 Tap into your inner wisdom. Tell your story in images. Discover joy in creative expression. This enriching 6-week live online course invites you to explore the world of intuitive collage and art journaling as a gentle, expressive, and meditative art practice. No artistic skill is needed—just a curious heart and a willingness to reflect. Through weekly sessions, you’ll learn to trust your instincts, let go of perfectionism, and express your personal stories, memories, and intentions in beautiful, layered journal pages. Each session includes a calming mindfulness practice, simple collage techniques, and reflective journaling prompts designed to nurture self-awareness and creativity.
Monday • 10 – 11:30 a.m. • Virtual 6 week class • 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11 For more information visit Art Works Now website here.  This Yoga Nidra meditation practice serves as a balm if you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or creatively blocked during these uncertain times. This meditation session designed especially for artists, creatives, and writers seeking calm, clarity, and creative renewal. What is Yoga Nidra? Yoga Nidra, also known as "yogic sleep," is a deeply restful, guided meditation practice that allows the body to relax while the mind remains gently aware. It’s a powerful technique for accessing the subconscious, reducing stress, and restoring inner peace—all while lying down in a comfortable position. Why It's Perfect for Creatives: Reduces anxiety & stress that can block creative flow Enhances clarity and connection to your inner voice Boosts imagination and unlocks deeper layers of inspiration Supports emotional balance and resilience during challenging times No yoga experience necessary—just bring a yoga mat, a beach towel or blanket, a quiet space, and an open heart. Let this gentle practice be a nourishing pause—a chance to rest, restore, and reconnect with your creative self. NOTE: This practice will not be recorded.  In honor of Summer Solstice celebrating the beginning of Summer and our dedication to creative resilience, I am once again offering a free 30 minute Yoga Nidra practice for creatives. This practice serves as a balm if you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or creatively blocked during these uncertain times. This meditation session designed especially for artists, creatives, and writers seeking calm, clarity, and creative renewal. What is Yoga Nidra? Yoga Nidra, also known as "yogic sleep," is a deeply restful, guided meditation practice that allows the body to relax while the mind remains gently aware. It’s a powerful technique for accessing the subconscious, reducing stress, and restoring inner peace—all while lying down in a comfortable position. Why It's Perfect for Creatives: Reduces anxiety & stress that can block creative flow Enhances clarity and connection to your inner voice Boosts imagination and unlocks deeper layers of inspiration Supports emotional balance and resilience during challenging times No yoga experience necessary—just bring a yoga mat, a beach towel or blanket, a quiet space, and an open heart. Let this gentle practice be a nourishing pause—a chance to rest, restore, and reconnect with your creative self. NOTE: This practice will not be recorded.  Muse in Bloom: A 30-Day Summer Creative Reset for Artists and Writers July 7 – August 8, 2025 Feeling creatively stuck, scattered, or just ready to reconnect with your muse this summer? Muse in Bloom is your invitation to pause, reflect, and reawaken your creativity—one inspired day at a time. This gentle, soul-nourishing 30-day journey is designed for artists and writers of all levels who want to reset, recharge, and realign their creative practice with more ease, joy, and intention. 🌿 What’s Included:
Week 2: Mindful & Restorative Practices. Breathe, slow down, and reset. You'll explore calming, meditative activities that replenish your energy and gently open space for creative flow. Week 3: Writing & Journaling. Let your inner voice rise. Through expressive writing, creative journaling, and storytelling prompts, you’ll deepen your connection with your thoughts, memories, and imagination. Week 4: Creative Play & Exploration. Time to loosen up and have fun! Try new tools, techniques, or forms of expression without judgment or pressure—just joyful experimentation. You can choose to do all of the daily prompts OR whatever inspires you....it's up to you! 📅 Live Sessions + Community (Optional but Highly Encouraged!)
💡 Why Join Muse in Bloom?
