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altar

An 8-day immersive arte-sana residency

February 26- March 08 2026

We gather to engage our hands and he(art)s to  birth our altars thru fiber, clay and wax.

Together, we will:

• Weave our altar cloth “pacha”
• Mold from clay and fire a vessel of power or totem for our altar
• Dip beeswax candles with intention

This is a call to those who feel inspired—to co-create, consecrate, and return to the sacred through the embodied acts of art.


We will each create our individual altars, to support us in calling forth what we need in order to proceed in our bodies, hearts, in our work, our material reality and in our relations. A place to infuse with gratitude, in order to elevate and altar the course of our lives in alignment with our greatest coherence.

We will also create a collective altar to exalt our communal prayers for the waters, and for all sentient beings enduring hardship + violence.

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 ALTAR (verb) — to altar

To altar something is to consecrate it, to place it upon the inner altar of awareness, intention, gratitude, and surrender. It is an act of sanctifying, of offering up a thought, action, relationship, or object into the fire of transformation.

To altar is to elevate the mundane into the sacred through conscious attention and reverent intent.
It is to build a sanctuary that supports us in calling forth what we need in order to proceed; in our bodies, hearts, work, and relations.
A space to infuse with gratitude, so that we may elevate and altar the course of our lives in alignment with our greatest coherence.

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ALTAR (noun)

An altar is a point of convergence between the visible and the invisible, where the seen world bows before the unseen. It is a threshold, a sacred interface where spirit and matter commune, and where offerings are made to honor the divine within and beyond. The altar is not just a physical construct but a reflection of the inner temple: the heart, the mind, the soul's hearth. Upon it, intention becomes prayer, fire becomes purification, and silence becomes presence.

From the flower-strewn Bhakti altars of India, where deities are adorned with fresh garlands, incense, and flame—to the Andean mesa, where stones, coca leaves, shells, and bones are arranged as portals for reciprocity (ayni) with the Apus and Pachamama, altars offer a language beyond words.

In Amazonian tradition, the altar is a living ecosystem of mapacho, feathers, medicinal plants, and musical instruments that invoke ancestral and elemental presence.

The Día de los Muertos altar, an altar of memory, communion, and celebration. Adorned with marigolds, sugar skulls, food, water, and photos, it is a bridge between the living and the dead, a luminous homecoming of spirits.

Each altar is an anchor of ritual, a node in the cosmic web where energies can be invoked, transformed, and released. A space where time bends into eternity, and the self becomes a vessel for the sacred. Every object placed—a candle, stone, feather, or chalice—becomes a sigil of remembrance, evocation, or becoming.

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Residency Details

  • Dates: February 26- March 08 2026

  • Location: FINCA OCELOTE, Tenjo-Cundinamarca, Colombia

  • Application Deadline: January 20, 2026 (or until residency fills)

  • Limited Spots Available 

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Who this residency is for:

This residency is for artists, healers, weavers, earth stewards, ritualists, midwives, doulas, healthcare providers, mothers, fathers, and all those who feel called to engage art as prayer, and creation as communion.

It is for those listening for what wants to emerge through the hands, the body, and the heart.

It is for seasoned artists & for those who are activating their creativity for the first time ever. No formal training is required, only a willingness to show up with presence and reverence.

It is for those who:

  • Want to build or deepen their ritual practices

  • Desire to create in community 

  • Are drawn to earth-based materials, embodied making & ceremony

 

Residency cost includes:

 

  • Lodging at Hospedaje La Casona, a charming little hotel in the pueblo of Tabio, with your own private room and bathroom

  • Dinner on the arrival day, as well as daily breakfast, & lunch.

  • Transportation to and from the pueblo to Finca Ocelote

  • All materials

  •  Opening Earth offering ceremony

  • Inipi sweat lodge ceremony

  • Elemental Breathwork with plant medicine essence

investment:

$1893.00 USD
Includes everything mentioned above.
Does not include airfare, transportation to and from the airport, or travelers insurance.

  • A 30% ($568.90 USD) deposit is required upon application.

After that there are the following payment options:

  • 1 Payment of $1,325.00 USD
  • 2 Payments of $683.00 USD
  • 3 Payments of $463.00 USD

Payments links will be sent directly to you via email.

Where we gather and stay:

 

We will be gathering daily at Finca Ocelote. Situated on the mountainside overlooking lush pasture lands that surround Tabio-Tenjo. Workshops and the Inipi's will take place either outside on the land or within our hand crafted earthen house.

You will be staying at Hospedaje La Casona within the quaint pueblo of Tabio-Tenjo. The town is nestled within the valley and is quiet, safe and surrounded by natural beauty. 

Nourishment:

 

Meals will be made from organic, fresh, and locally sourced ingredients, featuring an omnivorous menu with vegetarian adaptations available.

Please specify any dietary needs and restrictions in your application, and we will do our best to accommodate them.

Facilitators:

 

arte-sana; art heals

AYASHAM 

Maria Del Mar and Maria Jose are Colombian twin ceramists, currently based in Miami and Colombia. Founders of Ayasham, a project dedicated to rituals through the process of
sculpting. The sisters have been studying sculpting techniques from western and traditional indigenous practices and have merged these two styles as a statement of migration and the intertwining of two cultures.The process of making these creations is a journey of remembrance and the return to ancestral practices. 

Facilitators:

 

arte-sana; art heals

Aya Maria Maldonado Leon

I am a mother, an Autonomous Midwife-Partera and an Elemental Fertility Guide & Educator. 

I work with women and families desiring to activate their cyclical-elemental memory and approach their reproductive care consciously and ceremoniously. 

I also organize in person retreats to connect with ancestral technologies & original birth arts for our collective empowerment and regeneration. I recognize that as we each we remember ourselves as extensions of raw natural power, our world transforms and that this happens when we activate into our he(art).

Facilitators:

 

arte-sana; art heals

Senna Adinson

Raised in rural Canada on Sinixt Territory, Senna has deep ties to her community, which inspired her to earn her Emergency Medical Responder license. She spent her young adult life working on ambulance and in harm reduction clinics, supporting individuals navigating addiction and homelessness. During this time, she developed a passion for practices and teachings that helped her maintain emotional and spiritual
well-being. She leaned on the methodical, meditative handworks introduced to her
during her formative years at the Nelson Waldorf School. Believing in the connection between head, heart, and hands, she sees the potential for grounding, deeper learning, and processing experiences through craft. After leaving health services, she attended
the Kootenay School of the Arts in 2024, where she deepened her sewing skills, learned
about plant dyes, and was introduced to weaving on floor looms. As an emerging textile
artist, she is excited to share her love of working with her hands, natural fibers, and
plants!

 

Trips Details

 altar 

An 8-day immersive arte-sana residency

February 26- March 08 2026

Finca Ocelote + Hospedaje La Casona 

Tabio-Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia 

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