Project Society is empowering makers, DIYers, crafters, artisans, tinkerers, etc... to come together and create and build crafting businesses. We are organizing meetups for individuals to demonstrate or instruct on how they craft, and people will be able to purchase the materials before or after to make that item. Or, crafters and makers can just come and mingle and make their own items. Host: Want to invite some friends or learn about something in particular? You can let us know, we'll find a …

This group is for people interested in collaborating on fun and eduational polymer clay projects. We are about: learning by crafting, creating open educational content, youtube, using polymer clay millefiori as visualizing tool , claymation, making tutorials, video editing. See examples on openclay.org We meet at the Open Fine Art Gallery in Berkeley openfineartgallery.net

Pique assiette is an old French folk art, where one takes broken china and anything else that's interesting to look at and turns it into something creative and amazingly beautiful! We get together on Sat. afternoons to laugh, drink, do therapy and, oh, mosaics.

The Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a world-wide event that helps a community explore creativity and re-use through a clothing swap and series of DIY craft and sewing workshops. Erin Scholl and Jennifer Alexander are the local coordinators of this amazing and inspirational event and every year Swap-O-Rama-Rama gathers for the ultimate celebration of creativity at Maker Faire in San Mateo in May. This group is a way to keep it going year round, bringing people who are interested in sharing and learning ideas …

This workshop utilize painting as a tool for unblocking creative potential, self-discovery and spiritual exploration. You will learn how to use the method of self-inquiry to help you with your creative blocks, doubts and lack of inspiration. Join us if you want to learn how to enjoy the process of creating, if you want to find your own creative expression and experience personal transformation. No art experience is necessary.

This meetup is where Visual Artists come together to talk about Art and Business. It is a forum where enthusiastic Artrepreneurs come together to find ways to live, sell, and market their talents. If this is you, let's meetup! Online and In Person! See you soon. Jennyann

Some years ago, this started out as a scrapbook group but what it has become is much more than that.  We are a collective group of ARTISTIC CRAFTERS working on various projects.  We are not the typical crafting group that you see in crafting stores on a Friday night.  We are ecclectic and diverse, have a great time exploring our creativity, and  some of us actually do work on scrapbooks.  We also participate in activities and excursions outside of our craftrooms, and food is an important element …

A meet up where artists from Marin (or beyond) come to talk about art and art related things.

Meet other women in your community for friendship! Gather with women in your local area who share the same goals and interests as you. Participate in Brunch Meetings, Watch Movies, Do Recipe Exchange, Go Shopping, Go To Dinner & Dancing, various Arts & Crafts including stamping, scrapbooking, card making, etc.. The possibilities are endless? This group will have something for everyone!!

This group is all about bringing your visions, dreams and goals into reality by using images, words and the art of collage. Plus a little glue. The purpose of this group is to provide a space for visual, right brain types to organize and express their wants, needs and desires in a way that makes sense. I've chosen to hold these classes on the new moon because it is the perfect time to set intentions, feel good, be inspired and focus. It is a time for beginnings. I hope you'll join me to create y …

Founded in 2011, our group now has over 150 members, and this is SOME of what they do: making collaborative sculpture, making music, crafting, making video and film, making art in the environment, dancing, contact improvisation dancing, creating dances, being a bodyworker, creating collages, creating 3D illustration, writing plays, writing poetry, writing screenplays, cooking, making ceramics, , knitting , painting, drawing, tinkering, being silly, playing, making music, making rhythm, drumming, …

Instead of hiring someone to faux paint for you, learn to do it yourself. All you need is paint, the object you would like to transform and your imagination. The rewards are endless. Don't throw out something no longer in style, recreate it. Save from dumping into the landfills, save your money. I will teach you to paint an old lamp, a piece of furniture, update your kitchen or bathroom cabinets, etc.

