Pack your portable light for class

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Remember to bring your portable lighting! Our venue is beautiful but not always light enough to see the fine details of our projects. Please remember to bring task lighting and an extension cord. Or, better yet, bring a rechargeable USB or battery-operated light. No cords to trip over! Here are some ideas for task  lighting     0 Comments Please … Read More

Shipping Supplies and Tools to the Hotel

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QUESTION I’m looking for suggestions on shipping my tools and supplies to the hotel? What carrier have you used? Send “in care of anyone”? Any tips would be appreciated!  REPLY We’ve arranged with the hotel to accept boxes on behalf of our students and instructors who are Hilton registered guests. Just try to coordinate timing so your boxes arrive just a day … Read More

Can I ship my supplies to Art Retreat on the Prairie?

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You can ship your supplies ahead of time to the retreat!

Absolutely! Here’s what we do, and we haven’t ever had a problem with anything getting confiscated by TSA.  We put the supplies for each class in a separate Ziploc bag along with the class description for that class so that if TSA does check, they can see what the various items are going to be used for. The only thing we would not pack is anything flammable (butane, etc). Do … Read More