art retreat nyc

. . . because art should feel like a retreat, a reprieve, a self-imposed and well-deserved timeout.

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Many adults tell me they loved making art as children, but somewhere along the way, they stopped doing it.
Whether it was the general busy-ness of life or the discouraging words of perhaps an otherwise well-intentioned adult, they simply stopped creating.

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But we were born to create. The benefits of making art
are essentially indisputable. The process of putting pen or brush or oil pastel to paper is personal and, as such, deeply therapeutic. To access that childlike love of creating and all the benefits it offers, we must learn to love the process itself. In exchange, we’re much more likely to appreciate the product that we create because it will be imbued with the same joy we felt while making it.

I hope you'll join me for a class or during open studio time so you can enjoy all the amazing benefits that getting messy, letting go of control, and creating your own art has to offer. 

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All you need is a little curiosity, courage, & compassion.