Join certified Inward & Artward facilitators Alli Marshall and J. Faye D’Avanza for Germination Station: Planning & Producing Creative Workshops. This eight-week series begins with our Toolshed workshops for the beginner to seasoned facilitator, offering practical skill-based learning such as finding community event space, pitching your creative offering, imposter syndrome and self-promotion, along with marketing and community outreach. This is for arts-based creative entrepreneurs who plan to add workshops, playshops, and other educational experiences to their offerings.

The Germination Station series also includes our Tending workshops — four group artist dates (inspired by The Artist’s Way) where we’ll learn from a community arts entrepreneur and take time for guided discussions, show and tell, and the sharing of resources to encourage support and accountability to solopreneurs.

Germination Station is for entrepreneurs in the Western North Carolina community working in arts-based fields such as visual arts, writing, music, craft, and healing modalities. It’s especially geared toward those who have completed the Inward & Artward Creative Facilitator training (through Story Parlor) and would like more support in developing workshop offerings and launching or growing their businesses.

Our goal is to nurture a support network for facilitators and arts-based entrepreneurs who are designing and leading workshops as part of their offerings. We aim to provide a means of connection, accountability, coaching, and ongoing educational and business-related resources.