eleVe today & tomorrow: After a years-long season of personal suffering, I finally get to start a new chapter of life, learning, and giving back. I have big dreams and plans for what eleVe will blossom into—the people and places our individual practices and collective art will touch and heal. I can envision eleVe’s future branches and creative offerings…

~ Somatic Seminars for survivors of breast cancer.

~ Scholarships for those facing poverty, addiction, or incarceration.

~ Parternships with local hero organizations like the UV Haven and Hartford Redemptive Justice that allow eleVe to save a seat for someone who desperately needs (in addition food and shelter) a new place to breathe, see, and speak.

~ Other creative content like newsletters and columns... a podcast where untold stories are eleVated… writing that that opens our minds, softens our hearts, and strengthens our bones.

~ eleVe’s “Master-Mines” series — exclusive access for members to meet, learn from, and dine with visiting writers & artists who have mastered their field and craft.

~An online print shop for uniquely authored prints & merch that eleVates your day whether by sporting a punny dance hoodie or laughing at the darkly humorous card you were handed in the infusion suite about how lame chemotherapy is.

~ Storied-Strength & Stretch classes integrating our memories and movement with the power of metaphor.

~ Makers’ Tables communal creation projects led by local artists that champion repurposing materials to make art (in other words, who already are bought into redemptive art!)

All of these dreams (no matter how many come true) come from my life for life. For art. And for others. No matter where tomorrow takes us, I am forever thankful for the privilege it is to learn and grow together via our collective commitment to create.