🌞 Whether you’re picking up your pen or paintbrush again—or simply looking to stay creatively engaged through the summer--Muse in Bloom is your space to grow, reflect, and rediscover the joy in your creative process. 📌 Save the date! We begin July 7, 2025 🖼️ Sign Up below and share on your socials (Facebook or Instagram) the one of the following hashtags so we can S/O and support you! #MuseInBloom30 #CreativeReset30 #SparkYourCreativeFlow  Saturday, June 28, 2025
12:00 PM 3:00 PM Elaine's Restaurant 208 Queen Street Alexandria, VA, 22314 Join us for a conversation and book signing that will instill hope for your future as an artist working in any medium at any age. Everyone has questions these days (about life, democracy, the future, the price of eggs) and not a lot of answers. As artists, we wonder if we're good enough or even too old enough to try. We say: Go for it! We are four authors and artists leaning into our power to be joyful, resilient creators. Join Amy L. Bernstein, Sharon Burton, Erica Ginsberg, and Frankie Rollins to learn inspiring tips and strategies for tapping into your inner artist. –Amy Bernstein, author of Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration –Sharon Burton, author of Creative Sparks: 21 Affirmations and Inspiration for Creativity at Midlife –Erica Ginsberg, author of Creative Resilience: Reclaiming Your Power As An Artist –Frankie Rollins, author of Do You Feel Like Writing? A Creative Guide to Artistic Confidence Free and Open to the Public. RSVP below. About the Panelists: Amy L. Bernstein is the author, most recently, of Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration, an inspirational book for self-doubting creatives. She is an award-winning multi-genre novelist, a former journalist, and a certified book coach helping authors of creative nonfiction, in particular, find their best path to publishing. Amy also writes on Substack, teaches a variety of writing workshops, and may often be found at conferences and on podcasts discussing writing, publishing, and creativity. Sharon J. Burton is an artist, art curator, author, poet and certified creative coach and Founder of Spark Your Creative based in the Washington, DC area. She is a visual artist whose preferred medium is collage and mixed media and has exhibited her art in galleries, art venues and other settings across the country since 2007. Sharon has curated a number of art exhibitions in the Washington, DC area since 2006 and has served as an art consultant for novice art collectors. Since 2016, she has focused on helping people in “creative recovery”…those looking to revive or jump start their creativity through group and individual coaching, workshops, her blog and as the host of Spark Your Creative Podcast which features artists and other creatives who are using their unique talents to create more mindful communities and a safer world. Sharon is the author of Creative Sparks: 21 Affirmations and Inspiration for Creativity at Midlife (Swiner Publishing Company, 2024) which is a guidebook for artists and others who want to launch their creative passions after 50. Sharon has served as a Teacher Artist through Art Works Now, Artomatic, and Del Ray Artisans. When she is not working or creating, you can find her hiking in the forests along the East Coast or indulging in Artist’s Dates to museums, cafes or spending quality time with her calico cat, Athena. Erica Ginsberg is a writer, documentary filmmaker, story consultant, and project manager with a dual background in the arts and public diplomacy. She co-founded the Maryland-based documentary film organization Docs In Progress and served as its founding executive director for more than a decade. She co-hosts The D-Word, a peer-to-peer global online community for documentary professionals. As an artist herself, Erica has long been interested in the topic of creativity and particularly the psychology of creativity. She co-directed a film called Creative Feds about several civil servants in the U.S. federal government who moonlight as musicians. She started a blog about how those in the creative arts can develop more resiliency and this led to her book Creative Resilience. The book and the blog help artists navigate the struggles and realities of the creative process and arts careers, including motivation, creative blocks, embracing imperfection, impostor syndrome, time management, and creating realistic expectations, healthy boundaries, and unique measures of success. In addition to working in the arts, Erica organizes professional development study tours to the United States for mid-career professionals from around the world as a Senior Program Officer with Meridian International Center in Washington DC. Frankie Rollins has worked 41 different jobs in her desire to live a life that centers writing. From demolition worker to bookstore clerk to barista to caregiver to attic cleaner, Frankie has gathered a broad understanding of the human condition, which has taught her that each writer’s experience, imagination, and voice are essential to the human community. Frankie has published a guide, Do You Feel Like Writing? A Creative Guide to Artistic Confidence, and two works of fiction, The Sin Eater and Other Stories, and The Grief Manuscript. After years of teaching creative writing in community classes, as a teaching artist in the schools, and as a full-time creative writing college academic, Rollins launched her own writing coaching business, the Fifth Brain Collective, offering one-on-one coaching, weekly creative memberships online, and live/online classes. |
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