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Due to COVID 19 all real time in person classes are cancelled- everywhere. I have some offerings in Zoom so you can continue on your own art learning journey.
Stay Alive. Stay Home. Take on line art classes.
On line Art Workshops Through live zoom feed! Join Boomerang
Since May I have been teaching: Drawing , Acrylic Painting, Watercolour Painting and Colour Theory. Join me, for free, for 1.5 hour classes in a positive nurturing setting because you do it from your very own home with Zoom. Sign up today, there is mor ethna just art but a whole community fo opportunities in mind body and soul work.
https://www.goboomerang.com
To keep you art engaged!: 1 minute video of painting a sunset sky https://youtu.be/Q-3trhvt1dk 7minute video of the same sunset and sky as a tutorial https://youtu.be/SK3N9C00CgY 1 minute video of painting a sunset on water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrCXLAgDzzk 9 minute video of the same sunset and water as a tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbwB4tvCiIk&t=476s
AGO link to a seniors drawing workshop http://stg.ago.ca/learn/ago-makes/virtual-seniors-social
View my sketchbooks and videos:
Earth View https://youtu.be/2sdt31qM8yw Live in a Red House https://youtu.be/-LbBHWzqou0 Moon View https://youtu.be/gK_YUvWz2qA Nite For Rest https://youtu.be/MUJ9HVzVchI Texture https://youtu.be/PLbzFSnFqYE Yes https://youtu.be/PWmASQzGEa0 Music with visuals- Wonder Blessing https://youtu.be/3N4DQwQH4o0 People Ring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huor7IasyRg Home & Studio Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvEvkVCTv5o
SUMMER Sunday- Friday August 30-Sept 4 , 2020. Here’s hoping we are back to normal by then ! 5 DAY INTENSIVE ARTIST RETREAT North of Toronto course fee: $154, Accommodation/ food about $350 Unicamp OfOntario, http://unicampofontario.ca/register
All of the listings mentioned are preCOVID conditions. I am optimistic and think we will be back some day so keep them up with thta intention, but none of this is currently running.
ADULT PROGRAMS with the AGO, 317 Dundas West, Toronto (downtown) http://ago.ca/learn/courses
1 minute video of painting a sunset sky https://youtu.be/Q-3trhvt1dk
7 minute video of the same sunset and sky as a tutorial https://youtu.be/SK3N9C00CgY
1 minute video of painting a sunset on water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrCXLAgDzzk
9 minute video of the same sunset and water as a tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbwB4tvCiIk&t=476s
if links do not work just cut and paste them into the header.
Monday
Fall: Intro to Printmaking Nov 11- Dec 9, 2019, 2-5pm 5 weeks $290/340
Create a wide range of images using traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques. We will use a large format lithography press for abstract monoprinting. Printmaking is an excellent way to test out colour theory with the ease of merely switching colours in your ink choices. This course will also cover techniques that can be utilized in your own studio. Relief printmaking using styrofoam and softoleum, monoprints on plexiglass and silkscreen printing will be explored as well. All inks and basic materials are included in this course. If students want to work in larger formats they are responsible for purchasing their own printing plates and papers to allow for the size increase. You are responsible for imagery to be printed. Having the idea ahead of time is encouraged.
Winter : Intro to Painting Jan 6- March 2, 2020. 10am-1pm , 8 weeks,
This course introduces students to a variety of techniques in painting, ranging from different paint application methods to developing an awareness of volume and form. This foundation-level course draws upon the AGO’s painting collections as inspiration for painting projects. Students will complete a variety of projects using acrylic paint, due to its rapid drying properties.
Winter: Intro to Printmaking Jan 6-27, 2020, 2-5pm 4 weeks
Create a wide range of images using traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques. We will use a large format lithography press for abstract monoprinting. Printmaking is an excellent way to test out colour theory with the ease of merely switching colours in your ink choices. This course will also cover techniques that can be utilized in your own studio. Relief printmaking using styrofoam and softoleum, monoprints on plexiglass and silkscreen printing will be explored as well. All inks and basic materials are included in this course. If students want to work in larger formats they are responsible for purchasing their own printing plates and papers to allow for the size increase. You are responsible for imagery to be printed. Having the idea ahead of time is encouraged.
