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