Creative Expression Circle

A welcoming community gathering for music, movement, visual art, spoken word, storytelling, performance, and creative connection.

Express • Connect • Grow Come spend an afternoon in community sharing creativity, connecting with others, and supporting one another’s growth. 🎶 Music 💃 Movement 📝 Spoken word 🎨 Visual art 📖 Storytelling 🎭 Performance ✨ And whatever else you feel called to bring Creative Expression Circle is a space to bring what lives inside you and give it room to be expressed. We welcome many different forms of creativity and create a supportive space for people to share their work, explore their craft, and experience one another’s expression. No particular level of experience is required. Bring something polished, something you’re still developing, something completely improvised, or simply yourself.

How the Circle works We gather in a circle and make space for people to share their creative offerings, one at a time. Each person who shares decides how they’d like the community to support their offering. You might invite others to jam or play along, move with your offering, add accompaniment, improvise with you, offer a particular kind of support, give growth-focused feedback, or simply witness and hold space. Collaboration is always optional and happens at the invitation of the person sharing. Feedback is also optional and only offered when requested. We’ll make room for as many individual offerings as time and the flow of the gathering allow. There is no pressure to lead or perform. Listening, witnessing, supporting, joining in when invited, connecting with others, and simply being part of the experience are all meaningful ways to participate.

Bring whatever you’d like to share or explore 🎵 Music 💃 Movement or dance 📝 Poetry or spoken word 🎨 Visual art 📖 Stories 🎭 Performance ✨ Experimental or interdisciplinary work 🌱 Something we haven’t thought of yet Creative practices that unfold over a longer period of time are welcome too. Painters, makers, writers, and other artists are invited to create throughout the gathering rather than needing to fit their work into a short performance or presentation. If your practice requires equipment, materials, additional space, power, amplification, specialized performance equipment, or another kind of setup, please reach out beforehand. Part of the vision for this community is figuring out how we can build the infrastructure needed to welcome an increasingly diverse range of creative expression.

Come comfortable The Magic Mansion has seating and cushions available, but you’re welcome to bring anything additional that helps you feel comfortable and settled. If you prefer a particular cushion, floor pillow, or other compact seating option, feel free to bring it along. 🥨 Optional potluck snacks are welcome too.

Community-supported • Pay what you can Creative Expression Circles are community-supported and offered on a pay-what-you-can basis so that finances never need to be a…