Seeking a writers group but need to meet during the day? Meet other local writers and let creativity bloom! We'll spend 45 minutes writing our brains out in the wonderful company of our peers and 15 minutes sharing work or talking about current writing life challenges and successes. This meetup is for those of us that have difficulty attending events in the evenings. All events will be scheduled in daylight hours.

The Seattle Games Cooperative is a grass roots organization focused on helping game makers develop games, make connections, and advance their craft.  We meet monthly to discuss topics related to game development ranging from building a game in Flash to creating an awesome character in Blender.  We invite you to join us; Designers, artists and programmers are all welcome.

Meet people practicing Earth Skills, which includes the study of nature, survival, wildlife tracking and birding, herbal medicine and wild edible foods, natural arts and music, traditional technologies and permaculture. This site is maintained to post our classes, camps and workshops taking place in your area. Regular programs in your area include our homeschool family classes which run monthly during the academic year from 1-3 pm, afterschool-classes-by-request from 3:30-5:30 pm, and our adult …

This meetup uses Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way principles and framework to explore and expand our creativity! This group is great for: Creative dabblers People who don't consider themselves creative, but want to be Creative Entrepreneurs Professional Artists who want to keep pushing their creative edges People considering a change to a creative career This Meetup Group is founded by Victoria Dzenis and Kate Phillips, two Certified Professional Coaches, each artists in their own right. Vic …

This group is for Photographic Artists. Those who translate their energy and being into art as seen through a viewfinder.

Do you want to bring your big ideas to life? If life were a party, what would you like to be invited to? A wedding? The launch of a business? A 6 month trip to Europe? $100.000 raised or earned? This Meetup will provide you with powerful tools to apply to the projects in your life, allowing you to achieve results. It will introduce you to the growing and dynamic world of life coaching, offering the opportunity to explore and take advantage of life coaching. People have a chance to share what …

Meet other amateurs and professional who use the tools of the trade (Traktor, Reason, Ableton Live, ProTools, CuBase, VSTs, MIDI controller boards, etc...) to make their own electronic music.

In five words or less: Nerdy Artists Hangout & Draw Comics! (does an ampersand count as a word? is "hangout" one word or two?) Our goal is to bring together people who want to make comics or video games to hang out over drinks and snacks, show off our latest works, share ideas and (of course) draw comics. Our attendees are comprised mostly of comic illustrators, with the occasional writer and game developer. We have had a few seasoned professionals at our table, but the vast majority of us do th …

Social Impact! Social Media Workgroup seminars and workshops are lectures with hands on engagement. Bring your laptop and spend some time learning new skills and planning your social media strategy. You get the benefit of new information, group brainstorming and an opportunity to ask those burning questions about social media. Our members are entrepreneurs, bloggers, photographers and artists, content creators and social media pros. Our goal is to explore new developments in social media. These …

I will never forget the day when I fell head over heals in love with my first yarn project! Couldn't-put-it-down-stayed-up-way-too-late-and-was-tired-at-work-the-next-day kind of love. Have you had this happen to you?  Join us and we'll explore and share our yarn-love together. This group is for all levels of crocheters, knitters and any other kinds of crafty types. Let's see how many I can rattle off...cross-stitch, rug hooking, Macrame', beading, embroidery, artists of any type, scrap booking, …

House concerts and small venues are a great way to experience your favorite musicians in a more intimate and informal way. At a house concert there is no bad seat, because you are all just sitting in the living room while the musician plays just feet from you. Intermission usually includes chatting to the musician about what inspires them or why they wrote a particular song. There is usually shared food and a great opportunity to meet your fellow concert goers. Unlike big venues you really get t …

Have you been wanting to get out and draw? Have you wanted to meet other artists? Why not do both together? This group is not a bland list of events going on, but an active group of artists of all levels that are also interested in being social and hanging out. We will be drawing in parks & museums, drawing occasionally from the figure, and bar sketching? Yes, perhaps! Join us and let the drawing commence.

Introduction The purpose of this project is to get  artists to combine their limited free time and energy with others in order to create a full length feature or series. Goals Create a fresh story with believable characters and a definite underlying message. Develop preproduction materials to a fine polish so that we can easily pitch the project. If it is a series we will produce a pilot episode. Who should join? Screenwriters 3d Artists Cinematographers Visual Generalists Communications Maj …

Calling all stitchers, quilters, sewists and crafty gals of all varieties! Let's get together for a little "me time" away from the house, the kids and the distractions, and spend some stress-free hours working on all of those unfinished projects we'd love to finish! Wouldn't it be great to relax, laugh, have some fun and be inspired by the creativity of others? And you don't have to travel to Seattle for this one---we get together right here in the South Snohomish County area. What are you waiti …

A comunity for furs everwhere in the evergreen state to get togeather and have a fun time!

