Thousand Paper Cuts Art Retreats

Thousand Paper Cuts Art Retreats

Our retreats take place four times a year, with a different seasonal focus on each. The yearly cycle culminates with our Autumn Transition Retreat, which climaxes at the TCP Art Festival and Tournament. You can find out more about each of our retreats below, and then proceed to our signup form to register for any which interest you in the coming year.

No amount of rebirthing workshops or tantric embrasures could deliver the caul-removing transformation that took place during my time at TPC. I am undone, in the best ways.

Alice Dodgson

Winter

The Winter Retreat is designed to be a period of introspection and inner exploration. The 2019 Winter Retreat will take place from December 1-7.

Winter Retreat Features:

  • Warm, private bedrooms
  • Hand cooked meals (with a focus on healthy “comfort food”)
  • Creative spa
  • Workshop: Fire in our Art
  • Workshop: Resounding the Inner Silence
  • Workshop: Breaking the Ice; Overcoming Artists’ Block
  • Daily Meditation Gathering
  • Hygge in Daily Life

Spring

The Spring Retreat focuses on the concepts of rebirth and sensuality. The 2020 Spring Retreat will take place from March 15-22.

Spring Retreat Features:

  • Breezy, private bedrooms
  • Hand cooked meals (with a focus on healthy fresh spring vegetables)
  • Creative spa
  • Workshop: The Birth Canal
  • Workshop: Finding the Sex of our Sex
  • Workshop: Forcing the Muse
  • Daily Meditation Gathering
  • The Art of Pysanky

Summer

The Summer Retreat focuses on the process of widening, opening, and splashing out into the world. The 2020 Summer Retreat will take place from June 21-28.

Summer Retreat Features:

  • Cool, comfortable private bedrooms
  • Hand cooked meals (with a focus on lively, sprightly flavours)
  • Creative spa
  • Workshop: the Girth of Her Hips; finding the goddess inside all
  • Workshop: Full Body Painting
  • Workshop: It’s All Media; Finding Beauty in the Unusual
  • Daily Meditation Gathering
  • Sensual Dance as Performative Art

Autumn

The Autumn Retreat focuses on the closing of the year and the darkness we all carry in our souls as we prepare to hibernate and begin again. The 2019 Autumn Retreat will take place October 13-20.

Autumn Retreat Features:

  • Cozy, temperate private bedrooms
  • Hand cooked meals (with a focus on autumn fruits and vegetables)
  • Creative spa
  • Workshop: Embracing the Holly King; Art in the Season of Death
  • Workshop: Burying Your Stash; How to Prepare for the Long Dark
  • Workshop: In Darkness, Light
  • Daily Meditation Gathering
  • TPC Art Festival and Tournament