Mornings are for the page, afternoons for the page again, and evenings for one another. Everything outside the writing blocks is optional.
Sunday · March 7Arrival
Arrive at the Springs
Come at your own pace to the Omni Bedford Springs. Settle into your room, walk the grounds and the mineral springs trail, and gather in the evening.
- ·Flexible arrival through the afternoon
- ·Welcome reception and introductions
- ·Opening dinner and libation
- ·Intention-setting for the week
Monday · March 8Workshop
Chalk & Pen Prose Workshop
The signature session of the retreat, led by our Artist in Residence. We work at the seam of scholarship and craft — sentence, image, cadence — with Black cultural production and mediumship as the throughline.
- ·Morning movement and breathwork
- ·Chalk & Pen Prose Workshop with our Artist in Residence
- ·Snack and lunch break
- ·Afternoon intensive writing block
- ·Evening salon: mediumship and the making of form
Tuesday · March 9Deep Work
Intensive writing day
The house goes quiet. Two long blocks on the page with studio hours held open between them.
- ·Morning movement and breathwork
- ·Morning intensive writing block (silent)
- ·Optional midday feedback session
- ·Snack and lunch break
- ·Afternoon intensive writing block
- ·Studio hours with the Artist in Residence
- ·Dinner and evening salon
Wednesday · March 10Deep Work
Intensive writing day
The same rhythm, deeper in. Bring pages to the optional feedback sessions or keep to your own counsel.
- ·Morning movement and breathwork
- ·Morning intensive writing block (silent)
- ·Optional midday feedback session
- ·Snack and lunch break
- ·Afternoon intensive writing block
- ·Spa hours or a walk through the grounds
- ·Dinner and evening salon
Thursday · March 11Closing
Read-out and departure
A final morning block, a closing read-out of what the week produced, and a slow goodbye.
- ·Final morning writing block
- ·Closing read-out and blessing
- ·Farewell brunch
- ·Departures throughout the afternoon