DANIEL CALLAHAN Multimedia Artist & Designer Speaker at IGNITE: A conference for creative community builders on Sunday, May 20, 2018 at Lesley University Hall in Porter Square! Daniel Callahan is a multimedia artist and designer. His work merges various disciplines including but not limited to painting, music, video, drawing, collage, graphic design, photography, and performance… Continue Reading
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English Clotted Cream Recipe
-written by Hearth Ember, Jaclyn Wood At every tea party I host, I make clotted cream for guests to have the option of topping their scones with it. If you’ve never had this delightful pairing you can enjoy it at the next Hearth Tea Party this June. For those who want more after having some… Continue Reading
Our Favorite Art Spots in Cambridge and Somerville
Since July 2013, Miranda’s Hearth has been hosting events all over Cambridge and Somerville. Without a building of our own, we’ve had to get creative and it’s made us well acquainted with all the local art-friendly places. But they haven’t been easy to find! That’s why we put together a list of our favorite places… Continue Reading
Why can’t we talk about guns?
Like most Americans, I have very clear opinions about guns. I feel personally dedicated to my opinion and, more often than I’d like to admit, I become morally offended by people who disagree with me. ‘How can they think such a thing?’ I exclaim whenever I find myself falling down the rabbit-hole of internet comments… Continue Reading
Let’s Yarnbomb the Tiny House!
Yarn bombing is an international phenomenon where guerilla artists take to the streets armed not with spray paint, but with yarn and needles. The New York Times attributes the movement to “Magda Sayeg, a 37-year-old Texan who is considered by many to be the mother of yarn bombing.” For those of you who live in… Continue Reading
New Creative Community by Arlene Goldbard
This week, the Creative Community Builders Bookshelf presents New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development by Arlene Goldbard. At Miranda’s Hearth, our mission is to build a community through creativity that is approachable, affordable, and accessible. In her central work, Arlene Goldbard describes exactly how to do this and why it’s important. The book… Continue Reading
Introducing: Hearth Community Nights
As human beings, we are innately social creatures. We desire connection and community with the same intensity that we need shelter and food. One feeds our physical bodies, the other our souls. As globalization, industrialization, and digitalization grow at an ever increasing rate, it is more important than ever to put the in time and… Continue Reading
Going Full-Time!
It’s with equal parts excitement and trepidation that after over four years working full-time at The Umbrella Community Arts Center, I’m taking the dive. That’s right. Starting on December 15, I’ll be working full-time on Miranda’s Hearth. Miranda’s Hearth is a social enterprise dedicated to building a community through creativity that is approachable, affordable, and… Continue Reading
Become a Board Member for Miranda’s Hearth!
As the Board of Directors for Miranda’s Hearth enters our second year, we’re looking for two-three more directors to join our ranks! Our board currently consists of professionals from a wide variety of fields including investment, education, marketing, and design. In order to bring our board to the next level, we’re looking for people with… Continue Reading
Where Ideas Come From: The Compost Heap
I prescribe to the belief that nothing is truly original, that true creativity is as simple and as difficult as building new connections between preexisting ideas. Most of my creative projects arise out of an accumulation of years of discarded thoughts. Countless ideas that I’ve scrawled in notebooks only to be left in a pile… Continue Reading