Upcoming Events

Jereann King Johnson slept under and pieced quilts as far back as she can remember. Her early discovery of and fondness for textiles and textures flourishes still.Her quilt making is inspired by ethnic designs, works of art, nature, personal stories, history, as well as traditional quilt patterns.

For her, quilting is a dynamic metaphor for living, for community development, and for creative expression — putting pieces, often time discarded pieces, together to make something new.

Join us for Jereann’s presentation as she shares the magic of quilts and quiltmaking in her life. 

In this generative writing workshop, taking place over eight sessions, we will write in response to carefully selected prompts–two, maybe three, each session. As with all the prompts Carol offers, you can run with them literally or go wherever your thoughts and feelings take you. We will have time for a few readings during each session. Come prepared to write a lot, to go deep, and to be surprised. Open to writers of all levels and genres.

Dates: Thursdays October 7,

Join us for a tour of Historic Stagville, a state historic site in northern Durham County that includes remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. The Bennehan-Cameron family owned approximately 30,000 acres of land, and enslaved about 900 people on this property. Stagville protects a fraction of the land from that plantation, including original housing for enslaved people (1851), a massive barn (1860), and a Bennehan family house (1787-1799). Stagville is dedicated to teaching about the lives and work of enslaved people on the plantation.

Back by popular demand! On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, please join us for a mindfulness class with Jen Johnson.

Heart centered mindfulness practices can help us to soften the body, open the heart and reconnect with a sense of peace and ease. Heart centered practices have also been shown to increase positive emotions such as love, joy, gratitude, contentment, hope, and awe. Jen will guide you in a heart centered practice and a journaling reflection about your experience to help you imagine how you might integrate this practice into your life.

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love, communal love, Womanist Ethicism,

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love, communal love, Womanist Ethicism,

Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love, communal love, Womanist Ethicism,