Hi everyone,
As you will see in the link on the right of the page, I am organising an Art Retreat in Queensland, Australia in 2010. I just wanted to write about it to let everyone who reads this blog know all about it.

The retreat will have 3 teachers who will each teach the same one day class for 3 days running. One third of the students will be in each class so each student will participate in all classes. One of the classes will be a beading class which is fine for beginners onwards, another will be a full on, techniques filled class, involving a figure and the other class is yet to be determined.

We will  have one amazing teacher from USA, Anne Hesse. Annie has been teaching for many years and she is a very talented artist who has a natural flare for colour and texture and  she is also funny, caring and no nonsense. You can see her work at her website Anniedolls and to see what she will be teaching go to dyzee.com

The next teacher is the wonderful Pam Grose. I am sure you all know of her. Her reputation as being one of the most caring , hardworking and talented artists is very well known. Once again go to dyzee.com to see pictures of what she will be teaching.

The venue I have chosen is in Morayfield, which is near my home and about 1/2 hr drive from Brisbane airport going north. It has not only function rooms, but a couple bars for those of you who like a drink and a bistro for food. Nearby and within easy walking distance Take away places like KFC, McDonalds, Hungry Jacks and Sissler. The venue is also very close to a major shopping centre.

The price is not set yet but will be moderate as I am keen to make this event accessible to all. I am dreaming up exciting competitions, suprises and swaps and challenges that you can tale part in at the event. We will also have a teachers trading night, a students trading night and some other things that I cant talk about. Anyway it will be heaps of fun and I really look forward to meeting you there.:-)