Good Art Friends is a multi-talented, intergenerational writing community that combines mindfulness and creativity practices including but not limited to writing (poetry, fiction, and  nonfiction), meditation, breathwork, music, and art. Each session is unique in its own thematic, seasonal, energetic, and interpersonal way, and all levels and genres are welcome. 

Popular themes have included: Write to Light the Dark, Summer Camp (annual program), Spooky Season, Feb Around & Find Out, and The Intensive (for writers focusing on books or other longform works and interested in some workshoppping, by application only). 

“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity,” wrote Franz Kafka, and he makes a point. What Good Art Friends understand is that we feel better when we get our thoughts down on paper. New writers will enjoy a safe and supportive space for exploration, discovery, and connection. Meanwhile, for professional writers among us, we relish the accountability and momentum of plugging into a diverse and vibrant community of artists from around the world who see each other not as competition but as a constellation.

We frequently welcome special guest authors and artists to talk about their process and lives. Past guests have included: award-winning food writer and memoirist Elissa Altman, NYT bestselling novelist J. Courtney Sullivan, international bestselling memoirist Joanna Rakoff, NYT best-seller and neuroscientist Lisa Genova, journalist Kara Baskin, artist Marlon Forrester (now on exhibit at the ICA Boston), world-class violist Anna Stromer, NYT best-selling author and GAF alumna Priscilla Warner, author, artist, and founder of People I've Loved Carissa Potter, and artist Serena Kabat-Zinn.

The pace of life today is urgent, distracting, and often disturbing, designed to keep us frantically busy, incessantly scrolling, less connected, and less creative (ahem, A.I.). Good Art Friends is a highly effective, intentional, and accessible weekly antidote that's available in your life as it exists right now. 

Put down your phone.

Pick up your pen.

Breathe. Write. Repeat. 

Good Art Friends is a mindful writing group for creating, sharing, and nurturing your work and life. All levels and genres of writers (and meditators) are welcome, from New York Times best-selling authors to writers journaling as a form of self-care and inquiry.

Our sessions are generative, as opposed to critical, with a focus on reducing stress in the creative process and, more importantly, daily life. Meditation, creative expression, and social connection are all proven strategies for improving mental health and overall well-being. 

Sharing your writing is encouraged but not required. Each 1-hour online session features guided breathwork/meditation, a fresh theme, creative writing prompt(s), and thoughtful conversation, followed by 20-30 bonus minutes of “office hours” for questions (e.g., on craft, publishing, and more), insight, and socializing. Writers may choose to work on new or existing projects, and prompts are offered as suggestions. If you find momentum in a different direction, please follow it! The purpose of this community is to amplify creativity.

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February is the shortest month of the year, but Good Art Friends makes the most of it with “Feb Around and Find Out,” a mindful writing class for exploring the ideas, inspirations, and questions that are most important to your life and writing. You might be starting a bold new project in 2026, committing to a new stage of an existing work, or starting from scratch “ex nihilo,” meaning, something from nothing, which is the essence and daring of all creativity. Whatever your creative goals, this invigorating session has you covered. 

The focus of this course is to release fear, have fun, and find out what only you can write.

All levels of writers are welcome. This inclusive, multi-talented, and intergenerational group features writers at every stage of the creative and/or publishing process, from New York Times bestselling authors to people journaling as a form of self-care and inquiry. We derive inspiration from artists in other genres and frequently welcome authors, actors, visual artists, musicians, comedians, and more as special guests. 

Tentative Schedule:

Week 1: What Would You Write If You Weren’t Afraid?

Week 2: Trickery & Discipline

Week 3: Effing Around with Form

Week 4: Special Guest

Week 5: “Finding Out” & Finding a Home for Your Work

Let it out. Kill the idea of the lone suffering artist. We suffer as human beings. Don't make it any harder on yourself.