Workshop Retreats at Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's RetreatEyeries, Beara, Co. Cork tel: 027 74441 www.anamcararetreat.com |
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Anam Cara's Workshop Retreat Schedule is now set for 2018For more information about each of the workshops as well as availability for individual retreats during the rest of the year, please contact Sue at anamcararetreat@gmail.com:
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with Fire with David Hazard (spreadyourfire.net) Arrival: 14 April 2018, Departure: 20 April 2018 Your week will be spent learning the techniques of both good fiction and essay-style writing, including: storyboarding and outlining; plot and character / theme development; writing great scenes and dialogue; and the importance of "camera work" (the right description at the right time). You will also learn the art of great query letter writing, and how to contact literary agents and publishers. Afternoons you can meet 1-on1 with the instructor for coaching. Evenings you can share your writings, and receive critique if you wish. For more information and to book a place, please contact David at exangelos@aol.com. |
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with Kaitlin Briggs, Ed.D. (http://pwriting.org/?page_id=1864) Arrival: 28 April; Departure: 5 May 2018 “When I Write Proprioceptively, I Forge a Path to a Deeper, Creative Self”: Certain spots draw us to them. When there, we feel alive, at peace and exalted, ready to engage our creative capacities and to explore what holds us back. The Proprioceptive Writing method brings this material out in the open, breaks up these blocks, and forges a path to a deeper creative self. As the Celtic winds clear the air, Anam Cara, our tranquil sanctuary in the magical west-of-Ireland, invites such reflection and discovery. Artists, poets, aspiring and accomplished writers, non-writers alike find a PW retreat to be an uncommon event. For more information and to book a place, please contact Kaitlin at katebriggs2014@gmail.com. |
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Finding the Confidence to Write with Lorna V (www.LornaV.com,
www.twitter.com/LornaVwriter) Arrival: 26 May; Departure: 2 June 2018 Writing has always been your dream or something you do secretly; yet, you suffer from one or more of the following: you can’t get started, struggle to finish anything, feel blocked, are convinced you lack discipline, or are terrified of showing your work. This workshop is the breakthrough you need. As a journalist, author, playwright and performer, Lorna has a wide range of writing experience which enables her to guide new writers. Her workshops are also driven by her interest and knowledge of psychology and personal development. She is the author behind three books for Psychologies magazine published by Capstone Wiley, including Real Confidence. For more information and to book a place, please contact Sue at anamcararetreat@gmail.com |
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Mythic Imagination: A Creative Writing Workshop Arrival: 23 June;
Departure: 30 June 2018 "Mythology is not a lie, it is poetry, it is metaphorical" Joseph Campbell Returning this year with this exciting and accessible creative writing workshop, Adam Wyeth (author of The Hidden World of Poetry: Unravelling Celtic mythology in Contemporary Irish Poetry) will take you on a journey through the great panoply of Celtic myth, revealing how these ancient narratives and traditions are deeply intertwined into the fabric of our daily lives. Mythology and folklore is humanity attempting to explain the world to itself. By understanding myth, we tap into the deep root of the personal and collective unconscious.As each generation re-visits these tales, our personal and expanding lives offer fresh interpretations to these age-old myths. For more information and to book a place, contact Sue at anamcararetreat@gmail.com |
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Introduction to Botantical Art with Artist Ida Mitrani
(www.idamitrani.org,
https://www.facebook.com/IdaMitraniArtist.ArtTeacher/ Arrival: 30 June; Departure: 7 July 2018 This course is designed as an introduction to botanical illustration. Using graphite pencils and watercolour paint, you will learn how to measure and portray plants -- on the Beara Peninsula and where you live. The sessions will cover drawing, shading and some watercolour techniques. There will also be an emphasize on colour, theory, colour mixing and preparing colour charts. You will provide your own material. All levels welcome. For more information and to book a place, please contact Sue at anamcararetreat@gmail.com There is also availability in June and July for individual, self-directed retreats for those working in any of the creative arts. For more information or to book a residency, please contact Sue at anamcararetreat@gmail.com. Anam Cara's web address is www.anamcararetreat.com. |
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Lining Our Thoughts: A Poetry Workshop Leanne O'Sullivan, one of Ireland's finest poets, is to conduct her poetry workshop. Arrival: 4 August; Departure: 11 August 2018 This workshop is for those who would like to begin to write poetry or those who would like to develop poems they have already started. The main aim of my workshops is to encourage writers through discussion, exercise based and free writing, while also allowing them to take risks in a supportive environment. Each session will focus on a different topic, such as imagery, perspective, storytelling, rhythm and form. Everything a writer needs is inside of themselves, and it’s my goal to help them refine the effectiveness of how they communicate how they see and understand of the world. Morning sessions will include a reading of poems by established writers (which will be supplied) with discussion of what makes these poems effective, writing exercises and also excursions to some sites in Beara that have given inspiration to my own writing. In the afternoons I will be available for one-to-one sessions and this will also be free time during which participants can enjoy the creative peace of the retreat and do some writing. Several sessions will involve visiting local mythological sites such as the Cailleach Bhéarra, Ogham and standing stones as a way to generate new work that responds to the landscape around us. For more information and to book a place, please contact Sue at anamcararetreat@gmail.com. |
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 Painting Autumn Colors in Ireland with Evelyn Dunphy (www.evelyndunphy.com) Arrival: 8 September; Departure: 15 September 2018 This workshop at Anam Cara provides personal instruction in plein air watercolor painting, in a supportive small group environment. My goal is to bring everything in my ability to help you realize your own personal esthetic in your work. Your success is the intention of the workshop. You will gain confidence, be inspired, and develop your skills so that your paintings are uniquely “yours”. Having seen the gorgeous photographs of the fields, hedges and mountain sides in the fall, I am very excited about this autumn workshop, as I know it will give us the most beautiful subjects for our paintings. For more information and to book a place, please contact Evelyn at artist@evelyndunphy.com, or call 207-449-7057 for a complete brochure describing the workshop, or visit her website: www.evelyndunphy.com. |
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Celtic Journey at Samhain with Mary Meighan (www.celticjourneys.com) 27 October through 3 November 2018 At the Celtic New Year, when the veils between the worlds are thin, join me on the wild and wondrous Beara Peninsula to move within our Celtic Spiritual Tradition. You are invited to step within our ancient, yet very much alive, Celtic Spiritual Tradition through Celtic Gatherings, Rituals at Sacred Sites on Beara, poetry, music, song, blessings, chant and story, with a personal reading on Samhain night, 31 October. More information upon request; in the meantime you may like to have a look at my website to gain a sense of what I offer and there are also some videos that will give you an insight into Celtic spirituality. For more information and to book a place, please contact Mary at mary@celticjourneys.com. There is also availability in September, October and November for individual, self-directed retreats for those working in any of the creative arts. For more information or to book a residency, please contact Sue at anamcararetreat@gmail.com. Anam Cara's web address is www.anamcararetreat.com. |
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