A creative/design community run/walk-jog + mini-workshop led by BIGMESS’ founder, Meggie Gracia-Sullivan exploring how the discipline, training and mindset techniques of elite performance and sport can bring clarity and energy to your creative practice. Open to all creative mediums––design, craft, architecture, art, writing, photography, etc–– and all paces.

A weekend of intimate gatherings, studio visits and local flavors curated by StüdiGroup in collaboration with Kombi + Hart's Upstate

We gathered as a small group at sculptor, Kieran Kinsella’s studio for a quiet morning of creative connection. We heard the story behind his process as well as a demonstration of his techniques. Then we toured the space where his one-of-a-kind pieces come to life, and shared a light lunch together. The session was structured around engaging in a lively group conversation with Kieran on topics including the nature of working in creative fields, the contrast between hand work and digital design and fabrication and the possibilities and limitations of each.

This was the first of our new In Practice series: exploring spaces, people and ideas that illuminate how creative work and careers actually get built in the Hudson Valley.