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Tag: Beth Adoette

  • Wednesday, April 24, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Nature Mandala: Day’s Eye

    Local artist Beth Adoette is coming to Blithewold to share her unique practice of partnering with nature in a monthly workshop series. This workshop offers people the opportunity to unplug and be in the moment while exploring beautiful objects of nature. Please note that nature mandalas are ephemeral and will not be taken home. Photographs are encouraged. High-resolution, edited photographs can be ordered separately at the workshop for an additional fee.  $40 for Blithewold members, $45 for nonmembers.

    Hundreds of years ago, the daisy was called “day’s eye” in England, and “the eye of the day” in Wales. These lovely names are derived from the way this flower it opens its petals in the morning in the east, turns to follow the sun’s path, closes back up at night, and in the night turns towards the east again in anticipation of the sun. In this April 24 workshop, we take our cue from this humble yet wise flower, as we try to identify our objectives and create a nature mandala to act as a beautiful and practical reminder of our daily intentions. Register at https://www.blithewold.org/event/nature-mandala-series-with-beth-adoette-2/

  • Wednesday, March 20, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Nature Mandala: Gratitude and the Sun

    Local artist and author Beth Adoette is coming to Blithewold to share her unique practice of partnering with nature in a monthly workshop series. This workshop offers people the opportunity to unplug and be in the moment while exploring beautiful objects of nature. Please note that nature mandalas are ephemeral and will not be taken home. Photographs are encouraged. High-resolution, edited photographs can be ordered separately at the workshop for an additional fee.  The March session on March 20 (in the education room in the visitor’s center) is Gratitude and the Sun. In this workshop, participants contemplate what we can be thankful for both collectively and individually. We begin with the sun, the force which unconditionally guides and sustains us all. Then we consider the gifts we have been given individually. Make space for the gentle, yet powerful benefits that come from a grateful heart as we create individual gratitude mandalas which capture the blessings of our lives in this moment. $40 for Blithewold members, $45 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.blithewold.org/event/nature-mandala-series-with-beth-adoette-2/

  • Wednesday, February 28, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Nature Mandala: Expanding Peace Mandalas

    Local artist Beth Adoette is coming to Blithewold to share her unique practice of partnering with nature in a monthly workshop series. This workshop offers people the opportunity to unplug and be in the moment while exploring beautiful objects of nature. Please note that nature mandalas are ephemeral and will not be taken home. Photographs are encouraged. High-resolution, edited photographs can be ordered separately at the workshop for an additional fee. 

    The February 28 session begins at 6 pm with a brief introduction to the origins of the ancient Celtic Circle and Caim Prayers, and then challenges us to expand these concepts to see the world in a larger, more inclusive, and connected way. We begin with the hope for peace and protection for ourselves, and then explore what it might look like visually through an expanding view of the world. Let’s try to envision what an intention, hope, or prayer may look like that not only seeks peace for ourselves, but for a much larger world in which we are inherently connected.

    Class size is limited to 10. $40 Blithewold Members | $45 Nonmembers. Register at https://www.blithewold.org/event/nature-mandala-series-with-beth-adoette-2/