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1 REGISTRATION This is precisely the time when Artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. WE SPEAK, WE WRITE. WE DO LANGUAGE. THAT IS HOW CIVILIZATIONS HEAL. Toni Morrison dominican institute for the arts Gathering 2017 JULY WEBER CENTER ADRIAN, MICHIGAN Please complete both pages and return it with your payment. You may want to make a copy for yourself. Please return completed pages to: Pat Daly, OPA 480 Liberty Street, Braintree, MA or PMDALY@beld.net PLEASE SEND by JULY 1, 2017 Registration fees: Deposit fee: $50.00 [to be put toward total] $ for a private room $ for a shared room $ for campus Sisters $35.00 DIA membership fee [if not already paid] Shuttle service from airport - please use form attached CONTACT INFORMATION Name Congregation Address City/State/Zip Phone where you can be reached Cell phone address Name you would like on your nametag DIETARY or OTHER NEEDS Please tell us if there are any specific needs you may have: Dietary needs: [ie: vegetarian, vegan, lactose, gluten free, any food allergies] Other needs: [ie: wheelchair, walker, handicap room, do you need to be near the elevator] TRANSPORTATION Please fill out the Transportation Form found in the supporting documents and send to the Adrian Motherhouse Transportation Service. Please include fee for service: $60.00 round-trip. SEND TO: Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI ATTN: Sheila Young: Transportation Services or to: transportation@adriandominicans.org THIS is PRECISELY the TIME when ARTISTS GO TO WORK...

2 DIA MARKETPLACE Please fill out the following information for reserving a spot for the Marketplace. IF you are sending your art by mail, PLEASE SEND AFTER JULY 6TH in care of: Monica Hunt, Associate Director of Weber Center East Siena Heights Drive Adrian, MI PLEASE NOTE: Artists are responsible for their own artwork and materials. If you need to insure your work please notify your own insurance provider. When your work has arrived in Adrian, every precaution will be made to protect your art during the time of the Gathering. ALL SALES at the Marketplace will be negotiated directly with the artist. Weber Center will not be responsible for any money, change needed or cashing checks. DO YOU NEED an ELECTRICAL OUTLET? MORE INFO: There will be no wall space - everything will be hung on easels. Please bring your own supplies... limited items are available. ALL tables and spaces will be the same. Please note that there is NO CHARGE for the spaces - if you would like to donate to the DIA - that would be great! ANY QUESTIONS please contact: Janet Wright, OP at or ArtsGDJJW@aol.com RESERVE YOUR SPOT: Name Congregation Phone/Cell VIRTUAL GALLERY Visual artists are invited to submit five pieces of art plus a photo of the artist for the VIRTUAL GALLERY. Please include the title and your name. Please your photos in JPG format to: Barbara Schwarz at diartsop@gmail.com Due-date for submiting is June 15. WORKSHOPS: There will be 2 sessions of workshops on Thursday afternoon: 1:30-3:00 and 3:30-5:00. Please indicate the workshop you would like to attend so we may plan accordingly. The descriptions of the workshops are in the attached pages. Thursday - 1:30-3:00 Thursday - 3:30-5:00 Art as a Meditation: Barbara Schwarz, OP [limit 15] Collaborative Art: Leave Your Ego at the Door Elaine Taylor, OP [limit 10] Permaculture: Nature s Lessons in Patterning and Design Elaine Johnson Digitizing Your Art Aneesah McNamee, OP Mindfulness: A Way of Seeing Deeply, Listening Deeply Esther Kennedy, OP Poetry As a Soulful Conversation Rev. Cathy Johnson, Associate and Chaplain at DLC MOVIE: Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson [documentary] 3:15 in the Auditorium in Weber Center Writing Your Autobiography Mary Sue Kennedy, OP Permaculture: Tour Elaine Johnson Mindfulness: A Way of Seeing Deeply, Listening Deeply Esther Kennedy, OP JUST BE - with Yourself! INAI Tours - Tours and Presentation Barbara Cervenka, OP, Nancyann Turner, OP and Sue Schreiber, OP Total Amount Enclosed: $50.00 deposit or full amount due JULY 1, 2017 IF you are paying the balance when you arrive please check the prices on the front of this page: Please make your check out to: Dominican Institute for the Arts. Transportation fees should be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters and included with your request form. Registration includes program, room, and meals. We SPEAK, We WRITE, We DO LANGUAGE THAT IS HOW CIVILIZATIONS HEAL...

