For over 30 years the Grünewald Guild has served as a creative and innovative example to the world of the transformative power of art and the sacred within the context of community. We are an ecumenical Christian community that embraces people of all journeys and traditions, serving as a sanctuary for their exploration of art, faith and the mystery of creation.
"You ought to know that October is the first Spring month."
- Karel Capek
October 28-30
Come join us as we prepare the Guild campus for winter and put the garden to bed for the season. Work weekends are free of charge (including meals and lodging), a thank-you for volunteering your time and energy to help us with various projects. If you would like to help out for the weekend, just contact us at the office and we'll make sure there's room for you!
November 14-19
Our Holiday Gifting Week is a great opportunity to learn how to use your gifts (even ones you don't know you have) in order to gift others during the holiday season. Classes this year include: Sketching, glass fusing, weaving, collage, Advent calendars and working essential oils. For more information and a schedule of the various classes, visit the even page HERE.
December 2-4, 9-11, 16-18
It has become a tradition here at the Guild to hold a series of Advent Weekends, short weekend retreats leading up to Christmas. This year we are offering three different retreats, each featuring a different live concert on Saturday evening. The weekends also offer an art class (hand-made clay paper ornaments) and a lecture by Richard Caemmerer each Friday where he will share art and thoughts about the Advent season. This is a great opportunity to experience the 'winter wonderland' of Plain and to take a break from the busy holiday season.
For more information about each retreat or to register, visit our Courses page.
January 9-13, 2012
Join iconographer Peter Pearson as he walks you step-by-step through the start and completion of an icon and discusses topics such as: the development of iconography, the spirituality of creating an icon and praying with icons. Icon writing workshops at the Guild are always popular and fill up fast: don't wait until the last minute to register for this one!
For more info or to register, visit the class page on our website.
For those of you who were with us this summer, you heard about the partnership we are forming with The Apparent Project, an organization that is working to apprentice and employ Haitian artists and serve as a vehicle for the selling of their artwork. Seeking to create art, jewelry and craftware that is 100% Haitian made and allow families to be self-sufficient, they approached us looking for a ceramicist who could help teach Haitian artists how to create and fire ceramic beads for the jewelry they produce. As a result, our resident ceramic artist Scott Dillman will be heading to Haiti in November for 2 weeks to work with the Apparent Project and their aritsts, and then participate in a follow-up trip in February. We look forward to this growing partnership and are excited to play such a direct role in the livelihoods not only of Haitians, but of artists.
The stained glass inset of one of our new doors being fashioned for the Guild entryway project. Once completed, the glass insets will be surrounded by enameled plates that will create one large image consisting of native butterfly species, prayer labyrinths and Celtic motifs and cast an incredible quality of light into the gathering area of the Centrum.
