joy-giver
Hi! I’m a visual artist, creative arts facilitator, and relationship coach.
My work is rooted in the belief that shaping culture actually happens at the level of relationship—relationship to ourselves, to each other, and to the more-than-human world.
You don’t have to be in a relationship to work with me. In fact, i love working with individuals who are struggling to find what they’re longing for in relationship.
o t h e r m o d e s o f t h i n k i n g a n d k n o w i n g
Engaging our creativity means accessing other modes of thinking and knowing
In the same way our bodies hold somatic wisdom alongside and beyond our rational thought, our innate creative impulses have so much to tell us.
At Stay Close Studio, I guide a creative process that invites us into richer understandings of ourselves, what we care about and think about, and how to be in deeper relationship to those parts of ourselves. Through this facilitated process, we enliven the inquiries we each hold by opening up to our own natural creativity. To participate in this creative process, we don’t have to have any artistic experience– the creative act is for everyone. When we invite our innate creativity into the conversation–any conversation–a rich inner wisdom can emerge, and what emerges for each of us individually gets to dance and enter into conversation with the collective.
what is the creative process?
I facilitate a creative space of inquiry rooted in the Jewish Studio Process.
What is the Jewish Studio Process?
The Jewish Studio Process is a methodology for engaging with the ideas, questions, and challenges that life brings to us. This step-by-step process centers around the creative act, or art-making. You do not have to consider yourself an artist to engage in this process. This is for anyone who is curious about their own inherent creativity, the creativity that connects us to the core of what it is to be alive and human in a world that is in a continually process of creation.
While this methodology draws from the rich tradition of Jewish text study, you do not have to be Jewish or even Jew-ish to engage in this process. I love creating sessions that flex and adapt to fit the needs and interests of any group I’m working with. And, while I create and tend the container of the process, I also engage with it as a full participant and member of the group.
Offering 1 - House of Inquiry
in this offering, I design single workshops or workshop series that address the interests of a community or group.
who is this for? This works great for groups oriented around special interests and areas of study, such as Torah study groups, book clubs,
Offering 2 - School of Collaborative Arts
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Offering 3 - Dreaming Studio
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Sub-Service One
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Sub-Service Two
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Sub-Service Three
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