Doodling seemed to imply, even in the name, that it isn't to be taken TO seriously.  Neither is this group for that matter... This is a place to explore your artistic side, drawing, cartooning, journaling, sketching, painting or that font you've always wanted to create.  I hope we can in insure a lot of fun and exploration, with like minded folks. This is meant to be a low key, supportive space, where we can learn and push ourselves, while thoroughly ignoring our inner critics. I hope you have a …

This group will meet to explore all the ways that expressive arts (especially art journals, visual diaries and vision boards) can help us understand and express who we are in the world, make meaning of our lives and the events in them, and move us closer to the lives we envision for ourselves. We'll spend some time each meeting exploring a new technique or theme, give everyone some time to work on a personal project, and share what we discover. No experience required!

The Graphic Novel Bookgroup reads in as wide a range as there are literary genres. The one commonality is that they all involve stories told with the aid of pictures - sequential storytelling. Obviously, this definition does not limit the content, and, if you were to browse several graphic novels, you’d find striking variety: memoir, journalism, literary fiction, humor, experimental, abstract, underground comix, sketchbook/journaling, superhero, mainstream, manga, manwha, the list goes on. Like …