Workshops & Groups
Grounding With Nature Mandalas: Art Therapy Workshop (AVL)
November 8th | 1-3 pm ET
Open Hearts Art Center, Asheville NC
$45
Come get grounded and a little wild! In this 2 hour art therapy workshop, we’ll settle into the gentle rhythm of the earth and celebrate the magic of change. We’ll start with a cozy guided meditation on the turning of the seasons—an invitation to breathe, slow down, and honor your own cycles of growth and release. Then we’ll wander outdoors for a mindful nature walk, gathering little treasures like leaves, petals, seeds, and twigs. Back in the studio, you’ll turn your finds into a one-of-a-kind mandala on a wooden plaque—a beautiful reflection of your inner landscape. No art experience needed, just a curious spirit and a love for a little earthy play.
Finding Gratitude: Poetry & Collage Art Therapy Workshop
November 11th | 6:30-8 pm ET
HeARTS for Hope, Greenville SC
$45
Tap into the season of gratitude, using found words to create a visual and poetic expression of inner appreciation. Join us this November for a creative journey dedicated to gratitude. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore thankfulness through the art of found word poetry and mixed-media collage. We’ll begin with a guided gratitude meditation and journaling to help you connect with your intuition, then dive into old books and magazines to uncover words and phrases that speak to your heart. These “found words” will form the basis of your own gratitude poem, which you’ll then translate into a vibrant collage on canvas or in a new art journal. The workshop will close with an optional sharing circle, offering space to read your poem and reflect with a supportive community. No art or poetry experience is needed—just bring an open heart and leave with a beautiful, tangible expression of gratitude.
From Brokenness Comes Beauty: A Kintsugi Art Therapy Workshop
November 14th | 6:30-8 pm ET
Ella DuFrene’s Art Therapy Studio, Marshall NC
$55
Embrace the spirit of Kintsugi, where gold-filled cracks remind us that healing can make us even more whole and our imperfections make us beautiful. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore this mindful practice as both an art form and a metaphor for healing. Through guided meditation, journaling, and the process of repairing ceramics, you’ll transform what once seemed broken into something luminous and whole—a golden reflection of resilience, renewal, and the art of embracing imperfection. No art experience is needed—just bring yourself, just the way you are. Materials are provided.
Turning the Page on Helene Altered Book
Drop- Ins
November 15th | 2-6 pm ET
Leicesterfeicest
December 2nd | 5:30-7:30 pm ET
West Asheville Library Meeting Room | Asheville, NC
free drop-in event
From storm to story—join us in transforming unwanted books into powerful art that captures out community’s collective experience of Hurricane Helene. Find out how old abandoned books can be repurposed into works of art, then make pages yourself! Turning the Page on Helene is a community-based altered art book project designed to help community members process and express their experiences of Helene and hopes for the future. No artistic experience is required to participate- just bring your imagination, your stories, and a willingness to get crafty. This is a drop-in event and does not require registration.
Past Workshops & Groups
Nature Mandala: Art Therapy Workshop (GVL)
October 19, 2025 | 1-4 pm ET
HeARTS for Hope, Greenville SC
Settle into the quiet rhythm of the earth and remember what it feels like to be rooted.
In this immersive art therapy workshop, we’ll begin with a guided meditation on the turning of the seasons—an invitation to honor cycles of change, growth, and release. Then we’ll take a short, mindful walk outdoors to gather natural materials—fallen leaves, seeds, petals, twigs—gifts from the world around us. Back in the studio, you’ll create a personal mandala on a wooden plaque, arranging found and dried botanicals into a design that reflects your inner landscape. No art experience needed. Just bring yourself, exactly as you are.