Attend uplifting and creative monthly Enrichment Circles as well as open studios where you can paint together with other sisters in the
Sacred ECHOES of the Well Circle!

This is a circle for those who identify as Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color. Sacred ECHOES is a place where we can support and uplift one another while also remaining part of the greater MUSEA Community.

Sacred ECHOES was built to create stronger bonds with other women of color while practicing Intentional Creativity offered to help strengthen our creative self expression and witness each other in this way. This Circle also supports its members stay connected to MUSEA's member events, exhibits, museum shows and classes.

Each month, Naa Kwarley Amissah and Isabelle Stark offer a heartfelt and inspiring Red Thread Circle for the group, employing activities such as Metacognitive Drawing, journaling, and small group activities keeping the group engaged in Intentional Creativity practices with a monthly ECHOES Open Painting Studio as well as weaving reminders about MUSEA happenings.

To Join Sacred ECHOES of the Well Circle, there are two steps:

Step 1: Become a MUSEA Member at the Artist Level
(our Level 1 membership)

Our Artist Level membership is the foundation of our MUSEA Collective Community, offering monthly Artist Circles every 1st Wednesday of the month for creative exploration, and a nurturing space for you to connect with your inner content through inquiry and drawing inspired by Intentional Creativity® processes. Hosted by Intentional Creativity teachers, Liz Chamberlain and Mickie Michelle LaForest.

Your Artist Level Membership also includes:

• Monthly #POP (Paint Our Projects!) Open Studio Parties every last Friday of the month where you can get motivated, get painting, and groove to some great tunes LIVE over Zoom with Intentional Creativity Educators, DJ Wyzdom/Naa Kwarley Amissah and Ashley Stardust Unicorn!
• Savings on some of the educational offerings from MUSEA School
• Connection to peers via our member-exclusive iMusea app group for desktop/mobile, where you can share your work and collaborate with other creatives outside of Facebook.
• A dedicated Membership Coordinator Team to support you
• Members-only ‘dashboard’ with access to all the benefits
• Access to our Musea Membership Library which includes hours of Intentional Creativity programming and educational experiences to watch at your leisure
• Regular Articles and communications from our Curator, CoCurators and Member Artists featured in our iMusea Magazine
• Invitation to our Annual November Virtual and On-Location Gathering for Members.

Step 2: After registering your MUSEA Artist Membership, fill out our Sacred ECHOES Application Form below 👇🏿

The form is very simple, and intended to safeguard our spacious inclusivity; and, on the other hand, make sure that our sisters feel safe knowing that this is a circle exclusively for women of color. The main question also allows us to get to know each other at a deeper cultural and personal level.

Once filled out, your responses will be reviewed by Naa Kwarley and Isabelle Stark , and a member of our team will reach out to welcome you to the circle.

Thank you for considering joining our circle and for filling out the form. 🤎

The History of the Sacred ECHOES of the Well Circle

This sacred container was established by our Co-Founder, Shiloh Sophia McCloud in response to events happening to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color around the world so that this group of women would be supported by each other while also being part of the greater MUSEA community. Having been deeply impacted by these events, Shiloh Sophia collaborated with BIWOC members of the Intentional Creativity Guild to establish monthly Re-Membering Circles lead by Elders Semerit Strachan and Lauren Adorno-Weatherford. Through this year-long Intentional Creativity circle process, it became clear that there was a need and desire to create a permanent circle where women of color could come together to co-create healing artwork for themselves and the world-at-large as they witness, uplift, and support one another.

In 2022, Naa Kwarley Amissah and in 2024, Isabelle Stark stepped into leadership roles for the MUSEA Working Group and Museum CoCurators, and were brought forward to create more engagement within the group and deeper connection to the MUSEA community and events and museum experiences.

This Circle is guided by the wisdom of Naa Kwarley Amissah and Isabelle Stark, who lead the group in monthly Red Thread Circles designed as enrichment in Intentional Creativity and forming stronger bonds of sisterhood. Community engagement and connection is bolstered through activities co-created by Naa Kwarley Amissah and Isabelle Stark, such as writing inquiries and once monthly open #ECHOES painting studio via Zoom.

In February 2022, Musea: Intentional Creativity Museum held its first ECHOES-exclusive Museum Show and Exhibit, Carnaval of Spirit Love. The powerful images and stories from this group of women resonate throughout our community still today. Although a Circle in and of itself, it is clear that these women are still and intricate, important, and valued part of the greater Musea community.

You can view the incredible Exhibit Presentation below!

Sacred ECHOES Leadership