UGLY ART, REAL CURIOSITY,
& FRIENDSHIP THE WAY IT USED TO HAPPEN
1st Sunday of Every Month 11:00 AM
THE INVITATION
Remember how you made
friends as a kid?
You didn't network or make small talk over coffee. You just showed up to play. You were curious and asked questions without overthinking them. You made ugly art side by side and laughed when it turned out weird.
Friendship happened in being and experiencing things together. In the curiosity and in the creating without it needing to be good. You didn't perform, you just showed up and were yourself.
That's the invitation here.
Friendship forms the way it always has, naturally, messily, and joyfully, when you stop trying to make it happen and just keep showing up.
Once a month, we gather to be together, make messy art without pressure, and allow friendship to form the way it used to. No agenda except to show up, create, and be curious about each other.
This is your monthly sleepover. Your space to just be.
THIS IS FOR YOU
If you want to create and make friends as an adult
You don't have to be crafty. You don't have to be outgoing. You just have to be willing to show up.
✦ You want the simplicity of childhood friendship, just showing up and being together
✦ You want real connection but you're tired of small talk and networking
✦ You're curious about people who are different from you
✦ You want to create without it needing to look good
✦ You need a regular space to show up, be yourself, and let friendships form naturally, without forcing them
HOW IT WORKS
The more you come,
the deeper the
friendships.
Each month is complete in itself; you can come once and have a real experience. But what builds over time is something different: the particular warmth of walking into a room and already knowing people. The particular ease of friendship that has history. That's what happens when you keep showing up.
EACH MONTH
A new creative activity. The same open space.
The activity changes, announced beforehand so you know what's coming. But the purpose stays the same every time: being together and creating without pressure. Messy hands encouraged. No artistic ability required. We're not here to make something impressive. We're here to make something together, which is a completely different thing.
I. Opening Circle
We drop in and authentically connect. A moment to actually arrive in the room before we start creating. The opening circle is where the month's friendships begin.
II. Creative Time
The month's activity, side by side. Curiosity and conversation that goes deeper than surface. Ugly art that nobody's judging. The particular ease of making something while talking about something else entirely.
III. Closing Circle
We appreciate our time together. A moment to notice what was made, what was shared, and what wants to continue. Some of the best conversations start here, after the activity has broken the ice.
THE SPACE WE HOLD
A room that makes
curiosity the practice.
The agreements here are about what kind of community we're building over time, not just what happens in a single gathering. These are what make this different from every other social thing you've tried.
✦ ALLOW CONNECTION ACROSS DIFFERENCE
With people you might not usually talk to. Across identities, backgrounds, life stages. That's where the most interesting friendships form.
✦ WE MAKE UGLY ART TOGETHER
We're not here to produce anything impressive. We're here to make something side by side, which turns out to be one of the fastest ways humans become friends.
✦ CURIOSITY OVER PERFORMANCE
We ask real questions. We're genuinely interested in each other. We don't manage impressions, we just show up.
✦ TEN WOMEN MAXIMUM
Always. Small enough that nobody disappears. Small enough that everyone gets known over time.
✦ THE POP-UP RULE
If you talk about work, your responsibilities or to-do lists, you must immediately stop and do something spontaneous and silly.
THE DETAILS
DRESS CODE
Sleepover Cozy
Every time. Come in your comfiest pajamas. We're making messy art, dress like you don't mind if something gets on you.
WHAT'S PROVIDED
Art Supplies & Everything Else
All art supplies, sleeping bag, pizza & popcorn, music & good vibes. Everything you need to show up with nothing but yourself.
WHEN
1st Sunday, Every Month
11:00 am. A rhythm you can count on. The same time every month so it becomes part of how you spend your Sundays.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
✦ No membership or ongoing commitment required, come as often as you want
✦ Pay per gathering or packages available
✦ Optional: bring craft supplies you love and want to share
✦ Optional: bring a snack to share, food is one of the oldest friendship technologies
YOUR INVITATION
This is your
monthly space
to just be.
As we grow together, we'll co-create what this becomes. But the foundation is already here: a room where you can show up as yourself, make ugly art next to someone, ask questions you actually want answered, and let friendship happen the way it always has: through showing up, over and over, until the room starts to feel like home.
Come once and see what it feels like.
Come back and feel what changes.
Bring a friend who needs this too.
P.S. You can come to one month and not the next. You can drop in and out. But the magic happens when you come regularly. That's when real friendships form.
P.P.S. Don't worry about being "crafty" or "artistic." We're making ugly art together. We're here to be with each other, not to make something impressive.
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