
UNION EVENTS

Online Workshop: Building Joyful Brand Worlds
Join Chelsea for this collaborative, three-hour workshop on creating vibrant brand worlds that spark joy and resonate deeply with audiences. You’ll explore how to extract a client’s vision, build a brand strategy, and translate that into design through thoughtful planning and moodboarding. You’ll walk away with tools to create brand systems that feel cohesive, fun, and full of life.

Online Workshop: From Single Image to Campaign Creator: Maximizing Your Illustration Impact
Rather than focusing on one perfect image, this three-hour workshop will show you how to build illustration systems that scale. Chris will walk you through his process for turning one image into a full campaign—something that works across platforms and client needs while still feeling cohesive. You’ll bring an illustration to expand upon, or create something new in the session, and explore how to apply your style in unexpected, impactful ways.

Online Workshop: Beyond the Shelf: A Packaging Workshop
Packaging design can be overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. In this three-hour workshop, Dahlia breaks down her proven process into three key phases: Brand, Build, and Launch. You’ll learn how to lead strategic client conversations, build trust through collaboration, and balance creativity with commercial appeal. From uncovering a brand’s personality to designing with hierarchy and shelf impact in mind, this session will give you the tools to create packaging that’s distinctive, intentional, and aligned at every step.

Online Workshop: Tending the Garden: How to Design Web Systems that Grow
Websites are living systems—not static projects. In this three-hour workshop, Chris and Kegan will walk you through how Thread builds flexible digital systems that evolve with their clients’ needs. You’ll explore how to blend expressive design with systems thinking, align your team around patterns, and care for a site post-launch with tools and rituals that support long-term growth.

Online Workshop: How to Make Animated Cards
In this interactive, three-hour workshop, artist and paper engineer Kelli Anderson will show you how fold-based formats like the flexagon and waterfall card can bring content to life through movement and interactivity. You’ll explore the conceptual and mechanical potential of folded paper as a storytelling tool—creating narrative-driven pieces that are engaging, tactile, and unforgettable. No experience needed—just curiosity and a willingness to experiment.

Online Workshop: Against Storytelling: A Storytelling Workshop
Storytelling is everywhere in branding—but do we really know what it means? In this provocative, three-hour workshop, Mark Kingsley invites you to question and redefine the role of story in design and strategy. Through conversation and guided frameworks, you’ll explore multiple definitions of story, examine its relevance in branding, and learn how to use narrative with clarity and intention.

Online Workshop: Fun Lettering for Fun Folks
In this three-hour workshop, Mary Kate will show you how to bring playfulness and personality into your hand lettering. You’ll focus on expressive letterforms, illustration integration, and composition techniques to transform basic type into dynamic lettering pieces that pop off the page. Perfect for anyone looking to loosen up and have more fun with their work.

Online Workshop: The Tangible Brand: What Lies Beyond the Logo
Join Old Friend for this immersive three-hour workshop on creating a brand that feels both expansive and engaging. Jesse and Elliott will guide you through their entire branding process—from the initial client call to the final file export (or final_final_final, if you know what we mean). In this workshop, you’ll learn how to ask the right questions, conduct meaningful research, and explore creatively to not just make a logo but an entire identity ecosystem with plenty of room to play.

Online Workshop: Lettering Remix: Create Custom Letterforms from Everyday Inspiration
In this interactive, info-packed, three-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to transform real-world inspiration—from neon signs to vintage packaging—into original hand-drawn lettering. Ken will teach you how to decode the visual systems behind found letterforms and remix them into fresh work for logos, wordmarks, personal projects, and more. You’ll sharpen your eye, expand your style, and bring new creative energy to your lettering practice.

Online Workshop: Tiny Canvas, Big Impact: The Art of Illustrated Stamp Design
Master the art of storytelling in a small format by designing your own set of vintage-inspired stamps in this interactive, three-hour workshop led by the partners at South African illustration studio MUTI. Stamp design requires a keen understanding of composition, scale, and detail. This workshop will guide you through crafting impactful compositions, integrating basic hand lettering, applying authentic textures, and selecting a compelling color palette to create miniature masterpieces that leave a lasting impression.

Creative Works ONLINE
Join us online for an event designed to empower your creative work and career.
Creative Works EAST is now ONLINE—a gathering where serious creatives sharpen their skills, build meaningful connections, and reconnect with the heart of their work. We believe in mastery over mediocrity, collaboration over competition, and bold creativity that drives real change.

Union Meetup: NYC
Join us for a casual meetup with the Creative Workers Union in Brooklyn. We’re building a home for creative professionals to connect, grow, and do work that matters—and we want you to be part of it. This meetup is a chance to meet other NYC-area creatives before our October event, share stories, and build real connections that last beyond the scroll.

Creative Works WEST ‘25
Join us this May for Creative Works WEST, a three-day immersive experience celebrating creativity, craft, and connection, designed to empower your creative career.