Mindful Making: Body-Mind Aligned Art

Sun Aug 23 2026 at 11:00 am to 02:00 pm UTC-07:00

1255 Wold Rd | Friday Harbor

Alchemy Art Center
Publisher/HostAlchemy Art Center
Mindful Making: Body-Mind Aligned Art
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In this class we will drop back into our bodies, gently bringing the mind to settle. We'll explore art making from this space.
About this Event

Access to our own creativity, while always theoretically present, is often heavily shrouded by interference from our overactive minds. Our daily stresses and concretized narratives around "who we are" and "what we do" or "don't do" can serve as immobilizing creative blocks. In this class we will drop back into our bodies, gently bringing the mind to settle. We'll explore art making from this space - of intentional unified presence, and self compassion.

Bring your curiosity, and a willingness to slow down.

This class is taught by visiting artist Emerald Vernon-Lapoe. Emerald joins us for July and August from the Bay Area. You can learn more about her here!

This class is held in the dome on the original AAC campus at 1255 Wold Rd. Directions and parking information will be included in your confirmation email.

Registration: Please register early if you are able, as it helps us to assure that classes meet their minimums in order to run! If you register more than three weeks before this class begins, a 20% early bird discount will automatically be applied to your ticket at checkout.

A Note on Ticket Pricing: We are offering sliding scale tickets in order to keep our classes accessible to as many community members as possible. There are three price tiers. Sustaining tickets help us continue to invest in programming. Full price tickets cover the costs associated with running classes. Accessibility tickets are priced below what it costs for us to run a class. If the cost of a full price ticket is a hardship, we encourage you to purchase a sliding scale ticket. If you can pay the full price or sustaining price, please choose that option so we can keep providing arts programming to the community.

Tuition assistance is available for Alchemy classes and workshops if finances are a barrier. Apply for tuition assistance here.

Image credit: Lee Merrion Harriet

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

1255 Wold Rd, 1255 Wold Road, Friday Harbor, United States

Tickets

USD 21.73 to USD 43.46

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