Are you a designer, writer, editor, illustrator, graphic designer, web master, event planner, marketing specialist, human resource pro, audio/visual guru, artist?? Do you work for yourself or from home and sometimes need a break in the middle of the day? Then let's get together and brainstorm, network, socialize, or just hang out. Nothing better than making friends, building our contacts and having fun!

Meet other local writers and let creativity bloom! Come to a Writers Meetup to review work, trade literary tips, make friends and have fun! All aspiring and accomplished writers are welcome! We are creating the most supportive, engaging and empowering writing group in New Jersey! We are creating a community of practice where people who want to learn more about writing can come and find out how exceptional writers create and maintain their effectiveness, professional writers can hone their craft …

We are a new group of singers, musicians and performers of all sorts that will get together for networking events, group jams and live music events in the Hudson County area. My name is Rich Casella and I have been the organizer of the NY Singer Songwriters meetup group hosting many events in NYC for close to two years and I want to bring the success that we have enjoyed to Northern NJ! I am starting in Hudson County and I want to say that I'm very excited to begin this new chapter of growth …

Guitar lovers and guitarists - welcome to the NYC Guitar Group! The NYC Guitar Group is for everyone and everything guitar- to bring us all together as a guitar community: guitarists, guitar students, guitar teachers, guitar makers, guitar sellers, guitar technicians, songwriters, composers, guitar managers, and everyone who loves the sound of the guitar.  This group is for you. Even if you've never held a guitar before, come join us and discover a beautiful instrument! Our mission is to bring t …

Jalopy Theatre offers 5 series per year of music classes for mandolin, ï¬?ddle, banjo, guitar and ukulele for adults, in a class setting of a maximum of 7 students. We offer beginner, intermediate and advance levels of instruction. We hope to make learning an instrument both approachable and fun. With a light-hearted, song based learning style, students begin learning songs immediately. A class series runs for 8 weeks for $245 prepaid or if you don’t have an instrument, you can rent one from us …

This mission of this group is to help you reach your writing goals. We meet approximately once a month and the group meeting format will change from time to time and will tend to alternate between writing exercises, writing time, group coaching and some small talks on creativity. The group is led by Karmen Lizzul a writer, artist and professional coach. Karmen has her MFA in writing from Vermont college, a BFA from the School of Visual Arts and has recently been trained as a professional coach …

Who We Are: We are a growing number of ukulele enthusiasts of all skill levels, from all walks of life, and different backgrounds who share in the love and respect of the Ukulele! Our Mission: Learn to play as a group. Improve our ukulele skills. Spread the joy of ukulele music. Just have fun playing the ukulele. Assist aspiring Ukies in their learning process. Why The Uke? The ukulele is the happiest, most accessible, and easiest string instrument to learn. Also, ukulele is the pe …

This group is for people who are interested in Swing/Lindy Hop and West Coast Swing classes and events in New Jersey. The Artists' Lab offers Group Classes, Workshops and Private Lessons in Lindy Hop, Balboa, Carolina Shag, Foxtrot and West Coast Swing in New York City and northern New Jersey. Anyone can learn! Bringing a partner is not required. All classes will rotate partners. You'll learn the footwork and moves, and you'll also improve your comfort level and skill at partnering and commun …

Welcome artists and friends of the arts! The Middletown Arts Group is a place for artists and art lovers to share news of their arts related activities and work. The group was started to update Middletown residents and friends from surrounding communities about happenings at the Middletown Arts Center (MAC). The MAC offers exciting arts classes, programs and entertainment for all ages and abilities. We hope members of our group enjoy meeting each other and sharing their passion for the arts th …

Sure, writers join writer's groups, actors join actor's groups, directors take the credit, and producers . . . well, they produce, but has anyone thought to hold a recurring party where people who work in different aspects of film can mingle and get to know each other? I started The NYC Filmmaker's Karaoke Group to create a fun place for people who work in film -- that means you set designers, makeup artists, and production assistants -- to meet and mingle with other film professionals. Anyone …

The Creators Project is a global culture and technology initiative created by Intel and Vice in order to showcase artists, musicians, and filmmakers, and enable them to realize new artworks. The project includes an online community, a content creation studio, and global events. We bring together hundreds of artists using technology to push the bounds of creative expression. The Creators Project meetup series will showcase exemplary artists and ideas at the intersection of culture and technology, …

This group is for singer/ songwriters, artists, musicians, DJs, photographers, dancers, etc or even anyone that just enjoys live bands. PlayMusician is a group founded by musicians, we promote local art and music and proactively engage in showcasing local talent through various events with eclectic themes. We believe that there is a large talent of untapped artists who do not get the opportunity to showcase their talent due to a day job or various other life factors. We welcome Originals and   …

Calling all PAINTERS, WRITERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS, ACTORS, COMEDIANS, SINGERS, ETC ...! Whether you are an ARTIST or an ART LOVER I'd like to welcome you to the ARTBEAT, my storefront studio in Rahway's up and coming Arts District. I'm a NYC multi-media artist who moved back to Jersey and this studio is where I do all my stuff so I was thinking - I would love for it to be a place where creative people of all types can meet, make things and show their work AND a place for creativity appreciato …

All the cool and up and coming music - Great shows! Fun! Music! Drinks! Great for the up and coming musician as well as music lovers!!!

