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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

With applications rolling, please contact us with any questions you may have! There's a lot of info on our website about eligibility, the house, our scholarships, our programming and more, but you can always email us and ask anything we didn't cover. Contact (at) waywardretreats.com

A steaming teapot. Text reads: "questions for us?"

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Eva Funderburgh @evafunderburgh.com · 02/03/2025

Wayward was an integral part of me become the artist I am today. It is such an incredible, treasured thing.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

2 weeks left to apply to the 2025 Wayward Retreat! Creatives from any medium are invited to join us at our cozy, inspiring house on Quadra Island. Remember: there's no cell service or wifi there, so if you need a week where the news can't get you, come reset yourself with us. Waywardretreats.com

Retreaters sit around a small bonfire on a beach using driftwood as benches. One gives an enthusiastic thumbs up.

Retreaters gather around a long table for dinner, raising glasses.

Retreaters chat and work on different projects on a sunny porch.

A retreater writers in a notebook on a cushion laid out in the sun on the porch.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Applications are rolling in for our 2025 retreat, and we're getting excited to meet the artists who will join us this fall! Waywardretreats.com

Photo collage of hands holding a newt, hands inking an illustration, hands holding forager mushrooms, hands painting a sculpture, hands holding s seashells. Text reads: Wayward 2025 retreat dates: Sept 28 - Oct 5. Applications due by March 15.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A lot of our produce at the retreat comes from Lauren’s garden, which she documented via this illustrated map. It changes every year, but with a fall retreat, we're looking forward to a lot of apples, greens, garlic, squashes and more. Applications open until March 15 at Waywardretreats.com

Hand drawn line art map of the garden at the retreat house, with a decorative border featuring drawings of significant flora and fauna.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Meet us at the house on the lake, the one that's equal parts cozy and inspiring. Applications for the September 2025 Wayward Retreat are open now through March 15. More information and answers to many questions can be found at Waywardretreats.com

A collage of photos from around the retreat house, including a cozy chair, quilt-draped beds, a bedroom with a balcony and a rolltop desk, the back porch of the house hung with fishing buoys found on the beach, and a closeup on a cabinet shelf full of shells and small objects.

A collage of photos from around the house, incuding: a view of the skylight over the stairs; a view looking past some monstera plants toward the kitchen; a fire in the living room woodstore; a collection of objects on a shelf showing a small animal skull and small art objects; a closeup on a bookshelf featuring titles like "Edible wild plants," "healing herbs, and "make light work in groups"; a view of the living room couch beyond a table made of driftwood.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

A fall Wayward often means prime mushroom foraging! Last year we gathered chantarelle, oyster and lobster mushrooms, which went into breakfast congee and dinner side dishes. Artists can apply now open until March 15 at Waywardretreats.com

A collage of four photos featuring retreaters looking for mushrooms in a forest, a bag of recently gathered chanterelles, and retreaters happily showing off their mushroom finds

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Leslie Levings @leslielevings.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Shing really said it. I love showing people around the house, pointing out art by alum retreaters, projects we helped Lauren complete, or relaying lore around certain items in the house. The lineage feels alive, and now we're a part of it. It makes the house feel like it's haunted by loving spirits.

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Leslie Levings @leslielevings.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We're fortunate that our host is a director of the Quadra Island Salmon Enhancement Society. She's taught me so much about the salmon, and I've even had a chance to help her improve their run in a dry season.

The back of our host Lauren as she rows a canoe. Her hoodie features art of salmon and text that says Quadra Salmon

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Leslie Levings @leslielevings.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

One possibility with the 2025 Wayward session is that we might be there at the right time to catch the salmon running up the creek. I've been there for it once before and it's special. Applications open now! @waywardretreats.bsky.social

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Artists who have come to Wayward in the past often say it better than we could:

"I don't think I could ever describe the
transformative and magical experience of Wayward to someone who hasn't experienced it for themselves. This was an artist retreat that
reminded me what art, and life, is for-joy, connection, community, silliness, and more. I left Wayward fuller than I could have imagined.
There's nothing like taking a writing break by jumping into the lake, or living your best forest life eating salmonberries off the trees. The retreat is thoughtfully curated from beginning to end, which really makes entering and leaving feel like stepping into and out of a portal."
- MANAHIL BANDUKWALA, POET + ARTIST

A view of a living room looking through an open door to a sunny garden and forest. Text reads: JOIN US SEPTEMBER 2025
APPLICATIONS OPEN FEBRUARY 15

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Today is the day! We'll be accepting applications between now and March 15 for our 2025 Wayward Retreat. Check our site for more info, and reach out with any questions you may have. Waywardretreats.com

Looking past jars full of art supplies on a shelf, we see a retreater through a window as they sit on the porch, stretching out their wrists and preparing to write something amazing

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

So much of what happens at the retreat feels impossible to explain. We craft opportunities for surprise, delight and play that our retreaters take and run with. The results are unique each time, but there's always magic and laughter involved.