3 SCHEDULE & SUPPORTING documents This is precisely the time when Artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. WE SPEAK, WE WRITE. WE DO LANGUAGE. THAT IS HOW CIVILIZATIONS HEAL. Toni Morrison SCHEDULE of DAYS REGISTRATION at WEBER CENTER WEDNESDAY JULY 26 Please sign in, get your room assignment and key from Weber Center Desk. Settle in and relax! Registration will begin at 3:00 pm in Weber Center Lobby. 5:00 pm Dinner will be served Madden Hall Dining Room 7:00 pm Gathering and Opening Common Room Weber Center Welcome - Barbara Schwarz, OP President of DIA Opening Prayer Nancyann Turner, OP and Sue Schreiber, OP Welcome - Joella Miller, OP Chair of Planning Committee Welcome - Patricia Siemen, OP Prioress of Adrian Dominican Sisters Welcome - Janet Doyle, OP Director of Weber Center Virtual Gallery - Barbara Schwarz, OP Presentation of video Will be looped throughout the Gathering Social Weber Lobby Area THURSDAY JULY 27 9:00 Morning Prayer Common Room 9:30 Introduction of Keynote Speaker Joella Miller, OP Suzanne Schreiber, OP The Art of Käthe Kollwitz [please see following page] 10:30 Break 11:00 Panel Response The Art of Healing Judi Engel, OPA, Nancyann Turner, OP, Barbara Kukla, OP 12:00 Lunch Madden Hall Dining Room 1:15 Group Photo Please meet on the Madden Hall front steps 1:30-3:00 Workshops 3:00 Break 3:30-5:00 Workshops 5:00 Dinner Madden Hall Dining Room 7:00 Nominations for Board Member Elections Common Room 7:30 MOVIE: Frida Kahlo Weber Center Auditorium 9:00 Social Weber Center Lobby Area THIS is PRECISELY the TIME when ARTISTS GO TO WORK... dominican institute for the arts Gathering 2017 JULY WEBER CENTER ADRIAN, MICHIGAN

4 Keynote Speaker: Suzanne Schreiber, OP Suzanne Schreiber, OP is a Dominican Sister of Adrian. She has been a teacher in the areas of religious studies, art and photography and has served as a campus minister and coordinator of a parish adult faith formation program. She has also worked with a program that connects ecology, social justice and spirituality. Photography, music and spirituality are central to her ministry. Recent photography projects include: Documentary photos for the Dominican Literacy Center and the Capuchin Soup Kitchen Art Program in Detroit. Stations of Recovery for seven Hospital Behavioral Health Units, for Catholic Health Partners, Cincinnati, Ohio. Portraits and nature photos for a booklet to accompany stories told by adult students at the Dominican Literacy Center, Detroit Cranes Project for Iraq project. Suzanne received her Bachelor s degree in Art from Siena Heights University, a Master of Education degree in Art Education from Wayne State University, a Master s degree in Religious Studies from Mundelein/Loyola in Chicago. She studied photography at Maine Photographic Workshops. The Art of Käthe Kollwitz Käthe Kollwitz, German Expressionist, was born in She lived through two world wars, the Industrial Revolution and the rise of Hitler. In her work she communicates her personal melancholy and sense of compassion; she makes visible a suffering society in which hunger, unemployment, war and death prevail. Kollwitz responded to the social injustices of her time through her etchings, lithographs, woodcuts and sculptures. Her time was like ours as artists today respond with compassion and a desire for peace. *Panel Discussion will follow. WORKSHOPS Thursday - 1:30-3:00 Art as a Meditation: A Lectio with Barbara Schwarz, OP We will be doing a lectio divina through a number of art forms, quiet time and sharing at the end. Single session. Collaborative Art: Leave Your Ego at the Door with Elaine Taylor, OP Each participant will receive a large sheet of paper and will be given a different medium with which to work. They will be given 5 minutes to start a work of art at which time a bell will ring and they will move to the right to work in their media on the next paper. After everyone has had their turn with it, the artist can go around again if there s time. All the artists can sign the back of the papers. Media: Conte Crayon. Watercolor, Charcoal. Pastels. Colored Pencils, Drawing Pencils, Markers, Pen & Ink, Graphite, Crayons. The finished products will be works of art in 10 media by 10 artists. Single Session. Digitizing Your Art with Aneesah McNamee, OP Learn how to take your art from concrete, 2D, paper or canvas to a digitized form. Mindfulness: A Way of Seeing Deeply, Listening Deeply with Esther Kennedy, OP The human heart is always drawn by love. St. Catherine of Siena, Dialogue To be in the present moment is to be alive to its beauty as well as its terror, its kindness and its threat, its hope and its despair. There in the NOW moment, breath nourishes our creative fire and awaits with patience, tenderness, and persistence our response. Permaculture: Nature s Lessons in Patterning and Design with Elaine Johnson An introduction to the ethics and principles of permaculture design. Learn how nature s patterning offers a practical template for land based solutions rooted in the ethics of Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share. Poetry As a Soulful Conversation with Rev. Cathy Johnson Cathy is an ordained pastor with the Presbyterian Church [USA] a Chaplain at our Dominican Life Center and an Associate with the Dominicans of Adrian. We SPEAK, We WRITE, We DO LANGUAGE THAT IS HOW CIVILIZATIONS HEAL...

