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April 2020
The Winter Bee Lectures
Interested in bees? Think you may want to become a beekeeper? Want to know more about these amazing little creatures? This six-part series will explore the lives of honey bees: learn the difference between queens, workers, and drones; discover how (and why) bees make honey and wax; find out what's involved in keeping bees and what it takes to get started; learn how honey is harvested and participate in a guided honey tasting; find out how beeswax is harvested and…
Find out more »May 2020
Nancy Jo Cullen – Short Story Workshop Writing@Baxter
This three-hour workshop examines journey in the short story with an eye on the question: why are we with these characters now? The short story’s form requires efficiency and urgency; this workshop will explore how desi, conflict and choice function within the constraint of a short story to build a character’s journey. Come prepared to write! Register here Date: Sunday, May 3, 2020⋅ Time: 1:00 – 4:00pm Cost: $50 About Nancy: Nancy Jo Cullen’s fiction has appeared in The Journey Prize Anthology, The…
Find out more »Mixed Media Dioramas with Andrea Piller
Create a box assemblage inspired by Joseph Cornell's work using a variety of found objects and mixed media, including paper, paint, sketches and 3-dimensional objects. Artistic poetic creations about inner thoughts, desires and imaginations. You may bring your own found trinkets, natural objects or items of personal significance to use or select from a collection Andrea will provide like driftwood, paper cuttings and maps. No experience necessary, you will be led step by step through the creation of your original…
Find out more »Mixed Media Dioramas with Andrea Piller
Create a box assemblage inspired by Joseph Cornell's work using a variety of found objects and mixed media, including paper, paint, sketches and 3-dimensional objects. Artistic poetic creations about inner thoughts, desires and imaginations. You may bring your own found trinkets, natural objects or items of personal significance to use or select from a collection Andrea will provide like driftwood, paper cuttings and maps. No experience necessary, you will be led step by step through the creation of your original…
Find out more »Medical Qigong Movement and Meditation
Transform Your Life! Become a Certified Qigong Instructor! This 200 hour program will certify you to teach Medical Qigong Classes, and begin your journey into life-force energy (Qi). Develop techniques to cultivate Qi, & learn to balance body mind spirit. Qigong is one of the most powerful systems of self-healing & is a safe and effective tool for health promotion. This program includes: 4 modules of training, home study, clinical hours and testing to attain certification. Medical Qigong Module 1…
Find out more »Mixed Media Dioramas with Andrea Piller
Create a box assemblage inspired by Joseph Cornell's work using a variety of found objects and mixed media, including paper, paint, sketches and 3-dimensional objects. Artistic poetic creations about inner thoughts, desires and imaginations. You may bring your own found trinkets, natural objects or items of personal significance to use or select from a collection Andrea will provide like driftwood, paper cuttings and maps. No experience necessary, you will be led step by step through the creation of your original…
Find out more »Medical Qigong Movement and Meditation
Transform Your Life! Become a Certified Qigong Instructor! This 200 hour program will certify you to teach Medical Qigong Classes, and begin your journey into life-force energy (Qi). Develop techniques to cultivate Qi, & learn to balance body mind spirit. Qigong is one of the most powerful systems of self-healing & is a safe and effective tool for health promotion. This program includes: 4 modules of training, home study, clinical hours and testing to attain certification. Medical Qigong Module 1…
Find out more »Immortal Sisters Qigong Intensive: Women’s Qigong
Explore Kwan Yin’s compassionate spirit, through gentle Qigong movements, Qi self techniques, healing plant energy, breath, sound and meditation. A workshop series to nourish your loving kindness practice. Saturday May 30, 2020 -Spring/Summer Plant the seed of your ideas and grow your potential. Summer Sizzle Sun Products/Adjust your Thermostat! Sunday October 25, 2020 -Fall/Winter Harvest the fruits of your intentions - ‘Journey to Self’. Winter dream weaving/Reset your Arthritis and Memory. Dates: Saturday, May 30th and Sunday October 25; 9:30am…
Find out more »Aromatic Qigong: The Five Elements
A Five Month Summer Intensive Course An integration of healing plant energy with Qigong movement, meditation and breathwork. Discover the ancient practice of Fragrant Qigong and The Five Elements to enhance body mind spirit. Explore ethical wildcrafting, organic & bio-dynamic growing practices throughout Prince Edward County. Learn to grow, harvest, store, create & use aromatic plants in teas, infused oils, flower essences, hydrosols, creams, salves and lotions. Sunday May 31: The Wood Element: Organic and Bio-Dynamic Growing.Companion Herbs in Pots…
Find out more »June 2020
Jason Pettit – Photography Workshop
A half-day workshop to help develop the creative photographic skills you need to take captivating photos. Emphasis will be on creative photographic elements such as composition, use of natural light, and being able to pre-visualize. This workshop will have less emphasis on technical instruction, but the basics will be covered. This workshop will not just be a lecture. Spontaneous questions and discussions will broaden the lessons for all. What are aperture, shutter speed and iso, and how do they relate…
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