Girls who play with fire
women’s creative
intensive RETREAT
What if you nurtured the part of yourself that wants to push your Creative edges?
October 2025 - Brattleboro, VT
This retreat is open to anyone who is interested in exploring their creativity and cultivating a deeper connection with their creative life force.
Join us in beautiful Brattleboro, VT this fall when the leaves are beautiful and the weather is crisp for an experience that will leave you feeling inspired and revitalized!
You’ll have a long weekend away from your daily life to devote to your creativity, exploring your creative edges through the mediums of glass, clay, paint, movement, sound and food.
During the retreat you’ll have lots of time in the studio creating, as well as time to relax, connect with others,
and have fun!
Immerse yourself in a group of inspiring, positive, adventurous women and experience a sense of connectedness and community as you explore different mediums.
You will not be focusing on the technique, but will experience each of these mediums in a way that will help you tune in, let go, and see what happens when you aren’t attached to the outcome. (you just might surprise yourself!)
We’ve found that approaching your creativity this way opens you up to a whole new world of possibility, a deeper sense of trust in your intuitive knowing, a more embodied presence, and a sharpening of your senses, awareness, and focus that ripples out into your career as well as your entire life.
You’ll leave with your paintings, glass, and clay creations that were made from following your unique creative life force, and a renewed sense of vitality and inspiration. (If you are traveling far, we can also ship them to you).
What you’ll
experience:
Deepen your intuition and self trust
Ignite your creative flow accessing a deeper level of your creativity
Find a more authentic expression
Sharpen your focus, awareness, and senses
Become more present and embodied
Find more of what you love and connect with the beauty of your natural expression
Go beyond your mind and into your true essence
Connect with a community of inspiring women on a similar path
Walk away feeling revitalized with fresh inspiration
No artistic experience necessary!
What would be possible for you if you were able to go beyond your mind chatter, access something deeper and express it freely?
Imagine what would happen if you gave yourself the gift of your undivided attention and
the space to explore your creative side
Our studios
Fire Arts Vermont is a collaboration between Natalie Blake Studios, a world-class ceramic and sculptural tile studio, and Randi Solin of Solinglass, a master artist of richly colored blown glass. Just outside of downtown Brattleboro, Fire Arts has open studios for both artists and a retail gallery of work from over 30 local artists. Fire Arts Vermont is an art gallery, Bakery& cafe, and education center that offers workshops, private lessons, parties and retreats in glass blowing and pottery. Visitors can watch live demonstrations of the artists' process, and there is also a retail gallery of work from over 30 local artists. Fire Arts Vermont is a great place to learn about and experience the ancient fire arts. Stop by for a tour of our studios! :)"
Athletes and creatives when in their greatness are tuned into an optimal somatic flow state where all of their thoughts drop away and they’re completely present and focused on what they’re doing.
In this state their unique life force energy has connected to something greater than themselves, unleashing an uninhibited expression of that energy where anything is possible and the beauty of what comes through is astounding.
Accessing this state regularly helps to ignite your creative flow, express yourself authentically, feel more alive and connected to yourself, deepens your self trust, helps you trust your intuitive knowing, increase your awareness and focus, and feel more relaxed with life.
At this retreat you’ll experience an approach using the mediums of glass, clay, paint, sound, movement and food to help you explore your creativity, tune into your creative edges and access your optimal somatic flow state so that you can expand into new experiences of the authentic expression of your creative life force.
We use multiple mediums because you interact with each of them in different ways, challenging you to push your creative edges and giving you a deeper awareness of how your unique life force energy connects with THE greater life force energy, rippling into your entire life and your relationship with everything.
Your creation process through these mediums is a metaphor for life, giving you a deeper self awareness.
What’s included:
3 nights of lodging in our artistically curated spaces:
choose from a beautifully remodeled church or grange hall located next to each other
just down the street from our studios.Delicious nourishing meals + non-alcoholic drinks
Some alcohol will be provided (please let us know what you like when you sign up!)
Creative + Mindful food experiences where you’ll learn more about your creativity through group dynamics
Autumn Walks: Wander through vibrant fall leaves, refreshing your spirit and reflecting on new insights.
