I believe we heal in CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
I offer workshops in my home art studio where creatives can gather together, fellowship, share stories, and create alongside one another. I have personally experienced deep, restorative healing through creative community and my desire is to provide this space for others through my secular and faith-based workshop experiences.
In addition to teaching workshops in my home art studio, I teach in the local Wake Forest/Raleigh community, in area schools, community centers, homeschool groups, through my church, and for small groups.
Contact me if you have any questions about any of my workshops! I’m happy to help and/or create a special workshop that fits your group or individual needs.
Check out the workshop experiences I’m currently offering below.
The Art of Play
A six-week creative experience for women ready to get out of their heads and back into their lives. Begins Sept. 30, 2026.
You don't need another thing to be good at.
You need somewhere to play.
Come spend six weeks making, experimenting, moving, noticing, laughing, getting messy, and discovering what happens when you stop worrying about whether you're doing it right.
No art experience necessary. No artistic talent required. No pressure to make something “good.”
Maybe you've been craving this...
You love being creative, but somewhere along the way, creativity started feeling like one more thing you needed to do well.
Or maybe you haven't made anything in years.
Maybe you're tired of being productive all the time.
Maybe your brain rarely gets quiet.
Maybe you miss the version of yourself who used to make things simply because they were fun.
Maybe you want to meet some women, do something completely different, and have an experience that leaves you feeling a little lighter than when you arrived.
The Art of Play was created for you.
This isn't an art class. And it isn't therapy.
I’m a pretty wordy gal but let me try to paint this picture for you. It’s more like…
a creative playground,
a weekly exhale,
a place to experiment without performing,
a chance to reconnect with parts of yourself that don't always get much airtime in adult life.
Each week, I'll guide you through a brief inspirational teaching inspired by a well-known creative’s philosophy, an embodied or mindfulness practice, playful creative exploration, and time to reflect and connect with the women around you in our small group.
The art is a byproduct. The experience is the point.
Many years ago when I gathered children to create process art - where the emphasis was on the experience and the making and not the outcome or the product - I realized the adults in the room deeply desired this kind of experience for themselves. They were leaning over their child, either reaching for some glitter or paint or trying very hard to hold back so they wouldn’t take anything away from their child’s experience. Well, now I’m creating this for the adults because I believe it’s exactly what so many of us deeply desire - to be free, unhindered, and loosen up a bit.
What happens when you give yourself permission to play?
Over six weeks, we'll explore six different ways of loosening our grip on the rules we've accumulated as adults.
WEEK ONE: Reclaim the Beginner's Mind
What if you didn't have to know what you were doing?
We'll step away from expertise and expectation and into curiosity through continuous-line portraits and fast-paced creative stations. If you’ve followed me from the beginning, I’m bringing back Quick StART Stations - there is no time to get in your head here.
Inspired by Rick Rubin's The Creative Act.
WEEK TWO: Create the Sanctuary
What if your inner critic didn't get the final word?
We'll experiment with ink, coffee, paint, splattering, rubbing alcohol, and other playful processes while exploring how to create a safer internal landscape for creativity. From this workshop, you’ll have beautiful painted papers to use in future sessions.
Inspired by Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way.
WEEK THREE: Reclaim Your Creative Self
What if there are strange little treasures inside you that you've forgotten are there?
We'll go treasure hunting through magazines and create intuitive collages from the images and words that catch our attention.
Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic.
WEEK FOUR: Reclaim the Fluid Self
What if beautiful things don't have to last?
We'll explore imperfection, impermanence, texture, nature, movement, and changing perspectives through wobbly sketches, layered landscapes, and temporary assemblages.
Inspired by artist Andy Goldsworthy and the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi.
WEEK FIVE: Find Your Vibrant Flow
What if you could trust yourself before you knew exactly where you were going?
We'll make intuitive, layered paintings and practice staying present through the messy middle—when the painting, and sometimes life, doesn't look anything like we imagined.
