An online creative workshop exploring the anatomy and sensations of threshold experiences, led by a Museum Studies researcher
~ RSVP for your preferred time ~
(Same Workshop, Offered twice)
One hour | Live on Zoom | Recording included | $25 USD
How does it feel to begin something new? How do you hold both where you’ve been and where you are going? What is your relationship with liminal spaces?
The Art of Beginnings is an online workshop—a pop-up retreat—for coming together to reflect on the sensations of beginning something new. Through a series of creative exercises inspired by museum visits, we’ll play with new ways of paying attention to the moment of crossing a threshold.
Beginnings are liminal spaces, where the past meets the present to weave the future. This can be disorienting. The gift of this disorientation is the invitation to reorient, to figure out where we are and choose the way we want to go.
Let’s welcome in the new year by befriending beginnings, in community.
This retreat might be right for you if:
You want to cultivate creativity, imagination, and play
You feel exhausted and need some space to yourself to reflect and dream
You enjoy museums, or
You do not enjoy museums
Materials you’ll need:
A few pieces of blank paper (any kind will do: printer paper, fine watercolor paper, a spiral-bound notebook, the back of pharmacy receipts...)
Writing instrument(s)
A room of your own, as much as that may be possible
Optional: an idea for something that you’re about to begin that makes you feel big feelings
If you’re unable to attend live, a recording will be available for a limited time after the session.
I’m in!
RSVP here:
(Same Workshop, Offered twice)
One hour | Live on Zoom | Recording included | $25 USD
Meet the Facilitator
Marina Gross-Hoy (she/her/elle) is a Museum Studies PhD candidate and writer based in Québec. She writes about playing with new ways of paying attention to embodied experience. Her newsletter The Museum Gaze explores how observing our lives with the same gaze we use in museums can open us up to wonder, compassion, and empowerment. Her writing has appeared in KHÔRA, Mothering Spirit, and Anthrow Circus. You can find her at marinagrosshoy.com and @marinagrosshoy.