Winter: Intro to Screen Printmaking Feb 3 – March 2, 2020, 2020, 2-5pm 4 weeks
Create a wide range of images using screen printing. Printmaking is an excellent way to test out colour theory with the ease of merely switching colours in your ink choices. This course will also cover techniques that can be utilized in your own studio. All inks and basic materials are included in this course. If students want to work in larger formats they are responsible for purchasing their own papers and fabrics to allow for the size increase. You are responsible for imagery to be printed. Having the idea ahead of time is encouraged.
Tuesday
Fall : Breakfast Club Nov 16- Dec 3, 2019. 1030am-130pm (5 weeks) Members Price $290/$340
Lauren Renzetti +possibly Galleria Italia for tea/coffee + small pastry)
Aweekly social club in the AGO; a cafe discussion group to start or thwart art revolutions, to tussle with the events of the day and place them in a historical/scientific context using the AGO collections. Gain insight and advice on your own practice (or others) from a seasoned multi-media artist. Hang out, drink coffee, view art, suck the morrow out of life, with light snacks of your choosing and delve into drawing some works from the collection.
MATERIALS LIST
Spiral bound sketchbook canson mixed media is awesome 7 x 9, black Pilot pen, a 2B, 4B ,6B pencil. 1 #4 talkyon round brush or a brush that holds water in the handle, erasure, white gel pen or white pencil, pencil case, your brain turned on .Possibly: 12 -24 watercolour pencils, reeves is a great brand, erasing shield, stomp.
Winter : Breakfast Club February 4-25, 2020. 1030am-130pm 4 weeks
Lauren Renzetti +possibly Galleria Italia for tea/coffee + small pastry)
Aweekly social club in the AGO; a cafe discussion group to start or thwart art revolutions, to tussle with the events of the day and place them in a historical/scientific context using the AGO collections. Gain insight and advice on your own practice (or others) from a seasoned multi-media artist. Hang out, drink coffee, view art, suck the morrow out of life, with light snacks of your choosing and delve into drawing some works from the collection.
MATERIALS LIST
Spiral bound sketchbook canson mixed media is awesome 7 x 9 , black Pilot pen, a 2B, 4B ,6B pencil. 1 #4 talkyon round brush or a brush that holds water in the handle, erasure, white gel pen or white pencil, pencil case, your brain turned on .Possibly: 12 -24 watercolour pencils, reeves is a great brand, erasing shield, stomp.
Wednesday
Winter : Intro to Painting Jan 8- Feb 26, 2020 . 7-10pm , 8 weeks,
This course introduces students to a variety of techniques in painting, ranging from different paint application methods to developing an awareness of volume and form. This foundation-level course draws upon the AGO’s painting collections as inspiration for painting projects. Students will complete a variety of projects using acrylic paint, due to its rapid drying properties.
Friday
Winter :Abstract Painting Feb7- 28, 2020 . 6-9pm , 4 weeks
This course introduces students to a variety of ways ot paintin abstraction, including technique driven, emotion driven and idea driven subjects. Many techniques will be explored and the us eof reality and transforming an idea to an abstraction will be also explored. This is an acrylic based course.
ADULT PROGRAMS with ARTiculations 2928 Dundas St West
, Toronto ON
(west end) http://articulations.ca/
Monday Workshops
Mondays: 1 day evening workshops
Monday Nov 18, 2019 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm Price: $ 55.00 CAD Explore Composition Through Collage Materials Included
What elements make a good composition ? In this workshop explore the many layers of collage along with exploring placement to explore composition. Using tissue, fabric, magazines, coloured papers, matte medium along with clear packing tape, we will create collages. We will explore transfers, glazing, stencils and stamping as well to create fully mixed media images. Your own images, letters, fancy paper, fabric, lace, you want to incorporate should be brought as well. Laser printed items are successful for transfers and collaging , ink get images will smear.
Mon , November 25, 2019.How to manipulate realism to abstraction6:30 pm to 10:00 pm Price: $ 55.00 CAD
How does one create an abstract image? Walk through the steps from a known reality to its abstraction, using the seven principals of design to help guide you. Working from real still life or photo references you bring. In this innovative, drawing workshop we will investigate & create several abstract works based on transforming a real still life or photograph into an abstract version of it. We will learn about. Line, shape, form, value, space, colour , texture and use different sizes and shapes of surfaces as well as how to hone our compositional skills through stretching and shrinking aspects of our original image. The studies will be abstracted views of something tangible and real. This challenging Workshop is suitable for an open-minded beginner or an advanced student.
