Do you love art, or are you an artist looking to connect with other talented local fine arts and photography artists? Join AZ Art Promotions for events coming up throughout the Valley as we recognize, share and promote local artists' work.

Painting is a lonely pursuit. Finding other "ArtHeads" to talk about art can be hard. I don't mean highly intellectual stuffy discussions, but rather the thrill, magic, and frustrations of making art. This group gets together around town to go look at art, discuss art, give feedback and technical support to each other, visit members' studios, share information to help our careers, and just celebrate art and artists. Once we have a core group, I would like to suggest we do some community work a c …

I host monthly themed photography events and workshops in Tucson Arizona, each month a different exciting location and theme. For experienced and beginning *photographers, models, stylists,bodypaint artists, makeup artists and anyone else with a love for art. All of these events* include professional makeup for the models and a hair stylist (when available) and food and drink  ( unless otherwise specified) PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION BELOW BEFORE COMMITTING TO ANY EVENT By attending an Arizona …

Do you enjoy taking pictures of family, friends, vacations, special events, nature, animals, etc.? Do you have hundreds, maybe thousands, of photos just gathering dust on your hard drive? Join Our Meetup and Learn How to: Edit and enhance your digital photos Manage your photo collection Create cool photo effects Create Artistic Projects: Web Photo Albums Photobooks Calendars The East Valley Photoshop Elements Users Group is for people interested in learning how to edit, enhance, organize, a …

Monthly opportunities for guys to get together to gain important insights, embody true confidence move beyond pick up techniques, ask relevant questions of qualified coaches and other dudes that have been there, general bullshit, shenanigans and epic levels of support for each other. This is a group for guys between ages of 21 and 61 that want to get great with women and being socially successful. There will be chances to interact with professional attraction coaches in both casual social situat …

Welcome to the East Valley Writing Workshop! This group is set up to serve writers in the Chandler, Mesa, Tempe, and South Scottsdale areas. Our group is a forum in which you can join fellow writers to discuss creative writing in all it's forms; from poems to short stories and novels. All skill levels are welcome to join. If you are looking for editing, critique, or a diverse crowd to inspire you, this is a great place to join. We currently have evening meetings on Wednesdays and Thursdays, as w …

Tucson Young Professionals is a group of young business and community leaders focused on the promotion, attraction and retention & growth of young professionals in Tucson. This Meetup is a portal for our official group, Tucson Young Professionals. For by-laws and our mission statement; please visit: www.tucsonyoungprofessionals.com Our group has an age requirement of 21-40 years of age to become an official member. Please contact us if you have any further questions or comments regarding our gro …

Are you a knitter, crocheter or quilter? Do you collect beads, Aida fabric or scrapbooking supplies? Meet other local Craft Makers to trade ideas and show off your Creations! Want a group where you can come and work on a project, and talk with other adults doing the same? Need a break from work and family? Kids driving you nuts? Just need some plain ol' "me" time with some grown-ups? If so, this group is for you! BYOC - Bring your own craft! Just about any type craft or hobby is welcome as lo …

Phoenix Screenwriters Assoication (formerly  PSPG) provides networking and educational opportunities for Screenwriters in the Greater Phoenix Area. We have workshops, speakers, socials and writing labs that help to imporve your writing skills and sell scripts. This group is all about screenwriters and promoting screenwriters. We welcome any screenwriter or filmmaker who wants to write and finish projects. Whether you are a Newbie or Professional, you will find our group benefical. Check us out a …

This meetup is for musicians, songwriters, producers and other recording enthusiasts that use Cubase, the fantastic but complicated recording software from Steinberg/Yamaha. The purpose of the group is to: Share our knowledge and expertise so we get the most out of this fabulous product. Find new ways to make creative use of Cubase in our recordings. Network with fellow members and collaborate on projects. Anything else the group wants to do... Every meetup will include some combination of the …

This is a group for all skill levels,  both amateur and semi-professional photographers, models,make-up artists & hairstylists interested in working in and around the commercial & glamour photography industry. Hosted by an award winning, working pro whose been published nationally, this group mainly meets in a large professional & air conditioned studio with plenty of backdrops and props& lighting. We also have great outdoor settings to choose from. In our workshops photographers will learn new …

For anyone who loves the classical guitar... Listeners, players, performers, teachers, makers, composers - aficionados at any level - are invited to come listen, learn, share, play, and socialize. Let's enjoy and advance the wonderful music and art of the classical guitar together!

This is a group for folks who love to make music.

