
Teaching and Speaking Experience
I have taught many classes, workshops and retreats.
Some highlights include:
Slow Stitched Sacred Scrolls Workshop, Wisdom and Wonder Retreat with Dr. Minette Riordan, Estes Park, Colorado, 2024 (I taught this outside in Rocky Mountain National Park under the trees overlooking a gorgeous lake! It was absolutely incredible!)
Create Buried Fabric Meditation Books, Books in the Woods Retreat with Handmade Book Club, Snowfarm Art Center, Massachusetts, 2024
Ensō Meditative Painting Workshop, Unlock Your Artist Challenge with Elizabeth Foley, 2023
Make Wabi Sabi Scrolls Online Workshop, Sketchbook Revival Summit, 2023
Written from the Body: A Somatic Writing Workshop, Creative Unearthing Community, 2022
Make Earth Body Books, Sacred Makers Retreat, Squam Lake, New Hampshire, 2022
Create Wabi Sabi Mixed Media Books, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minnesota, 2022
Create Poetic Prayer Flags Online Class, Creative Unearthing Community, 2022
Make Fabric Meditation Books, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minnesota, 2022
Stitching as Poetry Workshop, The Nook Online Community with Zak Foster, 2022
Make Wabi Sabi Scrolls, The Nook Community with Zak Foster, 2022
Make Fabric Meditation Books, Handmade Book Club, Online Workshop, 2022
Stitching as Poetry, Weaving as Meditation / Collaborative Workshop with Kate Kilmurray through the Making App, 2022
By the Light of a Poem: A Solstice Online Writing Circle, Deep Rooted Healing, 2021
Make Fabric Meditation Books, Milwaukee Art Therapy Collective, 2021
Painting with Raindrops: Mixed Media Art Online Workshop, White Bear Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2021
By the Light of a Poem: An Online Writing Workshop, Saint Paul Community Education, Minnesota, 2021
Weaving with Nature Workshop, White Bear Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2021
Weaving with Nature Workshop, Creative Unearthing Online Community, 2022
Zen and the Art of Slow Stitching Online Class, White Bear Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2021
Transform an Old Book into a Sketchbook, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2020
Make an Art Journal Workshop, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Ice Dyeing Workshop, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2019
Art Making for Anxiety and Stress Relief, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Explore Painting with Ink Workshop, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2019
Painting with Feathers Workshop, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Make Tiny Nature Prints Workshop, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Make Block Printed Dish Towels Workshop, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
“I Can’t Draw” Drawing Class, Polka Dot Shop, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Drawing Animals (K-2 Grade), Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2018
Printmaking with Nature Workshop, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, 2018
Mural Painting (teens), Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2018
Meditative Nature Drawing Class, Minnetonka Community Education, Minnesota, 2018
“Art in Our Neighborhood,” Art Summer Camp for Kids, Urban Arts Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2018
“Reduce, Reuse, Recreate,” Art Summer Camp for Kids, Urban Arts Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2018
Teen Textile and Dye Camp, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2018
Art Camp for Teens, Urban Arts Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2018
Create Botanical Notecards Class, Minnetonka Community Education, Minnesota, 2017
Introduction to Sun Printing, Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2017
Sumi-e Japanese Painting Workshop (for Teens), Artistry/Bloomington Center for the Arts, Minnesota, 2017
Support Circles and Discussion Groups I’ve Facilitated and Interviews with Lovely, Creative Humans:
Zen Peacemaking and Art Making Discussion Circle, Creative Unearthing Community, 2022
Sober Stitching Circle, 6 week gathering online, Deep Rooted Healing, 2021-2022
Putting it into Practice: The Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path and Art Making, Creative Unearthing Online Community, 2022
Highly Sensitive Artist Circle, 6 week gathering online, 2021-2022
Stitching Sangha Circle, weekly gatherings for 8 months, 2022
Quiet Writing Circle, Creative Unearthing Online Community, 2022
Stitching Meditation Circles, Creative Unearthing Online Community, 2022
On Slow Art, Sobriety and Spiritual Awakening, a Conversation with Daphne Cohn, Slow Inside Podcast, 2022
Intuitive Creativity, a Conversation with Amy Eaton, Bold Company: A Creative Business Podcast, 2022
From Doer to the Most to Sober Contemplative Artist, a Coversation with Robin Mayberry, Art, Magic and Medicine Podcast, 2022
Nature, Poetry and Buddhist Teachings, a Conversation with Margret Petrie, Authentic Creative Obsessions Podcast, 2021
Burying Books, a Conversation with Zak Foster, Seamside Podcast, 2021
Endless Possibilities, a Conversation with Rebecca Potts Aguirr, Teaching Artist Podcast, 2020