We write... we draw... we color! Spark your creativity through writing. You don't have to be a writer or even have a daily journaling practice to attend. Nor do you have to be creative. Each evening is filled with creative exercises to spark your inner spirit and help with your journaling practice, inspire the book inside you, or inspire anything else you want to do, change, grow or increase in your life. Many evenings we work on art journal pages, mandala design or a combination of free writing …

Blue Economics is a volunteer organization that strives for economic development in impoverished communities through strategic capacity building. The broadest definition of capacity building is aiding individuals and institutions by solving inefficiencies and breaking barriers that prevent individuals and communities realize all their economic opportunities. We are a group of talented and passionate fulltime professionals from diverse backgrounds including finance, marketing, media, education, n …

A group for successful men who want even greater success with women and business. Add more horse power to your career, great car and amazing apartment with tools that work. You already have the beautiful woman, but you wonder about those exotic, sultry and sexy women you encounter during your day. Or you want to know how to reach this level. For the confirmed bachelor, recently divorced man, someone fresh out of a long-term relationship, want to date interracially, date much older, date much you …

This group is dedicated to helping you remember the magnificent soul that you already are ~ helping you shed what no longer serves your highest good so you can align with your soul's purpose. We are all about healing ~ healing energetically ~ mind, body, and spirit ~ and through creative expression ~ art, poetry, and music. We gather to experience healing together and empower one another through various spiritual practices ~ guided meditation, journaling, and creative expression. If you are inte …

This group was created to bring media professionals networking opportunities and job search help. If you're currently working in media or want to work in media join our group. Media includes television, broadcasting and cable, marketing, advertising, public relations, new media, web, social media, journalism and creative or graphic arts. We'll be holding networking events, workshops, panel discussions, social functions and more.

Navigating the stream of life keeps us so busy it distracts from what’s meaningful. Creative Oasis Meetup will help you tap into that imaginative and transformative oasis of your mind you knew as a child. What might be different is this will take place in a safe and affirming  environment.  We'll experiment with different media, bursting with a spectrum of paints, colorful papers, acrylics, images and embellishments that stir on-the-spot inspiration.  As creative juices begin to flow, life's ups …

This is a group that would be interested in getting together to share and support each other in art journaling and mixed media techniques. I find lots of support on the Internet but would love to form a face to face group in support of this type of art.

Calling all creativity-seekers! Do you keep an art journal? Do you like to explore, imagine and play? Do you want to journal, color, paint, collage or stamp with like-minded individuals? This group is for novice and experienced art-journalers to come together once a month to work on their journals, share tools and resources, laugh, play and make new friends. So gather your journal, Sharpies, images that inspire you, stamps, paint, glitter, or whatever makes you happy.

We will be reading and discussing Julia Cameron's book, "The Artist's Way". This is an active 12-wk workshop (2 physical weeks for each chapter week) with journaling, creative writing, sharing, and finding your way back to your creative self.

Did you ever want to record the events of your day or the thoughts in your heart in a more creative way than a simple written word journal? If you answered yes, then art journaling is for you! In this group, we'll get together to work in our art journals. No experience is necessary just the desire to have fun. Just bring an art journal to play in, a few art supplies and you'll be all set. Anything goes with art journaling so get rid of your fear of art and come find your playful side!

Our goal is to offer opportunities for education, making it possible to look with openness, curiosity and critical judgment at every aspect of reality. Our ideals are summed up by the suggestion to "Test everything; retain what is good." A sign of its authenticity is the ability, or at least the desire, to encounter people from all walks of life, and to look for and appreciate everything that is true, good and worthwhile in the various expressions of human life. These expressions include scienc …

Remember the days of photocopy zines? Thinking about starting your own webcomic? Want to start an autobiographical journal comic? Or work on your magnum opus of a graphic novel? The Indie Comics Collective (of NYC) is a group that will aim to provide a space for work collaboration, constructive criticism, inspiration, and of course, socialization. There are several meetup groups in the city that focus on getting together and talking about comics, but relatively few that focus on making comics an …

The Lila Group is an ongoing womens' circle using expressive arts, ritual and games to explore ones relationship to Self, others, higher self, God, soul and life path. Lila in sanskrit means "play" or "divine play." Thus "Lila" describes the existence of everything as the result of the creative play of the divine absolute. What is Expressive Arts? Expressive Arts weaves multiple modalities planned and spontaneous: drawing, painting, clay, mask making, drama games, role play, music, journaling, c …

You have the Write to Heal, this group is for women interested in Writing for Change and letting your writing be your support system with a community of other writers. This group is for any woman who is interested in learning to journal, creative writing to give voice to your story, share with other women and create a safe environment to discover, explore and understand the body, mind, spirit connection.

Visualizing big data sets with easy-to-read illustrations can help tell a story and make complex data easier to understand by more people. Hear this panel of experts discuss a range of vizualizations that may help in efforts to resist and transform criminalization: "Data Visualization in the Newsroom" Amanda Hickman, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism "Visualizing Stop and Frisk Data" Maria Elene Torre, Brett Stoudt, and Scott Lizama, Morris Justice Project "Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Re-Tel …