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April 28, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – What nurturing does our writing need to grow into finished works? Observing master writers and teachers can give us new information and encourage us to try new methods.

That is the focus of the next Writing Workshop, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2026, in person at Weber Retreat and Conference Center. Come join other new and experienced writers – in person or on Zoom – to write to prompts, read our just-written work, and receive feedback. A Zoom link will be sent closer to the date of the workshop.

The workshop is facilitated by Sister Tarianne DeYonker, OP, an Adrian Dominican Sister and a certified leader of Amherst Writers and Artists workshops. Share the flyer (PDF) for this event.

The cost is $35 per session. Registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available.

Weber Center is on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Adrian, Michigan. On East Siena Heights Drive, turn into the driveway between Adrian Rea Literacy Center and the solar panel-covered carport. Follow the signs to Weber Center. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000.

February 9, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – Engage: The Art of Women, the first exhibit of the new INAI at Madden Art Gallery, will open on Sunday, April 12, 2026, with an artists’ reception from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The new gallery moved to Madden Hall from its original home on the Adrian Dominican Sisters Campus. The original INAI, founded by the late Sisters Barbara Chenicek, OP, and Rita Schiltz, OP, offered exhibits for more than 40 years. The INAI at Madden Gallery has space near Holy Rosary Chapel and is accessible from Weber Retreat and Conference Center at the Motherhouse Campus. 

Sister Sue Schreiber, OP, who coordinated INAI from 2018 to 2024, is working with others to bring about a new feel. “We cannot reproduce the physical ambiance of INAI, but in Madden, we have developed a quiet room, a meditation area, and a small gallery,” she said.

Engage: The Art of Women was chosen as the first exhibit to focus on the Adrian Dominican Congregation’s Enactment on Women, approved by the Sisters in 2022. The Enactment reads, in part, “Valuing human dignity and aware of the injustice of patriarchy … we strive to attain gender equity and women’s full and equal participation and decision making in Church and society.”

Exhibiting artists include Amy Philp, Kris Schmidt, Doris De Nudt, Pi Benio, and Amy Anderson; Adrian Dominican Associates Laura Law and Judi Engel; Sisters Janet Wright, OP, Kathleen Voss, OP, Alice Van Acker, Nancyann Turner, OP, Sue Schreiber, OP, Barbara Quincey, OP, Aneesah McNamee, OP, Cheryl Liske, OP, Janice Holkup, OP, and Carol Fleming, OP; and deceased Adrian Dominican Sisters Mary Irene Walker, OP, Sarajane Seaver, OP, Rita Schiltz, OP, Ursula Ording, OP, Pauline Opliger, OP, Virginia Hafey- Wells, OP, Barbara Chenicek, OP,  Barbara Cervenka, OP, and Celeste Bourke, OP. 

INAI (pronounced in-EYE and meaning “within” in Japanese) is a contemplative space 
and art gallery on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters. Offering the beauty and thoughtfulness of artistic expression in its art exhibitions, as well as a peaceful space for 
personal reflection, INAI supports the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Vision to seek truth, make peace, and reverence life. 

Caption for above feature photo: Danish Circles, a quilt created by Sister Barbara Quincey, OP, is one of the many artworks on display in the opening exhibit of INAI at Madden.