A retreater crouches in front a strange assemblage of artists with a painted sign reading "the portal potty" on top

A retreater holds out their hands and an empty jar as another person wearing kitchen gloves, a fern, and sunglasses offers them something from behind a curtain.

A retreater tosses something under their raised reg as other retreaters watch on.

A painted green poster with green froggy eyes reads "FROGS: a new ritual theatrical experience by Andrew Lloyd Webfoot"

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Leslie Levings @leslielevings.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Artists: Need a breather? Get some time away from... everything... & space to hear your own creative voice with us at the Wayward Retreat. Applications for our Fall 2025 session open on SATURDAY! If you have questions in the meantime, feel free to ask me truly anything. @waywardretreats.bsky.social

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

It’s a new year and Wayward is almost ready to begin admissions for our next creative retreat! The 2025 session will run September 28 to October 5, and applications will open February 15. More updates soon, but in the meantime many questions can be answered on our website at Waywardretreats.com

Two retreaters forage for mushrooms in the ferns of a forest. Text reads: join us in September 2025. Applications open February 15.

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Had many highlights this year but I think my favorite was my internet-less week on a remote island off the coast of Canada with @waywardretreats.bsky.social. Genuinely life changing~ 🌸🩵🐸

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I forget the things I make the second they're out of sight. Every year I make things for the goodie bags @waywardretreats.bsky.social gives to participants and this year the theme of the retreat was Forge. I went a little nuts with dandelions and thistle which are high in iron

photo of a group of goodie bag items: a pendulum on a string, a folded pamphlet, a paper notebook, and a metal mug

A mug design with a thistle motif, with blacksmithing tools, a salamander in a fire, and hands

a notebook cover design of dandelions, chains, and anvils. It says "forge" with a W in a blank space that would be on the front

the front and back of an accordion folded pamphlet on a quick and dirty way to use a pendulum

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

Our June session was full of frogs, huckleberries, oysters, birthdays, ravens, music, typewriter poems, shadow puppets, and the magic of so many different kinds of incredible artists who each brought their own unique perspective to the island.

A group of artists sitting on stone steps, many caught mid-laugh or making faces reminiscent of a frog

Two artists walking through a forest, looking up at the trees

An artist sits down at a wooden desk to experiment with an old typewriter

Two artists sit on porch steps to work on squeezing a big pile of lemons while a third opens a bottle of ink while perusing a field guide to amphibians

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

It'a been a week since I've come back from this art retreat, and I can't overstate what a magical and healing experience it was. I'll be thinking about it for a very long time. Art friends, next time applications open, I heartily recommend Wayward~ 💖

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Another Wayward Retreat session has come to a close! We're still feeling the warm glow of this community of incredible artists. Each one showed up ready to dig into their own creative depths as well as get silly with us, and our gratitude to them is profound.

A group of artists gathered beside a lake

Same group of artists, now posed like total goobers

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

Applications for the 2024 Wayward Retreat close at the end of the year! If you're one of those folks who likes to get things in under the wire, it's just about time! Waywardretreats.com

Four closeups: a plate of dolmas and a bowl of salad. Notebook and something called a "biomancy kit" o. A wood deck. A bag of forged mushrooms. A found wasp nest (old, no wasps) next to art supplies.

Four photos: a table piled with books, yarn and a handwritten sign saying "shh, quiet hours!" A cheese board piled with snacks. Small bottles with a single flower in each, accompanied by a handwritten sign explaining the plant and its uses. A book, notebook pen on a wood deck.

Four photos: a collection of objects including a mug, a bandana and a field guide to weeds. A fluffy orange cat waiting at a glass door. A focaccia covered in herbs and surrounded by flowers and grapes. A collection of small objects including a hand-carved wooden spoon, salmon vertebrae, and dried poppies.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

Painters, writers, dancers, sculptors, composers— all kinds of artists need a place where they can reconnect with their creative voice. Whether you’re feeling stuck or lost on your path or know exactly where you’re going, we have something for you. Applications open now.

