Upcoming Events, Retreats, & Workshops
Tue, Apr 16Hosted live on ZoomApr 16, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDTHosted live on ZoomDedicated time for creative small business owners to work on a specific area of their business, focusing on just 1-2 tasks to tackle during our time together as we share space with accountability and community.
Sat, Apr 20Hosted live via ZoomApr 20, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDTHosted live via ZoomCreatively explore the things we want to tuck away for safekeeping (literally or figuratively) and how what we hold close can leave us little clues about what means the most to us, what we treasure, and what we want always to remember.- Tue, Apr 23Hosted live via ZoomApr 23, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDTHosted live via ZoomCreatively explore the things we want to tuck away for safekeeping (literally or figuratively) and how what we hold close can leave us little clues about what means the most to us, what we treasure, and what we want always to remember.
- Fri, Apr 26Hosted live on ZoomApr 26, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDTHosted live on ZoomDedicated time for creative small business owners to work on a specific area of their business, focusing on just 1-2 tasks to tackle during our time together as we share space with accountability and community.
Sat, Apr 27The ROW DTLAApr 27, 2024, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDTThe ROW DTLA, 777 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90021, USAThe WCC Market in Los Angeles brings together 175+ of the best artist and designer craftspeople at a single-day, outdoor market at ROW DTLA.
Sat, May 04Online, hosted by Triton Museum of ArtMay 04, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDTOnline, hosted by Triton Museum of ArtA spring-themed, virtual color-along, this cozy gathering is for all ages--both individuals and families--to enjoy a relaxing afternoon of coloring together. Participants will receive a downloadable coloring sheet to print at home and color during the session.
Sat, May 11Hosted live via ZoomMay 11, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDTHosted live via ZoomSpecial 2-hour workshop for delving into the tactile art form of collage + mixed media art. We’ll amble through a series of visual + written prompts to explore ways of communicating feelings, thoughts, and stories through paper materials, texture, shape, and use of positive and negative space.
Tue, May 14Hosted live on ZoomMay 14, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDTHosted live on ZoomCreative open sessions serve as a regular time-and-place for creatives of all mediums to show up and engage the imagination. Sharing space brings a gentle accountability to prioritize creative play or time with a long-term passion project.
Tue, Jun 11Hosted live on ZoomJun 11, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDTHosted live on Zoom2 monthly creative open sessions serve as a regular time-and-place for creatives of all mediums to show up and engage the imagination. Sharing space brings a gentle accountability to prioritize creative play or time with a long-term passion project.
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Workshop Waiting Lists
Creative Voices for Palestine
A free virtual gathering to raise our voices in creative protest to support Palestinians. Following our first gathering in January 2024, we're hoping to host more gatherings to continue speaking out.
Creatives of ALL mediums are invited to engage their artistic voices in a safe and loving space. Whether you write, draw, dance, art journal, or use any other creative outlet, you are welcome.
We’ll use a variety of prompts, including art by Palestinian artists & writers + others speaking out, to spark ideas and create something we can then share on social media, to family/friends, and in our communications.
Our hope is for every person who joins to feel less alone and more brave in speaking out.
Filling Your Cup: A Gentle
Exploration of Creativi-tea
Together with my friend, Zen Alladina, a trained tea sommelier, arts facilitator, and published poet, we'll amble through a series of prompts to explore creativity through the way we experience tea (brew/steep, pour, sip/savor). All creative mediums are welcome and admission includes a printable coloring sheet to accompany.
Zen and I are already dreaming up another session of our cozy, virtual guided creative retreat.
Layered Stories: Virtual Reality Art
Gallery Tour + Creative Workshop
A delightfully immersive experience hosted in a virtual reality gallery space where we’ll be able to move around in avatar form from the comfort of our computer screens at home (kind of like being in a video game!).
Akin to meandering through an art museum, Kimberly Kuniko & Mira Musank, a textiles and upcyling artist, will be your guides as we amble through different sections of the gallery, pausing to engage with and observe a variety of 3D textiles, wearable art, and repurposed paper collage, each paired with a prompt to inspire your own creative explorations in whatever medium you wish.
When Mira created her textile art gallery for The Study in Artivism virtual reality exhibit last year and invited me to share one of my paper collages in the space, she shared that in collaborating, we were “layering our stories together”. This poetic turn of phrase has stuck with me ever since. This retreat explores how as creatives, we are constantly layering things together to tell a story. From disparate materials, colors, textures, words, sounds, memories, and our own imaginations, we weave things together to express something in a new form. All creative mediums welcome.
Hand-Stitched Paper Collage
Dates/Times TBD
Live via Zoom
Explore adding extra texture and dimension to collage by hand-stitching in paper. We'll practice several different types, play with creating different shapes with thread, and I'll share my tips on stitching in paper to avoid damaging paper materials.
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Freehand Watercolor Patterns, Part I
Dates/Times TBD
Live via Zoom
Learn the basics of choosing a complementary color palette, using negative and positive space, and grouping elements in various ways for visual interest. We will practice 4 different types of freehand patterns and explore the loveliness of imperfect symmetry.
Freehand Watercolor Patterns, Part II: Deep Dive Series
Dates/Times TBD
Live via Zoom
PATTERN PLAY DEEP DIVE - $100
4 sessions spread over 4 weeks
A workshops series for folks who've already taken my introductory Freehand Watercolor Patterns workshop and are looking to delve further into the 4 pattern types we covered. Each session will be devoted to one of the 4 pattern types, experimenting with different shapes and colors each time as well as exploring various aspects of pattern design such as mood, theme, and cohesion. I'll be painting alongside the group, offering tips and tricks, and providing 1:1 feedback.
PATTERN PLAY DEEP DIVE + TECH TUTORIAL - $125
5 sessions spread over 5 weeks
This option includes the above Pattern Play sessions + a fifth session add-on, which covers technical aspects of preparing scanned artwork to be used for various types of surface design (scanning, editing in Photoshop, and rendering files for high print quality).
Hand Lettering with Art Pens, Part II:
Letterology Deep Dive Series
Dates/Times TBD
Live via Zoom
LETTEROLOGY DEEP DIVE - $100
4 sessions spread over 4 weeks
This workshop series is for folks who've already taken my introductory Hand Lettering with Art Pens workshop and are looking to delve further into the lettering techniques we covered. We'll spend each session devoting time to practicing specific lettering types. During each session, I'll be lettering alongside the group, offering tips and tricks, and providing 1:1 feedback.
LETTEROLOGY DEEP DIVE + DIGITIZING - $140
5 sessions spread over 5 weeks
This option includes the 4 Letterology sessions above + a longer fifth session add-on, which covers technical aspects of preparing hand lettering for print and digital use (scanning, editing in Photoshop, vectorizing, and rendering files for high print quality).