Crafted Conversations in 2023

Crafted CONVERSATIONS: Sustaining Us: Bringing Awareness & Mindfulness To Work

Many people want to work differently. They want to bring open minds and hearts into their work life and professional communities. Join us as social impact health and wellness leader, Rosemary Jordan, shares approaches to integrating awareness, structured pauses and meditation into our work life, drawing upon Zen, Quaker, and other traditions. How can you explore incorporating these principles into a place, an organization, or a gathering? Rosemary will share some practical examples of ways to introduce mindfulness, creativity, and connection to in-person, hybrid and virtual teams.

Speaker: Rosemary Jordan | CEO Enso Village

Date: Wednesday, April 19 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Venue: The Fireplace Lounge @ CraftWork | 445 Center Street

Hospitality Partner: Appellation

Wine Partner: Comstock Wines

Food Partner: Dry Creek Kitchen

Crafted CONVERSATIONS: Informed By Place: The Landscapes of Lucas + Lucas

It all begins with place. We are all tied to this special place, Sonoma County, and lucky to live on such beautiful land. Lucas & Lucas designs gives their clients a way to interact, enjoy and become tied to their place, their homes. Jennifer and Mike value a balanced lifestyle rooted in the community and landscape of Northern California and will share that passion in this conversation. With project examples from their monograph, Architectural Gardens: Inside the Landscapes of Lucas & Lucas, they will share their inspiration, vision, design solutions and tips – just in time for Spring!

Speaker: Mike and Jennifer Lucas | Lucas + Lucas Landscape Architecture

Date: Wednesday, March 8 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Venue: The Fireplace Lounge @ CraftWork | 445 Center Street

Beverage Partner:  Young & Yonder Spirits

Food Partner: Board & Bounty

CRAFTED CONVERSATIONS: The Lions of The Namib and Gorillas of Central Africa, The Power of Sustainable Travel

Africa is a giant continent, the size of the US, China, India, Japan, and Europe combined. This huge land mass includes an extraordinary array of ecosystems. Journey with us as David Tett reveals the story of the “five brothers”, lions that fight to survive in the harsh landscape of the oldest desert in the world, the Namib. Then travel to remote rainforests in the Congo and Central Africa and discover a lush, contrasting habitat that’s home to lowland gorillas, chimps, pink forest elephants, and hunter-gatherers called the BaAka. You’ll also learn about safari camps and wildlife experiences that create robust micro-economies and play a powerful role in protecting millions of acres of wildlands and supporting hundreds of traditional communities.

Speaker: David Tett | CEO Bushtracks Expeditions

Date: Wednesday, February 15 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Venue: The Fireplace Lounge @ CraftWork | 445 Center Street

Wine Partner: Journeyman Wines

Food Partner: Journeyman Meat Company

CRAFTED CONVERSATIONS: Into The Arctic, Photographing Wild Places

The Arctic is a destination like no other. Join us as adventurer and landscape photographer, David Hargreaves, shares a collection of unforgettable images of the landscapes, seascapes, icescapes, and wildlife from Greenland, Iceland and Norway, well beyond the Arctic Circle. How do you effectively capture the vast expanses and dramatic scenery of this remote, rugged place in pictures? David will share some tips and also discuss the impact he’s seen climate change is having on the area.

Speaker: David Hargreaves | Founder; BruingtonHargreaves / W Real Estate

Date: Wednesday, January 18 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Venue: The Fireplace Lounge @ CraftWork | 445 Center Street

Food Partner: Tisza Bistro

Wine Partner: CAST Wines