Hi There! I have a very special announcement to make for Artists Helping Artists (Aha!) about the beautiful visionary retreat facility we are looking to assume starting Jan 1, 2006. The wonderful new Aha! Redwoods Retreat Center is 6 minutes off of Highway 1 on 11 acres of gorgeous Santa Cruz redwoods in California. We are now accepting applications for artists to obtain their own rooms and actually live at the Center. Some key aspects to the Aha! Redwoods Retreat Center: ** large redwood trees within feet of your bedroom window... ** facility on 11 acres of land and wilderness to explore... ** share facility with 7 or 8 other artists and those doing retreats... ** gallery / exhibit space for those living at center... ** 45 minutes from San Jose airport, 10 minutes Santa Cruz downtown and beaches ** okay for those with small creative / arts businesses ** share or have your own room... ** workshop space for visual artists... ONE OF THE BIGGEST DECISIONS EVER IN YOUR LIFE MAY BE WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH OTHERS OF VISION AND HUMANITY. IF SUCH A CREATIVE ADVENTURE DOES NOT MAKE YOU JUMP OUT OF YOUR SKIN IN SOME WAY... THEN THIS IS COMMUNITY AND RETREAT FACILITY IS PROBABLY NOT FOR YOU. However, if your heart starts pumping overtime about the idea of revivifying your imagination and sense of creative vision then read on! More info on rooms and the facility: ** incredible beauty, freedom and solitude... ** community meals and lots of collaborative potential ** participate in regular events, salons, etc. that Aha! does at center. ** all rooms will have Internet access ** $360 plus $80 in utilities (the frugal artists option)... ** $600 for your own room plus $100 in utilities ** $900 for large room with extra office space in room plus $120 utilities... ** need to be ready by around Jan 1, 2006... ** perfect for artists who want be around beauty and creativity If you are interested in getting a room at the retreat center starting in Jan 2006, please email Glenn Horton directly at TheArtistsLine@cs.com In your email to Glenn please state: a) what is your art form or field? b) why do you want to live at the retreat center? c) which room might interest you, d) can you make it by Jan 2006? e) if not when do you feel you can actually make it? We are right now in the process of selecting the artists who will be moving to the Center so please, if you are interested at all, don't wait to respond. Once the rooms are taken you would be put on a waiting list for available rooms. Thank You! Kathi Nolls Marketing and Membership Coordinator Artists Helping Artists (Aha!) www.artistshelpingartists.org More info on the vision / mission of Aha! communities is at http://www.artistshelpingartists.org/community.htm Message May 2006 Special Announcement from Artists Helping Artists (Aha!) Hello, I wanted to fill you in on some news: First off the events last weekend at Scenic Drive Gallery overlooking San Gabriel Valley were delightfully inspired and intimate. Thanks go out to Andre & Susan Dobay, Penelope Torribio and Mark Moran, some of our most active Aha! Ambassadors in Southern California. Next, Kathi and I have some private weekends available for retreats at our home / Aha! center in the redwood mountains of Santa Cruz. Book three days and nights for $200 (or $350 for a whole week!) for your own room looking right into the stupendous redwoods. It's quite lovely and if you come up on one of the weekends we are having events you can show your work off to other innovators, educators and artists that we are gathering. We have a special "Cracking Open the Muse" event coming up in Santa Cruz on Sat May 27, 2 to 6pm. And then we have "Spirit of Art" -- an Aha Reunion Day, potluck, conversation and showcase in Southern California on Sun June 25 from 2 to 7pm. Come join in the circles and find something essential or eternal there when you do! Details at http://www.artistshelpingartists.org/roundtables.htm Also, we are announcing our Aha! logo contest and is awarding two years of Aha! Renaissance Membership to the person whose logo wins the contest and is used. Graphic designers and artists may request the contest details by contacting Glenn Horton at TheArtistsLine@cs.com Also, take a sneak peek at our upcoming Art, Spirit and Life Festival 2006 that Aha! is administering with various other organizations all day Sat Nov 4, 2006 in Santa Cruz! http://www.artistshelpingartists.org/heart_of_community.htm