What is the Porchlight Conjure?

Creative Conjure Camp / Online courses & gatherings

Make things.
Make meaning.
Make room for you.

A culturally rooted creative gathering for Black women rediscovering their imagination. Come for books, dollmaking, and everyday arts; stay for the stories and sisterhood.

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Culture • Creativity • Connection

What is the Porchlight Conjure? hero
A little porch magicA new creative chapter

Our founding promises

You belong before you make a thing.

  • Curiosity over perfectionA welcoming place to begin again, not a contest in creative skill.
  • Culture with careBlack women's stories and domestic arts belong at the center.
  • Sharing on your termsConnection without pressure to post your work publicly.

The signature experience

Four weeks.
So many ways
to bloom.

Creative Conjure Camp brings reading, making, and cultural conversation into one seasonal journey. The planned camp pairs Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo with a dollmaking practice that is yours to shape.

Find your trail

The Conjurers. The Creatives. The Culinarians.

Follow folklore and ancestral stories, work with cloth and collage, or explore recipes and food heritage. You do not have to choose just one part of yourself.

  1. 01

    Week 1 / Indigo

    Rooting

    Begin with a book discussion, choose your textiles, and explore the stories behind an ancestral doll.

  2. 02

    Week 2 / Sassafrass

    Creating

    Turn cloth, collage, and remembered stories into an expressive, handmade project.

  3. 03

    Week 3 / Cypress

    Becoming

    Explore cultural memory and self-expression through conversation, music, and sensory creativity.

  4. 04

    Week 4 / Bloom

    Celebrating

    Finish and name your doll, reflect on what you have made, and gather for a virtual showcase.

Life on the porch

Porch Salon makes room for reading and reflection. Porch Studio turns inspiration into something handmade. Porch Talk holds the conversations that connect it all.

Ways to gather

Start small. Stay curious.

We're building our first season. These are proposed launch offers and price ranges; confirmed dates and prices will appear in the course catalog.

The seasonal journey / Planned

Creative Conjure Camp

$79–$129 / four-week camp

A deeper creative season with a digital guidebook collection, four live discussions, four guided making sessions, and a final showcase.

Participant-sourced supplies and companion book purchased separately. No mailed kit is included.

Check camp availability

First taste / Planned pilot

Soulful Rest/Reset Free

A winter mini-camp to pause, make, and help shape the experience. Pilot dates are to be confirmed.

One creative afternoon / Planned

Porch Studio $25–$49

A standalone virtual workshop for trying a project before committing to a whole season.

Your next chapter, handmade

There is room for you
on this porch.

Bring your curiosity, your family stories, and the part of you that has been waiting to make something again.

Find your creative gathering