A Summer of Making
A Summer of Making
Make something — just for you, just because.
Need to know what materials to bring to a session? Keep scrolling to the end of the page.
6-week series | June 17-July 22
Tuesdays 6:30 pm ET & Thursdays 12 pm ET
This season, ALLUMA invites you to slow down, tune in, and make space for joy, reflection, and creativity. Think of it like your own grown-up version of summer camp—without the bunk beds or bug spray. Just art-making, meaning-making, and a little bit of magic.
Over six weeks, we’ll gather virtually for two kinds of sessions:
Studio Sessions — These are relaxed, open-ended creative spaces rooted in the spirit of summer. I’ll guide you through a theme, share some of my own mixed-media process, and invite you to explore alongside me. It’s about presence, not perfection.
Artful Foundations — These are more workshop-style sessions that help you deepen your creative practice. We’ll explore tools, techniques, and ways to make art-making more accessible, joyful, and rooted in your real life. From visual journaling to curating a creative space to playing with collage—these sessions are practical, playful, and deeply nourishing.
No experience is necessary. Just bring your curiosity.
Whether you join one session or all six, you’ll be part of a creative rhythm that honors this expansive summer season and whatever is "in season" for your life right now.
Scroll down to learn more about each session.
Access sessions
Single Session – $28
Access to 1 session of your choice
Purchase and join sessions as you go—come to one or come to many!
3-Session Pack – $75 (save $9)
Access to any 3 sessions
Bonus: Art Prompt Calendar PDF (46 days of summery prompts for creativity and relaxation)
Must be purchased by Tuesday, July
6-Session Pack – $140 (get one session free, save $28)
Access to all 6 sessions
Bonus: 6 session recordings delivered straight to your inbox to rewatch anytime! Can’t make it live? You’ll still get to join in the fun on your own time.
Bonus: Art Prompt Calendar PDF (46 days of summery prompts for creativity and relaxation)
Can be purchased anytime during the series
*After purchasing a 3- or 6-session pack, you can click “Use Package” to book your sessions right away—your certificate code will be automatically applied at checkout. Prefer to book later? Your code will be emailed to you and can be entered at checkout any time.
Mixed Media Mystery Mail Add-On – $23
Select this add-on when you purchase a session or schedule with a pack
A tactile bundle of hand-selected mixed media goodies shipped to your door. Think of it as a treasure box of textures, colors, and inspiration. (U.S. shipping included.)
Session Details
Session 1 - Field Notes
Artful Foundations Session | Tuesday, June 17 | 6:30-7:30 pm ET
Document your inner landscape with sketchbooks, studies, and creative reflections.
Intention:
To explore how visual journaling becomes both a creative playground and a reflective practice—part sketchbook, part diary, part experimental lab. This session invites you to begin (or refresh) your visual journaling journey as a tool for emotional wellness, curiosity, and connection.
What to Bring:
Sketchbook
Pens, pencils, or markers
Any collage bits you already have: stickers, tape, scrap paper, photos
Scissors & glue
What to Expect:
We’ll start with a quick intro to visual journaling and the different types of books and materials you might use (yes, even the ones you already have at home). I’ll guide you through a mini sketchbook tour, showing how I’ve used visual journals across the years—for doodling, note-taking, collaging, and just making sense of life. You’ll then receive a simple prompt and time to begin your own page or spread in-session.
Why It Matters:
In summer, we slow down, travel lighter, and notice more. Field Notes captures that same spirit. It’s not about polished art or perfect pages—it’s about letting yourself see and be seen in the everyday fragments of your life. Visual journaling helps ground swirling thoughts, track emotional patterns, and capture creative ideas before they fade.
Session 2 - Sunlit Remnants
Studio Session | Thursday, June 26 | 12–1pm ET
Warm hues, torn edges, and intuitive composition
Intention:
To embrace the warmth and wonder of summer through intuitive collage. This session focuses on upcycling scraps and fragments—things once discarded, now turned into something new! We will be working with the warm hues of summer.
What to Bring:
Sketchbook or paper
Warm-hued scraps: yellow, orange, red, gold tones
Found or recycled paper (magazine pages, old wrapping paper or tissue paper, receipts, etc.)
Remnants of fabric
Bits of natural materials (leaves, petals)
Glue stick or adhesive
Optional: Scissors or craft knife
Don’t have collage materials? Bring paints, markers, colored pencils, or oil pastels.
