Retreats at The Ugly Art Club are a WHOLE THING!
A long weekend of uber creative comradery led by the founders!
There is ART, there is FOOD, there are FRIENDS.
All weekends end with a beautiful book loaded with techniques & creative processes.
scroll down to read up about past retreats
2024 is currently open for registration!
Members & non-members are invited. Non-member purchase includes a year subscription to The Ugly Art Club.
2023 was held in Newton, KS at The Whatever Craft House
We altered a vintage book w/ image transfers, stitching, windows & peek throughs, pockets, shaped pages + so much more. Use the arrows to view all of the photos in each section.
We started out with a pile o’ swag by us & some great sponsors!
- A TUAC 2023 edition retreat apron
- TUAC sticker
- Vintage zipper
- Wooden TUAC chip
- Tags, ephemera & chipboard from UmWowStudio
- Distress Stain Sprays+ from Tim Holtz & Ranker Ink
- Stencils from Stencil Girl Products
There was instruction spread out every day by all 3 founders.
- How to initially prep a vintage book for creation
- Cover window cutouts & peek throughs
- Fabric image transfers
- Stenciled tags w/ resists & color washes
- Shaped page creation
- Tip-ins & add-in pages
- Machine & hand stitching
- Pockets
- Cluster tabs
- A journal wrap
- + more
There was FOOD!
- It wouldn’t be The Ugly Art Club w/out an actual CAMPFIRE CHAT (& s’mores)
- Handmade goodies, fruit, pastries,
- Drinks & Coffees & delicious beverages
- Loads of delicious bits we ate but didn’t photograph… lol
Good times
were had
One evening there was
a pajama party
+ stitch & bitch!