Community Artists Displayed & For Purchase
Art Exhibits @Phoenix Cafe
Join us for an immersive evening of art, movement, energy, and connection as RISEilience resident artist Colleen McGregor unveils her latest body of work.For this deeply personal and visually striking project, Colleen captured many of our instructors through the lens of the chakras, each embodying a different energetic center through movement, breathwork, yoga, expression, and presence. Through experimental film and photography,
The Electric Chakras explores the relationship between the body, emotion, energy, and transformation.
The evening will feature:
Experimental short film screening
Photography and print exhibit
Cacao ceremony
Tarot readers
Light fare and social connection
This is more than an art show. It is an exploration of embodiment, creativity, healing, and human expression.
Saturday, June 13 7:00 PM–9:00 PM
FREE ENTRY
RISEilience Wholehearted Yoga & Wellness Sanctuary
August 2026 +
Contact krystle@riseilience.org if you are interested in becoming a featured artist. Includes a month-long exhibit and opening night party.
December 2025 - June 2026
Artist Resident
Colleen McGregor
At the heart of my work is a simple truth: when we tell our stories, we rise. Through film, poetry, and embodied practices, I trace the moments when lives are cracked open by change — and how, in the space after the breaking, something luminous emerges.
My films follow people standing at these thresholds: mothers navigating the fierce tenderness of early motherhood, communities facing the long shadow of an epidemic, young musicians in New Orleans finding their song again after the storm. These stories are not defined by what was lost — but by what was created in the aftermath. They are portraits of human beings becoming something new, often quietly, often against the odds.
I see storytelling as a form of alchemy — turning pain into power, silence into song, and endings into beginnings. Through my residency at RISEilience, I continue this exploration, weaving film, movement, and healing practices to create spaces where story becomes medicine, where communities remember their strength, and where, like the Phoenix, we rise together from the ashes.
Spring 2026
Det Agustin is a mixed-media artist and designer whose work blends intuition, exploration, and courageous curiosity. She creates through her hands to connect with her heart and soul, helping others rediscover their own creative voice and sense of becoming.
Past Events:
November 2025
November 8, 8am-5pm & November 9, 11am- 4pm. For 29 years, the Amesbury Cultural Council has organized a city-wide tour of working artists' studios each November. Artists, makers, and businesses throughout Amesbury and beyond open their doors to the public for two days of creativity, shopping, food, and fun for all ages. RISEilience will be hosting 8 Artists.
November 2025
Susan Sandler Presents
Beachcomber, A Love Letter to the Sea
Susan is an interior architect, having studied at UNH, The Boston Architectural College, and the New England Institute of Art. She works primarily in paint and sculpture, the past 5 years brining to bring awareness to environmental causes.
June & July 2025
Art Opening Reception: June 6, 2025
August & September 2025
Reframed, an exhibition of work by Albert John Belmont and Courtney Seymour: opens today, August 30 with a reception September 6, 3-6 pm at the Phoenix Cafe at RISEillience @phoenixcafe.riseilience in Amesbury MA
October 2025
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center: artwork that reflects resilience, survival, transformation, and hope. Each piece becomes part of a larger tapestry of communal healing — art as both witness and voice. This show not only honors individual stories but also showcases the strength and dignity of survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner abuse, and other forms of trauma.