Uncanny Occasions was founded by Jinx Kelly and Mae Lust. We began working together in 2013 after co-founding a production company specializing in live-theater stage shows blending pop-up art galleries, live painting, variety acts, a marketplace, and cosplay contests. In 2015, we presented cosplay workshops at San Diego Comic Con International and WonderCon. Later that year, we founded Uncanny Occasions.
In 2019, we joined the Artsy Association and began to offer art entertainment events such as paint n sip nights, art bars, vision board creations and more. In 2020, we lovingly spilt our two companies between us. Together we produced virtual events, as well as live events, in Los Angeles & Denver, for 7 years. We both joyfully continue to produce with our respective companies and enjoy an ever-evolving friendship.
In 2022, Jinx rebranded Uncanny Occasions as a creative embodiment boutique combining creative expression and healing somatic practices after earning a 72-hour certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy. We use ISST training, a background in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Parts Work, decolonized Permaculture principals and non-clinical creative arts to present these embodiment experiences in safe, virtual community spaces blending sensuality, imagination, wonder, and whimsy to support manifestation techniques, nervous system regulation, and limbic system connection.
