Stay at home and join us as we read and discuss Ask together during April, Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month. This will be a good opportunity to read a book with your friends and build community during this period of isolation. All discussion meetings are online via zoom and you can join with your computer or

Let’s dive in to Loving Kindness Meditation (also called metta meditation), self-first. Practicing this meditation cultivates compassion toward self and others – the root of happiness.

Cassie will walk you through how to take your own paper materials and turn them into a bound journal. At the end of the workshop you will have your own journal that you can customize and use as a place of inspiration, creation, or release. You can use this journal any way you would like

Join Ampersand and Corbin-based artist Cari Calico for this workshop for survivors to create abstract pastel self-portraits.  Cari will guide us through a bold, colorful, and imaginative style of self-portraiture which will be paired with a brief discussion of the role of art and self-care in recovering from trauma. Don’t have any experience with pastels?

We’ll expand on Loving Kindness by learning and practicing a type of meditation called “tonglen,” which is a method for connecting with and relieving suffering for ourselves and others. We’ll also weave in preparation for the shift of the seasons.

Learn calligraphy by writing quotes and creating beautiful pages. Alana Maubury Hunter teaches calligraphy in a unique manner that stresses practice for pleasure and relaxation using time tested techniques that remove painful practice from the equation. Learn how to make the letterforms properly from the start and how to figure out step by step what

Learn calligraphy by writing quotes and creating beautiful pages. Alana Maubury Hunter teaches calligraphy in a unique manner that stresses practice for pleasure and relaxation using time tested techniques that remove painful practice from the equation. Learn how to make the letterforms properly from the start and how to figure out step by step what

Join Ampersand and Berea artist Sarah Campbell for some creative collaging! Ampersand will provide basic materials which you can add to from your own home.  In these unsettling times, take some time to connect to what you want to let go of and what you’d like to call in.  Want to let go of perfectionism

On this Autumnal Equinox, we’ll practice meditations for the season with particular focus on harvesting and letting go – giving ourselves a sense of lightness and freedom to live life to its fullest.

Thursday, September 24th, 6:00-7:30pm Join Ampersand and Berea-based artist Alejandro Galeana-Salinas for this mixed media art workshop.  Ampersand will provide all materials for pre-registered participants as Alejandro guides us through this workshop using a variety of drawing supplies which will focus on exploring one’s identity and resiliency after trauma.  If you are looking for a way to connect to your own self-empowerment in the face of hard times,