Writers Paradise
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Redwoods and the Corralitos Creek make up the magical setting for creative writers to plant themselves deep in nature. It's been a great place to explore the creative writing side of those seeking a spot to reflect upon current work, hatch a plan for a new novel. To set a tripod and bird watch from the treetops, sharpen pencils and script dialog all in the quiet of the trees.
This environment of digital detox is a welcome relief to those seeking distraction free down time. Interested writers should contact us for upcoming retreats being planned for October 2018. |
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Spring Art Trunk Shows- Yoga and Wellness Retreats- Weekend Getaways
Sure, You realize Santa Cruz has surf and sand. The historic building and slice of authentic really is our quaint Squid Row Alley. The Enterprise Ironworks building is home to Body and Soul Yoga, 7 Squid Row for events, award winning waxing plus beauty services from Bare, Bodyworks by Valerie Bambi Mishkin and Art education plus workshops of various creative content by Art duJour.
The best part of downtown Santa Cruz is here. Let's script your next adventure.
Sure, You realize Santa Cruz has surf and sand. The historic building and slice of authentic really is our quaint Squid Row Alley. The Enterprise Ironworks building is home to Body and Soul Yoga, 7 Squid Row for events, award winning waxing plus beauty services from Bare, Bodyworks by Valerie Bambi Mishkin and Art education plus workshops of various creative content by Art duJour.
The best part of downtown Santa Cruz is here. Let's script your next adventure.
Special Workshop Announced
Back to duJour starting in March is our favorite garden designer and backyard beekeeping professional, Patricia Indries. Patty brings her expertise around this fascinating subject of Backyard beekeeping. She has taught for us in the past, always a great source for those already established within the art of Apis Mellifera and a proponent of the Top Bar Bee Hive.
Bee a part of this great series of workshops offered at Art du Jour. Saturday afternoon series will be from noon -2p.m. March 9th, April 28th, May 4th and May 26th. You will receive a take home guide and a great sense of what it takes to have a backyard hive. Each sesssion is $50.00. Save your spot and book here.
Top Bar Hives are currently on display at Art du Jour and can be purchased before or after your class.
Bee a part of this great series of workshops offered at Art du Jour. Saturday afternoon series will be from noon -2p.m. March 9th, April 28th, May 4th and May 26th. You will receive a take home guide and a great sense of what it takes to have a backyard hive. Each sesssion is $50.00. Save your spot and book here.
Top Bar Hives are currently on display at Art du Jour and can be purchased before or after your class.
The Man Booker Reading Group.
The book club as it’s meant to be: Small group, dynamically engaged readers share conversationally salient points in and around the topic of the monthly read. If this sounds like you or someone you know, let’s make this happen.
Here’s the idea: Choose a starting spot on The Man Booker Prize list. This could be our direction for monthly choices. People know what’s next and can read at a pace that suits them. Everyone knows what book is next; so as busy as we all are you can re-enter at anytime and not miss a beat within the group.
Why The Mann Booker? I like the underdog. Pulitzer prizes aside, the often-overlooked Booker Prize offers savory bites of literature with a nice on-line study guide as monthly roadmap for our reading group.
A few other back of the envelope ideas: Perhaps members bringing a book/story/to share with the group as an additional “what’s worthy” might also be fun in addition to a food dish to share and make it a pot luck evening to boot. No muss-no fuss, as it should be about the book we are all sharing, we could cross-pollinate food thematically with our read. I’d like to suggest Thursday evenings, 6ish-8:30 ish and I’d be game to host initially. One last thing..we need a name for our group, but until then the above Thinker Image will hold the space.
All the best,
Christine Currie
About Me: Relocated to Santa Cruz three years ago, from a life afloat and founded an arts space downtown called Art duJour, setting up another space as I type that has yet to be named but will reside @#7 Squid Row and will focus upon performing arts, coffee culture and chess.
Voracious reader, writer & photographer that dabbles with adventures in motherhood: dynamic duo Collin and RC (ages 10 & 12.) Food, dining and engaging in community building all rate highly on my list. My secret for success in all things non quantifiable: look to that secret stash of chocolate, as current trends say it’s the key to something.
Ideas, and anything you’d like to share please reach me at: Christine{at }artdujour.org
Here’s the idea: Choose a starting spot on The Man Booker Prize list. This could be our direction for monthly choices. People know what’s next and can read at a pace that suits them. Everyone knows what book is next; so as busy as we all are you can re-enter at anytime and not miss a beat within the group.
Why The Mann Booker? I like the underdog. Pulitzer prizes aside, the often-overlooked Booker Prize offers savory bites of literature with a nice on-line study guide as monthly roadmap for our reading group.
A few other back of the envelope ideas: Perhaps members bringing a book/story/to share with the group as an additional “what’s worthy” might also be fun in addition to a food dish to share and make it a pot luck evening to boot. No muss-no fuss, as it should be about the book we are all sharing, we could cross-pollinate food thematically with our read. I’d like to suggest Thursday evenings, 6ish-8:30 ish and I’d be game to host initially. One last thing..we need a name for our group, but until then the above Thinker Image will hold the space.
All the best,
Christine Currie
About Me: Relocated to Santa Cruz three years ago, from a life afloat and founded an arts space downtown called Art duJour, setting up another space as I type that has yet to be named but will reside @#7 Squid Row and will focus upon performing arts, coffee culture and chess.
Voracious reader, writer & photographer that dabbles with adventures in motherhood: dynamic duo Collin and RC (ages 10 & 12.) Food, dining and engaging in community building all rate highly on my list. My secret for success in all things non quantifiable: look to that secret stash of chocolate, as current trends say it’s the key to something.
Ideas, and anything you’d like to share please reach me at: Christine{at }artdujour.org
FROCKTAIL: Fun and Frolic @ du Jour. Fashion meets Art. April 2013.
We are planning a frocktail. Imagine the best of our designer-fashion forward friends in the Art duJour Gallery Space for a FUNction. We are deciding upon local fashion designers that may find this appealing, so please drop us a line and we will share the plan, plot and dates under consideration.
