Mom's Open Studio Art-Feast At Wisdom House Sat., Nov. 2

Wisdom House Spiritual Retreat & Conference Center in Litchfield, Connecticut will present the first in an ongoing month-to-month series of art-feast workshops on November 2nd from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The workshop will be presented by members of M.O.S.S. - Mom’s Open Studio Series art educator Anna Ramirez, M.Div., and artist and art therapist, Briah Luckey, M.A.

The inaugural November 2nd workshop will be centered on the inspired making of compassion flags and ritual cloths, plus other free-form projects that can bring new life and joy into a mom’s days.

M.O.S.S. is a positive mom’s community for art that strives to inspire through creativity, offer relaxation through meditation, and the ability to recharge through a community of like-minded moms. “When a mom experiences her creativity,” states M.O.S.S. Founder Luckey, “she tends to feel more inspired and present. When she fills up her personal well of emotional and spiritual strength, it is easier for her to fill the well of her family and friends.”

Briah Luckey, M.A., is an artist and art therapist who describes her art-making as a practice for cultivating presence is her passion. Her experience as a mother and an art therapist at the Yale- New Haven Children’s Hospital led her to develop her transformative women’s art groups. Through them, she gently guides women into their creativity, supporting them in authentic self-expression with curiosity and compassion.

Anna Ramirez, M.Div. is an educator and workshop leader who worked at Yale Divinity School for 18 years as Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid. For the past six years, she has been an entrepreneur bringing her passion for cultural change and transformation through emotional intelligence, social-emotional learning, and creative art-making.

A ministry of the Daughters of Wisdom, Wisdom House is an interfaith Retreat and Conference Center located in rural Litchfield that is open to the public and presents programs and workshops year-round that celebrate the sacred in everyday life, the arts and ecology. Wisdom House offers one-day and overnight accommodations and meals to academic, nonprofit, and business organizations from across the United States.

The Daughters of Wisdom originated in 18th Century France and founded the US Province in 1949 with the purchase of the former Spruce Brook Farm in East Litchfield. Originally, the Wisdom House property was used as a Convent and Novitiate.

The $60 fee for the November 2 M.O.S.S. art-feast workshop at Wisdom House Spiritual Retreat and Conference Center located at 229 East Litchfield Road in Litchfield between 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. will include lunch and childcare. Scholarship monies are available to participants via a grant from the Daughters of Wisdom.

To learn more, and to register, visit www.wisdomhouse.org, call 860-567-3163 or email to program director Bonnie Mis at bonnie@wisdomhouse.org.