Art and Alchemy
A Lightly Guided VIRTUAL Reflection and Maker’s Circle for Creative Souls
Making is a form of meditation, and conversation is a form of connection.
Some go to yoga. Others walk in the woods. We gather virtually once a month from our own creative nooks to slow down, reflect, and make together.
Pajamas welcome. No art or philosophy degrees needed. No masterpieces expected. Just a chance to reconnect with yourself, reflect on what’s real and be in community with other creative souls as we all navigate this journey called life…together.
What to Expect
One Sunday a month, we meet online for 90 minutes to make and reflect together.
Each session includes facilitated discussion on a theme of the month plus a lightly guided making project that invites reflection, play, and creative courage. Join the conversation and follow our maker’s prompt or bring a creative project of your own that’s been calling for your attention. Both are welcome.
We open with a shared intention and some artistic inspiration, then settle into our own rhythms while reflecting on what’s real in our lives. Quiet making, gentle and joyful conversation, optional project sharing at the end.
This is a nook for creativity and a sanctuary for reflection. We hold our space with care, not critique, so come as you are and we’ll meet you there.
Why This Matters
Gathering in circles to connect and create is a practice as old as time - one too many of us have lost touch with in this fast paced, modern world.
Across time and cultures, humans, especially women, have gathered to make quilts, clothing, food, medicine, and more. These gatherings have never been just about the task; they’ve also been practices of connection, support, and soft power - ways of sense-making the world and weaving ourselves into it.
Art & Alchemy carries this lineage forward.
Here, gathering in circles to reflect and create is fun and nourishing - and also a way of unlearning urgency, undoing separation, and returning to a deeper rhythm in ourselves and with one another.
Each month, we shape art that shapes us. We create small, beautiful things that loosen perfection, compost old patterns, and spark joy.
But the real point isn’t what we make: it’s that we show up and make space for ourselves and each other in a world that conditions us away from this.
And in doing so, we begin to dream aloud a different way of being - one stitched slowly, side by side.
This Space Is For You If…
You crave dedicated time to reflect and make - yet sometimes struggle to protect it.
You’re looking for a ritual of return - a simple way to care for your creative self and be more present in your life as it unfolds.
You want gentle companionship and conversation while you create and sense make the world, without the pressure of a class or critique.
You’re excited about light structure and guidance, slow magic and giving yourself permission to color outside the lines…in your making and your life.
The Rhythm of Our Circle
Each gathering is 90 minutes - enough time to settle in, make, reflect, and leave nourished.
You can stay longer if you’d like…we often do.
Arrival (10 min)
We breathe, land, and open the circle. A poem, a question, or a spark of inspiration to set the tone.
Inspiration + Supply Peek (10 min)
We share the creative lineage behind our lightly guided project (maybe illuminated manuscripts, tarot decks, or wabi-sabi bowls), get inspired by artists and makers the world around and walk through some simple supplies.
Making & Conversation (55 min)
Hands to paper and paint. We offer light structure to get you started and keep you flowing. Detours and interpretations are always welcome. As we make, conversation flows —unforced, unhurried, with a few gentle prompts to spark connection and reflection along the way.
Witnessing + Sharing (15 min)
We share our emerging masterpieces in whatever form they’re in, name what surprised and delighted us, and witness each other without judgment.
Closing (5 min)
A line of gratitude, a hope for our month, a reminder that the creative spirit follows us back into our kitchens and calendars.
A Season of Circles
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November Project: Junk Drawer Art
Sun, 11/9
Before we buy another supply, let's see what we already have. We'll wander through our homes like treasure hunters - gathering bottle caps, cardboard, fabric scraps, junk mail, things that have been waiting to be seen. Drawing from assemblage artists, the resourcefulness of folk traditions, and the magic of making-do, we'll transform the mundane into something beautiful that matters. For learning to see your life as material and remembering that creativity starts with noticing, not shopping. -
December Project: Notecards for the Unnoticed
Sun, 12/7
Behind every smooth moment lies someone's careful attention. This month our guided project honor the tenders, the rememberers, the smoothers of way and invites us to acknowledge the thousand small kindnesses that make life work. Inspired by the mail art movement, the Japanese tradition of omiyage, Sophie Calle’s photography of daily gesture, Mierle Laderman Ukeles “Maintenance Art” performances, we’ll collage cards and take a few breaths to recognize the unsung labors of love around us. For understanding that attending to the small details is a form of care that deserves to be witnessed. -
January Project: Blueprints for Becoming
Sun, 1/11
What if your new year began with a book you made with your own hands? Not resolutions. Not rigid plans. But a handmade journal - part compass, part confidant - for holding what you're noticing, what you're calling in, and what wants to emerge in the year ahead. We’ll draw inspiration from folk book arts, the field notebooks of explorers, the grimoires of kitchen witches, and the wild scribbles of inventors who thought sideways and stitch together our own “books forbecoming” - for notes and nonsense, sketches and spells, for tracking what calls and what quiets, for mapping what matters and dreaming in directions you haven't tried yet. -
February Project: Constellation Keepers
Sun, 2/22
When was the last time you made something that glows? This month, we're making lanterns. Not the fancy kind — the kind you punch, cut, and fold from paper, then fill with a little bit of LED light. The kind that casts shadows on your walls and reminds you that sometimes the smallest light is enough. We'll draw from traditions that understand this: Polynesian navigators who crossed oceans by starlight, papel picado artists who turn paper into lace, shadow puppeteers who make magic with their hands. Together we'll make vessels that hold a little light, and take time to remember that we don’t always need floodlights to find our way. Sometimes a pinhole is enough to navigate by.
All of our Art & Alchemy sessions are pay what feels aligned because we believe that creative spaces should be accessible to everyone. We trust that when met with honest invitations, generosity finds its rhythm.
So come as you are. Give as you're able.
Together, let’s sustain the care it takes to hold this space and support the wider web relationships we are all a part of.
Give What Feels Right
Hi, we’re Alice & Megan…
Your circle hosts and fellow makers.
Making is our meditation. It’s how we find our way back to presence when the world gets loud. How we soften the grip of our inner critics. How we stretch our imaginations and stay connected to wonder. How we turn Sunday afternoons into something sacred.
We believe creativity is a life-force that lives in each of us even if it’s gone quiet for a while. We’re here to hold a space where you can gently and joyfully honor and reconnect with your inner creative. Come explore, play, and get a little messy with us.
Bring your too-muchness and not-enoughness. Your hands, heart and that half-baked idea that floated through your mind last Tuesday. We welcome it all.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Nope. You just need to be curious. That’s all. We’ll meet you there.
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We’ll send you a simple supply and prep list when you register for a session. Everything is easy to find, under $10, and often things you already have at home—think markers, scissors, glue sticks, cardstock. We don’t mail supplies; we keep it simple so your kitchen table can become your studio.
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You’ll get the recording for 48 hours after the session.
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Each session is whole. You don’t need to start at any particular place or catch up. You’re never late or lost.
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Not even close. This is soul composting and creative seeding. Grief alchemy. Joy medicine. Play as prayer. Glitter, glue, and grace all rolled into one. Magic in the making.
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Our founder, Alice, alongside of other members of The Unlearning Studio, guest artists and creatives.
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