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Practicing Enchantment: "The Self" - Part One of the Practicing Enchantment Series with Experiential Artist Alisa Sickora, Begins October 11
Five Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Sundays, October 11- November 8, 2026
2:00 - 4:00pm ET (NYC Time)
$165 Paid Patreon Members / $180 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Enchantment is cultivated, not simply discovered.
Folklore is one of humanity’s oldest technologies for cultivating enchantment. Through stories, rituals, symbols, objects, and celebrations, folklore teaches us how to pay attention: to notice what has been overlooked, to recognize meaning within the familiar, and to transform the materials of our lives into sources of connection, memory, and wonder.
In moments when we feel disconnected—from ourselves, from place, from time, or from one another—folklore offers a way back into relationship. It reminds us that the mundane is not a world without magic, but a world in which magic has become difficult to perceive. It invites us to slow down, to become attentive participants in the creation of meaning, and to recognize that enchantment emerges through acts of care, imagination, and repetition.
This first installment of the Practicing Enchantment series—led by creator and educator Alisa Sicker—begins with the Self as the first site of folklore-making. Together, we will explore the difference between autobiography and mythic narrative, considering how our memories, meaningful places, recurring symbols, and treasured objects can become the foundations of a living folklore.
Through framing lectures, weekly prompts, and object-making exercises, students will create a cabinet of mythic artifacts, each accompanied by its own folkloric provenance: a miniature museum of their own (un)natural history. These objects will become more than collections of things; they will become a personal archive of meaning, a tangible mythology, and the beginnings of an ongoing enchantment practice.
This is Part One of the Practicing Enchantment series. Part Two: Ritual Time will expand outward into the creation of personal calendars, feast days, and folkloric celebrations. Part Three: Community will explore how individual practices become shared traditions through collective storytelling, ritual, and gathering. Each course can be taken independently, but together they trace a journey towards a more enchanted life.
Images: Aino Oksanen, “Nuutti Being Prepared”, ca. 1926, Finnish Heritage Agency;
Alisa Sickora has been giving this nutty world texture, absurdity and occasional catharsis for nearly three decades. A world builder and educator at heart, she produces, designs, and fabricates for theatre, film, themed entertainment and immersive experiences.
Working within both the professional and academic communities, Kleckner has designed and built costumes, masks, puppets, and f/x makeup for well over 200 productions, specializing in by not limited to theatre and themed entertainments. Alisa has also produced, directed and/or written a number of original puppetry pieces and devised works as well as created or consulted on immersive experiences.
As an educator, she teaches a wide range of courses in theatre design and technology as well as lecturing in art classes including Foundations, 3D printing and Digital Fabrication and Entrepreneurship in the Arts. Alisa has taught professional and collegiate technique-based workshops across the country and more recently found a voice on panels for inclusivity and diversity in themed entertainment. Beyond her traditional theatre endeavors, Alisa operates Scared of My Shadow, a leather mask business in which she specializes in creating wearable art pieces.
Five Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Sundays, October 11- November 8, 2026
2:00 - 4:00pm ET (NYC Time)
$165 Paid Patreon Members / $180 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Enchantment is cultivated, not simply discovered.
Folklore is one of humanity’s oldest technologies for cultivating enchantment. Through stories, rituals, symbols, objects, and celebrations, folklore teaches us how to pay attention: to notice what has been overlooked, to recognize meaning within the familiar, and to transform the materials of our lives into sources of connection, memory, and wonder.
In moments when we feel disconnected—from ourselves, from place, from time, or from one another—folklore offers a way back into relationship. It reminds us that the mundane is not a world without magic, but a world in which magic has become difficult to perceive. It invites us to slow down, to become attentive participants in the creation of meaning, and to recognize that enchantment emerges through acts of care, imagination, and repetition.
This first installment of the Practicing Enchantment series—led by creator and educator Alisa Sicker—begins with the Self as the first site of folklore-making. Together, we will explore the difference between autobiography and mythic narrative, considering how our memories, meaningful places, recurring symbols, and treasured objects can become the foundations of a living folklore.
Through framing lectures, weekly prompts, and object-making exercises, students will create a cabinet of mythic artifacts, each accompanied by its own folkloric provenance: a miniature museum of their own (un)natural history. These objects will become more than collections of things; they will become a personal archive of meaning, a tangible mythology, and the beginnings of an ongoing enchantment practice.
This is Part One of the Practicing Enchantment series. Part Two: Ritual Time will expand outward into the creation of personal calendars, feast days, and folkloric celebrations. Part Three: Community will explore how individual practices become shared traditions through collective storytelling, ritual, and gathering. Each course can be taken independently, but together they trace a journey towards a more enchanted life.
Images: Aino Oksanen, “Nuutti Being Prepared”, ca. 1926, Finnish Heritage Agency;
Alisa Sickora has been giving this nutty world texture, absurdity and occasional catharsis for nearly three decades. A world builder and educator at heart, she produces, designs, and fabricates for theatre, film, themed entertainment and immersive experiences.
Working within both the professional and academic communities, Kleckner has designed and built costumes, masks, puppets, and f/x makeup for well over 200 productions, specializing in by not limited to theatre and themed entertainments. Alisa has also produced, directed and/or written a number of original puppetry pieces and devised works as well as created or consulted on immersive experiences.
As an educator, she teaches a wide range of courses in theatre design and technology as well as lecturing in art classes including Foundations, 3D printing and Digital Fabrication and Entrepreneurship in the Arts. Alisa has taught professional and collegiate technique-based workshops across the country and more recently found a voice on panels for inclusivity and diversity in themed entertainment. Beyond her traditional theatre endeavors, Alisa operates Scared of My Shadow, a leather mask business in which she specializes in creating wearable art pieces.