Artist’s Way Workbook Club

A 12-Week Creative Practice & Community Group

Creative Haverhill is bringing together a small group of local artists, writers, makers, and creative humans who want to build a consistent creative practice and find community by working through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way together.

This is not a class or a lecture series. It’s a low-pressure, supportive peer group designed for people who want accountability, encouragement, and space to show up honestly in their creative lives. The goal is simple: create regular creative habits, deepen your practice, and build relationships with people who get it.

If you’ve ever started The Artist’s Way and drifted off, or if you’re craving structure and community to support your creative work, this group is for you.

Program Overview

Purpose
To create a structured but flexible peer group where artists can develop sustainable creative habits, explore The Artist’s Way together, and build real community along the way.

Structure

  • 12 weeks, meeting weekly

  • Group size of 6–12 artists

  • Sessions are 75–90 minutes

  • In-person meetings preferred

  • Facilitation rotates weekly

  • Shared group chat and/or Google Drive for check-ins and encouragement

What a Typical Session Looks Like

Each weekly gathering follows a gentle, repeatable structure so everyone knows what to expect:

Opening Grounding (5 minutes)
A quick creative energy check-in to arrive and settle.

Week-in-Review (20–25 minutes)
Sharing how Morning Pages and Artist Dates went, plus one win and one stuck point.

Chapter Discussion (30 minutes)
Conversation around 2–3 key themes from the week’s chapter, with optional reflection or short writing prompts.

Mini Creative Exercise (10–15 minutes)
Fast, playful, zero-stakes activities to loosen up and reconnect with creativity.

Closing Intentions (5 minutes)
Each person names one small, doable creative intention for the week ahead.

Curriculum Focus

Each week centers on one chapter of The Artist’s Way, including themes such as:
Safety, Identity, Power, Integrity, Possibility, Abundance, Connection, Strength, Compassion, Self-Protection, Autonomy, and Faith.

Community Norms

This group is built on care, trust, and encouragement. Together, we commit to:

  • Showing up as we are

  • Prioritizing consistency over perfection

  • Offering encouragement only (no unsolicited critique)

  • Protecting the psychological safety of the group

  • Allowing creativity to be weird, slow, joyful, confusing, and non-linear

Optional Extras

  • Buddy system for extra accountability

  • Weekly artist-date brag thread

  • Midpoint social gathering in Week 6

  • Final celebration or shared zine in Week 12

Want to Learn More? Join the Info Session

If you’re curious but want to hear more before committing, we’re hosting a Zoom info session where we’ll walk through the program, answer questions, and talk about who this group is best suited for.

Artist’s Way Workbook Club Info Session
📅 January 7
🕖 7:00–8:00 pm
📍 Zoom

Whether you’re feeling creatively blocked, ready to recommit to your practice, or just craving community, we’d love to see you there.

Zoom Link
Sign-Up Form