Events Programme
Programme of Writing Workshops
(2012)
at The Old Rectory Retreat.
Holiday Vouchers Available – Great suggestion for family and friends!
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The Half Day Dip
Saturday Mornings 10-0am-2pm.
4th Saturday each month :
Next Date: May 26th A chance for people new to our writing workshops to dip their toes in the water and see how they enjoy the invigorating atmosphere. People who have already done some writing at shorter sessions discover a whole new level of achievement is possible through the experience of sharing the work table together over a longer focused period under the creative coach in chief, Fiona. At The Old Rectory Retreat we have found that by combining the solitary and the communal experience a flush of creativity emerges.
Cost €25 . Home cooked Soup’n Sweet included.
A Summer Week’s Experience of Fiction Writing
July 6 day Retreat
Sun 1st. –Fri 6th incl.
Sun 5pm-Friday evening.
Cost is €520 – 6 days full board incl.
€255 – 6 days, Sun. evening and weekday mornings workshops /
lunch each day /afternoon communal writing space.
This is time for you - an opportunity to devote a whole week to your writing in a peaceful, friendly environment, to be inspired, to fire your imagination and to work through the process of composing your work in manageable stages with support and encouragement from Fiona, Fin and the writing group.
Fiona and Fin have been leading workshops at The Old Rectory Retreat in Westport for three years now. Participants return again and again to be inspired to create words and worlds of which they hadn’t known they dreamed. Our groups are small and the atmosphere is welcoming and inclusive.
The Old Rectory Retreat will provide food, accommodation, peace and space for writers, both beginners and seasoned. You may continue work you have started or start to find your own voice.
June 5 day Retreat
Thurs. 14th - Mon.18th incl.
Thurs 5pm- Tues lunch.
Cost is €215 – 5 days: thurs. evening and morning workshops
lunch each day /afternoon writing space;
€450 – 5 days full board incl.
(June workshop will be held subject to minimum numbers of applicants)
The Spring Weekend Writing Retreat
A weekend of immersion into Fiction Writing led by Fiona Keane with Fin Keegan of sixpens.com
March 30th to April 1st.
Friday 5.30 to Sunday 2pm
Welcome Supper at 5.30 Friday
Lunch on Saturday
Join us for an inspiring taste of writing with Fiona Keane of Sixpens at Róisín’s convivial table at the Old Rectory Retreat. Fiona is experienced at stimulating diverse groups of people to put pen to paper in response to well thought out writing prompts. The aim is to build story however short or long (from brief to full length memoir, flash fiction right through to the novel) through accessing memories of the past and creating richly connected characters.Your hours will be sweetened by tea and cake (or lunch and dinner for the longer sessions) and good company. Whether you are a seasoned scribe or coming to the table for the first time, we welcome you.
Fiona Keane is a writer and creative coach whose work has been performed in New York and Dublin. Her passion is to help people work through their resistance and release their creativity. Fin Keegan is a writer who also worked as an editor at The New Yorker Magazine. Both Fiona and Fin studied at the famous writing school of Columbia in New York.
Róisín’s famous table has hosted some extraordinary characters, both real and imagined. Why not bring yourself and see if you can leave with more?
Cost €105 for workshops / Home cooked lunch included
€195 full Board inclusive of Dinner on Saturday and Sunday Lunch
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Silver Jewellery -Ring making Workshop in Metal Clay taught by Lisa Fahy.
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All Workshop are designed for a small group of like-minded though doubtless very different people. All Workshops can be part of a Weekend Experience at The Old Rectory Retreat. You can continue the work you have started or you can just relax, climb the Reek or enjoy the craic. We provide food, accomodation, peace and space for writers, artists or wayfaring dabblers.
Important!
If you are interested in any of the Workshops listed above / detailed below but are unable to attend on the dates specified, please contact us as we will be arranging other dates. We can arrange workshop, weekends, week long retreats in response to request. If you would like to use The Old Rectory Retreat as a venue for your own workshop please contact us. We will be happy to facilitate if possible.
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Previous workshops held at The Old Rectory Retreat
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Jewellery Workshop – Metal Clay
led by Lisa Fahy of Studio C
Saturday 11th June 2011
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
All materials supplied and home-made lunch provided.
Spend the day learning to make your own jewellery in an intimate and joyful setting. Relax over lunch and leave the workshop wearing your own creation (a pure silver pendant!)
What is Metal Clay? Metal clay is crafting medium consisting of very small particles of metal such as silver, gold, platinum, or copper mixed with an organic binder and water for use in making jewellery, beads and small sculptures. Originating in Japan in 1990, metal clay can be shaped just like any soft clay, by hand or using moulds. After drying, the clay will be fired in a kiln. The binder burns away, leaving the pure metal. Lisa is an artist and art teacher living in Kiltimagh. She is the only certified Art Clay instructor in Ireland.
The workshop costs €75 inclusive of materials and lunch.
This day can also be part of a Weekend Experience at the Old Rectory Retreat, full board and accommodation provided.
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Writing Together Week
A week of fiction writing , morning sessions led by Fiona Keane (with help from Fin Keegan) of Sixpens. Writers of faction may be accommodated also!
Afternoon Communal Writing Space
Thursday July 7th 6.00 p.m.-Tuesday July12th 6 p.m.
Old Rectory Retreat, Knappagh, Westport.
This is time for you – an opportunity to devote a whole week to your writing in a peaceful, friendly environment, to be inspired, to fire your imagination and to work through the process of composing your work in manageable stages with support and encouragement from Fiona and the writing group.
Fiona Keane is a writer and teacher whose work has been performed in New York and Dublin. Her passion is to help people work through their resistance and release their creativity. Fin Keegan is a writer who also worked as an editor at The New Yorker Magazine. Both Fiona and Fin studied at the famous writing school of Columbia in New York.
The Old Rectory Retreat will provide food, accommodation, peace and space for writers, both beginners and seasoned. You may continue work you have started or start to find your own voice.
Give Yourself Time Out
Cost : Total cost of Writing Together Week including Full Board is €550.
€250 Tutor led workshop in morning and Group Space for Writing in the afternoon with home- made lunch included.
Bookings: Róisín at 0877764820 www.oldrectoryretreat.com oldrectoryretreat@gmail.com
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Details of other workshops to be posted at a later stage. Please inquire if you wish to book a place at any other workshop. Thank you.
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Previous Workshops
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Following the Writers’ Path
A weekend of writing led by Fiona Keane and Fin Keegan of Sixpens
This is a follow-on weekend for those who have participated in an initial weekend of writing. Fin and Fiona will guide participants in the fascinating journey to discover the hidden writer and to lead him/her onwards to discover how to inspire, guide and structure that writing.
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Art for Fun
with Irma Van Baalen
November 13th
All materials supplied and home-made lunch provided .
This day is designed both for people who have never painted and for those who have loved to do so in the past but have not had time or perhaps confidence to pursue their interest. One of my goals is for people to become more relaxed and free in making art.
The starting point for the day will be a still life, but who knows where we will end? We will use pencil, ink and charcoal in the morning and acrylic paint in the afternoon.
I believe there is an artist in everybody. You may or may not be technically brilliant. Just have the courage to do it anyway. If you keep on making art of whatever kind, you will develop your own style.
Cost : €60 incl. of all materials and lunch.
