
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
2025 is currently open for registration!
Members & non-members are invited. Non-member purchase includes a year subscription to The Ugly Art Club.

2024 was held in Florala, AL at the Camellia Palms Retreat Center
We created page bases out of nontraditional super chunky items like cardboard, weaing frames, plaster of paris, magnolia leaves, recycled packaging and more. We also WET FELTED a pocket for our chunky monkey book to live in.
Photos & more details coming soon.

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!