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Full transcript and show notes: https://www.sharnafabiano.com/2026/08/19/leading-through-invitation-creating-meaningful-participation-flora-bowley/

How do you lead a creative workshop without deciding in advance what participants should create, feel, or discover? Artist and creative guide Flora Bowley designs one-day gatherings with simple prompts and light structure, then leaves enough open space for participants to shape the experience themselves.

Flora Bowley is an artist, author, and creative guide who has spent years facilitating art-based gatherings. Her upcoming tour, The Creative Revolution, brings this approach to a series of one-day events designed to create connection and collaboration through art.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How simple prompts can give a group direction without controlling the outcome
• How to balance structure and free time in a collaborative gathering
• What makes creative collaboration feel alive—and what gets in its way
• Why invitation can create participation so effectively

Connect with Flora Bowley

Website: https://florabowley.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/florabowley/

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