 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:
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 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.  Tribe 55+, a collective of creative Black women over 55, proudly presents “From Root to Sky: Our Ancestral Paths and Boundless Dreams,” an inspiring exhibition that
celebrates heritage, resilience, and boundless creativity. This dynamic showcase runs from May 4 to May 31, 2025, at MAXgallery in Baltimore, Maryland. Through visual and literary arts, “From Root to Sky” explores the profound influence of ancestral legacies and the limitless aspirations that drive these artists to create and enrich their communities. The artistic diversity of styles and mediums in this show guarantees that there’s something to appeal to everyone. Learn more about Tribe 55+ and the exhibition events here. Exhibition Closing Reception Saturday, May 31, 2025 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM MAXgallery 126 N. Madeira Street Baltimore, Maryland Join us for a joyful celebration marking the close of From Root to Sky, an extraordinary exhibition honoring the creative journeys of 17 Black women through powerful visual art and personal storytelling. We are honored to welcome The Honorable Kweisi Mfume for closing reflections, and excited to feature the soulful sounds of Baltimore-based, Grammy considered jazz guitarist Kevin Jackson. Kevin Jackson’s performance is sponsored by Spark Your Creative Coaching. Come for the community! Stay for the joy! Leave inspired! Signed copies of Creative Sparks: 21 Affirmations and Inspiration for Creativity at Midlife will be available for sale.  Author Panel Discussion
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 6:00 pm The Ivy Bookshop 5928 Falls Road Baltimore, MD 21209 The Ivy Bookshop will host four local authors with wonderful new books on the relationship between emotional life and creative practice will be speaking on the topic of Emotional Resilience and Creative Practice : –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 This one-of-a-kind panel will be moderated by Leslie Gray Streeter as they share their work, research, and thoughts. Whether you’re a veteran creator, just starting out, or at a moment in the middle, this discussion is for you. All books will be available for purchase at the event. RSVP Here! ~~~ 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. Leslie Gray Streeter is an award-winning journalist and columnist for the Baltimore Banner. She is the author of the memoir Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like “Journey” in the Title, the cohost of the podcast Fine Beats and Cheeses, and a frequent speaker on grief. She is also a slow runner, an amateur vegan cook, and a fan of Law & Order. Leslie lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her son, Brooks. For more information, visit www.lesliegraystreeter.com.  Capital Workspaces
4701 Sangamore Road Suite 100N Bethesda, Maryland Saturday, May 10, 2025 12 pm - 3 pm ET A book signing and share event featuring local DC/MD/VA authors: Sharon Burton, Sandra Davis, Jen Packard, Sherry Stein, Dr. Sandra Wilson, and Marcie Wolf-Hubbard. Free and Open to the public. Event will feature author readings, book sales/signings and light refreshments. Register at the button below. |
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