Mixed media artwork featuring a layered collage with handwritten text, sketches of butterflies and insects, and a vibrant abstract heart with swirling patterns and bright colors.

Art for Storytelling

Art for Storytelling is a group-based therapeutic art experience using collage and storytelling to enhance connection and self-expression. This guided art experience allows creators to share their stories, connect with emotions, clarify values, identify challenges, explore transformations, and set intentions.

Participants create one-of-a-kind personal artwork while engaged in community.

Experiences Include

  • Open Studio Workshop

  • Mixed Media Workshop - 2-3 hours

  • Mixed Media Intensive - Immersive Half (4 hrs) or Full Day (8 hrs)

  • Self Guided Workshop

  • All Experiences are available in-person (Knoxville, TN) & online (ZOOM)

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • No artistic experience is required. The focus is on expression, exploration, and connection — not artistic skill. Every participant creates something meaningful, regardless of background.

  • For in-person sessions, all materials are provided.

    For online workshops, a simple materials list will be emailed ahead of time, using items that are easy to gather (collage images, scissors, glue, markers, etc.).

  • Art for Storytelling is not about technique. It’s a guided therapeutic art experience that uses art-making as a pathway to self-regulation, emotional expression, personal reflection and integration.

  • While the experience is therapeutic and facilitated by Art Therapist, it is not a replacement for clinical mental health treatment. If you are interested in working one on one with Heather click here to learning more.

    • Open Studio: A flexible, creative space with gentle prompts for exploration.

    • Mixed Media Workshop (2–3 hours): A guided themed experience with deeper reflection and storytelling components.

    • Mixed Media Intensive (Half or Full Day): A more immersive, transformative journey with extended guided exercises, community connection, and deeper narrative work.

  • Yes. Art for Storytelling can be customized for corporate teams, nonprofits, schools, retreats, and other groups. Custom art-based workshops incorporated your organization’s goals.

Paintbrushes in glass jars, watercolor paints in a palette, and bottles of acrylic paint on a wooden table.
Colorful mixed-media artwork featuring a butterfly, swirls, green, yellow, orange, black ink, layered collage elements, and textured background with text and patterns.
Mixed media artwork featuring a colorful heart at the center, surrounded by butterfly sketches, insects, handwritten notes, and abstract patterns in vibrant colors including pink, orange, purple, black, and blue.
A three-dimensional collage art piece made of paper, featuring images of trees, animals, mushrooms, a fairy, a rose, and handwritten notes.