START FROM THE HEART

After working as a classroom art teacher and free lance teacher I’ve shared and continue to modify and add to my art curriculum that embraces the wellness arts.  Activities and teachings place the focus on the art of making, while gaining real art skills combined with navigating one toward using art to discover and help them with their healing journey.

I use brain, movement and music exercises to complement my teaching approach.  These help us make connections to ourselves within a community class setting that supports a chance to learn about ourselves through our art journey while learning within a class experience that brings us into community too.

I teach from what I’ve encountered myself. Each of us has a story that’s as unique as our handprint, and I hope to help you bring your own experiences to create a story and style all your own.  No matter what the result, each stroke and act of making matters.  The process of making art in and of itself is just as beneficial and an easy place to start reaping many benefits.

I first began teaching wellness centered art classes at Hobbs Pharmacy, Merritt Island, FL in 2019, a supportive setting that embraced both healing and community. 

So much about making art as a playful child easily gets forgotten.  Yet creativity lies dormant just waiting to be discovered when allowing it even a few minutes each day.  

The creative process is sometimes hazy, sometimes on hold, but always available for us to return to as able and take part in using art as a vehicle for:

CHANGE

CELEBRATION

EXPRESSION

RELAXATION

WELLNESS &  SELF-CARE

I’ve loved the quote on the card I’ve displayed for many years.  It reminds me of what the creative process is all about.  

“Your life is your art, your art is your life”.  

We are all artists after all…