Community Membership

Your year-long creative journey awaits

Find your creative home at Studio Unfurl. Tuesdays are for Unfurling! We gather online at 5 or 5:30 PM ET.

Over four courses led by our mentors-in-residence, Lavinia Spalding and Colette Hannahan, you’ll build holistic storytelling skills through an immersive practice of sketching, painting, and writing.
Online courses will be held twice a year, winter and fall. Flights will include four writing and four art sessions.
All sessions will be recorded.
Find inspiration from conversations with renowned artists and brilliant creative minds. Thoughtful one-hour discussions are facilitated by our mentors-in-residence with the opportunity for community Q&A.
All guest chats are recorded.
Kickstart creativity with mentor-led, interwoven writing and art prompt sessions.
Group meet-ups provide ongoing accountability, collaboration, and camaraderie. Community Salons range from pop-up classes led by subject matter experts within our community to Pitch Parlours.
Ongoing WhatsApp group chat available for real-time group interactions and community sharing. Topic-based channels such as word harvest, creative practices, and pitching + submissions sustain momentum.

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Interwoven Creativity

Expert-led learning. Year-round creative exploration

Colette Hannahan's sketchbook featuring artwork from travels in Nepal

The Art of Journal Sketching

Four-Week Generative Art w/Colette Hannahan

In these experiential and meditative sessions, we’ll have fun developing our painting and sketching skills while building a travel journaling practice we can take with us on journeys—both at home and abroad—through prompts and mini art lessons.

Two workshops per year. One per semester

Lavinia Spalding, author of Writing Away and series editor of The Best Women's Travel Writing, with her journals

Writing That Moves

Four-Week Generative Writing w/Lavinia Spalding

In this generative course, we’ll discuss the essential elements of strong storytelling and develop new essays from beginning to end. We’ll write together from innovative prompts, read inspiring published essays, and share supportive, constructive feedback.

Two courses per year. One per semester