Menucha Retreat 2008
[Registration form due
Jan26 Feb10, 2008]
February 22-24, Friday-Sunday
Menucha Retreat Center, Columbia Gorge
$175 for PSC members: 2 nights, 3 days including meals & dorm rustic lodging
Non-refundable $75 deposit required
Questions? Contact Maggie Rogers (503.239.4321).The Portland Society for Calligraphy invites you to reserve a space at the annual Menucha Retreat. You will enjoy great food, friends & a very unique art experience. Colleen Cavin will lead you through an introduction to Carolingian, but you are free to work at your own pace with projects of your choosing. Arrive late Friday afternoon and depart after lunch Sunday.
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."
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.
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 Center
Menucha 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."