Thursday, Mar. 12 + 19 • 6-7:30pm

The Pryde Community Center
59 Harvard Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136

(It will be a similar workshop on both days, you can sign up for one or both.)

Discover through creative improvisation in this community-centered art making workshop. Visual artists Leila Simon Hayes and Joanna Muehleisen guide participants through abstract art practices,using simple exercises in drawing,collage, and remixing.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
• Improvisational art-making
• Support in letting go of perfectionism
• Creating and connecting in community
• Exploring internal experiences through spontaneous creation

This workshop invites you to surrender control and embrace uncertainty. Through gentle, guided exercises, you’ll build confidence and connect to yourself in community.

FREE and open to the public. No experience necessary. All ages and backgrounds welcome. Materials provided.
Register at: tinyurl.com/abstraction-workshop

Saturday and Sunday, April 11 + 12 • 11 to 5pm

Metropolitan Pavilion
125 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011

This will be my first time participating in Renegade Craft. I'm excited to share my work with New York. Please stop by and say hi!

Sunday April 26, 2026 • 3 to 7 pm

6 Alveston Terrace, Jamaica Plain, MA
(one block from Purple Cactus & City Feed)*

RSVP coming soon!

Join us for a fun and welcoming spring open house! Whether you're looking to buy a home, redesign and beautify your space, or simply relax and connect, this event is for you. Immerse yourself in a lively in-home market gathering where you can explore, get inspired, and leave with a deeper sense of community.

Hosted at the Jamaica Plain home of interior redesigner Kyle Freeman, treat yourself to an in-studio experience of art and design. Expect delicious artisanal wine, cookies, and an ice cream bar. Bring kids! There will be games and artmaking for folks of all ages.

Enter our raffle for a chance to win $100 in the Leila Simon Hayes shop, a one-room, use-what-you-have redesign session with Cloud 9 Redesign, and more!

Your hosts share a passion for creating warm, unique spaces for our clients. And we cherish turning clients into friends. Melony Swasey is a sought-after Metro Boston real estate advisor with Gibson Sotheby’s Int’l Realty. Kyle Freeman is an interior redesigner who’s been profiled in multiple design publications. Leila Simon Hayes is an award-winning abstract artist and designer. 

Come for inspiration, stay for the community, leave with new, meaningful connections.

(Please check back to RSVP!)

*some street parking / otherwise park near Centre Street, walk, bike, take the Orange Line to Green Street or the 39 bus to Centre Street.