IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS
STORYTELLING, ARTMAKING & CONNECTION DEEPENING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR INTUITION.
June 15–18
Summer 2026
Over the course of 4 days, artist Melanie King will be creating a space for young women to gain wisdom and knowledge of their intuition from the folk story “The Doll in her Pocket: Vasalisa the Wise”, as retold in the NYT bestselling book Women Who Run With the Wolves.
Integrating storytelling, discussion, journaling, printmaking, collage and bookmaking, participants will explore the themes outlined below, and finish the week with a collection of meaningful artwork, and a book, designed to support them as they navigate their teen years and into young adulthood.
The session will be held at Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento and is limited to 8 participants.
Learn more about Women Who Run with the Wolves
Learn more about Melanie
The Doll in her Pocket: Vasalisa the Wise
This is a story about handing down the blessings of women’s power of intuition from mother to daughter, from one generation to the next.
This great power, intuition, is composed of lightning-fast inner seeing, inner hearing, inner sensing, and inner knowing.
WORKSHOP FLOW
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY | 9A – 4:30P
Themes
What is intuition?
Becoming alert by oneself, for oneself.
Making the best relationship one can with the “worst” parts of oneself.
Day 01
Art Practice
Experiencing a creative telling of the folktale.
Introduction to lino-cut (printmaking).
Themes
Learning to feed your intuition.
Learning to face oddness, “otherness”, the wild.
Day 02
Art Practice
Creating your own lino-cuts.
Themes
Recognizing your power.
Learning discernment; separating this from that.
The Life/Death/Life cycle.
Day 03
Art Practice
Clay dolls. (Pieces will be fired and delivered after the session finishes)
Themes
Ancestors and remembering.
Celebrating our learning, creativity and thoughts.
Using our intuition and identifying our support systems.
Day 04
Art Practice
Collage + 1-page bookmaking
Presenting your creative work.
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Summer session
June 15–18, 2026 | 9AM - 4:40PM
$330
For girls entering 7th & 8th grade in Fall of 2026.
Practical matters
Registration Steps
Register for a session via the Verge Art Center’s website.
During the week of your session
All art materials, and a journal, will be provided. Participant will also have access to a rich library of art books for inspiration.
Dropoff between 9-9:30AM; pickup between 4-4:30PM
Snacks will be provided; all participants should bring a packed lunch.
Workshops will be a phone-free environment.
A few short films may be shown as part of the curriculum, no longer than 30 minutes on a given day.
