Welcome to Community Clubs.
Every summer—from July to September—Future Front opens their doors as a creative community space for monthly gatherings and workshops led by Future Front members. From Clay Club to Quilt Camp, Community Clubs are designed to nurture creativity.
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Club Sign-Ups Are Open Now.
THIS Year’s Community Club List:
CREATIVE GROWTH CLUBs
Creative Growth clubs are best for people looking to learn a new skill or way of doing things.
★ Quilt Camp
★ Sketchers Drawing Club
★ Sewing Club
★ Building A Dream Practice
★ Creative Leaders Collective
★ Foodiez Club
★ Paper Sculpture Workshop
★ Series 6: Reflective Leadership Club
★ Songwriting Summer Club
CREATIVE PRACTICE CLUBS
Creative Practice clubs are best for people looking to deepen a creative practice, ritual, habit or interest.
★ Creative Curiosity: In Process
★ Fantasy Figure Drawing
★ FLWRPOT RITUALS
★ INT. WRITERS' ROOM — NIGHT: Screenwriter Meet-Up
★ Kintsugi Studio
★ Natty Wine Club!
★ In Sight In Mind
★ Bible Study: Reading as Resistance
★ Cards in Bars
★ Clownsent: Clown & Consent in Times of Crisis!
★ Newsletter Club
CREATIVE connectioN CLUBS
Creative Connection clubs are best for people looking to celebrate, support or connect around something everyone in the club loves.
★ The Little Gay Book Club
★ Vision Board Club
★ Come Home Wellness Club
★ Community Table Supper Club
★ Awesome Art!’s Analog Adventures
★ Blundt.Creative Guild
★ CreativeKIN Club
★ Healing Through Poetry Book Club
★ Moonrise Mindset Journal Club
★ Noirisme Film Club
★ Womxn in Photography ATX (WIP-ATX)
how to sign UP:
① READ OUR FAQ.
WHAT KINDS OF CLUBS ARE AVAILABLE? Club topics vary every year, but they typically stick to the following themes:
01. Creative Growth — Learning a new skill or way of doing things
02. Creative Practice — Deepening a creative practice, ritual, habit or interest
03. Creative Connection — Celebrating / supporting something everyone in the club loves
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM YOUR HOST? Clubs are hosted independently by Future Front members—not Future Front’s staff. So, sign up for a club and get to know its unique host, members and meeting schedule. Some things to know:
Signing up for a club is the best way to indicate your interest. Club dates and reminders will then be sent to you by your host! It’s OK if you don’t make everything or have to exit a club.
You do not have to be a Future Front member to sign up for a club, although some clubs may require a donation or participation fee. It’s up to the host. (Just remember—club hosts are donating their time, even if asking for a fee.)
Some clubs might meet once a month, while others meet every two weeks. Most meet at The Future Front House, but there are occasionally digital clubs, as well as guest locations.
Most clubs have 10 to 20 members, but some are much larger. Feel free to explore clubs that feel like a good fit for you—not every club is for every one, and that’s OK.
Clubs exist independently of Future Front; some grow into other things, while some may only exist for a season. Enjoy ‘em while they last!
All clubs are 18+ and designed for Austin, Texas residents. As with any public or private event, attend at your own discretion.
② PICK from THE SEASON’S clubs BELOW & CLICK THEIR SIGN-UP INSTRUCTIONS.
Sign-up instructions and club start dates are unique to each club. Please email questions regarding Community Clubs to hello@futurefronttexas.org, and we will connect you with that club’s host.
creative growth clubs
QUILT CAMP
Hosted by quilt artist Steph Granillo (she/her), Quilt Camp is a four-part series where participants will design and create a mini quilt using nature as direct inspiration. All experience levels welcome.
SEWING CLUB
Designed for beginner sewists, Sewing Club will guide participants in using a sewing pattern to create one of their first garments. Participants will get hands-on guidance in preparing their pattern, cutting their fabric, and sewing it all together. This club will nurture and grow participants' sewing skills, so that they can leave confident enough to sew other patterns at home and continue their journey to build a sustainable, me-made wardrobe. Sewing Club's first session will be an introductory session to sewing machines. Participants who know how to use a sewing machine can join us starting the second session.
BUILDING A DREAM PRACTICE CLUB
The Dreams we have at night have been a wellspring of creative inspiration and deep wisdom across time and cultures. This learning series will include practices for remembering and processing them, philosophical group discussion, and plenty of dream sharing together through a lens of relationship, curiosity, and decolonial ideals.
SKETCHERS DRAWING CLUB
Sketchers Drawing Club is dedicated to creating an open, welcoming space where creatives can build community while they practice drawing skills. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with other local creatives, learn alongside beginner and professional artists, and grow as a visual artist.
