Creative Sanctuary for Women*

Sundays 6.30pm - 8.30pm'ish from October 12th - December 14th (10 weekly sessions)

(When you book you will be given one link for all 10 sessions - you can join in for all or just a couple of sessions and can book anytime up to the last session)

Welcome to the Creative Sanctuary for Women* where we can gather together weekly to create, write or make our hearts out in a non-judgemental, and kind community of other creative-hearted women.

*This is a safe and welcoming space, anti-racist/anti-colonial , trans-inclusive space for folks who identify as women, non-binary, LGBTQ+.

I've been running co-creative spaces online since 2018. There is a collective alchemy when we come together weekly in this supportive and nurturing creative environment. It ignites our imaginations, acts as a gentle form of accountability for ourselves, and offers a way of BEing alongside other creatives.

In this space we write/make/create WHATEVER WE WANT from a poem, a letter, knitting socks, origami, cooking our dinner to having a nap or reading a book. It's up to you. It's a few hours to lock yourself away from the world and take time out for YOU.

In the past our participants have used my online sanctuaries to write in their personal journals, make marmalade, write poetry, crochet, snooze/nap, read novels, create book proposals, write articles, plan their week ahead, listen to a podcast or funding bids. Makes us feel less alone.

How the sanctuary works:

• Sessions take place via Zoom (you will be given access to a Zoom link for all sessions when you book)- please arrive at 6.25pm for 6.30pm start.
• The session will be facilitated by me, Dal Kular.
• The session starts with an opening welcome from Dal, brief meditation (optional) and tiny reading.
• We create together quietly for 90 mins (or less, it is up to you).
• We close the space with a pause, and optional one word check out/goodbye.
• There are NO formal prompts or activities.
• 10 sessions fee £30/ £20 supported.
• Bursary spaces available: if the fee is a barrier please email hello@dalkular.com.

ALL women * are welcome at the Creative Sanctuary regardless of creative ability. These sessions are about creative being. In this space we respect and honour diversity. This is an intentionally anti-colonial creative space.

About Dal Kular:

Dal Kular is a Sheffield born and based creative practitioner, mentor and facilitator of therapeutic creative writing, nature-allied and creative-making arts for healing, liberation and joy. Her work is guided by her Punjabi ancestors, Black and Global feminisms, land/earth-based practices and fugitivity.

Recent projects include therapeutic bookmaking, ancestral scroll-making, artist commissions for Dig Where You Stand, Black Nature in Residence and Peaks of Colour. It's my deepest desire to bring my whole experience and self to the Creative Sanctuary to enable you tap in to your wildest creative selves. www.dalkular.com.

Please do get in touch if you have any questions by emailing hello@dalkular.com.