Welcome to Emily Strongin Communities
You’ve got a vision.
Now what?
Here’s the thing about transformation: wanting it isn’t enough. Neither is just thinking about it really, really hard. It takes the spark of a new idea and the guts to actually make something with it.
That’s exactly what we’re here for.
We believe every person — artist, accountant, mechanic, overthinker — has both a Muse and a Maker inside them. Our two communities exist to wake them up, one at a time or all at once.
The Muse
Alchemy
& Audacity
A Community for Creative Evolution
For anyone who’s ever rolled their eyes at a vision board — and secretly wished they had one.
Alchemy & Audacity is a global community for people who want to evolve their lives and are willing to use creativity as the catalyst — but have zero patience for vague advice, toxic positivity, or being told to “just breathe.” Whether you’re a doctor, a teacher, a burned-out creative, or someone who just knows something needs to change: you’re exactly who this is for. We do real work here. It just also happens to be fun.
How it works
The Collective — Monthly Membership
Your all-access pass to self-paced evolution courses, live strategy calls with Emily, and Creativity as Self-Activism toolkits. Show up when you can. Grow at your own pace. No guilt trips.
The Lab — À La Carte
Not ready to commit? Grab individual courses or a “Good Trouble” digital print — visual anchors for personal and social change, made to actually hang on your wall and mean something.
The Maker
Art From Mud
A Creative Community
Because some things can only be figured out by making them.
Art From Mud is a hands-on creative community rooted in the belief that raw materials — and raw moments — are never really nothing. The mess, the transition, the “I have no idea what I’m doing”: that’s not the problem. That’s the starting point.
What we offer
Community Workshops & Collective Labs
Multi-media maker spaces open to all levels. If you can think it, we can help you build it.
Educational Programs — Schools & Youth
Art skills meet Social-Emotional Learning. Students build resilience alongside the things they make.
The Heirloom Transition
Family workshops where your grandmother’s tablecloth becomes something new without losing what made it matter.
Corporate & Group Collaborations
Team-building that isn’t a trust fall. Real projects, real grit, something tangible to show for it.
So — Muse, Maker, or both?
There’s no wrong answer. The only mistake is staying exactly where you are because you weren’t sure which door to walk through.