Article about Badlands student exhibit at Umber Studios

"Sharon, Badlands, SD" by Douglas Beasley


Here is a link to an article by Susannah Schouweiler for MNartists.org and Minnpost.com about the exhibit for student's from Vision Quest's 2008 Badlands workshop that opens Saturday March 21st at Umber Studios in SE Minneapolis, MN. Hope to see some of you there!

Umber Studios: Evocative photography of the human figure set in stark terrain of Badlands

Vision Quest Student Gallery on the web




Vision Quest has a new Student Gallery on the web. It was designed by Rod Vesper, an alumni of the 2008 Zen and the Art of Photography in New Mexico for Santa Fe Workshops. Above you will find one of his beautiful images. Check out the new site for many more photos from many of the workshops.



New Year's Day at Trade River Retreat Center


                                 Road in front of Trade River Retreat Center entrance.


                                                 My driveway, lined with snow covered pine trees.


                                 Main cottage, looking towards the river.


                                 Looking towards cottage, from log cabin.


                                                 Adirondack chairs, overlooking Trade River.


                                  Log cabin, looking towards porch.


                                 Stairs to loft in log cabin.


                                  Meditation cushion in log cabin, looking out towards river.



Here are some photos of my cabins in NW Wisconsin taken over New Years. The new snow was beautiful and the cross country skiing was excellent!

Vision Quest's Trade River Retreat Center is available for custom workshops and small group retreat rental as well as for personal retreats. Please call or e mail for rates and availability.


VQ's Trade River Retreat Center in the summer


                                 Cedar entry gate with Tibetan Prayer flags and bell from Thailand.


                                                 Tori Gate with Earth flag at the end of the long winding driveway.


                                                 Main house. Sauna is on the far right and the Trade River is right behind the house.


                                 Front of main house with ferns and Japanese stone lantern.


                                                Front of log cabin, which faces the river.



                                     Red Tori Gate, looking towards river.

Here are some photos of Vision Quest's Trade River Retreat Center in NW Wisconsin, made with my iPhone last summer. 

The Trade River Retreat Center is available for custom workshops and group retreat rental as for personal retreats. Please call or email for rates and availability.


Exhibit by 3 Vision Quest students



The photographs from this exhibit were made by three students, on an incredible personal journey, at my "Renewing Your Creative Vision" workshop at the Trade River Retreat Center in NW Wisconsin. Please come join them to celebrate at the opening or visit their website about the show and the extraordinary photographs they created during the workshop. Congratulations to Lisa, Sarah and Margaret!

This workshop, for only 4 participants, chosen from submission materials, will be repeated this fall from Friday October 9 to Sunday October 11. Deadline for applications is September 7th. There will be a Vision Quest Photo Workshops listing on our web site soon. In the meantime, please call or email for more information. 


Weekend Workshop at Mpls Photo Center