Sunday, 11 September 2016

Art, Nature and Mindfulness weekend

Wild at Art 

invites you to join
our 9th Weekend Art Retreat
3-5th November 2017 

Come and find your connection to nature
through a weekend of artmaking and mindfulness.
 Take time for yourself
reawaken
restore
refresh
with hands on Artmaking
Using Mindfulness, Art and Experiential Nature activities people will explore ways to “be” in a beautiful outdoor environment.


You will:
Create a handmade meandering journal 
Make outdoor artworks
Learn photography with and without a camera
Sketch, doodle, print, paint and collage

Katie Flowers and Claire Kirk
Come and Retreat with us for 2 1/2 glorious days

At
University of Hong Kong 
Kadoorie Research Centre 
Your fabulous weekend includes:
  • 2 nights accommodation ( twinshare) 
  • All meals, drinks and treats
  • Experiential Nature Walk 
  • All Art Materials and a "Bespoke Artkit "
  • Tips and Insight Guide for your practice beyond...
  • Teaching from two fully qualified Art teachers
  • All transportation from Hong Kong Island: pick ups and drop offs
( We accommodate small groups, to make sure that we can provide individual attention and teaching.) 

Secure your place on this all inclusive weekend
$5,700

Early bird price before Oct 5th
$5,500

RegisteNO!

contact me

Katie Flowers
wildatartweekly@gmail.com
for currency conversions and payment options.

What others are saying......


People have attended Wild at Art Retreats from as far away as Australia, Beijing, Singapore and England!!

In fact many people have attended several Wild at Art Retreats !

The mandala weekend was a fantastic chance to spend some time trying something new, meeting new people, meeting creative challenges all with lots of tea and cookies - a real win-win all round. Extremely well organised, with lots of support should you need the help. Materials are all provided which is a very nice touch. You are taken through the process step-by-step so you never feel overwhelmed. The atmosphere is calm, relaxed and fun. Altogether a superb art retreat!  Thank you!

Katherine Chiu,March 2015 


The entire weekend retreat is organised with extreme professionalism, but also with heart. The attention that Katie and Claire put into every detail, from the pick-up bus, to the scrumptious treats, to the abundance of materials and resources, ensure a successful weekend for all the participants. These two amazing hostesses create a safe environment where you cannot help but unfurl your creative wings and take flight. I am always surprised at the beautiful things I create by the end of every retreat. Katie and Claire’s guiding support, generous encouragement, and genuine affection do wonders for my soul every time I join them on one of their art journeys. 


Doina Tonner, March 2015

Being at one of Katie and Claires` workshops is like going away for a very special holiday with your creative self. The formula is fun and the work is really play. Each step is demonstrated clearly and carefully to allow participants to feel confident and the work that grew and blossomed was truly inspiring. We all rejoiced in the collective as well as the personal achievements of the group. A really restorative energising weekend. Thank you WILD AT ART for a great time!

Roz Keep, Oct 2014

My time with Katie and Claire at the WAA Retreat was fabulous! I loved all aspects of the weekend: The creative process, painting techniques, design tips and expertise shared by these two talented artists and art educators. The friendships formed and conversations about 'works in progress.' The tranquil setting, culinary delights and moments of good humour. I would highly recommend attending a WAA Retreat. It provides time for you to discover, challenge and extend your artistic skills. Katie and Claire create an environment in which you feel safe to take creative risks and they offer their support every step of the way.

Sarah Brockie, Oct 2014


What a much needed gift to the self---to have space and encouragement and time and music and supplies and teaching all together, allowing for such a rejuvenating, creative experience.  Claire and Katie are beautiful beings that make you feel at ease, nurtured and inspired the whole weekend.  It is overall a must-do experience that is truly an opportunity to be simultaneously still and expressive.       

Cara Whitford Oct 2014

The Wild at Art Retreat is a unique experience. You are welcomed into a calm, creative setting where you are gently nudged outside your creative comfort zone.   You’ll make incredible art and impress yourself. You’ll be taken care of and treated like creative royalty. You’ll have a blast!

Kerry Murphy Oct 2014

Katie and Claire are inspirational teachers who give you confidence to develop your own style while teaching you skills that they have and making you believe they are your own. They are true facilitators and lovely people too. Loved my week end with excellent teachers, great food  and lovely company.


