We're opening 2026 with our 8th (!!) round of The Artist's Way. If you're looking for a little structure and a heavy dose of communal inspiration to keep going through dark and weird times, we've got you.

Julia Cameron's trusty book The Artist’s Way is one of the best creative tools we've come across.  This book, first published in 1992, is a collection of exercises and explorations undertaken over 12 weeks to unlock and bypass creative blocks & fears, and to get you to start doing instead of listening to your own version of creative static.  More on the book is here, here and here.  

Every week, each group will be meeting online to check-in, share experiences and work on weekly tasks together.  We love being able to offer this online format to help you navigate in and around your everyday schedule, and to bring together like-minded souls from near and far. All you need is a copy of The Artist's Way and a notebook to write in.

The Artist's Way Correspondence Course will run for 12 consecutive weeks, starting January 11th. If you need to miss a session or two along the way, don't worry - we'll be sending out regular recaps (and of course, you'll have the book to follow along with.) Group meeting times/dates may shift slightly based on each group's needs.

Participants will choose ONE group to join:

SUNDAY AM (10 to 11:30AM) with Kathlyn and Susan

This group session is especially for parents and caregivers who are trying to find time to nurture a personal creative practice.

The Sunday group meets for 12 consecutive weeks starting January 11.

SUNDAY PM (5 to 6:30PM) with Pat and Gwenno

The Sunday group meets for 12 consecutive weeks starting January 11.

WEDNESDAY PM (7 to 8:30PM) with Francesca

The Wednesday group meets for 12 consecutive weeks starting January 14.

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Series Fee:  Pay What You Can (Suggested Fee $150/participant)

All profit for this series will be donated to Fareground to address local food insecurity.

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Our Course Facilitators -

Pat Angerame is an educator, and has designed programs to integrate movement and the arts into core curriculum for special needs populations.  She is a fiber arts enthusiast, newbie uke player, sourdough wrangler and sometime writer. Pat will be co-facilitating the Sunday PM session.

Kathlyn Carroll is a librarian and mother of young kids who is always trying to find the right balance between parenthood and creative pursuits. Kathlyn will be co-facilitating the Sunday AM session.

Susan Trotiner Conway has a background in fashion design, and loves to experiment with all kinds of mediums.  She is currently focusing on playing with clay and making life an adventure with her two young children. Susan will be co-facilitating the Sunday AM session.

Gwenno James is a textile artist and teacher. She has found The Artist's Way to be helpful and inspiring along her creative path and feels grateful for the tools which Julia Cameron shares. Gwenno will be co-facilitating the Sunday PM session.

Francesca Robledo is a potter, tile maker, and gardener turned textile and wallcovering designer. Lately, she’s been wandering deeper into printmaking, hand sewing, and greeting the dawn in the woods and marshes of Philipstown, where the light is always worth waking up for. She is the proud mother of a fine human completing an Illustration degree at FIT.  Francesca will be co-facilitating the Wednesday PM session.

Grace Lo is the owner of Supplies for Creative Living, artist, lapsed landscape architect and lover of all things furry and/or green. This will be her 5th time doing The Artist's Way and she's excited (and a little worried) about what it will uncover this time around.