All art materials for glass, clay and paint experiences
Studio time in glass and clay studios with Natalie + Randi
Somatic painting experience with Pam
Time to connect with the artists and other inspiring women to ask questions and reflect
Creativity mentorship + coaching to help you move through whatever comes up!
You will be responsible for your travel + travel insurance
$3900 - Flexible monthly payment plans Available
($300 a month suggested, pay what/when you can)
This is for you if you:
Crave some time to create more
Are open to new experiences outside of the everyday
Are excited to connect with other creative women and are happy to share common space with them
This is not for you if:
You aren’t flexible or prefer a set schedule
You have no desire to see what’s possible and push your edges
You don’t like sharing common space with others
example of Daily flow:
THURSDAY NIGHT
4pm Arrival
Check in and Welcoming
Delicious Nourishing food
6:45-8:45 - Creativity warm up: Painting workshop (2 hours)
Relaxation and connection time
Sleep
FRIDAY
8:30-9:30am Breakfast
Integration Circle
Morning Somatic Flow with Clay (2 hours)
Group Circle + Body Tuning Exercise
Midday: Lunch
Afternoon Somatic Flow with Glass (3-4 hours)
Relaxation and time to get ready for dinner
6:30pm Group Somatic Food Experience + Dinner
Luxurious Soundbath, Time to relax and connect
Sleep
SATURDAY
8:30-9:30am Breakfast
Integration Circle
Somatic Glass Experience (3-4 hours)
Group Circle + Body Tuning Exercise
Midday: Lunch
Somatic Clay Experience (2-3 hours)
Relaxation time and time to prepare for dinner
6:30pm Chef lead Group Somatic Food Experience + Dinner
Evening Sound Experience (2-3 hours)
Relaxation and sleep
SUNDAY
Relaxing, cozy fall morning
8:30-10am Breakfast
Group Integration Circle - writing exercise, group created improv experience for integration and closure
Final Photos + testimonials
Departure (approx. 1:00pm), lunch for the road provided
Depart with your glass and paint creations (clay will be shipped or available for pickup later, if you are flying we can ship everything for you)
*Please note this is an outline that is subject to change due to unexpected opportunities and the group’s desires
Meet the Artists
Natalie Blake
Natalie has worked with clay for three decades, creating her own line of functional, then decorative vessels. She’s been awarded several large public grants and hundreds of commissions in prestigious hospitals and institutions around the world with her large format tile and small sculptural wall work.
She is also a musician, playing string, wind, percussion instruments and is an improvisational vocalist with two bands.
Natalie is also a community leader, creative collaborator, space designer, host, serious manifester and magic catalyst.
Randi Solin
Randi has been committed to the art of blowing glass for over 30 years, dazzling collectors and colleagues with her technique, skill and inventive coloration style. She uses glass like a contemporary abstract expressionist painter, creating unique blown glass sculptures and vessels that delight the senses.
A graduate of Alfred University, her art has been acquired by the permanent collections of The White House, nine US Embassies, the Met Museum of Art in New York City, numerous public institutions, as well as royalty and celebrities world wide.
Randi is a community leader, hospice volunteer, conflict resolution specialist, early childhood educator, and she loves yoga, biking and kayaking.
Don’t just take our word for it, listen to what past retreats participants are saying
Debby shares about her transformational experience
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“The experience was like walking through a fire with a new version of yourself on the other side” - Maegan
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“Amazing! I cannot speak highly enough about this place. It was one of the best days I've had. They have an amazing cafe and bakery with decadent goodies, wonderful gallery with glass and ceramic works, glass blowing studio with one of the best instructors I've ever had, a clay studio, and everyone there was kind, knowledgeable, thoughtful, and accommodating. What more could one want? So glad I found this place. I will definitely come back often.” - Steph Shelsey
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“Everything about Fire Arts is amazing, the glass blowing class we took was a lot of fun and I can't wait to see the finished product once they are cooled. It's definitely worth a visit, everyone was incredibly friendly, the artwork in the gallery is amazing, the cafe was delicious and there was a puppy to pet what more could you ask for.” - Bobby Pelletier
Along with Natalie + Randi,
Nicole, Pam, Marie + Diane
will be there to inspire and guide you, creating a playful, warm,
positive, nurturing environment
for you to explore your creativity
and access something new!
