To be still
Our Art Retreat is a two day retreat hosted in Tairua, Coromandel where women can enjoy beautiful hospitality, creativity and share in community. The retreats start 5pm Friday until Sunday 2pm on the weekends that they are scheduled for. The retreat includes two nights of accommodation in a stunning home on Mount Paku, Tairua. Dazzling sea views and delicious food are included. Art making is led by Auckland based artist Erin O’Malley. This will take place in a charming community hall in Hikuai, 20 minutes south of Tairua. Beautiful meals will be provided onsite except for one meal which will be at a favourite local restaurant, Flock (the restaurant meal cost is not included). Our August Retreat has a Faith component (ministry time).
Overview of the art making
Colin McCahon said of his painting 'My painting is almost entirely autobiographical - it tells where i am at any given time, where i am living and the direction i am pointing in'.
Likewise we will tell our stories with painterly mark making, using where we are - the beautiful Tairua landscape as our starting point. We will let the landscape anchor the direction we all point - towards God, our creator. This painting process requires no previous painting or drawing experience. Think of this weekend as room to breathe with a paint brush, a chance to explore with paint in a purely abstract joyful manner, a beautiful part of God's creation and our relationship to it.
