Reconsidering the Wildflowers
April 11-12, Sunday 3 p.m. until Monday 3 p.m.Spirituality & the Arts retreats are scheduled Sunday evenings through Monday afternoons and are an excellent opportunity for a brief but powerful retreat experience, either as an overnight guest or as a commuter. Please join us as we explore the ways our spiritual journeys are expanded and enhanced through participation, exploration, and the gift of inspiration as experienced through the arts.
Future retreats in this series will include creative expression and celebration of the arts and spirituality through painting, poetry, music, domestic arts, motion, icon writing, working with clay and weaving.
Spirituality & the Arts retreats are not listed in our annual Programs Brochure. Please visit our website for updates, information, and new additions to this series. If you would like to be included in our notification list for this series, please contact the center by e-mail stmarysoffice@bellsouth.net or by phone 931-598-5342.
Presenters:
Bonnie Smith is Associate Professor of English at Belmont University in Nashville, TN where she teaches courses in writing and spirituality, political rhetoric, and nature writing to graduate students and undergraduates. An alumna of the University of the South and a native Tennessean, Bonnie traces her love of hiking to the first time she made it to the Fiery Gizzard swimming hole as a little girl.
Tara Armistead Landscape Architect, sketches and designs places that reflect a sensitivity to the details and beauty of nature. Tara is committed to creating sustainable, beautiful landscapes. She holds a degree in Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia and a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan. Her projects range from designing small gardens to designing large campuses and parks. Tara and her sisters recently climbed the five tallest peaks in Idaho, as well as walking trails from the white Mountains of New Hampshire to the Olympic Mountains in Washington.
Residential Fee: $100 Commuter Fee: $60 Deposit: $50