5 FRIDAY JULY 28 Thursday - 3:30-5:00 MOVIE: Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson [documentary] Packed in a Trunk uncovers the story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, committed to an asylum in 1924 and never heard from again. We follow the journey of Edith s great-niece as she pieces together the mystery of Edith s life and returns her work to Provincetown. Aneesah McNamee, OP will show this movie at 3:15 in Auditorium. Permaculture: TOUR with Elaine Johnson A walking tour (golf cart option) through 7 acres of permaculture principles in practice at the ADS campus. Special areas highlighted: the developing edible food forest, community garden, berms and swales system, hugel mounds, accessible garden, and rain gardens. Writing Your Autobiography with Mary Sue Kennedy, OP Going over some basic steps to begin writing your Autobiography. Mindfulness: A Way of Seeing Deeply, Listening Deeply with Esther Kennedy, OP The human heart is always drawn by love. St. Catherine of Siena, Dialogue To be in the present moment is to be alive to its beauty as well as its terror, its kindness and its threat, its hope and its despair. There in the NOW moment, breath nourishes our creative fire and awaits with patience, tenderness, and persistence our response. AT 7:30 pm the MOVIE: Frida [will be shown in the Auditorium] Starring Salma Hayek, Frida is a triumphant motion picture about an exceptional woman who lived an unforgettable life. A product of humble beginnings, Frida Kahlo earns fame as a talented artist with a unique vision. JUST BE - with YOURSELF Take the time you need to rest - walk - explore - sleep... WORKSHOPS INAI Tours - Barbara Cervenka, OP, Nancyann Turner, OP and Sue Schreiber, OP will give a tour of the space SCHEDULE of DAYS continued... 9:00 Morning Prayer Common Room 9:30 Sister Dorothy Stang Presentation by Nancy Murray, OP 10:30 Break 11:00 Business Meeting Common Room - Election of Board Members 12:00 Lunch Madden Hall Dining Room 1:30 Sharing Our Art Common Room Bring small pieces of current art work [or photographs of artwork] to share at tables 2:30 Break 3:00 Legacy Presentation by Legacy Committee Your Artwork and its Future - how will you help your congregation to preserve and protect your artwork - poetry, paintings, music? The Legacy Committee of the DIA will present some considerations on organizing your work so that it will be available in the future. 4:00 Liturgy St. Catherine Chapel - followed by awards 5:00 Dinner Madden Hall Dining Room 7:00 Gala St. Catherine Chapel Concert, Poetry Reading, Songs and Dancing Social will follow in the Rose Room in the Dominican Life Center SATURDAY JULY 29 PLEASE REMEMBER TO FILL OUT YOUR EVALUATION FORM FOUND IN YOUR FOLDER! Breakfast will be served in Madden Hall from 7:30-8:30 am Check-out by 11:00 am Safe Travels!

6 OFFICE USE ONLY ARRIVAL DEPARTURE Schedule Excel A/D Pink Envelope Program/Meeting: TRANSPORTATION REQUEST Name (PLEASE PRINT) Home Phone: Cell Phone: ARRIVAL DATE DEPARTURE FROM Initial flight 1) Airline Flight # Departure Time AM PM If you have a nonstop flight, proceed to line 4. If not, please provide information regarding your connecting flight on lines 2 and 3. 2) My initial flight is scheduled to arrive in at AM PM Airport Time 3) My connecting flight: is scheduled to depart AM PM Airline/Number 4) Arriving airport Arrival Time AM PM TRAVEL ITINERARY FROM ADRIAN TO YOUR RESIDENCE DEPARTURE DATE AIRPORT Airline Flight Time AM PM Please return this form at least 15 days prior to your arrival date to: Transportation Services E. Siena Heights Drive Adrian, MI * FEE FOR THIS SERVICE IS $30.00 EACH WAY [please indicate if you are an Adrian Dominican Sister] Directions for arrival: Go directly to baggage claim area (lower level); go outside and wait at the curb facing the traffic. McNamara Terminal: Go to baggage door 5. North Terminal: go to baggage door 1. Doors are marked on the outside of the terminal. All arrivals: Drivers will display the ADRIAN sign. Drivers are not allowed to park the car at the curb or leave the car. If you do not flag the car down in time it will take another 4 to 5 minutes for the driver to get back to the terminal. NOTE If there is a problem or change in your plans, please call the Transportation Office, during office hours Monday-Friday 7:30 am-4:00 pm. If there is no answer or you are calling outside of office hours, please call