SONGWRITER SUMMER CLUB
In this class, we will explore different ways to approach songwriting and write our very own original songs with the help of visiting local artists, fun prompts, and song shares. This class is open to all levels, whether you've been writing music your whole life, or have yet to pen your first song.
CREATIVE LEADERS COLLECTIVE
Hosted by auburn rutledge (she/they), the creative leaders collective is a space to nurture underrepresented leaders and changemakers interested in growing their skills. We’ll co-create a human-centered and intersectional leadership practice rooted in authenticity, imagination, and collaboration, where you develop your unique voice, enhance your creative problem-solving abilities, and design the next steps of your own leadership journey.
PAPER SCULPTURE WORKSHOP CLUB
A 4-week workshop on mixed media and paper mache, exploring different practices and recipes to create a smooth and sturdy paper sculpture. Participants will create (at least) two sculptures- one large and one small, with plenty of opportunity to experiment and see results of different techniques.
SERIES 6: REFLECTIVE LEADERSHIP CLUB
Series 6 is a personal leadership design sprint that helps people reconnect to purpose and identity while navigating complex work. It’s a hands-on, reflective session that turns organizational development principles into tools for individual clarity, alignment, and action.
FOODIEZ CLUB
Foodiez Club, a unique culinary adventure designed specifically for the creative soul consisting of hands-on cooking skills, tricks-of-the-trade, recipe building, instructions, and of course, eating. his year's theme 'Party People Everywhere' encompasses creative, interchangeable party foods & dishes encompassing a full plethora of global ingredients.
creative practice clubs
CREATIVE CURIOSITY: IN PROCESS
A 5-session workshop series nurturing creative practice through playful, hands-on artmaking. Each class invites women, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and LGBTQIA+ creatives to explore, reflect, and make without pressure—no experience needed.
FANTASY FIGURE DRAWING
Fantasy Figure Drawing cultivates community for multidisciplinary creatives, of all skill levels. Whether you are looking to connect with fellow artists or explore new themes at our Fantasy Figure Drawing sessions, we'd love to create with you!
FLWRPOT RITUALS CLUB
FLWRPOT RITUALS is a community club by Hierba Malita centered on self-discovery, connection, and healing ritual, with this first season offering hands-on workshops in rolling herbal offerings as tools of self-expression and ceremony.
INT. WRITERS ROOM — NIGHT: SCREENWRITER CLUB
This biweekly table read meets chosen family at a creative affirming space where screenwriters get together to swap scenes, test ideas, and fuel each other’s stories.
KINTSUGI STUDIO
A collaborative space to bring your ongoing projects and materials and continue your kintsugi practice alongside others at all levels. Connect, create, and learn in community as you contribute to Austin’s growing appreciation of this beautiful, restorative art form.
NATTY WINE CLUB!
Whether you're new to natural wine or already deep in the funk, join this three-part tasting club to sip, learn about, and discuss all things natural wine! No snobbery, just fabulous wine amongst great company.
IN SIGHT IN MIND CLUB
As a collective, community and creativity are our weapons; we exist to educate and foster kinship and empathy while recognizing the never-ending need for protest. With a Project-based structure, participants will learn the processes and history of printmaking to collaborate on a project that highlights collective liberation while listening, learning and discussing protest with a variety of invited guests.
BIBLE STUDY: READING AS RESISTANCE CLUB
Bible Study has nothing to do with church and everything to do with communion. We read the texts that shake us, name the truth and help us survive together.
CARDS IN BARS CLUB
This monthly club will promote it's members to find an outlet in the lost art of written correspondents. Come meet up with us once a month to create your custom cards, or dedicate time to writing your pen-pals. We encourage anyone and everyone to join us for two hours of focused carding.
CLOWNSENT CLUB
Clown + Consent in Times of Crisis: Clownsent is a space to practice silliness, embodied collaboration, emotional resiliency and somatic co-regulation of the nervous system.
NEWSLETTER CLUB
Get help with starting or growing your newsletter—whether it be for your creative business, a writing project, or a creative hobby. Newsletter Club meetups will include quiet, focused time to work on your newsletter content in a supportive space.
creative CONNECTION clubs
THE LITTLE GAY BOOK CLUB
The Little Gay Book Club reads literature that centers the queer ideas, stories, and experiences that shape our movement. Members can join for as many or as few meetings as they would like and every one is always welcome.
VISION BOARD CLUB
Create a vision board with short term and long term goals for yourself, your family, your community, and the world to radically imagine a liberated future. This club is designed to create space for reflection, motivation, creativity and instilling hope.
NOIRISME FILM CLUB
Noirisme Film Club is a creative space dedicated to celebrating the artistry of film within Black and POC arthouse and independent cinema. Through artfully curated screening events, gallery-style exhibitions, collaborative workshops, and panel discussions, we explore storytelling, culture, and visual expression; centering narratives that extend beyond the stereotypes often portrayed in commercial cinema.
