Slow Down and Live

The Slow Down series of events at Sunrise Ranch connects individuals and leading-edge organizations in Northern Colorado. The network is grounded in a passion for hands-on learning in the fields of creative expression, holistic food production, and practical spirituality. Sunrise Ranch produces grass-fed beef and seasonal vegetables, and involves local producers and chefs in each event to create extraordinary meals to enrich your experience.

Through its diverse offering of arts workshops, Slow Down and Live will create a collective current of creativity ripe for artistic expression – an ideal setting for those looking to awaken or reawaken their artist within.

Schedule

9:30AM-10AM: Check-in
10AM-10:40AM: Opening Session
10:45AM-5:45PM: Workshops (choose three, one from each timeslot below)
12:15-1:00PM: Lunch
6PM – 7:30PM:Dinner

time	OPTION 1	OPTION 2	OPTION 3	OPTION 4	OPTION 5
10:45am-12:15pm	SINGING	JEWELRY	DRUM	PHOTO	WATERCOLOR
1:15pm-3:15pm	PAPER	PASTEL	ACRYLIC	PHOTO	STONE
3:45-5:45pm	SINGING	PASTELS	ACRYLIC	DANCE	STONE

Workshops

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SELFISH ENJOYMENT

Enjoy the wonder of digital photography technology. Please bring your digital camera and the instruction booklet. Discuss and share how to “see the image”, enjoy taking the image with your camera, viewing the image, and printing the image purely for your selfish enjoyment.
Dieter Heinrich is the founder of the Colorado Photographic Society, which will be open for membership in January 2010 in Fort Collins.

AFRICAN DRUMMING AND DANCING

Falé, Fort Collins’ only West African Drum and Dance collective, is dedicated to sharing traditional African music and dance in Northern Colorado. They teach drum lessons as a group and provide live drumming for dance lessons. www.fcdrumanddance.com

SINGING

Sing a cappella, four-part sacred songs from a rich source of cultural and spiritual diversity. Grace Marie is an international teacher of voice and sacred dance. www.kundagrace.com

CARVING STONE FETISHES

Working with the guidance of our personal totem, we will explore the connection between creative expression and our individual spirit journey to bring forth and imbue stone with the spirit of our totem, creating a personal ceremonial and sculptural item. We will do this using simple hand tools, beautiful Alabaster stone, and the guidance of Jerry Gehringer and Bob Wing, who bring years of artistic and spiritual experience to the task.

PAPER ART

Keith Anderson started working with paper as an art form in 1988, recreating paper into a living canvas through a casting and hardening process that he has perfected and made his own.

PASTELS

Dave Holman studied the methods of Classical Realism and now paints full time, specializing in portraits and landscapes

WATERCOLORS

Peter Hunter has been a professional watercolor painter of portraits and landscapes for over 25 years. He studied at the Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing in Provence, France and the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.

ACRYLICS

Bob Ewing is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Fine Art in Boston. Bob has exhibited and offered art instruction across the United States and Canada.

JEWELRY MAKING

Create beaded jewelry that represents your inner beauty! Beads and supplies will be provided, but please bring $5 extra if you would like to purchase a special charm for your piece. Helena Karchere has been the owner of Full of Light Creations for 8 years.

Registration

$75 includes lunch and dinner (with wine) and three workshops. Student price is $45.
Optional overnight guest accommodations with Sunday sweatlodge and three meals on Sunday. Per person: $118 for a single, $96 for a double, $85 for a triple. To register call (970) 679-4200 or visit sunriseranch.org