WILD WOMEN * CREATE
a gathering with the Earth to rekindle creativity
co facilitated by
Meg Barrow, MS, OTR/L
of Thriving Wild OT
Saturday, June 8 & Sunday, June 9
10 am -4 pm
A Wilderness Nearby
Barneveld, Wisconsin **
(overnight camping options available)
** We gather on occupied Ho-Chunk land.
Join us as we explore core routines of deep nature connection, restorative somatic practices, and creative processes that draw inspiration from and grow relationship with the land. We will take time to nurture our tender hearts, create beauty, and develop relationships with nature, ourselves and others.
This is a workshop:
* for all marginalized genders: women, women-identifying individuals, and non-binary and gender non-conforming folx who are comfortable in a group that centers the experiences of women.
for individuals curious about creative and art-making practices at any level of experience.
to explore your inner world in the outdoors.
to connect with nature as a balm for your inner world.
to inspire and/or develop a creative practice to fuel your creative endeavors.
that calls on your inward experience and the bounty, beauty and medicine of nature, combining them for self-care, discovery, and healing.
This is not:a Nature Journaling experience (although we will be drawing in and from nature).
a workshop aimed at making a finished piece of artwork or teaching a specific skilled craft.
therapy (although it will likely feel therapeutic).
Your Guides & Host
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Kati Fernandez Lambert, Coyote Fire Illustration
Kati (she/her/hers) is a children’s illustrator and artist. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has publicly exhibited both her fine art and illustrations. She has a background in Nature Connection mentoring, outdoor and after-school enrichment programming for young people, as well as a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kati offers classes and workshops at the intersection of creativity and nature, including making art supplies out of natural materials, creating art with nature treasures, and engaging in nature connection practices to spark creative energy. If she’s not painting or drinking coffee, she can be found tracking wildlife with her family at the pond behind their home.
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Meg Barrow, MS, OTR/L, Thriving Wild OT
In addition to her work as an occupational therapist, Meg (she/her/hers) is an artist and maker who is particularly drawn to folk art and forms of handmaking traditionally done by women. She holds these forms in high regard not only because of the skills they require, but also because she recognizes that this work creates community, comfort, delight, care, and beauty in our everyday lives, making them instruments of survival, connection, and love. It’s no surprise that the materials and motifs frequently used in folk art come from the natural world, and it is in nature that she finds endless creative and relational inspiration.
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Wendy Alettha (she/her/hers ), land tender of A Wilderness Nearby
My earliest memory is a dream that I had before I was three years old, of being saved from a house fire by a tree outside my window. Ever since then there has always been a special tree nearby no matter where I lived. As an adult I haven't always consciously recognized the importance of connection with Nature but I always enjoyed being outside; biking, sailing, kayaking, climbing trees and gardening. It was 19 years ago, when I was 56, that I rediscovered the reciprocity possible in a relationship with Nature and the land I now care for. I live with 20 acres of an oak and hickory woods. Early on in this relationship I began to receive supportive and directive messages from the woods. One of the first encouragements from the trees was to share the healing energy of these woods with others. I look forward to hosting you here and sharing these woods with you as part of this experience.
We are offering this workshop on a sliding scale.
Please use the green bottle graphic as a guide when selecting your tier of payment. (Click on the green bottle image to learn more).
Tier 1: $100
Tier 2: $150
Tier 3: $200
Processing Fee: $5 for each tier
Materials Fee: $54.50
Material Kit includes Handmade Watercolor Travel Card from Beam Paints, sketchbook custom designed by Nina Cosford, Blackwing Matte pencil, Faber Castel jumbo grip pencil, Micron pen, Koh-i-noor eraser, #2 & #6 Princeton Select Brushes, sampling of watercolor papers, dropper bottle. Participants can opt to bring their own supplies similar to this list.
*Participation is offered free of charge to participants who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color as a reparation based on a history of and an economy built on genocide, race-based oppression, and unpaid/underpaid labor in the United States.
Our Cancellation Policy
Participants needing to cancel are offered:
100% refund prior to May 15th
50% refund within 2 weeks of workshop
no refund within 48 hours of workshop
*If you opt into the materials kit but need to cancel your registration, we’re happy to deliver the kit after the workshop or mail it to (+ cost of shipping).
**You’re welcome to transfer your registration to another participant, just keep us in the loop!
If Wild Women* Create needs to cancel you will be given a full refund or option for a makeup date. If Wild Women* Create needs to cancel one day of the two-day program due to illness or weather a make-up day will be offered.
