WORKSHOPS

2025

All the workshops below take place in Prince Albert, a semi-desert Karoo town at the foot of the incredible Swartberg Mountain Pass.

The workshops are grounded in Prince Albert's compelling biodiversity, unique rock formations and local culture.

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CREATIVE PLAY

26th - 30th MARCH / CLOSED

We started the year with a workshop that invited us to explore four different personalities of play - the Storyteller, the Collector, the Explorer, and the Creator. With our Karoo playground marked out, we explored the crucial relationship between play and creativity, and learnt how to recognise, encourage and safeguard play wherever it materialises.

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HEART of STONE

19th - 23rd JUNE / CLOSED

This midwinter workshop was packed as tightly as a stone wall – we marvelled at the alchemical transformation of local stones to vivid pigment; played with the varied places stones hold in our imagination; considered the unique story each stone has to tell, and spent our last drawing atop a centuries-old stone wall in a 330-million year old mountain. We also marvelled at an other-worldy gemstone collection and broke bread in a mountain cathedral as the sun set, to mark the winter solstice. For a workshop all about the slow pace of planetary time it went by way too fast!

WELL SPRUNG

20th – 23rd SEPTEMBER

A springtime workshop that blooms differently every year, just like the season it celebrates. The focus of this equinox workshop remains the same - how can we use drawing to explore and relate to nature?

We work with a variety of mediums and mindful drawing exercises that take inspiration from the natural environment, both in the studio and in the local landscape.

R4800 p/p

Includes all materials, guided veld walk, and select catering. Accommodation excluded, please get in touch for recommendations.

4 PLACES LEFT!

The following retreats take place outside of Prince Albert.

TO SEE A FLOWER

Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat

24th - 27th JULY

The old-growth milkwood forests and lush greenness of the Overberg are fresh and unfamiliar territory for me and in this workshop we'll be looking at how drawing can facilitate an introduction, or act as interpreter, when meeting a new landscape. Working from nature - as well as in and with nature - we'll be exploring drawing as a form of knowing, and drawing as an exercise in empathy.  

Bodhi Khaya is a wonderful retreat space, where you'll also have the opportunity to participate in yoga, meditation, walks and trails, or a treatment. All meals are provided by the famously delicious Bodhi Khaya kitchen. You'll have everything you need to really lean into an attentive, connected, and  nourishing space. 

FULLY BOOKED

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  • A wholehearted thank you for your wonderful course and Karoo hospitality. Your gentle caring attention seems to bring out the best in everyone. It has been the highlight of my year .

    Mona

  • I loved every minute of it. The wonderful dinner, all the incredible drawing exercises, the night under the stars, taking us down to the river, your amazing knowledge and generosity. It was the perfect thing to do to refill the creative well, and give me new ideas

    Sue

  • Thank you for such a joyful, fascinating, and inspiring journey in blooms and ways of seeing - a marvel and a delight.

    Aspasia

  • I absolutely loved every minute of every day. You are an amazing teacher, the research you do and pearls of wisdom you offer - the experience is so wonderful.

    Mariette

  • It was absolutely magical. Life changing is a strong term but honestly I haven’t ever experienced a weekend more restorative and grounding before. The thought you put into your presentation was so evident, we immediately felt like we were in the safest and knowledgeable hands.

    Pam

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