TLS Annual Gathering
The 2023 Annual Gathering will be held October 20-22, 2023, at the Kanuga Conference & Retreat Center in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains area near Hendersonville, North Carolina|
Our 2023 theme is Exploring the Past, Expanding the Future.
Our featured speaker, helping us to explore the history of labyrinths and focusing on medieval manuscripts, is Jill Kimberly Hartwell Geoffrion. To assist us in expanding the future of the labyrinth movement we will hear mini-session presentations by a panel of members who are using the labyrinth in previously underserved areas. These presenters include Frank Faine (LGBTQIA2S+), Janice Lewis (economically challenged/inner city/homeless), Susan Murphy (Rwanda peace work), Maia Scott (differently-abled/sight-challenged), Jan Sellers (higher education), and Annelle Tanner (youth/children).
On Saturday evening we will celebrate twenty five years of The Labyrinth Society with a birthday party!
The Labyrinth Society Annual Gathering is a casual, public conference spanning three days with special workshops and local tours before and after the main event. It is a time when labyrinth enthusiasts and experts gather from around the world to learn, share, and celebrate labyrinths. The Annual Gathering includes featured speakers, break-out sessions, sales of labyrinth-related products, silent auction, and a wide variety of labyrinths for walking.
The Annual Gathering provides opportunities to meet and network with others who use and love labyrinths, learn new approaches, experience new labyrinth designs, and support the spread of labyrinth wisdom and community around the world. The Annual Gathering includes the annual business meeting of The Labyrinth Society, where members are elected to the Board of Directors and have input into the activities of the organization. You can have lunch with a labyrinth expert from another continent, try your hand at building a labyrinth, or shop for unique items not available anywhere else. The location and theme for the Annual Gathering changes each year, allowing us to visit many regions.
- FEATURED SPEAKERS, PRESENTERS AND GATHERING SCHEDULE
An exciting program of speakers, presentations, and workshops is offered each year. Programming for our 25th Annual Gathering is currently underway. - PRE- AND POST-GATHERING ACTIVITIES
Registered participants are invited each year to extend the Gathering experience by attending optional activities. Pre-Gathering and post-Gathering workshops and tours are offered to allow Gathering attendees to explore the region, visit local labyrinths or engage more deeply in the Gathering theme with a featured presenter.
Registration for the Gathering is not a requirement to attend any of the pre-Gathering or post-Gathering bus tours and workshops. You may register for one or more by indicating only the desired items on the online registration or downloadable forms.
- TRAVEL, LODGING AND LOCATION
- CALL FOR WORKSHOPS, LABYRINTHS AND IMAGES
Each year Gathering goers are able to share their talents with others as presenters, photographers, and builders of labyrinths-on-the-grounds. Here you can learn how you can share your work and ideas at the Gathering.
- VENDOR-ARTISANS AREA , TLS STORE, ADS, SILENT AUCTION
Start reviewing your inventory, polishing your finger labyrinths, and planning your displays. The Market Area at this year's Gathering promises to be bigger and better than ever before! This year we have three separate areas where vendors can participate: the Vendor/Artisans Area, the TLS Shop, and the Silent Auction. Advertisements can also be purchased in the printed program.
- WANT TO SUGGEST A GATHERING LOCATION?
- WHEREVER WE MAY WANDER -- GATHERING RETROSPECTIVES
Since 2003, a retrospective has been written about many of the Annual Gatherings. Read, enjoy, remember...
