Change of Art: 4 Reasons You Should Paint or Draw in a Group
At the beginning of classes, instructor Bruce Cody asks his students to display their works. The group then spends the next 35-40 minutes in discussion…
Group Activity Spotlight: Mall Walking
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Mall walking isn’t a thing that’s organized by national associations, tested in international competitions or backed by global foundations. Mall walking is simply walking in…
Member Spotlight: Bruce Cody
From the Midwest to the United Kingdom, and points beyond, art has taken Bruce Cody places. “It really has,” says Cody, who hosts GroupWorks’ Drawing…
5 Reasons Why You Need to RV with an RV Club
RVs Pam Furlong knew about. RV clubs, not so much. Then her parents joined an RV club, Buck-A-Roo Sams, an Arizona-based chapter of the 2-million-member…
GroupWorks Member Spotlight: Rhonda Swaim
Growing up, Rhonda Swaim and her family hopscotched from state to state, and scattered in the process. Today, she’s grown roots aplenty, thanks to her…
How to Make GroupWorks Work for You
When Keep Phoenix Beautiful works to live up to its name, via community-garden programs and desert-gardening-education efforts, GroupWorks pitches in, too. “GroupWorks provides a framework…
Grow Together: Why Garden Clubs Matter
We garden more. We garden younger. But do we garden together? The most recent National Gardening Survey, conducted by Garden Research, showed gardening’s full bloom:…
Taking Off: How the Academy of Model Aeronautics Helps Young Fliers Earn Their Wings
Sometimes when a model aircraft takes flight, everybody takes off. That’s one of the lessons that can be learned from the Academy of Model Aeronautics,…
Take a Hike! The A to Zs of Walking and Hiking Clubs
Patricia Jewett has a story that she says sums up — “perfectly” — the walking a-ha moment. One day recently, Jewett, the host of GroupWorks’…
5 Reasons You Should Join a Motorcycle Club
In our popular imagination, the motorcyclist is a lone wolf. But the reality is a whole lot less Wild One than that. For starters, a…