Yes, through our registration system you need only put down a 20% deposit to claim your spot at PPC 2025. This enables a 6-month payment plan. Equal installments of your final balance will be automatically deducted on the 6th of every month, starting the month after your initial purchase, until your balance reaches zero.

We welcome up to 70 people into PPC to keep the event small and intimate.

Registrations are non-refundable, but you have the option to purchase ticket protection through our registration website. Registration may be transferred, which you can facilitate through the ticketing platform as well. PPC is not responsible for facilitating registration transfers.

2-3 workshops will occur simultaneously each day of the event, but you do not sign up for the workshops. You should choose whichever workshop you feel called to in the moment, even if that means switching classes partway through.

Lectures do not occur simultaneously so there is no need to choose between lecturers.

During PPC, we have time built in for free creating, meaning you can do or make whatever you want during this time. Models will be available for photo shoots, but we also encourage creativity sessions like writing, or simply sitting down to have more in-depth conversations with other community members.

During Creating collaboration, someone will always lead a session, so if you aren’t sure what to do, join in the structured, speaker-led fun! Models will be available to shoot with, and we encourage you to join with other community members to collaborate on some art.

Our art show is an extremely special night. Prepare to dress snazzy, whatever that means to you. You will be asked to bring anywhere from 3-30 pieces of your art along to the event where an evening is dedicated to showcasing those works, just like a gallery exhibition.

Each person gets roughly 2×3 feet of space to lay out their works (we recommend displaying artworks that are not more than about 20×20 inches, but you can figure out a fun way to display anything you like!). Everyone will set their art out and then walk the room to explore other artists work.

We recommend bringing business cards, a QR code printout to your social media, or anything else someone can pick up as a takeaway so they can look you up further.

Wear your pajamas or onesie and join in on a fun, no-stress, evening creativity session! We can’t reveal what the craft will be this year because it’s always a surprise, but in years past we’ve done freeform clay and paper marbling!

Join in on group Zoom calls ahead of the event. There will be a couple led by the PPC team, but there will also be pop-up calls led by community members to get to know each other and arrange travel. Join the Facebook group (linked in your confirmation email) to put the word out that you’re looking for travel advice or a travel buddy. We recommend the website Rome2Rio to figure out travel, since it specifies how exactly to get from point A to point B.

PPC has moved locations every year since its inception, from Boone NC to Joshua Tree CA, and even the UK! Indiana may seem like a strange choice, but it has everything we want in a venue: a strange little artsy town complete with a hedge maze, cemetery on a hillside, a Twin Peaks themed coffee shop, two 19th century cabins converted into Camera Obscuras, and plenty of nature like rivers and lakes. Think of it like a more haunted Stars Hollow. Plus, the conference center fees were low enough that we didn’t have to raise prices exorbitantly this year (as opposed to every single other venue we researched). Finally, after scouting the venue, I found it to be centrally located in the U.S., beautiful, comfortable, and I had a feeling of certainty that it was meant to be the home of PPC.