KC Willis Studio Retreats

A Creative Experience For Your Art and Your Life

Multi-Day Workshops at KC Willis' Colorado Studio. Take your art and your life to the next level.

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Wanna learn the techniques, but know you can't get to Colorado...yet. Check out my on-line workshop video series at Collage Camp.

Where Techniques meet Creativity Coaching

I have never opened up my studio space for teaching before...and no it is not the same little studio you saw on the Collage Camp videos...it's a whole new place.


I have had such a great time working with over a hundred artists and soon-to-be-artists over the Internet. To work side by side with you is going to be amazing. Even if you have participated in Collage Camp...this will be different. This will be an opportunity to further explore the techniques you learned at Camp, as well as learn new ones as you work directly with me.


We will cover a lot at each Studio Retreat. And when all is said and done you will have the ammo needed to make art using beloved family photos or any favorite photo. Basic machine sewing is helpful, and machines will be provided at the Studio (along with most supplies). And you don't have to do western art here. Any fabrics you love and a photo that inspires will do!


How about if we conquer....

• Coffee-staining fabrics, trims, embellishments
• Finding just the right image
• Photo transfers
• Combining papers and fabrics
• Burning techniques
• How to layer for texture
• Putting the basics together
• Making mixed media collages for embellishment
• My tricks to finding and harvesting cool things to use as materials
(you'll actually be able to dig through my stuff!)
• Embellishing with found objects
• How to make a hanging device


That's the How-To part...but then let's...

• Sit around the old "campfire" (ok so it's just the backyard of the studio) and exchange ideas and goals with your Studio Retreat posse.

• Let me guide you to open up your creative vision and discover your voice

• Fill you with the possibilities of all that combining art and life can be

• Help you discover or recover the "O'Keeffe" in you.

• Embrace the awesomeness of mistakes and see them for the gift they are.

• Learn to sing with mixed media at the top of your lungs.
 

You Are Invited To My Studio...


I am so excited to offer in-person workshops in my Colorado studio. Work side-by-side with me in a variety of multi-day retreats with a small group (no more than 6) of like-minded creative folks. We will learn the in-depth abc's of making fabric collage pieces, but the interactive setting of the studio will allow us to talk, share and inspire each other. It is my intention to motivate you to a new level of artistic confidence. I want you to leave the Studio Retreat with the tools you need to explore a whole new creative you...with a Zest for creating that you have never felt before.



If you thought Collage Camp was inspiring...the in-person workshops will be nothing short of...dare I say...life-changing?

"KC’s in-person workshop is an artist’s playground! KC has a beautiful, creative spirit with lots of great stories, techniques and information to share. She quickly motivates you, showing you the possibilities of combining fun fabrics and unusual ”findings” to create an amazing piece of art. Her studio/gallery is a dream and makes it so easy to be inspired with her work all around you. I am really pleased with the piece I made and hope to be able to return for future workshops with KC – it was a great experience. I have already signed up for her Marketing Mindset workshop. (www.marketingmindset.ning.com). She has done an amazing job marketing herself and her beautiful work so I know I will get some great tips." Julie O. Yonge-Texas



WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...

"KC Willis is a true gem of a person, artist, teacher and friend! The workshop that I took with her was the most incredible workshop that I have ever taken and I have taken a lot of workshops! KC is very real and forthright with her knowledge of art and marketing but more special is her compassion for the individual. She is a very good teacher and I had a really phenomenal time (as well as having been very productive!) getting to know her and the other classmates and being creative!" Jacquie Stone

"It’s well worth the effort to make the trip out to Colorado for KC Willis’ Studio Retreat Workshops. The opportunity to work with KC in person is a treat not to be missed – you will feel her passion for her subjects and be delighted by her wit and teaching style. Regardless of your level of skill and experience, you will be enriched by the experience and will come away with some beautiful art and some wonderful memories." Elaine Schwanke

"I went into the workshop with no expectations, just the hope of creating something to take home. I came away from the workshop with so much more. I received the gifts of inspiration, support and friendship. I left invigorated—artistically and spiritually. KC is a masterful and humorous storyteller. She not only invited me into her journey, but her generosity of self was so touching and complete that it allowed me to focus on the piece in front of me and to fill a space in a beautiful way. Oh yes, I also made two pieces of art. Two! " Stephanie Dascola

"Thank you for your excellent workshop. What a delight - your very clear and insightful instructions, your patience, your generosity in sharing all of your fun supplies .... and most of all ... your wonderful story-telling. I found a "part of me" that had been missing for a long long time ... the "me" that loved to surround myself with beautiful fabrics and create something. It has always been my passion - thank you again for giving me the possibility of opening this door again, and walking through." Linda Steele

"An awesome class. You have a gift." Venita Hawkins-Bird

"We had the best time ever! We got so many things done and had such fun. I wish everyone who wanted to, could come out here and spend a week with KC. I cant even put into words how wonderful an experience it has been!"
Anne Obenchain-Wetzork




Menu for the Discerning Mixed Media Palate


Two-Day Retreats
. . . Small Groups of 6 diving into Fabric Collage and Knee-deep in Inspiration....$375

Three-day Retreats
. . . Small Groups of 6 with time to make more than one piece and get personal Coaching on your marketing goals and dreams...$475


One-On-One Individual Workshops
. . . 3 days just you and me in my Studio. $750 See info at the bottom of this page.

Journey with Georgia . . . A 2-day Workshop exploring the life and attitude of America's greatest female painter. We will make mixed media works inspired by O'Keeffe and her methods. Part biography lesson-part art class. The book "Portrait of an Artist" is included. Limited to 6 Seekers of Inspiration. $320

Altered Books Workshop...A 3 day class limited to 6 where we will learn my fabric collage techniques and then create a multi-page book from scratch, as well as an altered book for the wall....$475


One day "Breeze through the Basics" workshop geared toward a local audience. $150

A deposit will hold your place at any of these workshops. Pay in full and receive 20% off of a multi-day workshop!

One day classes need to be paid in full.

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Journey with Georgia



A very special 2-day Workshop exploring the life and attitude of America's greatest female painter. We will make mixed media works inspired by O'Keeffe and her methods. Part biography lesson-part art class. The book "Portrait of an Artist" is included. Limited to 6 Seekers of Inspiration. $380

The November 2009 class is Full. Next class is January 21-22, 2010. Register soon! These fill up fast!

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