Inspired by Flora Bowley's The Art of Aliveness.
WEEK SIX: Reclaim the Childlike Heart
What if you stopped trying to make it right?
We'll throw the adult rules out the window and play with Picasso-inspired cubism, cardboard portraits, collage, color, shape, and glorious creative freedom.
Sometimes the most grown-up thing we can do is remember how to play.
Inspired by Pablo Picasso.
You won’t just make art.
You'll practice things like:
Curiosity instead of certainty.
Experimentation instead of perfection.
Presence instead of productivity.
Intuition instead of overthinking.
Flexibility instead of control.
Play instead of performance.
And you'll do it in community, around a table with other women who are also willing to try something new.
What if I’m not artistic?
Perfect.
Seriously.
You do not need to know how to draw.
You don't need a particular style.
You don't need to consider yourself “creative.”
You don't need to come with an idea.
You don't even need to like everything you make.
In fact, some of our most useful discoveries may happen when something doesn't turn out the way we expected.
You are not coming to The Art of Play to learn how to make beautiful art.
You're coming to practice being willing to make something anyway.
What you can expect each week
COME AS YOU ARE
Arrive, settle in, grab a seat, and warm up with a low-pressure creative invitation in my cozy art studio filled with nature treasures, inspiring art, and lots of fun art supplies.
GET INSPIRED
I'll share a short teaching connected to the week's theme and introduce the artist or creative thinker inspiring our exploration.
GET PRESENT
We'll pause for a brief mindfulness, sensory, breathing, or movement practice.
MAKE SOMETHING
I'll demonstrate the creative process and then you'll have generous time to experiment, play, layer, tear, glue, paint, move, discover, and follow your curiosity.
NOTICE
We'll come back together to reflect on what surprised us, what felt good, what felt uncomfortable, and what the creative process might have revealed.
Does this sound life-giving to you right now?
Who is this for?
The Art of Play might be for you if...
You used to be creative and miss it.
You're craving something fun that isn't another obligation.
You tend to overthink.
Your inner critic is loud.
You want to experiment without being judged.
You'd love to meet other women in a warm, encouraging environment.
You want to reconnect with curiosity and play.
You're interested in personal growth but don't want another lecture or workbook.
You want to make something with your hands.
You need a couple of hours each week where you aren't responsible for producing anything.
You don't have to be “an artist.” You just have to be willing to play.
Who is leading this?
Me, Kelly, Life Coach + Certified Therapeutic Arts Practitioner
I'm passionate about creating experiences where women can step outside the roles, expectations, and patterns that can make adult life feel so rigid and rediscover curiosity, creativity, and the freedom to become more fully themselves.
I use creative process not because everyone needs to become an artist, but because our hands sometimes discover things our analytical minds can't.
The Art of Play brings that philosophy into a playful, welcoming, completely secular experience.
You can learn a little more about me here.
The Details
The Art of Play workshop experience begins Sept. 30th from 6:30–8:45 PM and repeats on the following Wednesdays:
Oct. 7th, Oct. 14th, Oct. 21st, Oct. 28th, and Nov. 4th
Location is provided upon registration.
$420
Payment plan available:
2 payments of $210 (first payment due at registration; second payment due Oct. 14th)
SPOTS ARE LIMITED; once seats are filled, names will be added to a wait list for our next round in 2027.
Your registration includes:
all six creative sessions
all art materials and supplies
guided creative instruction
mindfulness and embodied practices
life-coaching-inspired reflection
six weeks of community
BONUS: a seventh week of FREE PLAY
REGISTER by sending an email to KellyPittman220@gmail.com and I will email you a link for payment and your Playdate Guide.
And that seventh week…
FREE PLAY
It’s totally optional but the seventh week is JUST FOR YOU to return to the art studio for one final open-studio evening where there is nothing to learn and nothing to accomplish.