What students need to bring– one object to add to a still life set up or a photograph you want to try altering we supply cartridge paper, pencil crayons, markers.
Friday Courses
Fridays: 4 week daytime workshops
October 25- Nov 15, 2019 , 1230-330pm, 4 weeks Price: $ 195.00
Landscape Painting in Acrylic Materials Not Included
We will be learning many paint techniques that help create a landscape. Techniques we will try are scumble, graduated blend, stipple, spatter, drybrush, impasto paint with a palette knife, schlapitka and sgraffito. We will create a constructed landscape and then work from some images by artists. We plan to be exposed to art by the Group of Seven, the Impressionists and more current artists like Kim Dorland. Your own explorations and paintings from these inspirations are the goal. We will learn how to translate a small images on to a larger canvas along with how to create the perfect composition using a composite picture you create. Working from photographs of real places is expected in weeks 2-4.We work with instructors to keep required supplies to a minimum. For those materials you need to purchase, we offer a one time 20% discount in the shop for each registration.
Materials List: you really need at least the items in bold. All of the below items can be purchased at ARTiculations store, First class materials supplied by ARTiculations. Please bring all materials each week to class.
Paint: Golden-Holbein –big tube of titanium white , carbon or mars black, light and medium yellow, red, magenta ,ultramarine blue, pthalo blue . The more colours you have, the more variety and less mixing you do but more disharmony in painting, pick colours you like.Variety of brushes: –round synthetic no 4 or 6 or 10, flat hogs hair 6,8, 10 or 12 Other items: – palette, pencil, erasure, paper towel . Yogurt or sour cream containers with lids work great as paint can be saved for next week. Surfaces: mixed media paper pad/paper for studies plus, the surfaces listed in the weekly outline
Friday Nov 22- Dec 12 , 2019 1230-330pm Acrylic Painting Workshop – Abstract Techniques Price: $ 195.00
This workshop will help students explore abstraction with several inspirations as jumping off points. We will learn many technique sin painting. Paint to music, poetry as well as using the elements and principles of design as vehicles for making. The Elements consist of: Line, Shape, Form, Colour, Value, Texture & Space. The Principals are: Pattern, Contrast, Emphasis, Balance, Scale, Harmony, Rhythm, Unity & Variety. We will explore these concepts with several images of the students choosing. Having painting ideas will help move this aspect of the workshop along. This workshop will generate many small studies for larger works. This course is suitable for the creative beginner to an advanced student.We work with instructors to keep required supplies to a minimum. For those materials you need to purchase, we offer a one time 20% discount in the shop for each registration.
Materials List: you really need at least the items in bold. All of the below items can be purchased at ARTiculations store, First class materials supplied by ARTiculations. Please bring all materials each week to class.
Paint: Golden-Holbein –big tube of titanium white , carbon or mars black, light and medium yellow, red, magenta ,ultramarine blue, pthalo blue . The more colours you have, the more variety and less mixing you do but more disharmony in painting, pick colours you like. Variety of brushes: –round synthetic no 4 or 6 or 10, flat hogs hair 6,8, 10 or 12 Other items: – palette, pencil, erasure, paper towel. Yogurt or sour cream containers with lids work great as paint can be saved for next week. Surfaces: mixed media paper pad/paper for studies plus, the surfaces listed in the weekly outline
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Art for Cancer Foundation , AFC Place, 1884 Davenport Road, Unit 1, Toronto M6N 4Y2 please register through this web site: http://artforcancerfoundation.org
Art For Cancer Workshops
Soul Painting , TBA winter or spring. 1030-130pm, 6 weeks , free
This course is a 6 week intensive on how ot create pages about you and your thoughts on your family, your hobbies, you favourite memories, music, books and movies. You delve as deep as you want ot go in a supportive nurturing environment. Learn about paint , collage and drawing techniques ot enhance this pages filled with words, ideas and creativity.
