This half-day retreat, led by Carol and her daughter Holly Wren Spaulding, poet and educator, is an opportunity to spend time in and outside the studio, surrounded by art, poetry, luscious materials, and views of the sky and gardens. Participants will be guided through a process involving improvisational collage and other creative exercises to get you making objects of personal significance.

Formerly known as the "Annual Lilac Fest” at the Spaulding Homestead, this event resumes under the above new name, during Saturday and Sunday of the Memorial Day weekend. In addition to the Spaulding Studios, other artists in the immediate neighborhood will participate in a collaborating “Studio Crawl”. Besides Joe and Carol Spaulding and Nancy Miller, other artists will be involved from their own nearby locations in the neighborhood. Artists are as follows: Carrie Betlyn-Eder, Nik Burkhart, Leah Dwiezet, Susan Yamasaki, Margo Burian, and possibly others. Check in here or on Facebook at Carol C Spaulding, Artist for updates.