No teaching, assignment, or right way to do anything.
Yes to materials, music, conversation, and an invitation to make whatever you want.
Use that time to finish something, start something, try something you didn’t get a chance to during our six weeks together, experiment, try something ridiculous, or simply sit at the table and play more.
You earned it.
A final invitation
You don't need to become more productive, and you definitely don’t need to learn another skill. You don’t need to make better art, and nobody is going to make you reinvent yourself.
Perhaps all you need is permission to play.
For six weeks, I'm creating a space where you can put down the expectations, quiet the critic, get your hands messy, and see what happens when curiosity gets to lead.
Come curious.
Come with anything you’re carrying.
Come exactly as you are.
The ART of PLAY
REGISTER by sending an email to KellyPittman220@gmail.com and I will email you a link for payment and your Playdate Guide.
A few important notes
The Art of Play is a six-week experience with a limited number of spots - your registration reserves your place for the entire series, not individual weekly classes.
Missed sessions are not refundable or prorated, and I’m not able to guarantee make-up sessions. Because our group is small and the curriculum is designed specifically for this six-week experience, I simply can’t recreate an entire evening individually for someone who is absent.
That said, I’ll always do my best to help you stay connected to the experience when you return. Depending on what we’re creating that week, I may be able to send you home with a few materials or help you get oriented when you come back. And please don’t let the possibility of missing one evening keep you from coming in the first place. One missed playdate does not mean you’ve missed your chance to belong. Just come back the next week and pick up where we are.
Testimonials from my Workshops
The Sacred Art Journaling class has been one of the most meaningful and transformative experiences of my life. At a time when I was feeling a bit low, it provided exactly what I needed. The concept of combining art with worship and learning about God in such a creative way was something I had never imagined possible. I had never thought of connecting my faith with artistic expression, but this class showed me how powerful that connection could be.
Through this journey, I discovered how to channel my emotions into colors and collages without the need for words. It was incredibly therapeutic to translate my feelings into visual art, allowing me to release some of the weight I was carrying.
The sense of community was another highlight of this experience. The group of women I met in the class shared so many commonalities and unique connections that it felt like divine intervention brought us together.
I am profoundly grateful to Kelly, our inspiring teacher and worship leader. Her creativity, wisdom, and passion for both art and faith are truly remarkable. She taught us countless ways to express ourselves through art while deepening our spiritual connection. This class has been a blessing, and I am so thankful for the opportunity to participate.
- Nicolle H.
For the past decade and beyond, I have thrown myself into the wonderful world of motherhood. As I focused on raising my kids, I placed my love for art on the back burner. I felt as though I had lost my passion for art and was almost scared to start again, due to my desire for perfectionism.
Taking the Sacred Art Journal class with Kelly has inwardly changed me by shifting my perspective. Kelly is a wonderful, caring, down-to-earth teacher who takes time for each student. She taught me that creating art isn’t about being perfect but experiencing the joy that art brings. She has made me appreciate the beauty in the little things.
I feel as though my passion for art has come back. What joy she truly brings! I don’t have to worry about my skill level, but I am just starting and enjoying the process.
This class has given me a whole new philosophy on art and journaling. It was a discovery I won’t forget. I would love to take the class over again because it was such a fun, uplifting adventure.
- Melissa Y.
I have known Kelly for almost a year. I also follow her IG to look at her posted artwork. Often I wondered what went through her mind as she created those beautiful pieces of art? Then, through our interaction, I learned that it’s her heart and spirit she pours out onto the canvas. I understood that it’s her life's journey that she shares through every single piece of work she creates. Kelly embraces her life's journey by visualizing it through her art. I see love, strength, and resilience in her art.
If you are someone who is ready to be yourself, to be free, to embrace and express your life's journey through art, and share great laughter, please attend Kelly’s class. See what you will find… I have the utmost confident that you will find wonderful and awesome things in yourself through her class.
-Andrea F.