some reviews from students :
5/5Lauren is a colour master and great teacher! Her course gave new insights into how colour theory and provided practical tips on application to painting and printmaking. Highly recommended!- DG
5/5The balance of content with hands on painting was effective. It was a fun day, but we sure worked hard. Lauren is amazing at keeping a fast pace and yet continually touching base with each student. I look forward to taking other courses with her.- PS
5/5Lauren was excellent, well prepared and her teaching method was first rate. The only thing for me was that by 2-2:30 my brain was fried, have no idea how this could be dealt with.-DM
5/5Lauren is awesome! She is patient and approachable. The course design is amazing. I learned so much in one day. Loved that we were put to “work” right away. Lots of great exercises and learning activities. Thank you so much Lauren!! -LS
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ARTIST’S OUTDOOR RETREAT: Connecting with Nature August 30-Sept 4 , 2020. Unicamp Of Ontario, 638159 PRINCE OF WALES RD, MULMUR ON L9V 0C5 Registration: 519-925-6432 or http://unicampofontario.ca/register
This is running even with COVID restricitons but it does mean you need to bring your own food. Cottages have cooking facilities, dorms do not- but you coudl live off of sandwiches and chips. Tenting and cooking on your camp site is also an option. Art making can easily be done with social distancing as we are on 50 acres.
August 2020
SUMMER RETREAT at UNICAMP, north of Shelburne
ARTIST’S OUTDOOR RETREAT: Connecting with Nature August 30-Sept 4, 2020 .Unicamp Of Ontario, 638159 PRINCE OF WALES RD, MULMUR ON L9V 0C5 Registration: 519-925-6432 or http://unicampofontario.ca/register
Connecting with Nature with Lauren McKinley Renzetti. Using Unicamp and environs as our inspiration with its picturesque vistas, mossy craggy caves, dappled ponds, rolling hills, fantastic forests and expansive skies. We will explore the perfect location and capture the light of morning, afternoon, dusk and sunset. In three or four sessions a day create a series of studies in watercolour paint or pencil , ink , chalks or pastels, with on location drawing and painting.( Lauren would like to work mostly in watercolour this year but don’t let that hinder you if you have the room for other supplies. Waterdcolour lightweight and is so easy to carry around. ) These studies can be small and detailed and can then be a spring board for larger works back in your studio or be finished works in their own right. Go off on your own, or stick with the camaraderie of the group. Be introduced to a variety of techniques and strategies to create interesting composition. This retreat is for all abilities, whether you are a practicing artist or just starting out, you set your own pace. Bring your own materials. Unicamp Of Ontario Registration: 519-925-6432 http://unicampofontario.ca
Program Fee: $150, + Accommodation & you must bring your own food, about $350 Dates: August 30- Sept 4, 2020. Sunday 4pm- Friday 4pm Limited Space BOOK NOW!
photographs courtesy of Oliver Yang www.OliverYang.com
Supplies & Things to Bring I will be working in watercolour and demonstrating in that medium. You of course can use acrylic but it is harder to do work outside with . Less materials/choices are actually better than more, so pick one main medium and work in that.
Suggested Art Materials List Basics: * means optional Small Travel Sketchbook, along with a Canson Mixed Media Sketchbook 7 x9 , or 11 x 14 -heavier paper for wet studies – For sunrises and sunsets the view changes dramatically every few minutes so a few sketchbooks or surfaces is good so you can do very quick sketches.
2h,2b, 6b pencil, erasure, sharpener , paper stomp, erasing shield, *pilot fineliner or a waterbased ink pen , *watercolour pencils-derwent is lovely, reeves is economical and good too, *(digital) camera or phone with camera, water containers with lids, *foldable seat or bucket with towel to carry and sit on, blue painters masking tape to create borders on longer studies.ask for the Non stickier tape,
for watercolour water paints wet or dry, palette, talkon brushes round, flat sizes #2-8 , sponges, wax crayon or masking fluid*, plexiglass board 18″ x 24″ , masking tape, 140lb paper block pad or 200lb individual sheets of Waterford or Arches or Fabriano .
or for acrylic * means optional paints white, black, lemon yellow, deep yellow, alizarin red, ultramarine blue, pthalo blue, cerulean blue, permanent green, hookers green, yellow ochre, raw sienna, burnt umber, dioxanine purple(the more colours you have the less you need to mix, you can “get away with” YRB white & black) brushes:talkon, hogs hair rounds & flats #2-8 depending on surface size *palette knives, * sponges, 8-15 surfaces :canvas pad, or small canvas boards,*- option – small portable outside easel
Other Things to know: Unicamp is an Unitarian Universalist Camp It follows the 7 UU principals that believe we should respect all life and the earth. Explore all 7 principals through art making and quiet reflection!
