provide holistic after-school, year round weekend retreats
& summer camp programs which weaves
Academics
Botany Zoology Geography Cultural Diversity Mythology
&
Fine Arts
Drawing Watercolors Acrylics Pastels Silk Painting
Life size Sculpture in Textiles, Clay & Cement
We: inspire from the beauty of life's diversity & Oneness.
welcome Children, Teens, Families or Adults.
encourage mixed generations to explore & learn together.
guide each individually in very small classes.
teach through personal interests & research.
honor & respect individuality in vision & ability.
build self-esteem & encourage through success only.
clarify professional art material preferences, with many choices.
celebrate everyone's artistic expression in exhibits.
expand the mind & heart into a peaceful world vision.
empower students as they create art scholarships for others.
enroll by session September - May or upon request.
offer Summer camps in June, July and August.
are open to you creating your own workshop vision & group.
focus on World Peace in all we do.
love to serve our world by empowering the children
encourage mixed generations to explore & learn together.
guide each individually in very small classes.
teach through personal interests & research.
honor & respect individuality in vision & ability.
build self-esteem & encourage through success only.
clarify professional art material preferences, with many choices.
celebrate everyone's artistic expression in exhibits.
expand the mind & heart into a peaceful world vision.
empower students as they create art scholarships for others.
enroll by session September - May or upon request.
offer Summer camps in June, July and August.
are open to you creating your own workshop vision & group.
focus on World Peace in all we do.
love to serve our world by empowering the children
"Me, Elk"
10 year-old Elk Studying himself leads to his first clay Self-Portrait
10 year-old Elk Studying himself leads to his first clay Self-Portrait
Teen, Elanor helps youngest 4 year-old Megan Baker in our Family Friendship & Valentine Workshop.
"Me at 20" by Sataya, 9 years old.
Feeling one's self in & out is a learning with deep ramification for life...
Feeling one's self in & out is a learning with deep ramification for life...
"Me, myself & Moi..."
by 8 year old Rachel SmithFerri
Self-study of inner feelings & outer anatomy
Drawing, 1st life size Clay sculpture
by 8 year old Rachel SmithFerri
Self-study of inner feelings & outer anatomy
Drawing, 1st life size Clay sculpture
Photographic Research
Melissa, age 10, and Sataya, age 9, researching.
Integrated studies in Cultural diversity from photos to hairdos!
Melissa, age 10, and Sataya, age 9, researching.
Integrated studies in Cultural diversity from photos to hairdos!
Joyful Alternative nestled between trees in the heart of downtown Ukiah
Classroom is a constant exhibit room, come see...
Students at work sculpting
Our Philosophy
We guide in small groups, which enables the honoring of individual abilities, interests in artistic & global subjects while encouraging cooperation/sharing vs competition. This also enables the success of every student thus builds self-esteem & brings light into the heart.
Students researching
We hold mixed age classes as we believe in re-uniting the gap between the generations & know from experience that all beings are teachers, no matter their age. Youth rekindles spontaneity & trust in adults while Adults model breaking loose from their fears - a sad conditioning we all can afford to transform.
Darlene & Sophie Hamilton
Parent and Child sharing the experience of creating together
Parent and Child sharing the experience of creating together
We remember that the children of today will become the leaders of tomorrow, thus we want to bring to their awareness the appreciation of all life & the peacefulness that connects them to their hearts.
We celebrate Life's diversity & Oneness as we weave the cloth for a new philosophy in a new education. A place from which we all become students to share knowledge gained from the unknown which we welcome rather than fear. A way that brings humanity together, rather than fragmenting life into chaos. A vision which holds life as precious & remembers the sacredness of all there is. A new Education, an education for World Peace.