Artist Betty Rosen invites you to a series of free mosaic-making workshops, expressive arts retreats, and community rituals of renewal offered to those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.

Hosted at the Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, as a three-year residency, THIS TENDER GROUND offers a place to rest, restore, and reimagine together through the healing language of art. No artistic experience necessary. Just an open mind and heart. Lunch provided.

We ask for a $20 deposit to hold your space, protect our time, and insure attendance. If this is a barrier, let us know and we will make other arrangements.

You may also support us by making a tax deductible donation at https://www.serraretreat.com/this-tender-ground
Please choose THIS TENDER GROUND option.

DAY RETREAT SCHEDULE

Gentle Arrival at 9am - Speed limits on PCH can be 25mph still.

Please check in at the main office. Enjoy the Grounds at Serra. Walk the Labyrinth. Gawk at the views of the Pacific Ocean. Have a cup of tea in their dining room.

10am-12pm - All activities in the RINDGE ROOM

Build Your Own…. Bouquet, Bracelet, Lantern… Or all 3!

Introduction to Creative Journaling

12pm - 1pm. Lunch provided in the Serra Dining Room

1pm - 3pm

Beginning Mosaics - Make a mosaic picture frame. Learn to use cutting tools (hand nippers) or choose from precut materials. Explore color. Tessarae (anything used to make mosaics) as Eye Candy! Explore Shapes, Angles…get lost in the art making process.

3pm-4pm - RINDGE ROOM

Movement and Reflection

Stretch, Dance, or not… Email me a song to add to our Tender Ground Playlist to keep us uplifted and connected. betty.mosaicalchemy@gmail.com

Short journaling exercise and conversation to complete the day.

So many of you have asked me
"What is CJEA?  What is the process like?"

Creative Journal Expressive Arts was pioneered by Dr. Lucia Capacchione, as she healed herself from a potentially fatal disease.  With Dr. Marsha Nelson of PROJECT INSIGHT, they began to train practitioners in 1998. We are now a respected, supportive international community.

This simple work helps us boost our immune systems and relieve stress  by journaling and scribbling with our non dominant hand.  The dialogues with the dominant and non dominant hand create flexibility in the corpus callosum, the part of the brain that helps us communicate between brain hemispheres.   https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1981/sperry/facts/

CELEBRATING CHANGE

Change is hard for most of us. Even, and especially, when we want it most. Let your Non Dominant Hand guide you. We all have this inner wisdom and BFF inside us. Spend an hour here getting to know how this tool can continue to support you.

Join me Tuesday evening  , PST,

October 18th 7-8pm for a free hour workshop.

No art experience necessary. 
All you need is a piece of paper and a crayon. ;)

If you have colored pencils, markers, and a journal of your own please feel free to use those.

Feel free to share this opportunity with friends

Creative Journal Expressive Arts was pioneered by Dr. Lucia Capacchione, as she healed herself from a potentially fatal disease. 

This simple work helps us boost our immune systems and relieve stress  by journaling and scribbling with our non dominant hand.  The dialogues with the dominant and non dominant hand create flexibility in the corpus callosum, the part of the brain that helps us communicate between brain hemispheres.   https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1981/sperry/facts/

Join me Wednesday Afternoon , PST, March 9th 12-1:00pm for a free hour workshop.

No art experience necessary. 
All you need is a piece of paper and a crayon. ;)

If you have colored pencils, markers, and a journal of your own please feel free to use those.

Feel free to share this opportunity with friends!

Creative Journal Expressive Arts was pioneered by Dr. Lucia Capacchione, as she healed herself from a potentially fatal disease. 

This simple work helps us boost our immune systems and relieve stress  by journaling and scribbling with our non dominant hand.  The dialogues with the dominant and non dominant hand create flexibility in the corpus callosum, the part of the brain that helps us communicate between brain hemispheres.   https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1981/sperry/facts/

Join me Thursday evening , PST, February 24th 6:30-7:30 for a free hour workshop.

No art experience necessary. 
All you need is a piece of paper and a crayon. ;)

If you have colored pencils, markers, and a journal of your own please feel free to use those.

Feel free to share this opportunity with friends!

Join MOSAIC ALCHEMY this Sunday morning, rain or shine, to experience the Super Blooms at Lake Elsinore. Sleep another month people…..years back I explored the Poppy Reserve in Lancaster after deep rains. It’s better than the Wizard of Oz on steroids. Breathtaking is the norm!

• We will explore, and preserve, taking care not to disturb or destroy the sensitive landscape.

• Bring you cameras and or sketch books.

• BYOB and we will provide our standard jewish brunch - Bagels, Lox, Cream Cheese

Orange is an amazing color…

and very tricky to find a variety of hues in tile and glass.

Be on the look out and start collecting now.

For those who DO show up in PJ’s, we will gift you $33 off the Mosaic Workshop later this year celebrating ORANGE.

The recommended viewing area is Walker Canyon Trail located off of Lake Street on Interstate 15 (I-15). Parking is available along Walker Canyon Road. 

Can’t make it Sunday? Stay tuned…Lancaster is blooming next.

https://patch.com/california/lakeelsinore-wildomar/super-bloom-2019-people-go-wild-over-flowers-elsinore