We (Mireya and Rosy) are artists and creative arts therapists living in the Bay Area. What began as a longing to create a freeing arts practice for ourselves became a deep desire to provide an authentically enlivening experience for others. For over a year, we explored the questions, "What kind of conditions would just naturally, organically nurture the creative process in people? And, what kind of structure and container could safely hold and guide a diversity of experiences?" Once we found ans …

We are citizens of the world living in the Bay Area. We are creative. Writers, poets, painters, readers, researchers. We love to create with our minds and hands. We meet once a month in my home and eat, drink , talk, bring our art to share and create a loving supportive community.

… We add to the book by meeting in small groups to go through the sequence together, to congratulate each other on work accomplished, to commiserate on work not accomplished, to nudge each other a little from day to day, and to generally give support to whatever’s happening with your creative work. The purpose of the Meetup as a whole is to organize these small groups. About one new group a month is created; group-creation happens whenever we have enough new people in a given area. So far most of …

Do you knit? Embroider? Paint? Quilt? Scrapbook? Write poetry? Bead? Do some other creative art or craft? Do you want to create something special for yourself, friends, family or for charity? Would you like explore creativity with others? In this meetup group you will be supported as you create, are inspired, or even help another member learn a new craft or art.

What:  Queer & Feminist Creativity-Cultivating Salon Why: We hope to create an environment that supports and cheerleads for all manner of our own and each others’ creative endeavors. We are transplants to northern California and want to help build fierce artful community here in the Bay Area by crewing for each other, sharing knowledge and tools, encouraging and stimulating each others ideas, sharing the things that inspire us, helping each other to set and meet deadlines and, above all, to be b …

San Francisco creative professionals making our town the best place in the world to be a working creative.

Monthly workshops held around the Bay Area to help writers at all levels tap into the power of the creative unconscious in drafting and developing stories, poems, plays, and essays. Led by award-winning instructor Clive Matson.

WE ARE MERGING THIS MEETUP GROUP WITH BAY AREA CREATIVES   THE NEW GROUP WILL HAVE MORE EVENTS AND THUS BE ABLE TO OFFER MORE TO THE COMMUNITY

The goal of this group is to impart knowledge. In every meeting to cover tips, tricks, powerful features as well as little known tools of the Creative Suite.

NOTICE: As of 11/7/11, this Meetup group (formerly known as 'Creative Cooks') is under New Management. Greetings Bay Area Creative Cooking Enthusiasts!   Do you love to cook gourmet dishes, or just wish you knew how to cook? Maybe you have (or, maybe you haven't before) traveled to places like Indonesia, South Korea, Philippines, Ghana, Ethiopia, Morocco, Iran, France, Russia, Columbia, Jamaica, or Alabama, but wish you could taste some of these and other authentic foods right in your own back y …

Intuitive Painting classes/workshops utilize painting as a tool for self discovery and spiritual exploration. This is a revolutionary way of unblocking creative potential and facilitating personal transformation. Through the use of spontaneous intuition and the Point Zero method of self questioning, participants find their authentic painting expression. Fears and judgments that have blocked creative energy can be used as the key to unlock the source of your passion and creative potential. Usi …

If you love the idea of working with other creative people in a positive, creative, and supportive environment, nothing will inspire you like being a member of "Light Study". Light Study is a purpose driven meetup. It is for advanced photographers to develop and master skills of studio lighting and photography, to come and share their knowledge and develop new skills and techniques, and for models, hairstylists, and make-up artist to work with these photographers, to push the limits of their cre …

Dance with your Muse in dynamic, synergistic Theatre of the Feminine Workshops!  Share wisdom, wit, ideas and insights with others travelers equally passionate about unleashing their creative potential. “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel & kiss the ground.“ Rumi.   About Suellen: Suellen brings a wide repertoire of skills and rich experiences to her work with men and women over the years. She has served as a creativity coach and mentor to aspiring artists, …

Welcome to The Writers’ Place! This Meet-Up is for aspiring authors who would love to take writing and creativity classes in a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Skip the bridges and tunnels. Join Creativity/Writing Coach, Barbara Millman Cole and Freelance Editor and YA author, Karen Morison-Knox, for classes on writing, editing, and creativity. Transform into the writer you want to be. Barbara and Karen, both award-winning authors, will help you discover the joy of writing and the secrets to writing …

The definition of Artists Who THRIVE: combining creative freedom with business savvy. The mission of Artists Who THRIVE is to support artists, from all walks, to successfully combine their creative freedom and business savvy so that they may thrive. And thriving means effectively marketing and selling their art. This growing global community of artists includes painters, jewelers, photographers, videographers, designers, musicians, and more. We explore business and marketing strategies that are …

… We will be posting videos and writing that brings consciousness awareness and shows us the positive changes that are happening to inspire us and spark our own creative impulse. We encourage people to share videos and comments about what you are doing in the community and how we can support the change you would like to make. Please participate in the beauty of human creativity with us!