Accommodation: Unicamp has 3 types of accommodation 50 tent sites (up to 6 people), 6 rustic dorms with bunk beds, bathroom and meals in dining hall and private cottages (for 6 people) with shared kitchens. Cottages and dorms go fast, so book early. You can order tasty meals in the dining hall or cook your own food. Food is usually 60% vegetarian, and they can accommodate most special diets with notification.
Bedding:Bring sheets, pillows, quilts or sleeping bags- it can get to as low as 5 degrees at night this late in the season.
Clothing: Be prepared to Layer up and layer down. During the day the weather is sunny and hot, but once the sun sets temperatures do drop. Unicamp has a 3 acre spring fed pond with swimming and canoeing. Towels, bathing suits, sweaters, wet weather clothing, sun hats, sunscreen, bug juice are also recommended.
Directions: From Shelburne take County Rd. 124 north to Redickville, go east (right) on County Rd. 21 past Honeywood to Prince of Wales, go south to #638159. There is a large sign on the left. Please note that GPS and internet map programs tell you to take County Road 20. Please do not do this as it will bring you up from the poorly maintained bottom of Prince of Wales Rd. Please take County Road 21 (some maps show Side Road 25).For more detailed information including maps please visit website: http://unicampofontario.ca/directions-to-unicamp/
Paint in Tuscany with Lauren from September 16-30,2020. Sign up for one or two weeks. Space is limited to 12 participants! Registration and Information: mckinleyrenzetti@gmail.com This won’t happen due to Covid for 2020- but check in for 2021!
September 2021
When– From Sept 16 to Sept 30, 2020. 1 or 2 week options , leaving Toronto Sept 16/222 overnight, arrive in Rome morning of Sept 16 or the 22, 2020 . This is cancelled this year due to covid 19 but will return ( hopefully ) at a similar time in 2021.
Package includes: -Pick up and drop off at the Rome airport and transport to Villa which is about 2 hours from Rome. -7 or 14 nights shared accommodation with own bathroom in an authentic Tuscan farmhouse -6 or 12 days of painting classes- plein air mostly (4-5 hours per day) with Lauren Renzetti -3 meals per day, with wine included with dinner prepared by inhouse gourmet chef -A Visit to Cetona and a visit to Orvieto- nearby Tuscan towns.
Cost for 1 week double occupancy/sharing a room $1600 each or $2000single private for one week- single private room/bathroom
Cost for 2 weeks $ 2750each, sharing a room or $3500single private room and bathroom for 2 weeks
Note price does not include flight cost (estimated at $1000)
Art Making Schedule:
Sunrise drawing /painting -1hr.- Optional
8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast
Possible Technique building -1hr.
Painting session outside 1-3 hr.
1-2pmLunch
Painting session outside 1- 3 hr.
7:00 Dinner
Here is a sample itinerary that was shared with the 2017 tourist and painting program. I may include the opportunity to paint/draw the sunrise and sunset depending on the views available to us. They will always be optional.
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Painting workshop |
Day 1 wedensday- Arrival |
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1-1:30 Transferred from airport in Rome to our villa (2.5hours) |
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5:30 Meet and Greet at Villa Alari |
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7:00 Welcome Dinner |
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Day 2-thursday |
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8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast |
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9:30-11:00Grounds-Local Tour (identifying painting spots) |
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11-1pm Intro-Painting in studio |
1-2pm lunch |
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2-3:30 painting outside |
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3:30-6:00pm visit Cetona |
7:00 Dinner |
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Day 3- Friday |
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8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast |
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10-1pm painting outside |
1-2pm lunch |
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2-4 painting |
7:00 Dinner |
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Day 4- Saturday |
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8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast |
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10-1pmvisit Chiusi’s marketor Painting Outside |
1-2pm Lunch |
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2-4:30 painting |
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7pm Dinner |
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Day 5- Sunday |
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8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast |
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Visit Florence |
explore mixed media etc. |
7pm Dinner |
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Day 6- Monday |
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8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast |
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10-1pm Paint |
1-2pm Lunch |
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2-5 Paint |
7pm dinner |
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Day 7- Tuesday |
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8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast |
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10-1pm Paint |
1-2pm Lunch |
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2-5 paint |
7:00 Farewell Dinner |
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Day 8- Wednesday Departure |
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8:30am- Depart for aiport |
9AM Visit market in Cetona |
8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast |
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1-2pm Lunch |
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2-5pm Paint |
5:30 Meet and Greet arrivals at Villa |
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7:00 Welcome Dinner |
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