Institute
Devotional Arts Retreat: Imagination Now
Tue, Jul 16
|Stannard
Five inspirational days of creativity, community, and contemplation. Slow down, make meaningful connections, and cultivate your creative imagination.
Time & Location
Jul 16, 2024, 3:00 PM – Jul 21, 2024, 1:00 PM
Stannard, 63 Winchester Rd, Greensboro Bend, VT 05842, USA
About the event
LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE
Watch Brendan's conversation with Institute founder Swan Frayne-Dao about the event HERE
OVERVIEW
Words of Inspiration
We believe in art that deepens our relationships to other people and to the more-than-human world.
We view devotion as gratitude in action and tread a path loving service to life, visible and invisible.
Myth, Play, & Poetry
Myths are stories that define who we are and who we aspire to be.
Play is one of the most serious activities we can undertake.
Poetry captures with words that which words cannot capture.
Some words are not to be written; they long to be shared in speech, story, and song. We come together to give life to those words and to give a voice to life.
What to Expect
Our sessions include practices drawn from the performing arts, from psychosomatic disciplines, and from community building processes such as applied theater, polyphonic music, and authentic relating.
Your Guides
Your guides are artists and scholars who have all researched spirituality and creativity from a critical and comparative lens. They value intellectual, embodied, and imaginal ways of knowing, being, and relating.
Retreat Leader
Dr. Swan Frayne-Dao
Guest Teachers
Dr. des. Kythe Mayam Heller
Dr. Aaron Finbloom
Host
Brendan Graham Dempsey
SCHEDULE
We offer a carefully curated space of conscious connection and creative expression in which you are encouraged to listen to your needs and to take as much time for rest, silence, and introspection as you desire. Our sessions include various collective mindfulness and artistic practices such as circling, singing, and writing.
Day 1
3pm: Arrival
6pm: Dinner
7.30-8.30pm: Opening Session
8.30-9pm: Contemplative Practice
Day 2-4
7am: Musical awakening
7.30-8am: Contemplative Practice
8.30-11am: Morning Session
11am: Brunch
1-2pm: Assembly
2.30-5pm: Afternoon Session
5pm: Dinner
7-8pm: Evening Program
8.30-9pm: Contemplative Practice
Day 5
7am: Musical awakening
7.30-8am: Contemplative Practice
8.30-11am: Closing Session
11am: Brunch
1pm: Departure
REGISTER HERE: https://www.devotionalarts.org/events/devotional-arts-retreat-imagination-now