Who We Are

Hungry?
We feed souls!

Click here to view some cheers for A Spacious Place.

A Message from our Founder/Executive Director

           Everybody matters...everybody.

           Everyone is creative. It's in our DNA.

Faith Beyond Loss: Click here to visit our Ramah Faith website.

A Spacious Place is a member of the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations.

The Key2Violence Project: click here for more information on how the project began.

Join us on Holy Saturday, March 30, as we gather art supplies and caring, creative people to participate in our “Key 2 Violence” project. The project invites persons who have experienced violence (that’s all of us) to respond by first naming its impact on theirs and other lives, and then transforming violence through creativity.

2:00—3:00 pm     Silent, Contemplative Worship
                          Centers
3:00—5:00 pm     Key2Violence Hands-On Creating
5:00—5:30 pm     Sharing & Communion
                          (communion optional)

What We're Doing

e-Offerings: Have an idea for an online course offering, email us at Contact@aspaciousplace.com.

Tailgate Offerings: A Spacious Place enjoys loading the trunks of our vehicles with creative goodies and motoring out to group homes, apartment complexes, camp sites, churches, and campuses. If you know of an organization that might benefit from A Spacious Place's Tailgate Offerings, we'd love to hear from you! Contact kaye@aspaciousplace.com.

Crazy Dreams Creativity Camp

Create art inspired by crazy dreamers Martin Luther King, Jr., Pablo Neruda, Ada Lovelace, Pablo Picasso, Queen Liliuokalani, and more.

Click here for more information and to register for camp.

Young Writers Club

We help kids get their imaginations into print!
Click here to view the Top Ten reasons to join the Young Writers Club.

A writers club that helps 3rd - 8th graders get their imaginative thoughts into words by providing winsome writing options and subjects, plus voice recorders, computers, and staff to take dictation.

ALL children who love words and/or love to imagine are welcome. This is going to be a BLAST, please invite any children you know!!!

1st Saturday of each month, 1-4 pm

Click here to enroll online or by phone (512-807-6863). Yearly dues are $50 ($5 less for A Spacious Place members).

Next meeting: May 4, 2013

Writer of the month hint:
What the Dickons! Dig up some great gardening tips from this little princess of a writer.

Young Artists Club

We move kids from imagination into creation!
Click here to view the Top Ten reasons to join the Young Artists Club.

Who?  Students in Grades 1 through 5 with BIG imaginations

What?  A club that helps students turn their imaginations into visual art forms. After exploring the life and work of the "Artist of the Month," club members will create original pieces based on his/her subjects and style.

Where?  A Spacious Place:  7105 Gentle Oak Dr. Austin, TX 78749

When?  2nd Saturday of each Month     1-4 pm

Come dressed to make a mess!

Why?  Because it's fun to play with art materials!

Enroll online or by phone (512-807-6863). Yearly dues are $65/ $60 for remaining students in a family ($5 less on all fees for A Spacious Place members). Dues and registration papers (emailed or posted to you after you register your student) are due the first day a student attends.

Next meeting: May 11, 2013 (This meeting will be held jointly with the Young Writers Club)

Artist of the month hint:
First this artist gave us the circus in miniature, then his art went spinning over our heads.

What We're Dreaming

Check out our upcoming Offerings: Click on the Offerings tab above to view upcoming A Spacious Place offerings, including creativity courses, arts events, concerts, and showings. The Offerings tab also has information on previous courses.

Big News: A Spacious Place is now a member organization. Click here for more details.

A Spacious Place Blog: It's here. Click on the Blog tab above to see our blog. Sign up and join our community conversation. We look forward to hearing from you!

Graffiti Wall: A Spacious Place provides space for your creative expression. If you have a brief meditation, a poem, or any random thoughts, click here to submit them. We will post your creative work for others to read. No profanity please.

Our "Playground Principles" represent a compilation of wisdom from the fields of education, pastoral care, spiritual direction, and even global economics. We use these principles in all of our offerings.

What We've Done

Superhero Camp—It was super! Campers cartooned, sculpted, created a rap and made their own Superhero films. Click here to view camp fun in progress.

Our Creative Journaling Workshop inspired and transformed us: check it out. We're planning a second workshop for this fall.

At A Home of Her Own we celebrated the creative expressions of dramatists, musicians, writers, visual artists, and culinary artists. Thanks to all who shared their creative gifts!

It was . . .
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!

Thanks to the children of all ages who contributed their time, humor, and creative energy to make our production possible. The play, through and through, felt like a Christmas gift. And remember: "Hey! Unto you a child is born!"

"Children for Children" Christmas Cards

Join our drive to help end human trafficking. Click here for details.

Spirit Whispers

A doctoral project offered by Kaye McKee in which participants explored God metaphors through creative expression. Click here for more information.

Our 2008 Offerings:

"Spirit Whispers" sessions and Gallery
"A Spacious Day: A Sampler of and a Fundraiser for A Spacious Place"
"Kid's Rock!"
Creativity Camp (check out our photos of the fun!)
Creativity Centers for Project Help's Empowerment Academy
"Switching Lenses: Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary through Photography"
Austin Bridge Builders Association Expo
Student Production of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"

Our 2007 Events and Courses—A Good First Year

"A Spacious Day"
Creative CPR
Summer Creativity Camp
"Roar of Love: A Study of C S Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia"