A Heartist Community sanctuary for platonic intimacy, touch and connection. Fully clothed, obligation-free and designed by you.
Cuddle Club
Every third Wednesday | 6:30–10pm
Humans need touch, and our culture often limits where it belongs.
We’re choosing a different story—one where softness, safety and spacious physical connection exists free of strings, agendas, implication or obligation.
We practice embodied consent, clear communication, requests and boundaries while enjoying the healing power of oxytocin-filled connection. When we snug without sneaky shadow stories, when we feel clear and safe, we make room for deep relaxation, delicious calm and a warm n happy heart.
Whether you’re cuddle curious or a snuggle sandwich specialist, you’re welcome to join us and take part in your own way—sit solo with a cushion, hold a hand, be the tree to someone’s koala, or melt into a multi-body snuggle.
Cuddle Club is about:
- Safe, boundaried touch
- Practicing consent and requests
- Honouring needs and limits—yours and others’
- Reframing intimacy beyond romance or family
Our monthly, intentional events serve diverse decompression, so sparklies soften and fluid fantastics fly free.
Inclusive, gently guided, flexible format, community experiences for lovers, dreamers, queerdos and misfits. Whether pan, poly, chrysalis goo, or a couple of dragons taped together, bring your meat encased stardust along to collaborate with community.
❤️suitable for all experience levels
❤️comfy, casual, creative space with kind community
❤️space to play, stretch and meet sensory needs
And.. let's not forget our sexy snack selection designed to suit many mouthfeels. (sweet, sour, salty, chewy, crunchy, zesty, spongey, spicy.. we treasure treats as much as tactile tablecloths and tenaciously tend to satisfying spectrums of taste, temp and textures. No biggie.
Cuddle Club is currently open to the Heartist community and friends.
New? Get in touch or come say hi at another Hearth event before you book.
Who is this for?
Our Venue is cosy af but has so much room for the kind and curious.
Maybe you’re queer, neurodiverse, asexual, gender fluid, polyamorous, stardust.
Maybe you’re an artist, lover, dreamer or 3 dragons taped together.
Maybe you manage many masks to survive
Maybe you’re a caterpillar, a butterfly or in pre-winged goo form
Maybe you're not.
We welcome the explorers, the alternatives, the misfits, the so-called ‘too much'ers, the ‘not enough’ers, the 'too sensitive's, the 'too weird's, the 'too loud's, the 'too quiet's, the too fews, the tutus..
Our art, heart and community driven events are about feeling safe, seen and welcome to be all you are. So, those of you with delicious, ambrosial flavours that may have become scapegoats for the dysgeusia of others ..we see you and we’ve made us all a comfy space to soften in.
At the helm:
Ange
hosted by Angelafaithheartist, our dynamic lover, feeler, writer, theatremaker, performer and general shenaniganist.
Ange has a big fat passion for designing welcoming experiences for people to art and play. As panther as she is monkey and as buffalo, hummingbird, Ange has been facilitating delight, supporting emotional unravellings and assisting transformational journeys for over 20 years. She loves hugging, dancing, flash mobs that go deep and she regularly forgets that she smuggled a maggot into several countries as it squatted in her head.
What to bring:
We have many comfies like chairs, couches, mattresses, squishies, pillows, rugs, blankets, head scratchers, rollers and more but bring anything else that helps you feel relaxed.
If you'd like to eat your dinner here, we'd love you to bring it and utilise our full kitchen -and we'll also have some delights ready for you.
And very importantly, will there be Chocolate?
Great question! There'll definitely be something you'll find enticing in our 'Snack Nicholson' or 'Snackie Collins' baskets.
Not gonna lie, we have a pretty sexy snack selection designed to suit many mouthfeels. (sweet, salty, chewy, crunchy, spongey, spicy.. we treasure treats as much as tactile tablecloths and tenaciously tend to satisfying spectrums of taste, temp and textures. No biggie.
Also, big fans of ease here, so if it offers you more space to eat your dinner here, we'd love you to bring it with you and utilise our full kitchen.
So. If that all feels good to you and you:
-celebrate consent
-enjoy hugs and could use more
-want to explore respectful touch at your own pace
-enjoy community, connection and kindness
-wanna cultivate clearer communication and honour your 'yes's and 'no's
-value clarity, authenticity, requests and boundaries
-could use a reframe of intimacy and connection
-grow weary of the noise and want to come back to your body
-have had previous experiences erode your trust in humans
-have a story that says you're better alone
-wanna be a big spoon
-wanna be a little spoon
-wanna be a blob
-wanna be close to, but not in, a people pancake
-forgot that genuine, kind, compassionate people exist and how good it can feel to be near them
-need a bloody good mid week lie down
then you should probably join us!
We think humans are better together.
Add hugs. Bam.