COMMUNITY TABLE SUPPER CLUB
Where stories simmer, spices mingle, and everyone has a seat. At Community Table, we'll gather to nourish more than just our appetites. This potluck club is a space for sharing food, culture, and connection—a place where diverse backgrounds, family recipes, and cooking wisdom come together to celebrate community in all its forms.
AWESOME ART’S ANALOG ADVENTURES
AA!’s Analog Adventures offers hands-on, creative artmaking experiences that are free of digital distractions. Centered around authentic visual arts practices, the club provides access to a variety of art materials where artist and facilitator Allison Lash shares techniques while encouraging participants to explore, develop, and nurture their creative voices in a supportive and inspiring environment.
BLUNDT.CREATIVE GUILD
BCG is a safe creative space for people of all skillsets to come connect while engaging in creative arts. This is the perfect opportunity to try out a new skill or interest in a low pressure environment that encourages you to be your authentic self.
CREATIVEKIN CLUB
CreativeKIN is a monthly dinner series for artists, creatives, and community builders to share a meal, reflect, and reconnect with their creative spark. Each gathering offers space for intentional conversation, collective care, and meaningful connection.
HEALING THROUGH POETRY CLUB
Hosted by Isra (she/they) and Lucia (she/her), co-founders of The Faerie Gatherings, this monthly poetry book club is a soft space for exploring language, identity, and healing through shared reading and conversation. We’ll gather around a different poetry collection each month—no pressure, just presence—and celebrate the way words connect, ground, and open us.
MOONRISE MINDSET JOURNALING CLUB
Moonrise Mindset Journal Club is a monthly space for women and femme to slow down, reflect with intention, and cultivate compassionate self-trust through guided journaling, heart-led discussion, and imaginative affirmation crafting. Rooted in the belief that living authentically sparks a ripple effect, each session includes a grounding practice and thoughtful journal prompts to support introspection, clarity, mindset shifts, and meaningful connection.
WOMXN IN PHOTOGRAPHY ATX
A picture's worth a thousand words, Lets talk about it! WIP.ATX is a club for photo-curious womxn to gather for discussion/craft based photography hangs.
*Want to host a club in 2026?
Here’s what that looks like:
⭑ what does a community club host receive?
Up to 12 hours of free use of The Future Front House between July 1, 2025 & September 30, 2025
Supportive training on hosting community gatherings with Future Front’s team
Access to Future Front’s gathering tools, guidelines and frameworks
Promotion of the club through Future Front’s newsletter, socials and more
⭑ what are this season’s community club requirements?
01. Only Community Clubs on the following topics will be accepted:
Creative Growth — Learning a new skill or way of doing things
Creative Practice — Deepening a creative practice, ritual, habit or interest
Creative Connection — Using a creative activity to build connection
02. Clubs must be hosted by Future Front members (sign up anytime!). Meeting at The Future Front House or a venue of the host’s choice, accepted clubs must also have a clearly identified purpose, like:
Mastering a skill
Nurturing a habit
Celebrating / supporting something through a shared activity
03. Whether you submit a club you already run or start something new, you will only receive up to 12 donated hours within The Future Front House (good for 3 to 4 club meetings) between July 1 and September 30.
04. If your club is not yet active, we suggest designing for a maximum of 10 to 20 active members. You can promote your club and recruit members however you please, as long as the club is open to all who are interested to join (18+) for free, by donation or a fee.
⭑ What does a Community Club host do?
A club host sets the tone and the purpose of their club. A club host selects the intention and overarching goal of the club.
A club host runs their club autonomously, with support from Future Front.
A club host sets the agenda, location, medium and/or topic for every club meeting using Google Calendar or an alternative calendar tool.
They also check in with members of the club at least once a month via email, text or some other communication method, as well as collaborate with Future Front to announce their club to the Future Front newsletter every July.
From July to September, all club hosts can use The Future Front House up to four times as a free space and venue.
A club host wants to be a good host. If you become a host, you’re interested in community-building as a creative practice, sharpening your facilitation skills and practicing curatorial work! Hosts meet with the Future Front team twice to check in on their club, share resources, learn from growth edges, have fun & hang! Hosts are responsible for:
Keeping the club safe by staying curious & asking for feedback
Having & starting conversations, as well as facilitating space for others to share
Understanding everything that is going on within the club, etc.!
⭑ Can’t imagine what makes for a good club? Or what joining one might look like? We got you! Let’s take a look at Hike Club.
Two years ago, Future Front member Stephanie decided to list her own bimonthly Hike Club as a Future Front Club. The club met every other Sunday at different trails in Austin, and the goal was simple. The club was designed for people who wanted to get outside—and just needed to find the time, space and company to do it. After listing the club with Future Front, Hike Club doubled in size and Stephanie still runs it today on her own!