2024 Retreats NOW OPEN!

Colorado? Italy? Where do you want to write in 2024? Join me and Kathy Fish as we return to our favorite places this summer for an unforgettable experience of inspiration, motivation, and creative community.

OPEN YOUR ART 2024
High Altitude Inspiration
in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains
July 23-28, 2024


Writing the Strange, Mysterious, Haunted and Beautiful in a Medieval Italian Village
 September 6-12, 2024 SOLD OUT

We can’t wait to retreat with you this year!

ONE SPOT LEFT! High Altitude Inspiration in the Colorado Rocky Mountains – August 15-20, 2023–UPDATE: SOLD OUT

Join award-winning authors and teachers Nancy Stohlman and Kathy Fish for a breakthrough gathering of inspiration, creation, and transformation in beautiful Colorado. Gather with the hummingbirds at our secluded vantage point in the clouds and experience High Altitude Inspiration for yourself. The spirit of the West has always attracted the bold and pioneering, the dream seekers among us, and Colorado in the summer is a special sort of magic. Whether it’s your first or hundreth time, being in the Rocky Mountains is nature at her finest, and Grand Lake is the quintessential Colorado experience, complete with stunning mountain views and a deep natural lake. Walk one direction and end up on the rugged trails of Rocky Mountain National Park. Walk less than a mile down the hill and drink some local Colorado whiskey in the historic town of Grand Lake. 

OPEN YOUR ART
High Altitude Inspiration in the Colorado Rocky Mountains 
AUGUST 15-20, 2023

See what you missed at last year’s retreat!

TWO SPOTS LEFT! High Altitude Inspiration in the Colorado Rocky Mountains – August 15-20, 2023

Join award-winning authors and teachers Nancy Stohlman and Kathy Fish for a breakthrough gathering of inspiration, creation, and transformation in beautiful Colorado. Gather with the hummingbirds at our secluded vantage point in the clouds and experience High Altitude Inspiration for yourself. The spirit of the West has always attracted the bold and pioneering, the dream seekers among us, and Colorado in the summer is a special sort of magic. Whether it’s your first or hundreth time, being in the Rocky Mountains is nature at her finest, and Grand Lake is the quintessential Colorado experience, complete with stunning mountain views and a deep natural lake. Walk one direction and end up on the rugged trails of Rocky Mountain National Park. Walk less than a mile down the hill and drink some local Colorado whiskey in the historic town of Grand Lake. 

OPEN YOUR ART
High Altitude Inspiration in the Colorado Rocky Mountains 
AUGUST 15-20, 2023

See what you missed at last year’s retreat!