Empress Connections is a meetup for Tucson women who have committed to inspiring and healing the community with their individual and special gifts. In this meetup, we gather together to enjoy networking and communicating our heartfelt missions and visions to one another. We are a group of spiritual teachers, healers, and artists. We all are learning to access our feminine power, and we share our diverse “goddess-given” talents to serve others in many arenas. Meeting together, we will have the op …

The intro to improv comedy class will familiarize you with the fundamentals of the art. Learning these principles will help you in business and life, and, most importantly, it will be fun! We'll use interactive improvisational games to learn the following: dialogue rules, staying present, using repetition and patterns, listening, and most importantly, saying "Yes, and..." At the end of the 5 week course you will get to perform at one of the greatest theaters in Arizona in front of your friends …

Rebel Filmmaker is the meetup for anyone, young or old, experienced or inexperienced, good looking or hobbitesque, who has ever dreamed of turning a premise into a production. We are Technical people, creative people, screenwriters, directors, actors, production designers, voice artists, producers, etc. We are Rebels. Lets make a movie.

The objective of this chapter is to preserve and encourage the art of rug hooking and to foster the highest standards of excellence in the practice of the art through a program of education and study. Rug hooking was one of the earliest crafts practiced in colonial America by the English settlers.  America's earliest hooked rugs had both utilitarian and aesthetic value.  They prevented drafts and chills and offered a touch of beauty in rustic homes.  Their creation was also a means of recreatio …

Take control of your dating life! Don't wait for the right one to come along, go out and find them. We are group of men dedicated to improving social intelligence through systematic application of dating science. Through combination of theory and field experience, we improve ourselves in game. We constantly push each other to achieve our best, enhance our strengths, and solve our weaknesses in all areas of life.

We are singers and instrumentalists who meet in public places to share the gift of healing and affirming songs that build common ground. You should join us if you love impromptu singing of mostly familiar comforting songs of affirmation and healing in unison and in parts. At each meetup you can expect: written musical scores to guide you rotated multiple singings of each song a written survey to give your feedback and suggestions for location and music steady and compassionate leadership

Are you interested in digital scrapbooking? This Meetup group will be dedicated to using Photoshop Elements to create artistic digital photo layouts using various elements, such as backgrounds, textures, frames, type, effects, and third-party digital scrapbooking kits. What is Digital Scrapbooking? Digital Scrapbooking is the process of creating scrapbook pages or cards using photo or image-editing software. Digital scrapbookers import digital photographs and scrapbooking graphics into their ima …

The word "mandala" is the Sanskrit word for "circle," yet a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a symbol of life itself - a visual diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds. Carl Jung once said, “I knew that in finding the mandala as an expression of the self I had attained what was for me the ultimate.” Together we will explore the use of mandalas within many spirit …

MomMe Dance are dance classes geared for the dancer/older student/dance enthusiast who are not yet done. Are Any Of these You? *The Mom who sits outside of a dance room while their child is having classes *Someone who has always wanted to take dance classes but for one reason or another never got the chance or had the time. *The mom whose kids have left the nest and you are ready for a new challenge or hobby. *A dance student that wants to return to dance after many years being out of the game. …

Most Photoshop instruction centers on techniques useful for digital or graphic artists. Digital editing of photographs is a secondary concern. This group is dedicated to training interested photographers in the skills necessary to make improvements to their images through the use of Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and similar editing programs..

this group will meet to learn and play bluegrass, traditional, old time, and folk music. Only acoustic instruments should be used.

We are into sustainability in all areas of life. We are forming on the ground eco-villages in the Greater Tucson area. If you like green, intentional community, secure healthy food & clean water, sustainable survivability, nature and the environment, spirituality over religion, indigenous ancestor wisdom, science and technology adapted to ethical human uses like do it yourself solar and alternative energy technology, and believe in a bright wonderful joyful and fun filled future for mankind rega …

I have no set topics for this group because I want the members to have a say in what journal writing areas they want to explore. Journal Writing has been around as long as the written word itself and the general benefits of journal writing are many, but here are some of the most common: 1) Help you to better accept the losses you experience in your life 2) Help you to better express yourself in personal letters to love ones or business letters. 3) Help you deal with the emotions involved with …

The Tucson Writers Workshop & Meetup group is a community that supports and encourages its members by sharing knowledge, information and feedback about the writing life and the business of writing. Our evolution as a group and the success of both the workshops and the regular meetups is based on a pro-author/writer ethos, and is a strongly motivating and intensely rewarding experience from any standpoint. The art and craft of writing can be learned in many ways, but is often a lonely pursuit. Ho …