Creative Departures is where creators of color gather each month to recharge, learn, and build. Step into a room of photographers, painters, designers, and makers ready to share space and trade insights. Gain real-world perspective from an inspiring guest speaker, get hands-on in an open studio session, and find your creative community. Every departure is a new launchpad.
Call for artists: BIPOC Animated Short Showcase
Our first one. Animated shorts, GIFs, and motion pieces from local BIPOC artists, screened live on the big screen this September.
If you make moving art, we want it in the room. 30 seconds to 3 minutes. Submit by August 27.
Event is Free
to attend
That $5 postcard helps us pay our featured artists and speakers for their time. It’s how we make sure there’s always a next one.
If you want to give a little more, we set up a community donation option right in the RSVP. No pressure. Just an option.
Here’s what’s waiting for you.
We do this every month so you have a chance to find your people every month.
An open creative session.
Bring whatever you’re working on. Sketchbook, laptop, canvas. No judgment. Just make stuff alongside other people doing the same.
A collectible postcard for $5.
New design every month, made by one of our artists. Keep it. Frame it. Send it to someone.
A free lecture every month.
A local creative gives their time and shares how they’re building their practice. Real experience. Real stories. Things you can actually use. And it costs you nothing to be in the room.
Esther Bryce
Founder / Interior designer
Lianne Wilson
Broker
Jaden Smith
Architect
Jessica Kim
Photographer
