What’s Coming Up At Conspire Studio
A SECOND OFFERING OF
Flowers for Abed: Insights and Inquiries from the West Bank with Sonia Marcus
For a second time, we are offering this space for Sonia Marcus, changemaker, meditation teacher and former Executive Director of Southern Dharma Retreat Center, to share her stories and experiences doing protective presence work in the West Bank. Sonia will begin her journey back to the West Bank the day after the event. With this knowledge, in addition to inviting participants to be witnesses to Sonia’s stories, we also consciously intend to create a container of care and support, offering blessings to Sonia as she prepares for the next chapter of her journey, and beginning to weave together a web of ongoing engagement with this work.
What will the event look like? After we settle into the space together as a group, Sonia will share stories, along with videos and photos, in three parts. Each section of storytelling will be followed by a guided process intended to make time and space for digesting what we’ve seen and heard, with the final process being a non-conversational creative activity (no skill or experience needed) that allows us to turn our responses, prayers, and intentions into something tangible. We will witness our own creative work and have time to connect with one another after the guided process is complete.
Please be aware that violence and violent language will be mentioned in the stories that are shared. We’ll have hot tea and snacks and designated spaces for folks to care for themselves as needed.
Saturday, March 28th 4-6pm
registration required, limited space
a cozy space for creative rest & coherence in troubled times
OUR CREATIVE COWORKING SPACE IS NOW OPEN!
$5/DAY THROUGH THE END OF MARCH
$5/DAY THROUGH THE END OF MARCH
CREATIVE COWORKING HOURS
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
12-5pm
12-4pm
6-10pm
12-5pm
12-5pm
Bring whatever you’re working on.
We’ll provide:
art supplies
snacks & tea
inspiring library (real books)
creative prompts
fast Wi-Fi & plenty of outlets
table, floor, window seat & couch space
quiet time | stimulating music (depends on day)
cozy & energizing vibes!
Our art supplies are sourced with ecological impact in mind and include:
varied paper
pastels, crayons, colored pencils
markers
acrylic, gouache, & watercolor paints
collage materials
air dry clay
We are unable to accommodate:
music practice
in-person meetings
projects that create wood/other dust
Zoom meetings (unless listening on headphones)
power/loud tools
oil paints
No booking needed, just show up!
At Conspire Studio, we offer guided creative practice and one-on-one coaching sessions that encourage resilient and soulful ways of being in times of change.
We believe that creative practice is a way to cultivate skillful responses to uncertainty, challenge, and change. Through creativity, we find unexpected pathways to coherence when it seems impossible to make sense of what’s happening in the world or in our personal lives.
Find out about other events hosted at Conspire Studio here
What People Are Saying
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There is something so genuinely resuscitating about being in the Conspire space and its energy. The content of each class pulses vital and poignant and the guides (Kim & Dani) always (always) share such an illuminating presence, soulful comfort, warm inspiration, and gentle wisdom that your blood remembers.
— Kyle G.
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In this space, there is no pressure to be anything but who you are in that exact moment, no expectation, no judgement. We shared a reading, posed questions, sought meaning; some shared, some had private musings. The atmosphere was gentle, the room buzzed with quietude. And meaning. I will definitely be returning again and again.
—Suzy M.
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The container created by Kim and Dani is both spacious and intimate. Their group sessions provide a balanced mixture of quiet self inquiry and journaling, sharing with partners, and group discussion questions. The space for art creation encourages acceptance and individual expression, with quality art materials. There is so much intention in the studio space itself, you will find yourself feeling very cozy and inspired.
—Alivia M.