If you are a crafter, painter, collage artist, think you would like to try your hand at art for the first time or just want to express your creativity without spending much time, space, or money come join us. Art experience is not necessary; I had never had an art lesson but was able to create ATC’s right off the bat once I knew the “rules”. ARTIST TRADING CARDS are miniature works of art created on 2 ½ X 3 ½ inch card stock. They are originals, small editions and, most importantly, self-produce …

Artists and artisans speak monthly on some aspect of their professional success both aesthetically and in how they have created successful creative business. Drawn from the community of artisans in the Best of the Northwest art shows and their colleagues, individuals will share what they do and how they do it. Diverse fields from photography to fine craft, glass to fiber artists, artists associated with nwartalliance.com will be sharing their stories.

Creating art and making friends. This MeetUp Group is for anyone who seeks to improve their skills and share their talents with others. Perhaps you have a degree in metal smithing, or have been doing wire work and would like to increase your skill level. Maybe you have never touched a jewelry tool in your life but have had a secret passion to create wearable art. My intention is to develop an inspirational group where we can share creative ideas and techniques while supporting one another to bec …

Are you fairly new parents in Seattle or the Eastside looking to have family meetups and PARENT'S NIGHT OUT? Are you tired of the following: 1. pretending you like sports, 2) explaining that a TARDIS is not an offensive term, 3) that a Walker is a zombie and not just for the elderly anymore, 4) telling people that you love SyFy and getting a blank stare, 5) explaining that comics are still groovy 6) going to people's homes and finding that they have NO BOOKS AT ALL, 7) explaining what an OED is, …

This is a group for game developers, designers, artists, sound designers, musicians, and all other related disciplines. This includes everyone from the professional AAA workers to the independents, hobbyists, and those with an interest. We will have informal meetings in the Seattle area where people can demo and share their work, spend time working on projects, and interact with others with similar interests.

Are you a poi spinner or other type of flow artist or object manipulator looking for daily(ish) practice sessions, skill shares and/or workshops in the Everett area? Do you love to express yourself through flow, and relish watching others do the same? Do you want to learn to spin poi or staves, hula hoop or master other skill toys? Come join us for a chance to get together with like-minded people as we strive to better our lives and the lives of those around us through the Flow Arts. All are wel …

This is a group for folks living in Lynnwood and the surrounding area who would like support to pursue their writing passions. Although non-fiction writers are welcome, the purpose of this group is to focus on developing a support group for creative writers. Monthly meetings will include suggested prompts and other writing exercises, as well as possibly developing a Facebook page or other venue for sharing writing between monthly meetings.

This group is centered around movement and philosophy. Movement is something we obviously all do, and all have different perspectives and experience with. You might be a dancer, waitress, yoga practitioner, qigong student, martial artist, football player, cross fit athlete, swimmer, doctor, psychologist, actor, etc. All of those roles will give a person a different focus and set of values for how they want to move their bodies. So what do we do? We take the skills and strategies each person ha …

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We meet to Share, Create and Build Community. Many of us spend too many hours isolating in our creativity. Let's get together to SHARE our work, ideas and inspiration; CREATE together rather than alone and isolated; and BUILD a COMMUNITY of caring artists (crafters) interested in our neighbors. All skill levels and types of creativity are accepted as being applicable to our group. We may expand our group to include art speakers at some point or informative & inspirational topics such as selling …

The Graphic Artists Guild is committed to improving conditions for all graphic artists (including, but not limited to: animators, cartoonists, designers, illustrators, and digital artists) and raising standards for the entire industry. The Seattle Chapter holds monthly workshops from September to June on topics ranging from business-building to technical developments and design challenges. It's a great way to expand your skills and network with other visual creatives.

The American Fashion Guild is an organization comprised of professionals in the American, commercial fashion industry. The AFG is the premier outlet for honoring achievements in the fashion industry and supporting the American fashion community. The AFG Fashion Award is a peer-presented award to honor artistic and professional achievements, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the fashion industry. The AFG is expanding its goals from the important work of recognizing the best through …

This group is centered around movement and philosophy. Movement is something we obviously all do, and all have different perspectives and experience with. You might be a dancer, waitress, yoga practitioner, qigong student, martial artist, football player, cross fit athlete, swimmer, doctor, psychologist, actor, etc. All of those roles will give a person a different focus and set of values for how they want to move their bodies. So what do we do? We take the skills and strategies each person ha …