Many Muses Festival and Legend

Happy #WIP Wednesday 💙 - what creativity is brewing at your house?

I'm excited for our Many Muses Festival and Women Woven Together show on Friday, Match 26 in honor of Women. My painting Sisterhood of the Red Thread is one of the 50 paintings juried into in the show! I painted Sisterhood the year before entering CoW, honoring our web of connection between women around the globe!

Sisterhood of the Red Thread - 2014

You can get your ticket here - If you are a Musea Member, or have a piece in the show, you have a complimentary ticket!

Monthly Musea membership at the Basic level is just $10- and includes many benefits, including discounted and free classes and events with Shiloh and the Intentional Creativity community!

*partial Scholarships are available for Musea membership - ask Sarah!

I'm getting my space and brushes ready for painting our Mythic Legend of AWAKENING with Color of Woman graduates Olivia Marie Oso and Uma Joy, which will begin this weekend! Olivia and I were in the CoW training together, and Uma, a couple of years ahead of us.

* altar and holy water

* Red Thread and scissors

* a new journal

* big canvas (or paint panel ...)

* card blanks for insights and symbols

* chocolate for the Muse

Tea and a cosy chair for the Muse

I'm excited to be one of the IC teachers Uma and Olivia chose to support this 3 month journey as an Art Doc and witness. This will be the first Legend class offed by Guild Members, so we're on the edge of our seats and shakin' in our boots! Legend, which Shiloh has offered the last 15 years, is the prerequisite for Color of Woman teacher training,

Olivia, Sepha, Uma, Nadya & Jan

Fall 2019

I hope to team up with another graduate to offer our Legend next year (possibly in person!) so am particularly grateful for this opportunity, and feel so honored to be chosen as one of the art doctors for the workshop! 💗

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