Couldn't load pickup availability
Private Twin Room - Shared Bath Details
Twin beds with bath en suite, room shared with another student. Includes daily breakfast, lunch & 2 dinners. Check-in Sunday, Checkout Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Wi-Fi
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Mini Fridge
- Microwave
- Art by MISA Instructor
- Convient Parking
- Individually Controlled HVAC
Queen Bed Private Room Details
Queen bed, bath en suite – Limited availability. Includes daily breakfast, lunch & 2 dinners. Check-in Sunday, Checkout Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Wi-Fi
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Mini Fridge
- Microwave
- Art by MISA Instructor
- Convient Parking
- Individually Controlled HVAC
Private King Room Details
King bed, bath en suite – Limited availability. Check-in Sunday, Checkout Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Wi-Fi
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Mini Fridge
- Microwave
- Art by MISA Instructor
- Convient Parking
- Individually Controlled HVAC
Shared Twin Room (with another student) Details
Two twin beds, room shared with another student with bath en suite – includes daily breakfast, lunch & 2 dinners (price is per person). Check-in Sunday, Checkout Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Wi-Fi
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Mini Fridge
- Microwave
- Art by MISA Instructor
- Convient Parking
- Individually Controlled HVAC
Day Student Details
Includes daily lunch, onsite parking, 24/7 studio access, and MISA staff.
Meal Plan Details
We offer a gourmet meal plan with all of our on-campus lodging packages. Daily breakfast and lunch, and two on-campus dinners are served in our spacious Barn dining hall. For the other evening meals, enjoy the sights and sounds of Madeline Island at one of the Island restaurants overlooking Lake Superior sunsets.
Our delicious gourmet meals are prepared by master chef Laura DeRam. Her handcrafted meals are filled to the brim with local and organic ingredients. All meals are tailored to your dietary needs, vegetarian and gluten free options are always available.
Unlimited healthy snacks and beverages are always available 24/7 in our dining hall and workshop studios. We take great pride in providing fresh fruits from our famous Bayfield Orchards.
You’ll always find our chocolate chip cookie jars full morning, noon and night.
Genre: Mixed Media
Living the Practice
Availability: Spaces Available
Instructor:
Workshop Description:
Integrating Art and Everyday Experience
Art does not begin in the studio - it begins with attention. The objects we collect, the photographs we take, the places we return to, the memories we carry, and the patterns we notice all have the potential to inform and deepen our creative practice. Yet it is through material engagement that these experiences are transformed into visual form.
In this immersive workshop, participants will explore the relationship between art, life, and materiality through a series of exercises, discussions, and studio investigations. Working with drawing, acrylic paint, gel printing, collage, paper, found materials, and optional stitching, students will create layered surfaces that serve as both a record of experience and a site of discovery. Through processes of accumulation, subtraction, repetition, reconstruction, and transformation, we will explore how materials can carry meaning and become active participants in the creative process.
Emphasis will be placed on curiosity, experimentation, and developing a practice of noticing. Participants will gather visual and material source material from their own lives while exploring how personal history, observation, memory, place, and collected objects can be translated through process-driven making. The goal is not to illustrate experience, but to discover what emerges through an ongoing dialogue between artist, material, and process.
Day 1: Observation, collecting, mapping influences, generating source material
Day 2: Drawing, monotypes, collage, and experimentation
Day 3: Building layered surfaces and developing themes
Day 4: Expansion, variation, and personal direction
Day 5: Refinement, critique, and next steps
Recommended Experience: While the workshop is open to artists at all stages, participants will benefit from having some familiarity with their chosen materials and a willingness to experiment, take risks, and work through process rather than focusing on predetermined outcomes.
Workshop Schedule:
Sunday Night: Welcome Meet and Greet at 6pm
Monday – Friday: 9am – 4pm
*Subject to change*
Note: By clicking “Add to Cart,” you are selecting a bundled package that includes workshop tuition, and may include lodging and meals based on your selections above. This bundle is processed as multiple components in the cart to ensure accurate logistics and fulfillment.
A processing fee will be applied at checkout to cover the administrative and operational costs of running this workshop. Accordingly, the total amount shown in the cart will be higher than the price displayed here. This difference reflects only the applicable processing fee and is not a hidden charge.