My hope for this group is to provide a space where soulful creative women can come together to connect , share , be creative and make new friends. Whatever your spiritual path is, whatever you like to create..this will be a space committed to positivity and growth, open minds and hearts,  and honoring our diversity..hopefully we can learn from and inspire and support each other on our paths..Some meetings will be for sharing and getting to know one another, others will focus more on creative pro …

Sonoma County, California is the ideal place to pair wine with creativity. This group is designed for adults in the wine industry or anyone who loves wine, 21 and over, who also loves to paint. Each participant agrees to take a turn at bringing a bottle of wine that they would like to share with others during an evening of painting and socializing. We will have an introductory period with check in and time to discuss the wines brought, then 90 minutes to paint.  The remaining time is for set up …

A collective of residents in the general Gerstle Park area of San Rafael who are interested in connecting as a community through potlucks, gatherings, events in the Park (yoga, tai chi, meetups), share skills & resources (tools, books, garden beds, or the simple last minute egg you don't have on hand for a recipe). We are about creating a strong community and embracing all ages, genders, races, relationship statuses, faiths, beliefs and economic brackets. Let's celebrate our awesome community to …

Are you a home brewer that wants to meet other home brewers? Or, would you like to learn how to brew your own beer? This group's for you! The San Francisco Homebrewers Guild was established to serve as an organizing force for the local homebrewer community. Our goal is to encourage the art and craft of homebrewing and to bring local brewers together. Join us for monthly events including homebrew shares, brew days, commercial and home brewery tours, meet-the-brewer parties, style classes by pro b …

American Canyon Fine Art People Photography + Off Camera Lighting + Beer This Meetup is aimed at photographers of all skill levels that aspire to transcend the “craft” of portrait photography and want to push their work into the realm of Fine Art. What is Fine Art Photography? Fine art photographs are made primarily for aesthetics and concept rather than for a practical purpose. Department of Motor Vehicles driver’s licence photographs are a good example of a portrait done with a practical purpo …

Do you want to learn to make - or get even better at making - your own all-grain homebrewed beer (or wine or mead, soda, etc) in a supportive, fun group? A lot of women want to homebrew but feel intimidated by the science, the jargon, and the equipment. A lot of women hang around or help while "the guys" are brewing, but are afraid to take on this often very male hobby for themselves. All women (-cis and -trans) welcome. Let's brew do-it-yourself all-grain together, share our experience and curi …

[color=green][b]WELCOME![/b][/color] Our events are for all us singles who want to GET OUT and have some FUN! Not that we don't love our couple friends too, but they always have to leave early (or can't come at all) because of the kids, the house, etc.  This group is for those of us who have more free time and want to make some new friends while having some FUN! There are more of us single people in the bay area than you think, so leave all your friends who are couples at home and come out to …

This meetup group is for brand new and expecting moms who are looking to connect with other moms in Hercules and the surrounding area.  I started this group so new moms like me could meet other moms, share their experiences, learn from one another, build friendships for our children and ourselves, and lose the baby weight together while having fun with our little ones.  Activities might include stroller walking, field trips, story time at the library, arts and crafts, going out for lunch to kid …

I'd like to keep this group going. I am personally interested in learning more about cinematic techniques with emphasis on affordable movie making. I am currently exploring my new Canon 5D Mark II, and would like to better understand the arts of lighting, editing, sound, etc. I'd like this to be a collaborative, projects-oriented meetup where people can do hands-on experiments, as well as having general discussions about cinematic craft. Please let me know your thoughts. Suggestions about meetin …

COME ONE COME ALL - KNITTERS and CROCHETERS! Let's sit and knit/crochet on Thursday evenings, at Cast Away Yarn, in Railroad Square. This is an amazing time and place to meet other crafters and work on our projects. Use this meetup to socialize with others who also love yarn, knitting, crocheting, talking and laughing! Lets get together and share ideas, projects, techniques. patterns, etc. Bring your project bag, pick-up a coffee or tea and lets meet on Thursdays from 5-8 (drop-in during any par …

Let's get together for activities in Sonoma County, like going to concerts, movies, art openings, discussion groups, walks with and without dogs, game nights, playing music, hiking, doing crafts or artwork together, potluck gatherings, and whatever else strikes our fancy!

This group is for like minded individuals in the San Francisco bay area who are interested in seeing what the city has to offer. We'll have social gatherings during the week, and on the weekends we'll plan trips outside of the city or just gather for a BBQ in the park. This group is for young professionals around their Mid 20's to Mid 30's. I'd love to have people who are entrepreneurial at heart and want to meet others who are just passionate about their work as they are about their social li …