IMAGINE FEELING...
- Infused with a sense of making, curiosity & play
- Committed to weekly creative practice (finally!)
- Connected to your maker self
- Lost in the very best ways...
- Supported by like-minded Creatives
- Expanded through Art therapy deep-dive experiences
Simply put, imagine finally plugging into to your creative practice and in doing so, living more fully.
An Artful Life Is
A Life Worth Living.
Join an online art group designed to dissolve your creative dry spell and reconnect you to making.
MAKE
Draw, paint, write, knit, sew, sculpt, clay, daydream or sketch your heart out.
NURTURE
Give your mind the time & space it needs to craft new ideas & work.
SHARE
Plenty of opportunities to share your work for feedback (if desired).
REFLECT
This Art Therapist led group provides opportunity for as little or as much prompting for reflection as you desire.
COMMIT
Scheduling & showing up to this collective experience fosters commitment to the creative practice.
You Will Get:
WEEKLY CREATIVE TIME
Live weekly time to make/co-work alongside other Creatives in an online community. Work from your kitchen table or studio. Up to 7 hours - choose what works!
ART THERAPY WORKSHOPS
A live monthly Art Therapy workshop held on Saturdays by a veteran Creative Psychotherapist. Plus, a library of Art Therapy Workbooks.
MONTHLY CHALLENGES
Unable to make it live each week? No problem! Monthly challenges w/video & workbook lessons specially designed to get you making & reflecting.
DEEP-DIVE CONVOS
Explore your work for feedback, discuss our thought-provoking & creative audio book choices, & so much more...
BI-LATERAL TAPPING
Every 6 weeks join a workshop designed to teach or strengthen a powerful skill for reducing ruminating/distressing thoughts.
FACEBOOK COMMUNITY
A private FB group to share your work for feedback. All Creatives welcome no matter your craft or location.
MAKE Members Say...
KYRA S.
This group is the closest I've felt to my long-ago college art studio days. The creative group energy translates well online!
LAUREN W.
FINALLY I'm making regularly again. Have struggled for years to commit to my practice & this group has absolutely been the motivation I needed.
LYLE R.
Making every week and having a reason to show-up consistently has been huge for my creative commitment. :)
It’s Time To Say Yes To Your Creative Practice.
With a come-as-you-are group mentality & a common understanding that making needs to happen, even if squeezed into the cracks - this group is a safe place to settle in, breathe deep & nurture that part of you seeking beauty & craft.
ENROLL NOWMAKE Monthly Challenges
These are delivered monthly in the online portal, are SoulCollage®️ based, are composed of a video lesson & art making project, & are great for months you're unable to make it to live events!
How It Works
STEP 1
Enroll in MAKE
Once you’ve signed up, I’ll send you details on how to access the Make online hub, creative making sessions and workshops, & more.
STEP 2
Bring Yourself & Your Art Supplies. That’s It.
Our weekly online studio time is held every Tuesday & Wednesday 4-7:30PM PST / 7-10:30pm EST. Just join when you're able to, for the length of time that works for you! Most members attend once per week for 1.5-2 hours, some attend just twice per month, & others more frequently depending on their schedule. There is also a live monthly Art Therapy Workshop, a self-paced Monthly Challenge in your program portal, & an every-6-weeks Bi-Lateral Tapping Workshop to improve mental clarity & creative flow. Take what works for you & leave the rest!
STEP 3
Finally Feel Relieved & Renewed!
Now that you have consistent creativity built into your life, it’s time to get out of your rut & reconnect with your maker self.
Welcome to
make.
Hello! I'm Kathryn Snell-Ryan and like you, my hat collection is sizable - maker, parent, full-time job juggler, seeker of levity, Art Therapist, & so on for infinity... Alas, I’m not quite sure about your dreamy visions, but most of mine include some version of the maker part of me. It's here I notice small and strange beauties, where I really see. Messy studio clothes, mind wandering, sketches laid out, marks clear & confident. I am lost in the very best way.
This dreamy version of me does exist, but for way longer than I'd care to admit - hardly ever. Despite falling in love with making in my teens, undergrad degree in Fine Arts, and a Master’s in Art Therapy from one of the most prestigious art schools in the nation - adulting went on to squeeze the creative life blood out of me.
I yearned to make, could smell the clay, kept my sketchbook barely-active, had brief bouts of art production that didn't last, dreamed of 1,000 versions of a perfect little studio. And yet my daily bandwidth just couldn't stretch far enough. I am only one person, my childs' only mother, responsible for half my family's income…. You know the drill - 21st century living leaving the well of creativity bone-dry.
And so alas, the spirit of 'create what you need' led to the formation of MAKE. If you find yourself needing a committed creative practice but struggle to nail it down, I'd love to welcome you in. xx
MAKE Is Right For You If...
- Having weekly creative time is desired but it's difficult to show-up consistently.
- You can free up your Tuesday or Wednesday evening for 1.5-2 hours (even if it takes negotiating, finagling, or sneaking the time).
- You want a place to be quiet & just make alongside the collective energy of others.
- You want to creatively explore who you are through the lens of Art Therapy.
- And finally, if you can already picture, down in your guts & bones, the version of you working creatively, headphones in, mind & hands alight with creative energy.
Let's face it, none of us really need more fancy art stuff to 'prep' for our next project... WE SIMPLY NEED TIME TO MAKE & THE COMMITMENT TO STICK WITH IT.