Welcome! Book here to join NEUROMANCERS' Creative Collective!
About Creative Collective ✨
A very chill monthly collective space for mad, mentally ill, neurodivergent, and disabled people (14+) to explore our creativity in whatever forms make us feel good. Joining this space will also grant you the opportunity to have your work published in ‘NEUROMANCERS Magazine’ and/or create zines. In this space, we aim to inspire and be inspired by each other!
We will meet on Tuesdays at 7-8.30pm BST once per month. (Convert to your timezone here.)
- 16th April – Ode to a Sensory Experience
- 21st May – Lived Wisdom Expression
- 18th June – Embracing Our Uniqueness
- 16th July – Our Current Preoccupations
- 20th August – Cycles of Change
- 17th September – Collective Utopias
Creative Collective is led by facilitators who are mad, mentally ill, neurodivergent, and disabled. Within all online sessions, captions, use of the chat, and optional mic/camera will be available. Furthermore, you can join our Discord server to connect between and beyond sessions. Please contact us with questions.
FAQs
(More information available here!)
What is NEUROMANCERS?✨️
NEUROMANCERS is a community organisation and radical magazine, for and by neurodivergent people. Learn more about us here.
What happens within a session? ✨️
Each session will last up to 90mins, beginning with an introduction about the space, NEUROMANCERS’ creative outlets and attendees, followed by a short break to collect supplies. Then, we will invite participants to create in any format they desire, based on an (optional) theme for approximately 40 minutes. Participants are encouraged to take a break when needed but we will also have a scheduled break. There will be a quiet room and a more sociable breakout room for participants who prefer to speak while creating.
How can I contribute to the Magazine? ✨️
Submit your work, whether created in or outside of sessions, by contacting us. Submissions can be of any medium (e.g., poems, essays, drawings, digital designs, music, video, etc.) and must be related to NEUROMANCERS' wide-ranging politics, including but not limited to abolition, human & animal rights, trauma healing, experiences of psychiatry, and more.
How much does this cost? 💸
In line with our accessibility statements, we offer sliding-scale tickets for all Constellation sessions, with free spaces for Black people and pay-what-you-can donations for others. We ask and expect middle class, financially privileged, and white people to engage in personal reparations: choose our higher tier options to redistribute your wealth. All funds go towards our Solar Survival Support (mutual aid) projects.
You can book each session separately as Creative Collective is a drop-in space.