Pottery or Memoir in Maine: Arts by the Sea

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Choose your own adventure in coastal Maine as you practice the art of either memoir or Sgraffito sculpture, and explore FDR’s Campobello Island in Canada.
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Very Easy
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

    • Memoirists will learn to chronicle your memories in classes led by an award-winning author, with time built in for writing, receiving feedback and revising works in progress
    • During full-immersion courses, potters will learn to use the Sgraffito pottery technique to craft clay bird sculptures
    • Drop by Campobello Island in Canada to explore FDR’s summer cottage and look back at the era of the Roosevelts

What's this trip about?

    Choose your own adventure in coastal Maine as you practice the art of either memoir or Sgraffito sculpture, and explore FDR’s Campobello Island in Canada.

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Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age rangeNo age restrictions
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Travel Themes

  • 50 Plus
  • Education / Learning

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Itinerary

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1 Check-in, Registration, Orientation, Welcome Dinner Trescott, Maine D Heartwood Lodge Activity note: Dinner and Orientation Dinner: A gathering of students for both classes will take place in the Heartwood Lodge at 5:30 pm. We will take time for introduction...
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2 Memoir: Writing Workshop/ Graffito pottery: Hands-on in clay Trescott, Maine B,L,D Heartwood Lodge Activity note: Memoir: Comfortable interaction between students and staff with memory treasure hunt in afternoon. Graffito pottery: Learning the functions of the st...
Day
3 Memoir: Writing Workshop Pottery: SgaffitoTechniques Trescott, Maine B,D Heartwood Lodge Activity note: Memoir: Memory exercises and field trip to Books Arts Studio at University of Maine at Machias Pottery: Students will be be learning the graffito process, thei...
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4 Memoir:Focus shaping overall piece Pottery:Fire for the raku Trescott, Maine B,L,D Heartwood Lodge Activity note: Memoir: Writing within class structure, writing as part of free time, possible one-on-one with writing instructor. Pottery: Reaching further into gra...
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5 Memoir: Excursions around the Bay Pottery: Fire up the Kiln Trescott, Maine B,L,D Heartwood Lodge Activity note: Memoir: Writing exercises and feedback followed by an excursion to Roosevelt Cottage International Park in Canada and West Quoddy Head Pottery: Work w...
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6 Program Concludes Trescott, Maine B Activity note: Say goodbye to new found friends Breakfast: Home-cooked breakfast meant to send you on your way with a satisfied, full stomach. Morning: Graffito students will unload the electric kiln. admire and pack ...

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Last Updated: 9/9/2021

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  • 13 Meals
  • 5 Breakfasts
  • 3 Lunches
  • 5 Dinners
  • The following choices may be available when requested in advance: Vegetarian, Gluten Free
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