In this manuscript, the word "circumstances" serves as a conceptual lens through which to examine reflective vignettes of one university art educator and two art education undergraduates written in response to service-learning experiences at a local outreach Center for the homeless. Experiences included the design and teaching of art workshops to Outreach Center clients and the organization and exhibition of resulting artworks titled, "circumSTANCES." The concepts, "communal stance" and "shared circumstantial space" are introduced and developed within the larger body of service-learning pedagogy. Participants' short narratives or vignettes are represented and examined to reveal the intricacies of circumstantial experience which include roles played, conflicts encountered, the emergence of communal stance, and actions taken. (Contains 4 figures.)