Sue Lloyd Oct 2014

Thursday, 18 August 2016

The Rising Goddess

Come and join me alongside a wonderful group of inspired teachers who will take you on a journey through your chakras ....each week  a class will offered that intentionalises and celebrates the energies of each chakra in turn. This provides you with an opportunity to to pay attention to all parts of your multi dimensional selves. All these classes will be amazing! You can join one or all of them..............


7 special classes including: 


Scrumptious Cooking class with Ayelet Idan

Making Mandala's with Katie Flowers

Aromatherapy with Lilian Fung

Heart Yoga with Charlotte Douglas

Kirtan with Cristina Rodenbeck

Intuition & Psychic development and Higher Self Connection Michelle Harris.....

Sign up NOW ! 

with Michelle Harris

see you in class ! 
Katie

Monday, 4 January 2016

A wild and very Artfilled year!

Happy New Year Wild at Art Family! Its been a very busy full on Art Filled year for 2015! How exciting and there's always more art adventures to come !  Claire and I have spent some fabulous weekends with you all, here's a small peek at your creative moments! 


Wild at Art Joyous Journalling May and November 2015

2 x wonderful weekend workshops at the Aberdeen Boat Club where Claire and I watched you all transform a blank sketchbook into a place of personal art-play fun and exploration. People experimented with materials, practised sketching collage and painting and went home and then did even more ! 


Wild at Art Mums and daughters May and October 2015

Mums and daughters came together to co-create, and honour each other and their relationship whilst making a truly  personalised "art shrine" for themselves. These were joyous and thoughtful day workshops; we were honoured to share your thoughts, stories and creativity.


Wild at Art Mandala Journey weekends April and October 2015

These retreat weekends in the mountains continue to bring joy to the Wild at Art bosom! Watching people begin an artmaking practice and also deepen that practice through their artistic experiments, is exciting, stimulating and nourishing for all of us !


Wild at Art field trips, April 2015

In April Claire and I were lucky enough courtesy of HKIS to get to travel the  NAEA Art conference in New Orleans and work with none other than the Journal Fodder Junkies, fabulous blokes who teach art journalling! Very special and we were of course also forced to enjoy the magic of New Orleans and all that Jazz!  As a huge contrast I then returned and travelled to Cat Ventura's Body Mapping Art Retreat in the spring time, sakura filled countryside of Japan painting in the open air and enjoying  tea ceremonies and onsens.


Wild at Art summer UK workshops July 2015

Very luckily for me, the wonderful Lu Shorthose invited me to teach at the Surrey Wildlife Trust this summer and I spent a wonderful day sketching in the outdoors recording the landscape and various "small moments" with a trusty group of local sketchers, followed by a Mandala day at Eve's Garden Studio in Hampshire, attended by local creatives, my family and friends and even people from Hong Kong ! Thanks to Christine Dodd who runs this lovely studio at the Weyhill Farm.


Call of the Wild Soul Liverpool 2015

Alongside my lovely COTWS art friends in UK, we attended a 3 day journalling workshop with Orly Avinieri in the amazingly vibrant city of Liverpool ! What fun, its great to be challenged to move into new territory and outside comfort zones to try new ideas! I continue to art journal throughout the year, it's a compulsive practice which I love as I can pick it up and put it down wherever I am !


My own mandala paintings 2015

I continue to grow and build this practice, from small canvases to the 2 x foot square commission I have just finished for my lovely Yoga Teacher, Charlotte Douglas. These images are currently being printed into a range of greeting cards and will be available in about 3 weeks!


Last of all, workshops 2015 ! 

I started the year with Mandala workshops at Jenny Smiths Yoga studio, then offering a summer afternoon at the Red Door Studio and ended the year with gorgeous winter wonderland and Xmas mandalas at the Alive Wellness Centre.

Claire and I have also been beavering away in our waterfall artroom with the glorious young children of Hong Kong International school, if you would like to follow those arty adventures please check in The Magic Dot.


What a great artful year its been and wonderful to be growing this fabulous family of creatives who are travelling the journey with myself and Claire! Look forwards to working with you all during 2016 for more Wild at Art adventures !

I leave you with Karen Ward's Star Wars Mandala and will only say this............

May the Force be with you ! 
Create, you must!

Artfully yours
 from 
Katie