make something with our hands, with our bodies, with our voices, with our language, with each other?

What techniques can be improved with practice?

Which require spontaneity?

Do we trust our instincts when creating?

How can we support each other and our communities to take artistic risks?

Goals:

1. Take a weekend for yourself, yes, just YOU. No cooking, No Social Media, No work.

2. 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.

3. Explore an introduction to mosaic making. Betty has been a professional mosaic artist for 20+years.

4. Enjoy the beauty of  Malibu, California’s SERRA RETREAT CENTER without breaking the bank :).

5. Leave with tools and materials to continue your creative practice.

6. Enjoy our special presenters sharing their artistic crafts, tips, and stories of their creative paths.

7. 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

• Friday

  Arrive anytime after 1pm
  Upon arrival and check in at Serra Retreat
  5pm - all evening “BYOB” (Build Your own Bouquet) Non traditional materials….
  6 - 7:00pm - Dinner
  7 - 8:30pm - Intro to CJEA writings. Special Presenter: Stuart Ziff - guitarist, songwriter, and now college boy. Graduate of Berklee School of Music 2024.

• Saturday

  8 - 9:00am - Breakfast-

  9:30-11am - Movement & Spiritual Scavenger Hunt (Weather Permitting)
  
  12 - 1:00pm - Lunch
  

  1:30-2:30pm - Special Presenter - Dawn Mendelson - Mosaic Artist, Community Leader, Pique Assiette expert, all around good egg.

  3 -5:00pm - Dawn will guide us in a mosaic project using the push method and broken plates.
  
  6 - 7:00pm - Dinner
  
  7 - 8:30pm - Film about a non traditional artist. Bring you favorite snacks to share.

• Sunday

  8 - 9:00am - Breakfast
  
  9:00am - Checkout: Remove belongings from your room to cars, place bedsheets in hall, and return to Rindge Room

  9:30am - 11:30am - ZIFF RIFFS - Inaugural podcast episode will be recorded. Bring your questions for Stuart about music history, songwriting, Buffalo NY, guitar playing, politics, food etc...

  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.

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What’s Provided

• Room and Board

  Single rooms, with bed and desk and lamps, adjoining bath with shower, Serra provides simple towels, soap, linens.

• Meals

  (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.
  

• All Art and Journaling Materials provided with plenty of supplies to continue your artistic practice at home. :)

  BYOB flowers and vase

  Journaling and Art Materials

  By consent, Email list to stay in touch with other participants.

All payments Non refundable. 

We need to provide Serra Retreat with a list of names in advance. Sorry, non transferable. 

(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.

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Resilience, Music, Art making, Scribbling, Spending Plans, 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:

Stuart Ziff - Zsoulmusic

Dawn Mendelson - Dawnmendelson.com

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.

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.