As actors, dancers, musicians, visual artists and people working in creative fields, many of us have spent years honing our artistic skills and talents but have neglected to focus our efforts on strengthening the left side of our brain-the business-oriented side. Yet as creative professionals, we must develop and possess skills entrepreneurial and business skills to get ahead and showcase our talents while taking control of our finances and careers. At this meetup group, you will be introduced …

Think Hemingway and Stein going at it in Paris or the artists around the Algonquin Round Table. We're looking for deep discussions among artists about philosophy, politics, and, of course, art. If you are craving intellectual stimuli for your artistic work and for your soul, this is the group for you. The purpose of this group is to feed the soul. We may have themes some months, or free talks other months. We'lll explore some painters and musicians and writers and how they are relevant to our wo …

Evolver Meet-Ups connect and celebrate the city’s visionary artists, holistic warriors, permaculture activists, DIY pioneers, mystics, shamans, slow food farmers, yoga practitioners, and spiritual renegades who are creating a diverse, resilient, and abundant new paradigm for a sensible and modern lifestyle. We use our Meet-Ups, to incubate and crowd-fund new projects, and host "conversations" with amazing thought leaders probing the edge of our transformative culture. Our new meet-up programming …

We are a group of fabulous, creative, entrepreneurial minded fashion, design, & art professionals that would like to make a business out of our creative talents.  Together we can build on our passion for fashion a create a strong network! The fact is, most creative people want to make a living out of what they love to do, but find it difficult as they haven't learned the basics of business to survive! This forum invites people who are entrepreneurial-minded driven individuals (boutique owners, …

We are an intentional community of artists, healers, teachers, organizers, dreamers and spiritual adventurers. We are looking to enrich our experiences by sharing them. We know that through community we can create something bigger than any one person, and that collective experience can inspire us and fuel us to grow and change. We aim to create an environment that nurtures evolution and self-realization, and we see arts, healing, and spiritual practice as some of the most useful tools for culti …

Playsmiths Presents is the public arm of our workshop. We develop and produce new plays, hold workshops and seminars, and generally try to further the future of American theater. We tell stories. Since its inception in May 2009, Playsmiths has helped develop more than 30 full-length plays and scores of short pieces.  We have produced nine public concert reading events, starting off 2012 with ST. VALENTINE’S MASSACRE 2: SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, a now annual, again sold out evening of short plays at …

We want to help artists, collectors, venue owners, and Indiewalls team members out of their offices and into some cool venues with amazing art.

It's too hard to find people interested in esthetic philosophy. Even other artists and designers seem to shy away from the topic. Are we too busy, too few and far between or is it just intimidating to talk about? This group encourages super informal, totally mellow, open-minded and no-pressure conversations about Art & Design Theory and Aesthetic Philosophy! Anyone with an interest in these topics is welcome. All ages, levels of experience and educational backgrounds are welcome! This group wa …

Creativity is an expression of life.  It is a form of communication, as important as spoken language, but all too often we are cut off from this part of ourselves. We are encouraged to draw, paint and dance as children, but as adults we are told that these endeavors are secondary to more practical concerns. Nothing could be further from the truth.  Our ability to transform concepts, ideas, stories or life experience into images, objects, sounds and movement is essential to a full and rich expres …

Stories that inspire, that excite, that challenge. Stories that awaken, that question. Calling all storytellers and story lovers. Authors, artists, actors and myth addicts. Let's listen, enjoy and dissect our favourite stories. Let's create stories together or revive forgotten stories. Let's collaborate! Writers write stories and actors make them come alive. Myth addicts will cut it up into juicy pieces that the entire group will devour. The goal is to create a campfire feel where the goal is to …

“This is a group for anyone interested in Poetry, Spoken Word, Writers, Musicians. I started this group to meet other enthusiasts in Poetry. Looking forward to meeting everybody.”

This is a group for artists of all varieties! Creativity is a gift that we can use to improve our lives and our connection to spirit. Learn techniques for embracing creativity to lead more fulfilling lives. Art can be used in many ways. It can be a meditative tool, a means to manifest desires, or a vehicle to release emotion. It can be used to gain connection with your higher-self, angels and guides, etc., and to simply exist within a state of joy and peace.

The Lila Group is an ongoing womens' circle using expressive arts, ritual and games to explore ones relationship to Self, others, higher self, God, soul and life path. Lila in sanskrit means "play" or "divine play." Thus "Lila" describes the existence of everything as the result of the creative play of the divine absolute. What is Expressive Arts? Expressive Arts weaves multiple modalities planned and spontaneous: drawing, painting, clay, mask making, drama games, role play, music, journaling, c …

In the oldest tradition of writers groups from the past The Inklings, The Bloomsbury Group, Algonquin Round Table, Shakespeare And Company Writers and Ciao Domenica (i.e. In 1816 Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley spent a summer with Lord Byron, John William Polidori, and Claire Clairmont creating some of the most important fiction in the English language.) I will spring for the first bottle of absinthe and it will be Pernod (not kidding I know a guy). Painters, Writers, Musicians, Muses, models and …