"Mending the New": Spirituality & the Art of Mending with the Kintsugi Academy
July 8 - 10, 2022
As an opportunity to discern Trinity Church Wall Street’s core value of Compassion, join leaders from Makoto Fugimura’s “Kintsugi Academy” for a weekend to learn the traditional Japanese artistic method of kintsugi (kin=gold, tsugi=mend), in which broken or shattered objects are mended with gold.
Retreatants will receive materials for an intensive creative journey, while exploring themes in spiritual formation such as imperfection, beauty in brokenness, self-compassion, value, healing, renewal, and becoming.
Kintsugi (“Kin” is “gold”, and “Tsugi” is “to connect”) is a venerable Japanese art form of mending broken ceramics with gold. Kintsugi Academy (co-founded by Kintsugi Master, Kunio Nakamura, and internationally renowned Artist, Makoto Fujimura) fosters Kintsugi lifestyle toward Culture Care and Community Formation. During the retreat, the participants will learn authentic Kintsugi practice led by Kintsugi Academy Certified Instructors and how to foster Culture Care values in a community.
No previous experience in Kintsugi is needed.
Single-occupancy room with meals: $130 per night + $65 art materials fee for each guest
Double-occupancy room with meals: $95 per person/per night + $65 art materials fee for each guest
Categories : In-Person Core Values Retreats, In-Person Retreats (All), Themed Retreats