Workshop Title:
Wearable Art Adventure
This retreat is an invitation to turn everyday clothing into living, breathing art.
Over the course of our time together, we’ll experiment boldly and play freely…stamping patterns, painting with bleach, drawing directly onto fabric with markers, and layering in meaning with patches. We’ll sculpt small clay pins, transform shoes into statement pieces, and explore how texture, mark-making, and creativity can express your personality.
You’ll create a collection of wearable works:
shirts or jackets infused with your personal symbols
pants altered through paint, line, and pattern
clay pins made by hand and worn with pride
shoes reimagined as fun statements
No single piece stands alone…each becomes part of a story you’re telling through what you wear.
We’ll close the retreat with a joyful runway show, where your creations and YOU get to shine!
No fashion experience required…just curiosity, courage, and a willingness to let your inner artist come out and PLAY!!
Come make art you don’t hang on the wall.
Come make art you WEAR!!
When asked to define her artistic style, Lori Siebert says that she likes to be a bit of a chameleon.
Constantly experimenting with different styles and mediums feeds her insatiable curiosity. She has a very whimsical design sense and loves to play with color to give each collection that she designs its own unique personality. She started taking private art lessons at the young age of 7 and continued to study art throughout high school. This led to a degree in graphic design from the University of Cincinnati. She opened her own design firm just 3 years out of college in 1987. Her firm, Olika Studios, has developed branding and design programs for influential clients such as Target, Bath & Body Works, Nickelodeon and Universal Studios.
Lori began the art licensing arm of her business 13 years ago and now works with several top manufacturers in the gift and home decor industry. Her client list includes Demdaco, Creative Co-op, Studio M, Lang and many more. Her licensed products have been sold through many key retailers and small gift shops throughout the United States and Canada.
She creates every day, dividing her time between her home studio in Kentucky… sewing, sculpting, drawing, painting, and the Olika Studio office… meeting with clients and developing concepts with her very talented design team. Her husband, Steve, is her business partner and she has two children… Kenzie (who is a designer and works closely with her mom at Olika) and Tanner (who is a mechanical engineer). She also has two grandchildren who light up her life!!!
Guest room amenities include Towels, soap, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, hair dryers, in room coffeemaker, mini fridge, tv, internet, lap desks, yoga mats
Light dinner and refreshments
Includes 2 nights of dinner (welcome and farewell), lunch and breakfast, daily snack breaks, unlimited coffee, tea & seltzer
If art supplies are included in the price of the retreat, it will show in the description.
Taxis and rental cars available at airport. We may be able to pick you up at the airport or train station with prior arrangements.
See below for fun and inspiring add-on excursions
Your instructor will reach out with details on needed materials and supplies. You can have your supplies shipped directly to us if you do not want to travel with them.
Although we do not require trip insurance, we VERY HIGHLY recommend it. Here is a link for purchasing Trip Insurance where you can compare rates and coverage. https://www.travelinsurance.com/
6-8 pm Welcome Reception - meet your fellow students reception with Welcome Dinner.
Room check ins begin at 3pm
All-day workshop starting at 9am and includes lunch
Class plan is set by the instructor
Art Studio available 24/7
All-day workshop starting at 9am and includes lunch
Class plan is set by the instructor
Art Studio available 24/7
All-day workshop starting at 9am and includes lunch
Class plan is set by the instructor
Art Studio available 24/7
All-day workshop starting at 9am and includes lunch and farewell dinner
Class plan is set by the instructor
Art Studio available 24/7
Breakfast in the morning Studio work in the morning, sketching and
Checkout by 1PM
I've always loved art I've always liked to create I've always liked the hospitality industry I've always loved the water I've always liked to transform spaces I've always loved gardens and gardening I am a die-hard New Englander So we bought a beautiful historic property in the center of a very historic town, Glastonbury with direct river access... Spent years renovating... Transformed this tired property into a showpiece of Art, design and gardens... Made a home and business reflecting my design style... Have been operatin
