Miranda's Hearth

08/18/2020

Hitting Pause on Miranda’s Hearth

The past six months have been a time of turbulence, disruption, new connections, and course changes. Together, we have learned about the fragility of our social infrastructures and the sacrifices that so many are willing to make to keep each other safe. It has been a moment to see the true value of creativity, a moment when being able to create new ways of living, connecting, and being is not frivolous but deeply necessary.

Miranda’s Hearth began seven years ago in order to promote just that kind of creativity. A way of thinking that empowers each of us to view ourselves, our lives, and our communities as works of art that are created and re-created through our personal and communal efforts. We have strived to build a community through creativity that is approachable, affordable, and accessible to all, breaking down narratives about who gets to make things.

After five months of planning and pivoting and planning again, we have made the difficult decision to hit pause on Miranda’s Hearth. Our strength and purpose lies in direct person-to-person connections through creativity. While there are many inspiring organizations making Herculean efforts to connect communities online, we are pausing in order to preserve our limited resources for a time when we can once again sit around the table and make things together.

We want to express deep gratitude for everyone who has connected with us virtually this year, showed up in person for the past seven years, and followed our story and efforts. Over 26,000 people have visited the Hearth since our first event in July 2013. Together, we have made something beautiful. We hope that each of you can take a spark from this fire and keep the creativity burning in your own lives as we work together to create a better, more caring, more creative world.

Warmly,
Miranda Aisling, Executive Director
Robin Miller, Board President

08/10/2020

Our founder and executive director, Miranda Aisling, was on the 2033 Podcast to talk about building the Hearth, opening the door to creativity, and redefining success.

Take a listen! -> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-2033-podcast/id1499567577?i=1000487052499

08/05/2020

Hearth Founder & Executive Director Miranda Aisling will be a guest on All Together Now coordinated by BroadBand tomorrow night, Thursday, at 7pm EST!

She'll be on air alongside journalist Brian Shactman NBC10 Boston and host Bobbie Steinbach. Tune in to hear about her art work, song writing, tiny house building, and community organizing.

Next up! Tomorrow, THURSDAY 8/6 at 7pm EST.
Join us as journalist Brian Shactman NBC10 Boston and Rennaisance woman/artist/painter/songwriter/tiny house builder and community organizer Miranda Aisling of Miranda's Hearth share music, stories, and connection. Hosted by Bobbie Steinbach. Watch on BroadBand.

08/05/2020

Dear friends,

After much consideration and hope for a turn, we have regrettably decided to cancel the 2020 Massachusetts Tiny House Festival.

Massachusetts is currently in its third phase of reopening, which is expected to continue throughout the fall. This stage prohibits gatherings of more than 25 people indoors and 100 outside, making us unable to host our beloved annual event.

We have received numerous inquiries from those starting to seriously consider tiny houses as this continuing pandemic forces us all to evaluate how we live. To those of you seeking to make a creative, sustainable lifestyle for yourselves: keep pushing! Our home, and our world, is what each of us make of it.

While we won’t be holding a virtual event, we highly recommend Tiny Houses 101, a workshop on August 22 presented by Jewel Pearson (Ms. Gypsy Soul and Tiny House Trailblazers, an organization sharing the movement from the lens of people of color) and Lee Pera (founder of Kotierra and former Boneyard Studios tiny house community). Learn more at: http://msgypsysoul.com/workshops-events/

We wish you all safety and health and we look forward to when we can gather together again.

Warmly,
Miranda Aisling

Executive Director of Miranda’s Hearth
Coordinator of the Massachusetts Tiny House Festival
Owner & Builder of Aubergine, Tiny House

07/26/2020

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