Coming up on the regular Saturday blog post I’ll cover my trip to Alegre Retreat at Gateway Canyons Resort. This desert-oasis retreat in western Colorado brought to mind another trip to the desert, MISA-West at the Tanque Verde resort in Tucson, AZ in January 2017. The desert is such a contrast to the forested landscapes I grew up in and currently live in. It is beautiful, but in a completely unique way. And of course, escaping the Maine winter to a warm climate for a week or so ain’t too hard to take either.
Tanque Verde is a winter home for MISA, Madeline Island School of the Arts, whose headquarters is located on Madeline Island in Lake Superior off the coast of Wisconsin. MISA is a bit different from other retreats I do in that they provide classes in a variety of media, not just quilting. For example, this year there will be classes in watercolors, hand dyeing, and creative writing.
I’ll be returning to Tanque Verde in January 2019 and I was just informed there are a few spots open still. If you’re interested, here are a couple links for more information:
General info: https://secure.madelineartschool.com/index_AZ.cfm
To register: https://secure.madelineartschool.com/Classes_Teachers.cfm?StaffID=246
And of course, read up on my previous excursion to Tucson in the link below.
Fabric Collage Master Class Manual
If you can’t attend one of my classes in person, I hope you receive some vicarious enjoyment reading about them in my blog posts. You can get an even closer approximation of what one of my classes is like by purchasing my Fabric Collage Online Master Class Manual. Using video, photos, and text, this online resource covers the same basic six steps I introduce in my five-day classes. For more information, click the button below.