Practicals
Time:
Doors open 6:30 | Lock 7:00 | Immersion until 9:30
Place:
We collect first timers from:
Sacred Monkey Tattoo | 99 Denmark St, Kew
Getting Here:
Tram: #48 & #109 from City via Richmond
Bus: #200 & #207 from City via Carlton, Fitzroy and Collingwood
Closest parking: Denmark st/Wellington St -check clearways and parking restrictions
Lost? Late? Experiencing hijinx? Let us know on: 0424 074 607
Our 'Why':
❤️People
We enjoy meeting others and value community.
❤️Self Love
Living in a city, -or just on earth during these times- in a society that promotes hustle and prescribes obligation to everything but ourselves, we find that our art and heart time can be an afterthought
❤️ADHD Hack
In our ADHD experience, no matter how much we love, need and recognise the importance of social engagement/art/connection, staying in integrity with them hasn't been a thing we've achieved. Showing up for a plan we've made with others however, is a piece of delicious, dopamine cake. So, this is our hack. Maybe it will work for you too.
❤️Kin
We are queer, late diagnosed neurosparklies. We did the curious, arty, rose-coloured glasses, unboundaried-dreamer game for a long while. And although we enjoyed the confusing and disappointing fruits of the 'codependent, tragic romantic' story and the 'hermitting weirdo,' story, now we wanna hang out with other kind n curious cats.
We may not know a lot, but we do know that we always feel better after (and during) connecting with kind, curious community. Maybe you will too.
Our monthly events:
Writing | Queer Writers Naarm |1st Wednesday
Craft-Visual Art-Process Art | Hearts and Crafts | 2nd Wednesday
Consent centred Cuddle Puddle | Cuddle Club | 3rd Wednesday
Previous events:
Cardmaking, Watercolour self love reminders, Partner massage, Face painting, Ballooning, Improv, Flash mobs, Dance journeys, Sharing circles/ Intention setting circles, Play readings, Live performances, Wheel of consent workshops, Queer/kink/poly/ND socials, Poetry readings, Fairy parties and a neurodivergent Choir.
Your contributions help us continue to offer unique gatherings in a comfy, gorgeous, sensory space and provide refreshments and supplies however, It's important to us that our events be accessible to everyone and encourage you to get in touch should finances (or anything else) keep you from attending, please email thehearthexperience@gmail.com
A Heartist Community sanctuary for platonic intimacy, touch and connection. Fully clothed, obligation-free and designed by you.
Cuddle Club
Every third Wednesday | 6:30–10pm
Humans need touch, and our culture often limits where it belongs.
We’re choosing a different story—one where softness, safety and spacious physical connection exists free of strings, agendas, implication or obligation.
We practice embodied consent, clear communication, requests and boundaries while enjoying the healing power of oxytocin-filled connection. When we snug without sneaky shadow stories, when we feel clear and safe, we make room for deep relaxation, delicious calm and a warm n happy heart.
Whether you’re cuddle curious or a snuggle sandwich specialist, you’re welcome to join us and take part in your own way—sit solo with a cushion, hold a hand, be the tree to someone’s koala, or melt into a multi-body snuggle.
Cuddle Club is about:
- Safe, boundaried touch
- Practicing consent and requests
- Honouring needs and limits—yours and others’
- Reframing intimacy beyond romance or family
Our monthly, intentional events serve diverse decompression, so sparklies soften and fluid fantastics fly free.
Inclusive, gently guided, flexible format, community experiences for lovers, dreamers, queerdos and misfits. Whether pan, poly, chrysalis goo, or a couple of dragons taped together, bring your meat encased stardust along to collaborate with community.
❤️suitable for all experience levels
❤️comfy, casual, creative space with kind community
❤️space to play, stretch and meet sensory needs
And.. let's not forget our sexy snack selection designed to suit many mouthfeels. (sweet, sour, salty, chewy, crunchy, zesty, spongey, spicy.. we treasure treats as much as tactile tablecloths and tenaciously tend to satisfying spectrums of taste, temp and textures. No biggie.
Cuddle Club is currently open to the Heartist community and friends.
New? Get in touch or come say hi at another Hearth event before you book.
Who is this for?
Our Venue is cosy af but has so much room for the kind and curious.
Maybe you’re queer, neurodiverse, asexual, gender fluid, polyamorous, stardust.
Maybe you’re an artist, lover, dreamer or 3 dragons taped together.
Maybe you manage many masks to survive
Maybe you’re a caterpillar, a butterfly or in pre-winged goo form
Maybe you're not.
We welcome the explorers, the alternatives, the misfits, the so-called ‘too much'ers, the ‘not enough’ers, the 'too sensitive's, the 'too weird's, the 'too loud's, the 'too quiet's, the too fews, the tutus..
