DEEP HARVEST: Botanical Mask-Making & Shadow Work | Portland, OR

Explore the Shadow and create a surreal botanical mask in this 3hr Portland creative retreat blending movement, art, ritual, & reflection. DEEP HARVEST is your invitation to LISTEN... As Autumn deepens and the leaves surrender to the Earth, the living world begins its ancient dance of returning, releasing, and becoming something new. This inevitable descent into winter invites us inward — to the places where memory, grief, and intuition take root. What might we discover when we slow down to truly listen to what is changing within us? _________________ WHAT AWAITS YOU ✦ A carefully guided 3-hour journey ✦ An intimate, intentional container ✦ Dried floral & foliage mask-making ✦ All materials and supplies provided ✦ A take-home ritual for continued integration ✦ Open to all levels of makers & dreamers, ages 16+ _________________ DEEP HARVEST is your invitation to DESCEND... As the veil between worlds thins, we will gather to slow down, step outside the momentum of our everyday lives, and gently greet our Shadows. We will approach the Shadow through a grounded, animist lens—not as something broken, but as a subterranean archive of wisdom, resilience, and insight. Through guided meditation, breath, movement, and journaling, you will journey inward to encounter the harvest of your own inner Autumn—the magic buried within. _________________ DEEP HARVEST is your invitation to TRANSFORM... At the heart of our gathering is an abundant botanical world: an autumn altar to nature's beauty and the passage of time. You will be invited to wander the textures of dried flowers, leaves, branches, and gathered foliage, noticing what stirs something in you, and what you feel drawn to carry forward. From this encounter, you will create a surreal botanical Shadow mask as a seasonal ritual of discernment, transformation, and release. We will close our time together with community dialogue, contemplation, and a simple grounding ceremony. _________________ THIS EXPERIENCE IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE… • Feeling the pull to slow down and reconnect with your inner seasons • Curious to gently explore the Shadow Archetype • Ready to release what no longer serves you • Drawn to the magic of working with plants, flowers, and natural materials • Longing for a creative, embodied, and meaningful way to process and integrate WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE • A conceptual framework for understanding and relating to the Jungian Shadow • Everything you need to create your own botanical Shadow mask • Tools and rituals to anchor the insights that emerge • A facilitated space to ask questions, create, and be in community • A take-home guide and creative prompts for integrating our time together _________________ ABOUT THE VENUE Our gathering unfolds at Blackbird Studio, the creative sanctuary of photographer Debbie Baxter and the Nest Project, located in the historic Ford Building in Southeast Portland. 📍 2505 SE 11th Ave, Suite #118, Portland, OR 97202 _________________ PRICING & AVAILABILITY 🌿 Early Bird: $125 (through October 21st) 🌿 Regular: $145 Only 12 spots available. All materials included. Limited scholarships and work-study opportunities are available. Apply here; applications close October 21st. _________________ ABOUT SHADOW TENDER Shadow Tender is a creative project and a school of thought that invites you to dance with your demons through mask-making and creative expression. DEEP HARVEST is part of our special 10-year anniversary programming designed to celebrate a decade of shadow tending, creativity, and collaboration. Learn more about Shadow Tender & DEEP HARVEST here. _________________ ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR Natalya Kolosowsky is a bilingual artist, facilitator, teacher of creative processes and founder of the Shadow Tender Project. Her award-winning design work has been presented in universities, conferences, museums, and theaters around the world. Natalya’s teaching approach is informed by multiple things: the lived and ancestral wisdom of her own lineages (Eastern European, Jewish, and Evenk/Indigenous Siberian); a life-long obsession with fairytales; over three decades of experience in dance and creative expression; two decades of yoga practice; and formal training in visual arts and the psychology and neuroscience of trauma. She holds a BS in Psychology and a BFA in Visual Communication from the University of Arizona, as well as a MFA in Theatre Arts from the University of Oregon. She is a student of herbalism under Marysia Miernowska and is currently becoming a certified Buteyko breathwork instructor via Patrick McKeown’s Buteyko Clinic International. Natalya is fluent in English and Russian, and offers 1:1 work, teaching, and group facilitation in both languages. More about Natalya & her work here Follow Natalya on IG: @natalya_chaos _________________ Questions? Please write to us directly.