Dr. Andrew Pastor (Third Year Family Medicine Resident) will lead us in a workshop where we’ll explore the diversity of Taiko drums, learn the fundamentals of Taiko drumming and dive into a song all together. Zero musical experience is necessary - come as you are (in comfortable clothes).

Dr. Rachel Friedman (Family Medicine) will lead us in an evening of singing and building basic harmonies.

Dr. Jessica Stanton (Family Medicine) leads us in the art of making Venetian Carnival Masks

Dr. Jessica Stanton (Family Medicine) leads us in the art of making Venetian Carnival Masks

Join us for an informal writing meet-up. Bring a piece you are working on or come seeking inspiration. We will have pencils, papers, and prompts to go around. Led by your fearless MAPS team (Allison Bacon MD, Rachel Friedman MD and Kari Harris MD)

We are excited to welcome back Dr. Jamie Weinstein (Family Medicine) for an evening of collage.

Dr. Allison Bacon (Family Medicine) has long been writing amateur poetry to navigate doctoring, parenting, love, laughter, and loss. Her goal with this poetry workshop is to make the poetic lifestyle feel possible for everyone. We'll explore bug journals, paper vs. electronic, NYT Connections, and more. And we might even write a poem or two, you just never know.

Ninad Athale MD (Family Medicine/Addiction Medicine) will return to teach us some basic principles of improv and introduce some games and exercises to flex our creative muscles.

Back by popular demand Dr. Mark Sloan (Pediatrician) will be teaching us how to weave patient stories and personal experience into our writing, how to use those stories to get our message across to readers, and—importantly—how not to run afoul of privacy laws in the process.

Dr. Rachel Friedman (Family Medcine) will lead us in an evening of singing and learning about basic harmonies. While this event falls right in the middle of the holidays we are not planning to sing Christmas Carols! For everyone who signs up early we will try to send out some MP3s of some song parts so we can join together.

To keep hands busy we also encourage people to bring any current craft/art projects to work on as well. If you prefer not to sing, but would like to come listen and craft that is welcome as well!

Dr. Judith Hong (Dermatology) will lead us in Neurographic art which is a process where you create freeform lines with pen and ink, transform line intersections by rounding the edges, and then color in with watercolor. It creates interesting abstract shapes and is a very calming and mindful process. It is meant to connect the subconscious and conscious mind while creating a work of art. (Event originally planned for Mendocino, but rescheduled/relocated for Sonoma)

Dr. Tianna Sheih (Family Medicine) will lead a workshop on photography, this will be accessible to anyone with a camera including those on your phone. We will try out different types of photography including portraiture and nature shots. We will be meeting at Julliard park (hopefully trying to capture that golden hour) so please dress for an evening outside. 

Ninad Athale MD (Family Medicine/Addiction Medicine) will teach us some basic principles of improv and introduce some games and exercises to flex our creative muscles.

Dr. Wendy Kohatsu (Family Medicine) will lead us in a evening of culinary arts. As a trained chef and practicing physician Dr. Kohatsu is a strong proponent of food as medicine and brings beauty and creativity to her nourishing masterpieces.

Dr. Matt Joseph (Family Medicine) will lead us in an evening of poetry appreciation and creation.

Bring your current project or come to be inspired by what others are working on. Arts, crafts, writing, music, movement all welcome!

Dr. Kari Foulke (Family Medicine) will share her newly found passion for stamp carving. We will be carving on linoleum blocks to create stamps and then making simple relief prints with the stamps we have carved.

Dr. Judith Hong (Dermatology) will with teach the basics of watercolor painting, including basic brush strokes, color theory, and color mixing. Then we will create an abstract painting of different circles of colors that can be layered upon with pen and ink. The focus is more on the mindfulness and enjoyment of the process of painting, rather than trying to "create" a finished product. There will also be time to just play around with your brush and paint.

Dr. Mark Sloan (Pediatrician) will be teaching us how to weave patient stories and personal experience into our writing, how to use those stories to get our message across to readers, and—importantly—how not to run afoul of privacy laws in the process.

Dr. Jamie Weinstein (Family Medicine) will walk us through how to pull inspiration from many different directions and create a vision of something new in our inaugural workshop.