Nine retreaters stand in a line on a rocky beach, looking out over the water toward wooded shores and a small island in the bay.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Meet us at the house on the lake, the one that's equal parts cozy and inspiring. Applications for the June 2024 Wayward Retreat are open now through the end of the year. More information and answers to many questions can be found at Waywardretreats.com

Six photos of details from the Wayward Retreat house: a circular painting near a skylight; large monstera leaves growing near the kitchen; a wood stove; a collection of small objects, including a create skull and a painting of a fish; books on a shelf with titles like "edible wild plants" and "healing herbs"; a living room with a couch, a bookshelf, and a table made from driftwood.

A collection of photos from around the Wayward Retreat house: an armchair under a window, the front porch of the house with a collection of round buoys hanging from the eaves, a bedroom with a desk and balcony, a collection of seashells.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

Applications for our June retreat are open through the end of December. Come join the 2024 cohort to make art in the woods and refocus your creative voice! Waywardretreats.com

The front of a wooden rowboat rests on the edge of a lake, with mist a d pine trees in the distance. Text reads: applications open Wayward 2024"

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 13/11/2023

The Wayward retreat was life-changing for me in deep & affirming ways, & applications are open for next year’s retreat. waywardretreats.com

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

We call the morning hours “solo work time,” but discussion and collaboration are always welcome. Cross-pollination of thoughts from artists of different media & backgrounds has led to inspiring results, often years after the retreat. Applications for the 2024 Retreat are open!

Two retreaters lean together to discuss notebooks of illustration and writing

A retreater works on a laptop on an outdoor couch shared by a black labrador dog.

Retreats laugh and talk around lunch on a wooden outdoor table.

A retreater works to perfect the guitar that she made out of driftwood that she found on a nearby beach. Seriously.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

A lot of our produce at the retreat comes from Lauren’s garden, which is as vibrant and nourishing as we always hope our week will be. She illustrated last year’s version for us, including a little field guide of a border.

A very densely- detailed illustrated map of the garden at the Wayward Retreat house, with enlarged local plants and animals around the border.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

For every Wayward session, we pick a theme. These themes weave throughout the week, inspiring how we think of everything from meditations to collaboration projects, craft projects, and even cocktails! Our theme for the 2024 session will be FORGE…

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Psst. June is often berry-foraging season at the retreat.

A collage of images: close-ups on hands holding a newt, drawing in ink, holding wild mushrooms, painting a small sculpture, holding a collection of shells. Text reads Wayward Retreat Dates: June 18-24 2024

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

I’m reference to last post, know what’s nice? Being on an island with other creators with no internet for a week so you can just. Make shit.

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Applications for the 2024 Wayward Retreat are open! Come make art in the woods with us. The dates for next year’s retreat are June 18-24, 2024. Applications are due by December 31st, 2023. Waywardretreats.com We can’t wait to meet you all!

A group photos of retreaters on a rocky cliff area, posing to a prompt along the lines of “be a Mid-Atlantic socialite from the 1920’s”

A group photo of retreaters by a lake, posing to a prompt along the lines of “be a sprouting plant”

A group photo of retreaters by a scenic overlook, posing to a prompt along the lines of “be your inner animal”

A group photo of retreaters on stone steps, posing to a prompt along the lines of “murder house!”

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Mornings start with coffee and quiet hours. Wayward is a retreat for artists who are pursuing their work in a focused, vocational way and are women (cis or trans), genderqueer/non-binary, or another marginalized gender. Applications for the 2024 session open in early November.

Two retreaters chill out and read books in the Wayward retreat house living room.

A retreater stands on the porch, watching the rain and the lake.

Two retreaters work on the retreat house porch. One sculpts while the other writes in a notebook.

A retreater relaxes and writes in a notebook in the Wayward house living room

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

At Wayward, we have group hikes, as well as time throughout the week for continued exploration of the many green spaces, for all levels of adventure. Local resident & Wayward organizer Lauren is our ever-knowledgeable guide to the land & its native life. Applications for 2024 open in early Nov!

Retreaters rest on the sunny bank of of a river

A retreaters crouches by the edge of water on a rocky beach, inspecting the pebbles and shells

Retreaters offer each other a hand to help climb up the sloped rocks around a lake

Retreaters hike in a line along a rocky, wooded area

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Wayward Retreats @waywardretreats.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Retreaters can choose to work solo or together in our variety of calm, inspirational spaces. We make space for both, and so many lovely collaborations have emerged from the artists at Wayward. Applications for the 2024 Wayward Retreat will open early November.

Retreaters work on various projects around a table cluttered with books and art supplies

Two retreaters relax in the retreat house living room, each reading a book

Four retreaters gather around a table on the porch, observing one person’s project, a geometric shape constructed from sticks and string

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