Hi everyone-

I am an artist, first and foremost. I love creating visual art and also creative writing. My favorite medium is mixed media, specifically collage and paint. I am also a mom of four grown kids and married, but “it’s complicated.” I think I am having some kind of midlife awakening and the arts have played a huge part in that. I started a Masters Program in Fine Art in 2022 and I am 3/4 of the way through, but as I’ve had to study and write research papers, I’ve been increasingly intrigued by the healing abilities of the creative process. I had debated changing my path entirely by getting an art therapy degree instead, but I am not a clinician by ay stretch of the imagination! So I am hoping this class makes a way for me to explore therapeutic arts as another tool in my belt, while I help people find their inner artist!