Storytellers Canvas | Echoes in Ink
Where Community Becomes a Kaleidoscope of Color Under the Moon
📅 Wednesday, May 27 | 7:30 PM | Lark Studio
Join us for an unforgettable evening where storytelling becomes a shared masterpiece. This month, the moonlight glows over a canvas that you help create—one painted with emotion, expression, and the echoes of every story told.
Share Your Story
Step aboard our sailship of dreams and express yourself through any narrative medium—poetry, music, spoken word, dance, or personal experience. Each artist has 7 minutes to cast their color into the night sky. Whether you arrive with a prepared piece or find inspiration in the moment, your voice belongs here.
Paint What You Feel
As performers take the stage, the audience will translate story into visual art. With special inks and paper provided, you’ll create a personal interpretation of what you hear. Throughout the night, each individual piece will be added to a growing collective canvas—a visual echo of the stories that moved us.
Let Your Spirit Guide You
There’s no set theme this month—just the invitation to speak your truth. If you’re seeking inspiration, reach out, and we’ll send a gentle creative nudge your way.
Audience Favorite Award
At evening’s end, you’ll help choose the storyteller whose performance most deeply resonated. Our audience favorite will receive a dreamy gift from our sponsor, Mariah Fralick of Bell, Book & Candle (@bellbookandcandleslc).
Hosted By
The vibrant and otherworldly Brad Williams (@saltlakestronaut) will guide us through the night’s rhythm with warmth and wonder.
7:30 – 8:30 PM
🎤 First Block: 6 storytellers take the stage
🎨 Audience begins painting their interpretations
8:00 – 8:15 PM
☕ Intermission:
🖼️ First half’s artwork added to the community canvas
🏅 Audience Favorite (First Half) announced
🖊️ Last-minute sign-ups open
9:00 – 10:15 PM
🎤 Second Block: 7 final performers share their stories
🎨 Continued audience painting
10:15 – 10:30 PM
🗳️ Silent Voting + Art Reveal:
🏆 Audience Favorite announced
🖼️ All paintings displayed together as one finished piece
10:30 – 11:30 PM
✨ After Hang: Linger, chat, reflect, and celebrate what we’ve created
Event Details
🎟 Capacity: 39 dreamers, listeners, and storytellers
🎤 Story Slots: 13
🍵 Offerings: Artisanal tea, light snacks, and warm ambiance
📍 Location: Lark Studio, SLC
Come add your voice to the canvas. Let’s create something beautiful—together, under the moon. 🎨🌙
A Tapestry of Respect, Color, and Care
Where every voice adds a stroke, and every being shapes the masterpiece.
Our Shared Canvas
At Storytellers Canvas, we believe the most powerful stories—and the most honest art—emerge in spaces rooted in respect, inclusion, and imagination.
This is a braver space, not a perfect one—but we are committed to co-creating a night where everyone feels safe enough to take creative risks, be vulnerable, and truly be seen.
Here, every presence is a pigment. Every voice adds texture. Together, we make the night whole.
What Has No Place on Our Canvas:
We do not tolerate:
❌ Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Ableism, or Religious Bigotry
❌ Harassment of any kind (verbal, physical, emotional, or digital)
❌ Non-consensual touch or invasions of personal space
❌ Pressuring others to share, perform, drink, or engage
❌ Microaggressions, slurs, or hostile behavior in any form
Consent is Creative Ground
Ask before you touch.
Ask before you delve deep.
Respect every boundary—spoken or unspoken.
Each of us creates at our own pace and in our own rhythm.
If You Experience or Witness Harm:
Tell a Host or Volunteer Immediately
Look for someone wearing a host badge or visit the welcome table.
🫂 Check In On One Another
Not sure what to do? Just ask: “Are you okay?” or let us know.
📬 Prefer to report later?
Email: brad@fractionalmarketing.space or DM @saltlakestronaut or @larkxcostudio on Instagram.
📍 Zero Tolerance = Immediate Action
Anyone violating this policy will be removed from the event.
We protect the integrity of the space so that art—and people—can be fully free.
🌈 A Living Work of Art
This night is something we build together.
When we move with kindness, curiosity, and courage, the room becomes more than a venue—it becomes a sanctuary.
Thank you for helping us co-create a space where stories are safe to land, and where color, voice, and care bloom freely.
You are not just a guest—you are part of the painting.
🎭 Welcome to Storytellers Canvas | Echoes in Ink.
Let’s make something unforgettable. Together.
