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Speaking & Events
Saint Violet regularly hosts and participates in workshops, lectures, panels, and public conversations focused on creative practice, resistance, structure, and long-term creative work.
These events are designed for artists, writers, designers, and creative workers navigating unfinished projects, burnout, overwhelm, and the pressures of making meaningful work within contemporary systems. Formats range from hands-on workshops to lectures and moderated discussions, offered both online and in person.
For upcoming events, workshops, and public programming, you can (view the current events calendar here).
These events are designed for artists, writers, designers, and creative workers navigating unfinished projects, burnout, overwhelm, and the pressures of making meaningful work within contemporary systems. Formats range from hands-on workshops to lectures and moderated discussions, offered both online and in person.
For upcoming events, workshops, and public programming, you can (view the current events calendar here).
Past events
Make Trouble, Make Art
Workshop, Portland Book Festival (November 2025)
A hands-on zine-making workshop using prompts from The Defiant Creative Process to explore voice, resistance, and making work that reflects personal values, resulting in a completed one-page folded zine.
A hands-on zine-making workshop using prompts from The Defiant Creative Process to explore voice, resistance, and making work that reflects personal values, resulting in a completed one-page folded zine.
Making Makers Make
Panel, Seattle WorldCon (August 2025)
A panel focused on the difficulty of starting creative work, exploring motivation, follow-through, and the shift from talking about making to actually building and sustaining creative projects.
A panel focused on the difficulty of starting creative work, exploring motivation, follow-through, and the shift from talking about making to actually building and sustaining creative projects.
Artist, Craftsperson, Maker, Crafter, Hacker
Panel, Seattle WorldCon (August 2025)
A conversation examining the language used to describe creative labor, the cultural and historical baggage attached to those terms, and how legitimacy, gatekeeping, and imposter syndrome shape creative identity.
A conversation examining the language used to describe creative labor, the cultural and historical baggage attached to those terms, and how legitimacy, gatekeeping, and imposter syndrome shape creative identity.
Creative Practice for Neurodivergent Artists
Panel, Seattle WorldCon (August 2025)
A discussion on working with neurodivergent traits rather than against them, focusing on creative energy management, process design, and balancing structure with spontaneity.
A discussion on working with neurodivergent traits rather than against them, focusing on creative energy management, process design, and balancing structure with spontaneity.
The Creative Reset
Workshop, Online (March 2025)
A free workshop addressing creative blocks, burnout, and stalled projects, offering tools for working alongside natural creative rhythms and regaining momentum without forcing productivity.
A free workshop addressing creative blocks, burnout, and stalled projects, offering tools for working alongside natural creative rhythms and regaining momentum without forcing productivity.
The Art of Sustainable Creativity
Lecture, Emerald City Comic Con (March 2025)
A project-based lecture focused on translating early-stage ideas into executable creative work, with emphasis on structure, scope, and follow-through.
A project-based lecture focused on translating early-stage ideas into executable creative work, with emphasis on structure, scope, and follow-through.
From Idea to Execution
Lecture, Direbrook Dark Fantasy Con (November 2024)
A lecture on developing long-term creative momentum, covering boundaries, time management, and reframing productivity in ways that support sustained artistic practice.
A lecture on developing long-term creative momentum, covering boundaries, time management, and reframing productivity in ways that support sustained artistic practice.
Finish What You Start
Workshop, Online (September 2024)
A workshop for creatives struggling with unfinished projects, examining resistance, scope management, and doubt while offering practical frameworks for follow-through and completion.
A workshop for creatives struggling with unfinished projects, examining resistance, scope management, and doubt while offering practical frameworks for follow-through and completion.
Programming
Saint Violet is available for:
Workshops (hands-on or discussion-based)
Lectures and talks
Panels and moderated conversations
Salons and small-group sessions
Conferences, festivals, bookstores, and cultural spaces
Programming can be adapted for in-person or online formats and tailored to audiences ranging from emerging creatives to established professionals.
If you’re interested in hosting a workshop, talk, lecture, or event with Saint Violet, please reach out at:
hello@saintvioletcreative.com
Workshops (hands-on or discussion-based)
Lectures and talks
Panels and moderated conversations
Salons and small-group sessions
Conferences, festivals, bookstores, and cultural spaces
Programming can be adapted for in-person or online formats and tailored to audiences ranging from emerging creatives to established professionals.
If you’re interested in hosting a workshop, talk, lecture, or event with Saint Violet, please reach out at:
hello@saintvioletcreative.com