The objective of this chapter is to preserve and encourage the art of rug hooking and to foster the highest standards of excellence in the practice of the art through a program of education and study.   Rug hooking was one of the earliest crafts practiced in colonial America by the English settlers.  America's earliest hooked rugs had both utilitarian and aesthetic value.  They prevented drafts and chills and offered a touch of beauty in rustic homes.  Their creation was also a means of recreati …

Patterned after the Royal Academy of the Arts, ASoIA is a vehicle for attaining fame in one's chosen field. Artists/Sculptors, Poets/Writers and Architects need a venue for displaying their works, and this is it. Only those devoted to their craft, the few with the energy required to attain the pinnacle of success are invited to join. "Not easy, not cheap, not attainable without hard work" is the group's motto, as is "the Best Art, always, no compromise."

Hello, if you are interested in learning full-contact kickboxing then feel free to join us. Ages from 18 and up can join. Anyone under 18 will need to have a parent consent.   This class is fun but it does not end there. We practice honor, courage, respect, oraganization, how to handle hard situations, train hard, unite and become a wonderful family. Come and experience for yourself. Learining the techniques of any martial arts takes one year tops, but becoming the soul of a warrior takes hard w …

The Tucson Life Transformation Group seeks to build community and bring together like minded spiritual adventurers who desire growth, change, and awakening. Through the use of art, meditation, sharing, and celebration we will come together to mutually support and elevate one another to our highest state of being.

We host monthly themed photography events and workshops in Tucson Arizona, each month a different exciting location and theme. For experienced and beginning photographers, models, stylists,bodypaint artists, makeup artists and anyone else with a love for art. All of these events* include professional makeup for the models and a hair stylist (when available) but ALWAYS food and drink for all ( unless otherwise specified)     *The fees associated with some of the events go to meetup dues, location …

Conscious Sexuality and Intimacy (CSI-Tucson) opens discussion in virtual and real space with a community of participants and facilitators who are respectful and embracing of the human capacity for exploring sex and intimacy without fear of judgement, expectation or control. We remain open and encouraging to creating community with the intent to consciously celebrate sensuality and explore connections of the Sexual self and the Spiritual self with Conscious Interaction and Activity.  With t …

Do you dig "the dharma" in all its strange and curious manifestations? The Beats-Jazz-Zen monks writing frustrating koans-Crazy Wisdom adepts from Tibet- American dharma Punks- American Buddhist nuns that teach Vajrayana- Crazy Tibetan art-Shoalin martial arts- Buddhist based psychology-Jam bands-Poetry slams-to the Dalai Lama and so forth.... The purpose of group is to meet like-minded people who are seeking to create community around the interest in the Buddhist "dharma" and the art, film, mus …

If you're interested in digital fine arts and you retouch images or enjoy digitally manipulating elements in your art, then you're likely to be a big fan of Digital Design...and this meetup group has a great deal to offer as you evolve to a new level of creativity.

A group dedicated to different kinds of crafting.

The Tucson Movie Meetup Group is organizing to see the best and most interesting films that come to the big screen in southern Arizona, without a fee or commitment. We'll see whatever people want to get together and see, as long as there is someone willing to organize it. Whenever possible, we also like to take the time before or after the movie to stop by a local watering hole to discuss the film, grumble about our lives, or just socialize. A large number of our shows are works that might other …

This group is dedicated to the learning about, sharing and practicing the art of composting to growing food, soil and Red Wriggler worms (WE=Worm Equivelent) in ways that are appropriate for our desert environment. In the desert, WE need to grow soil to grow food. Red Wriggler worms are experts at creating soil, when fed and watered by US. WE need worms, WE need soil, WE need food. This is the necessary and beautiful collaboration of LIFE. If you compost, tend worms, grow food, or you want to le …

The Tucson Writers Workshop & Meetup group is a community that supports and encourages its members by sharing knowledge, information and feedback about the writing life and the business of writing. Our evolution as a group and the success of both the workshops and the regular meetups is based on a pro-author/writer ethos, and is a strongly motivating and intensely rewarding experience from any standpoint. The art and craft of writing can be learned in many ways, but is often a lonely pursuit. Ho …

This group is to offer support for shifting. Alive on earth right now? Then you're being invited to learn more about yourself as an energetic or spiritual being, as a slice of the divine having human experience. It is time to shift from "Things happen to me" to "I create my reality". My work as a spiritual counselor and teacher combines evolutionary astrology, channeling, meditation, and mediumship. Offerings in this group will include some of each of these things, all with the goal of helping …

… Just about any type craft or hobby is welcome as long as some part of it is mobile! Crocheting, cross stitch, beading, WRITING, sewing, quilting, needlework, knitting, spool knitting, tatting, embroidery, drawing, artist trading cards, rubber stamping, scrapbooking, altered books, and more...! Any level of expertise or no expertise! Curious about crocheting? Bemused by beads? There is nothing for sale here. Hot topics like religion and politics are off-limits. The purpose is to bring people t …

… We want to talk to you, fellow diners, random people, foodcart owners, grandmas on porches and anybody who wants to give some of their time, talent, and creativity to capture this explorative love letter to Tucson. During this very interesting time when people have been seeking creative solutions amid growing economic uncertainty, we think film must be made. We need people with film making skills, people who love to ride, love local food truck cuisine, have a story to tell or all of the above or …

This is a group dedicated to the beautiful art of Middle Eastern Dance