Laura Traplin Spiritual Weekend Retreat
Laura Traplin Spiritual Weekend Retreat – June 5 - 7, 2020
Please join me for our 12th annual weekend retreat of insight, intuition, mediumship, guided meditations, relaxation and more!
Come connect with spirit and your own inner wisdom in the beautiful surroundings of Algonquin Park.
This retreat is open to anyone who feels a calling to attend. It is not limited to past clients or those who have completed my workshops. If you feel inspired or guided to be part of the weekend, or have a friend who would like to join you, this retreat may just be what you’re looking for!
There will be scheduled workshops as well as free time to go for a hike, enjoy a canoe ride, relax in the sauna or on the verandah by the lake, read your favorite book or just unwind while surrounded by nature.
Location: Arowhon Pines Resort, Algonquin Park
Dates: June 4 or 5 – 7, 2020
Please contact Arowhon Pines directly to book your accommodation. A number of rooms are being held at a discounted price for the group. Room availability is on a first come, first served basis.
*Retreat Tickets can also be purchased by submitting an Application and payment of $350+HST to payments@lauratraplin.com.
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Quick Brown Fox Writing Course
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Quick Brown Fox Writing Course – June 5 – 8, 2020
Give yourself a long weekend of writing time – a weekend of instruction, inspiration and creativity. Award yourself with time away from distractions, with no dishes to do and wonderful food at every meal, as you sit with your feet up and write in the most beautiful wilderness setting in Ontario. This is where the Group of Seven got its inspiration (Tom Thompson is buried just a couple of lakes over); it’s a wonderful place for you to find your inspiration, too.
The retreat will feature both instruction and guided writing exercises, plus one-on-one critiquing and coaching from Brian. You’ll also have lots of time to relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect with your creativity. All writing levels welcome. Whether you are just beginning or have a novel in progress, please join us.
Instructor Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada’s most popular blog for writers, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Saint John. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get their first book published and launch their careers as authors.
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Painting The Group of Seven
with Martha Johnson
September 13 to 16, 2020
(Martha is staying one more night for those of you who can stay for an extra day of painting)
Four days of painting stunning Algonquin Park, while staying in extraordinary nature at the historic Arowhon Pines resort inside Algonquin Park. Located in the heart of Canadian Impressionist territory, this workshop includes expert guiding to locations along the shorelines of Algonquin, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Group Of Seven. We’ll paint evergreens, shorelines, wildlife, water, and the shifting weather, all in the exotic color palette of Algonquin Park. We’ll also make time for a canoe paddle, a walk in the woods, a swim in the cool lake and some story-telling around the fire.
Martha has a personal connection to Tom Thomson and his mysterious death. Her uncle was Judge William Little who wrote The Tom Thomson Mystery published in 1970. As you might remember, Tom Thomson died in July 1917, drowning in nearby Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park, and was buried there. Two days later, his family sent an undertaker to exhume the body and send it back for re-burial in Leith, Ontario. In October 1956, Judge Little and some friends decided to dig up Thomson's original burial place at Canoe Lake. The book tells the story of Thomson's life and the discovery made by Little and his friends. His book is one of several that raised the Tom Thomson mystery to public prominence during the late 1960s/early 1970s.
Highlights will include pontoon boat rides and little hikes to nearby campsites in and around gorgeous Arowhon Pines. Here we will set up for a day of painting with a shore lunch. A night or “nocturne” session under the September moon, and time with Judge Little’s son, John Little, who will dine with us then speak about his new book Who Killed Tom Thomson – a Toronto Star best seller and a must-read for fans of true crime and art.
All levels of experience and skill are welcome!
About Martha Johnson: Martha graduated Fine Art, University of Guelph and was later mentored by Tom Hodgson of Painters 11. She currently teaches Mastering Acrylic Techniques and topical workshops at ArteMbassy in Toronto as well as 20 years instructing drawing and acrylics at the Avenue Road Arts School in Toronto. As a landscape painter Martha is passionate about working out of doors, note-taking and leading workshops across Canada, France, Union Island and Saint Vincent The Grenadines. She is known for an environment subtext in her paintings and ephemeral wire sculptures that adorn private, public and corporate collections worldwide. Deeply interested in Canadian history, exhibition highlights include: Survey the Valley (2007), Kent Island and the Albatross (2013, Grand Manan Museum) and SHADOW RED 2017, acknowledging the hundredth anniversary of Tom Thomson’s death.
Email: marthajohnson@rogers.com or (416)322-4894 or visit www.marthajohnson.ca
Evenings with Christine Luckasavitch
Learn much, much more about the history of Algonquin Park – and Arowhon Pines!
Spend an evening around the campfire (or in the Games Room) to hear a unique perspective of the history of Algonquin Park.
Explore over 12,000 years of Algonquin Park's natural and cultural heritage. Learn about the living history of the Madaoueskarini Algonquin people, the arrival of European explorers such as David Thompson, chronicle the Park's value as a great timber resource and the infamous J. R. Booth, the arrival of great artists and adventurers, as well as the recent histories of Algonquin Park. This is a very special story, rich in family history and told from the heart.
A result of her ancestral lineage, Christine has a very unique and personal history of the Algonquin Park region. She is an Omàmìwininì Madaoueskarini Anishinaabekwe (an Algonquin woman whose family is from the headwaters of the Madawaska River) and belongs to the Crane Clan. Christine is also a descendant of some of the earliest settlers of the Ottawa and Madawaska Valley. These families were amongst the earliest to clear farms on the rocky Canadian Shield in places like Wilno and Bonnechere. They eventually settled in Whitney, a town marking the eastern boundary of Algonquin Park along Highway 60, where their descendants continue to live today. Members of her family would construct the impressive dining room of Arowhon Pines, amongst many other structures, cabins and leaseholds in Algonquin Park.
2020 Dates to be determined.
Christine is the Owner of Waaseyaa Consulting, an Indigenous culture and heritage consulting company, and Waaseyaa Cultural Tours, an Indigenous-based tourism company operating in Algonquin Park and the surrounding area. Christine also works as the Coordinator and Indigenous Pedagogical Leader for the Algonquin Inòdewiziwin EarlyON Child & Family Centre in North Hastings. An archaeologist, orator and researcher, she is currently writing her first book, Ondjitigweyaa Madaoueskarini Omàmìwininì Anishinaabeg (Algonquin People of the Madawaska River Headwaters). Christine is an avid explorer of both the Algonquin landscape and Algonquin history, spending as much time on the land as possible. She has been learning to speak Anishinaabemowin for the past number of years, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Acadia University with a focus in Canadian History and Canadian Historical Novel.
This gathering will be of interest to anyone with a love for Algonquin Park. We will explore its unique history from the time of glaciation to present-day, and beyond. Questions and discussion are welcome.
The Friends of Algonquin Park offer special events for everyone throughout the season including Meet the Researcher, Family Fishing, Loggers Day with live music, etc. Check out their special events calendar here.