Welcome to the Official Website for the Alegre Retreat
Here you will find information for Alegre Retreat as well as fiber art. Alegre Retreat is the premier conference for devotees of the fabric arts, providing an escape from everyday life for art quilters to come together to learn and share their expertise. Each year, dozens of quilting enthusiasts migrate an hour south of Grand Junction Colorado to Gateway Canyons. They gather together for the Alegre Retreat, the premier conference for devotees the fabric arts. Beginning in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1994, Katie Pasquini Masopust has successfully organized the retreat with the goal of highlighting the variety of quilting methods and specialties in this rich branch of the fabric arts.
Alegre Retreat will return to Gateway Canyons Resort in April 2025. The conference will feature Deborah Boschert’s class, “Inspired Art Quilt Collage”; Paula Kovarik’s class, “At Play in the Garden of Stitch”; Katie Pasquini Masopusts’s class, “Ghost Layers and Color Washes”, and Sherri Lipman McCauley’s class “Embracing Serendipity: Intuitive Painting on Cloth”.
The retreat will span from April 27th to May 2nd and will include five days of instruction. Students can choose to study with one of our instructors, Deborah Boschert, Paula Kovarik, Katie Pasquini Masopust, and Sherri Lipman McCauley, and hear lectures from all four.
Click here to register for Alegre Retreat 2025
Dates – Opening reception: April 27th, 2025
Classes: 5 day April 27th-May 2nd featuring Deborah Boschert, Paula Kovarik, Katie Pasquini Masopust, and Sherri Lipman McCauley
Scholarships are available for 2025. Deadline for 2025 Scholarship applications is October 27, 2024.
For questions please contact Katie Pasquini Masopust, 505-470-5202
Students are also welcome to come in early or extend their stay to enjoy the resort at the Alegre Day Student rate.
Participant Testimonials
“The Alegre Art Retreat was one of the best quilting experiences I have had. I learned so much and the facilities and setting were exquisite. I can’t wait for the next retreat as I am already enrolled!!!” Shandra Belknap