What to Expect:
I’ll guide you through a hands-on mixed media process using warm-toned bits and pieces—paper, fabric, textures—gathered from your own stash or mystery mail (if you opted in!). We’ll explore color as mood, shape as memory, and the joy of assembling something new from what’s been overlooked. No glue-stick perfection here—just play.
Why It Matters:
Summer invites resourcefulness: we gather driftwood, press wildflowers, collect shells, and memories. Collage mirrors this instinct to collect and assemble meaning. Working with warm palettes and found textures, Sunlit Remnants becomes a way to honor what we already have—and imagine what else is possible.
Session 3 - In Season
Studio Session | Tuesday, July 1 | 6:30-7:30 pm ET
Creating with what’s currently in season in your life
Intention:
To tune into what feels resonant in your life right now—what's showing up, what's calling your attention, what's ready to be expressed.
What to Bring:
Sketchbook or paper
Art materials of your choice
What to Expect:
This session invites you to notice the metaphors in your own life: growth, softness, energy, blooming, rest, or maybe wilting. We’ll explore a prompt that begins with the question: What’s in season for me? I’ll guide you through some soft inquiry and then hold space for open studio art-making.
Why It Matters:
Nature reminds us not everything blooms at once. This session offers a way to honor where you are without rushing or forcing growth. Making art in alignment with your inner season builds self-trust and reconnects you with your own creative rhythm.
Session 4 - Make Space
Artful Foundations Session | Thursday, July 10 | 12–1 pm ET
Tips, tools, and inspiration for curating art spaces—portable, cozy, or grand.
Intention:
To help you build, adapt, or rethink your creative space—whether it’s a full studio, a corner of your kitchen table, or something mobile.
What to bring:
Something to take notes with—paper and pen or a digital device
Sketchbook or paper
Drawing and coloring materials of your choice
I also invite you to create digitally in Canva
What to Expect:
We’ll talk about space as a container for creativity. I’ll walk you through examples of portable kits, tiny corners, travel-friendly setups, and more permanent creative nooks. We’ll discuss how to store materials, what to pack for art on the go, and how to ritualize even the smallest space into something sacred.
Why It Matters:
You don’t need a huge studio to make meaningful work. Summer often brings movement—vacations, shifting routines, outdoor time—so this session is about adaptability. With the right setup, creativity can meet you anywhere: porch, park, passenger seat, or poolside.
Session 5 - Layered Stories
Studio Session | Tuesday, July 15 | 6:30-7:30 pm ET
Bring memory, metaphor, and material together through intuitive layering.
Intention:
To explore your personal narrative through intuitive, mixed media layering. Each material you choose—photo, word, image, mark—becomes part of the unfolding story.
What to bring:
Sketchbook or paper
A few magazines, scraps of paper, fabric, or printed images
Scissors
Glue
Any additional materials you enjoy (oil pastels, paint, etc.)
What to Expect:
I’ll open with a short creative prompt and some reflective questions, then guide a process of layering materials with intention and curiosity. Whether your work becomes a self-portrait, a map, or a poetic mess is totally up to you. This is an open invitation to play with meaning, texture, and time.
Why It Matters:
We are made of layers: old wounds, emerging wisdom, held memories, half-formed dreams. Art gives us a chance to hold and explore all of it—without needing to explain. This is a space to create, not decode. Let the process speak first.
Session 6 - Night Swim
Studio Session | Tuesday, July 22 | 6:30-7:30 pm ET
Make space for winding down, dreamy reflections, and soft summer release.
Intention:
To close the series with a restful, reflective space for art-making under the metaphorical night sky, where we integrate, soften, and celebrate what we’ve created during this summer series.
What to Bring:
Sketchbook or paper
Your choice of drawing, painting, or collage materials and tools
I will be using mixed media in cool hues of blue, green, and purple
Optional: A candle or ambient light to set the mood
What to Expect:
With gentle music and minimal direction, this session is more spacious than structured. I’ll open with a small closing prompt—maybe a question, maybe a poem—and then you’re invited to create freely. Think quiet marks, soft palettes, soothing gestures, and intuitive flow.
Why It Matters:
Summer can be so full—it’s easy to forget to pause and feel it all. Night Swim is a night cap for your creativity, a hammock for your inner artist. A final exhale. A way to honor your process and tuck it into memory.