Join me for a Poetry & Painting Workshop - a unique team-building event that has exploration, play, and introspection. I created these workshops because I believe art can heal and help us connect with each other. In the Fall of 2025, I start my Masters in Art Therapy! In the meantime, I am offering guided workshops and mixing many mediums I love, such as poetry, painting, and photography in a range of different settings.
Here is an outline of what to expect:
Introduction
Welcome to the workshop!
A brief presentation of how this class came to be and an overview of the workshop objectives
Icebreaker activity - everyone will introduce themselves
Inspiration & Resources
Presentation includes poetry and painting examples
There will be magazines, poetry books, and art books that you can draw inspiration from
How Art Therapy ties into art and healing
Poetry Section
This will be our warm-up before painting!
Find a partner for the first exercise of the workshop! It can be someone you know well or someone you met for the first time
Various prompts will be presented at the beginning of the class
You will make a poem with your partner, one line each until you reach 10-12 lines
Poems are shared at the end of this section!
Painting Section
Once the poem is done, we will discuss color theory and its emotional impact
There will also be a discussion before we start to paint
You may use your poem as inspiration by using colors that evoke the mood and tone of your poem
Not limited to anything, your painting can be abstract, realistic, a cartoon, anything!
Painting portion for a little over an hour
Closing
Reflection on the creative process and how both your pieces connected
Wrap discussion and everyone can show their art if they want to
If you’re interested in this workshop, please email me at: