Design Outside the Lines - Ashland, OR October 19-24, 2025

  Location: Ashland Springs Hotel • Ashland, Oregon •Dates: Oct 19-24,2025  •Retreat Cost: $2,275.   • Deposit: $600. due upon registration Includes 5-day workshop, tea & coffee in the studio & inspiring work environment!. Our workshop venue will be in the Crystal Room in the historic Ashland Springs Hotel. See link below for booking on-site rooming options.                                  -Carol Lee Shanks -       guest teacher  "I’ve been watching the light shift in different parts of my studio since the winter solstice.  Soft and moody shadows and shapes capture me with the mystery they express.  I’m swirling with fresh ideas". "I read this quote today from an interview with actor William Dafoe.  He is speaking to a scene from a movie he was in and the question is “Do any challenges from “The Lighthouse” come to mind?”  Dafoe responds, “I would say a scene where I’m buried alive, I’m speaking poetic language, and it’s really cold, cold, cold.  But you know what?  All