Our art, heart and community driven events are about feeling safe, seen and welcome to be all you are. So, those of you with delicious, ambrosial flavours that may have become scapegoats for the dysgeusia of others ..we see you and we’ve made us all a comfy space to soften in.
At the helm:
Ange
hosted by Angelafaithheartist, our dynamic lover, feeler, writer, theatremaker, performer and general shenaniganist.
Ange has a big fat passion for designing welcoming experiences for people to art and play. As panther as she is monkey and as buffalo, hummingbird, Ange has been facilitating delight, supporting emotional unravellings and assisting transformational journeys for over 20 years. She loves hugging, dancing, flash mobs that go deep and she regularly forgets that she smuggled a maggot into several countries as it squatted in her head.
What to bring:
We have many comfies like chairs, couches, mattresses, squishies, pillows, rugs, blankets, head scratchers, rollers and more but bring anything else that helps you feel relaxed.
If you'd like to eat your dinner here, we'd love you to bring it and utilise our full kitchen -and we'll also have some delights ready for you.
And very importantly, will there be Chocolate?
Great question! There'll definitely be something you'll find enticing in our 'Snack Nicholson' or 'Snackie Collins' baskets.
Not gonna lie, we have a pretty sexy snack selection designed to suit many mouthfeels. (sweet, salty, chewy, crunchy, spongey, spicy.. we treasure treats as much as tactile tablecloths and tenaciously tend to satisfying spectrums of taste, temp and textures. No biggie.
Also, big fans of ease here, so if it offers you more space to eat your dinner here, we'd love you to bring it with you and utilise our full kitchen.
So. If that all feels good to you and you:
-celebrate consent
-enjoy hugs and could use more
-want to explore respectful touch at your own pace
-enjoy community, connection and kindness
-wanna cultivate clearer communication and honour your 'yes's and 'no's
-value clarity, authenticity, requests and boundaries
-could use a reframe of intimacy and connection
-grow weary of the noise and want to come back to your body
-have had previous experiences erode your trust in humans
-have a story that says you're better alone
-wanna be a big spoon
-wanna be a little spoon
-wanna be a blob
-wanna be close to, but not in, a people pancake
-forgot that genuine, kind, compassionate people exist and how good it can feel to be near them
-need a bloody good mid week lie down
then you should probably join us!
We think humans are better together.
Add hugs. Bam.
Practicals
Time:
Doors open 6:30 | Lock 7:00 | Immersion until 9:30
Place:
We collect first timers from:
Sacred Monkey Tattoo | 99 Denmark St, Kew
Getting Here:
Tram: #48 & #109 from City via Richmond
Bus: #200 & #207 from City via Carlton, Fitzroy and Collingwood
Closest parking: Denmark st/Wellington St -check clearways and parking restrictions
Lost? Late? Experiencing hijinx? Let us know on: 0424 074 607
Our 'Why':
❤️People
We enjoy meeting others and value community.
❤️Self Love
Living in a city, -or just on earth during these times- in a society that promotes hustle and prescribes obligation to everything but ourselves, we find that our art and heart time can be an afterthought
❤️ADHD Hack
In our ADHD experience, no matter how much we love, need and recognise the importance of social engagement/art/connection, staying in integrity with them hasn't been a thing we've achieved. Showing up for a plan we've made with others however, is a piece of delicious, dopamine cake. So, this is our hack. Maybe it will work for you too.
❤️Kin
We are queer, late diagnosed neurosparklies. We did the curious, arty, rose-coloured glasses, unboundaried-dreamer game for a long while. And although we enjoyed the confusing and disappointing fruits of the 'codependent, tragic romantic' story and the 'hermitting weirdo,' story, now we wanna hang out with other kind n curious cats.
We may not know a lot, but we do know that we always feel better after (and during) connecting with kind, curious community. Maybe you will too.
Our monthly events:
Writing | Queer Writers Naarm |1st Wednesday
Craft-Visual Art-Process Art | Hearts and Crafts | 2nd Wednesday
Consent centred Cuddle Puddle | Cuddle Club | 3rd Wednesday
Previous events:
Cardmaking, Watercolour self love reminders, Partner massage, Face painting, Ballooning, Improv, Flash mobs, Dance journeys, Sharing circles/ Intention setting circles, Play readings, Live performances, Wheel of consent workshops, Queer/kink/poly/ND socials, Poetry readings, Fairy parties and a neurodivergent Choir.
Your contributions help us continue to offer unique gatherings in a comfy, gorgeous, sensory space and provide refreshments and supplies however, It's important to us that our events be accessible to everyone and encourage you to get in touch should finances (or anything else) keep you from attending, please email thehearthexperience@gmail.com
Good to know
Highlights
- 3 hours
- ages 16+
- In-person
Refund Policy
Location
The Hearth
Denmark St
Kew, VIC 3101
How would you like to get there?
