Calling all artists for a FREE Grant Writing Workshop by Em Ayres @emayresmusic! They will support all participants with all the ins and outs of the application process, communication strategy, and materials organizing for the MassCultural Council’s Grant for Creative Individuals. These awards are unrestricted grants of $5,000 to Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners with the intention of equitably advancing state-wide creative expression throughout diverse communities.

Em Ayres (They/Them) believes that public art is public health. As a development director, teaching artist, musician, and arts advocate, they are committed to uplifting and supporting historically marginalized artists.

Where: Sulis Studio, Arts and Industries Building, #253, 221 Pine St, Florence, MA

When: Monday, November 27th at 6:30pm.

Featuring performances by Em Ayres and Big Big Buildings

Sulis Studip #253
221 Pine St.
Florence, MA

When: Saturday November 18th, 2023, 7-9pm

Clown drops us into the here & now, where doors of imagination open & all is possible, guiding us to meet ourselves, each other & the world in fresh, often unexpected ways. The results can be affirming & liberating! The only requirement for workshops is a pinch of willingness to show up, let go, & open to the music of our attention. We do this together, through dynamic improvisation & reflection. Whether you are new to Clown, or already a seasoned performer, this work is sure to enliven your path. Improvisation, presence & listening are at the heart of our approach. Silence, stillness, & the spaces between us light our way. This is an invitation to playfully explore the poetry of being human. All are welcome!

Sarah’s approach to teaching is inspired by her adventures as a psychotherapist, language teacher, actor, musician, & more. She has discovered that Clown connects us to the poetry of being human. She weaves traditions in the expressive & healing arts, the gifts of present-moment experience & a legacy of Clown that is refreshed when it is shared.

Our friend Noah is making a special offering this month with an Intro to Somatic Practice workshop. Come explore and learn new ways of relating to your body!

Noah is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner committed to supporting explorations of embodiment and transformation at the intersections of individual and collective healing.

Thursday, September 14th 6-8pm

Please join us for the release of our friend Zoe Tuck’s poetry book, Bedroom Vowel this month on July 22nd 7-9, with readings by Britt Billmeyer-Finn, Emily Hunerwadel, Ell Davis, and of course, Zoe herself! This event is free and open to the public.

Sulis 253
Arts and Industry building
July 22nd, 7-9pm

Rachel Speck of Tropical Goth Prints is coming to Northampton from Mexico City! Join us on Saturday July 1st to learn about her creative process and her screenprinted tarot cards, shop her full lineup of creative offerings, and learn to carve your own prints.

2-3pm: Artist meet & greet and opportunity to buy any of her screen prints (on cards, shirts, bags, potholders and more). Open to the public

3:30-6pm: Workshop (which these tickets are for). In this workshop, Rachel will share about her concept of a Tropical Goth Tarot Deck with details on the inspiration and interpretation of a few cards. Then, Devon and Tasha of MXED GREENS will lead the group in learning to carve your own linoleum block and printing them together. Come for the Gulf Coast magic, stay for the creative practice time!

This ritual practice is a personal ritual grown from Danielle's personal practice and philosophies of centering and honoring relationship with Self, to then practice conscious co-creation of relationships in all our relationships. This circle will begin with a guided visualization and will move into an intuitive weaving practice on beautiful locally crafted wooden looms to create a personal ritual piece. All materials will be provided, no weaving experience necessary. Come tap into your creative intuitive powers!

Danielle is a local weaver of textiles as well as a weaver a relationships. She has been weaving for 12 years and for as long as she can remember has been studying and centering relationship (with Self and others) through mediums of psychology, somatics, ritual + magic, meditation, and the practice of weaving, to name a few.. Using the metaphor of the Weaver she centers the powers of Self to co-create relationships that imbibe and reflect the unique threads of the true Self. She teaches weaving in Haydenville at the Brassworks Building and you can find her @everythreadhandwoven or www.everythreadhandwoven.com

Join Tasha for an afternoon exploring plant-derived watercolor paints and inks, as well as lake pigments and color modifiers. Botanical inks are alive and together we will make an ink capsule of this moment of spring.

There will be ample studio time to play around with a range of colors. You will also take home some inks to continue creating!

All materials (plants, modifiers, paintbrushes, ink pens, paper) will be provided, but you can also bring your own supplies to play with! Sulis Studio is on the 2nd floor #253, wheelchair accessible via elevator in the back of the building, and masks are required

Saturday, April 22nd (Earth Day), 2-5pm

Artist talk and music night.

Sulis Studio #253
221 Pine St.
Florence, MA

May 24, 2023, 6-9pm

Folding Birds for Peace was an artist talk and workseop led by Mona Shiber and Jupong Lin. Their project was focused on coming together around peace in response to the immense loss of life and devastation in Palestine. Similar to origami, the artists demonstrated and folded paper doves and cranes which was a focusing, quieting, mindful movement of hands, eyes & heart. These birds have represented peace in many traditions. In the workshop, we imbued the intention of global well wishing into our birds. The peace bird project grew out of a shared desire of two artist friends to transform the pain of witnessing global atrocities.

Hands for Palestine was a multi-fold event that included body work sessions by donation (all proceeds went to MECA), art-making, letter writing to representatives, and contributing to the Folding Birds for Peace collective art project. There was a live soundscape, massage chair, and art-making activities that fostered connection throughout the event. The intention behind this gathering was to create a space that simultaneously held action, healing and human creativity as part of a response to the enormous loss of human life that has been happening in Gaza.