Annual
Menucha Retreat 2012
Menucha Magic: What is it?
February 24-26, Friday-Sunday
Menucha Retreat Center, in the beautiful Columbia Gorge
sponsored by Portland Society for CalligraphyMenucha is the place where you spend a weekend inspired by creative energy and kindred spirits. Menucha is where the beauty of the natural setting, the ambience of the lodge, the wonderful meals prepared for you feed your creativity. Menucha is where you can work uninterrupted for a whole weekend on a book, a class project, an alphabet you never mastered, or try out new ideas shared by fellow calligraphers. Lots of sharing!!! There is no agenda, no workshop pressure, just time to create and renew.
Visit the Menucha web page for information about our weekend, special diets, directions and photos or call Susan Cole at 360 694 4849.
The cost for this amazing Friday through Sunday experience is only $175 for lodging and six delicious meals. You will share a three person room (with bath). There are limitied, first come, opportunities for a semi-private room (extra $25). or private room (extra $45). There are three partial scholarships available.
The $175. Non-refundable fee is due November 30, 2011. Pleasefill out the registration form, enclose a check to Portland Society for Calligraphy and mail to: Susan Cole 3917 NE 44th St Vancouver, WA 98661
About Menucha
PSC retreats at Menucha were begun many years ago by Jaki Svaren, a student of Lloyd Reynolds. The intent, then and now, is to spend time-sharing and learning with fellow calligraphers and to have a small block of time devoted to calligraphy without interruption from the demands of our busy lives. These retreats are open to all calligraphers regardless of their level of expertise, with strong emphasis on all levels.
In the words of Jaki Svaren, "Menucha is a special gift from those who love letters to those who love letters. A time & place away from everyday distractions, which allow for a magic time when you can truly concentrate on the study of calligraphy. No experience can equal the comradeship, the warmth and the growth that happens."
This retreat offers an instructor for the participants to learn and update skills. Instruction is always optional. This weekend belongs to the individual to do as they please. Perhaps you have a deadline to meet or want to have uninterrupted time to complete a special project.
Accommodations for the weekend are dormitory rooms with bunk beds. All meals are included from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. Though there are occasional summer & fall Menuchas, the winter Menucha retreat is always the last weekend in February.
About the Menucha Retreat CenterMenucha is a sacred sanctuary held in stewardship as an ecumenical, community-based mission of First Presbyterian Church.
Past the stone entry, a forest embraces travelers along a serpentine road. The destination: a one hundred acre sanctuary in the Columbia River Gorge. Seven hundred feet above one of the nation's epic rivers, this is a place where bald eagles float their shadows across old growth conifers; where trails may lead to heirloom gardens or perennial springs. It's called "Menucha" (Men-oo-ka), a Hebrew word meaning "ever-changing stillness."