PEN WOMEN RETREAT

What happens when Pen Women get a chance to team up and play? On August 10, 2002, four artists, three writers and a composer spent a day at a beautiful retreat in Kailua. Results: wet paint on good clothes, the beginning of a song, great food, stories, dirt, a rhythm band, scrubbing paint off our feet, and a lovely labyrinth of stones and leaves.

"This retreat was an incredible opportunity to learn about creative collaboration, and understand more about the way artists approach the creative process in a marvelously rich, "in the moment" way… We all had the chance to get to know each other in much greater depth than we do through the meetings, both as people, and as artists."
- Claire Rivero, Music member

"…Playing with all those talented women was a stretch for me and a precious learning experience - not only in exchanging and interacting in other media, but in having fun. It was truly an amazing day, one I shall never forget - we accomplished so much, touching on all the arts, and I am still smiling at our finale…"
- Joan Gencarelli, Letters member