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...everyone loved the experience, as did I.
...everyone was so comfortable and did his/her own thing...
A BIG Thanks from all of us ... for your work and inspiration
This was a unique and fun way to bring our team together for building collaboration and interdependence.
Client, Procter & Gamble Co.
HeartStudio Workshops
Your group will get so much out of HeartStudio workshops filled with surprising opportunities to build relationships, share insights, learn new ways of looking at things, and test new skills. Almost all workshops can be adapted to fulfill the needs of professional or special needs participants. Call to discuss your specific needs.
Workshops and Group Projects Sampler
Commission any of these workshops to be customized for your business, organization or group or have a new project sdesigned.
Workshops with Adults
Art & Medicine working with plaster gauze and medical students
Pyramid of Consciousness collage construction for personal growth workshop
Masks of Intention reflective masks
Stories of our Lives Urban Appalachian Council of Greater Cincinnati
Projects with Youth
Rite of Passage a reflection workshop on new undertakings (eg: service work)
Lifelines mixed media sculpture projects as wall handings and t-shirt art
Connecting While Creating mural project for kids 9-12 from different neighborhoods
Ace & Buddy children write their own coloring storybook on bullying
Body of Work mask workshop with youth in partial hospitalization program
Cortez and the Cocoon video made from youth originated story, costumes and artwork
Community Projects - Peace Mandala
The Spiral Peace Mandala is a community meditation on peace through the creation of a mixed media mandala and a poem of meditations more than 1000 words strong.
HeartStudio Art Classes
Guided instruction in small group setting. In the HeartStudio you'll find that art does not hang on the wall but in the moment. Art is play, there is no right or wrong, just the pure exploration and enjoyment of chaos in the making.
Expand your play and join in the creative consciousness of the HeartStudio. Call for more information.
For more than a decade Pic Michel has built upon her corporate experience in marketing research and advertising designing workshops facilitating creative experiences for a diverse clientelle including gifted as well as challenged youth, and professional adults.
A veteran of the early days of computer aided graphic design, Pic was the director of Graphic Design & Media Services at Burke Marketing Services, Inc. in the 1980s and went on to run her own advertising art studio specializing in logo development, collateral material, and advertising for business-to-business enterprises until she became a full-time fine artist in the early 90's.
Under the auspices of Cincinnat's Contemporary Art Center and the Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, Pic first taught for Artworks, and later specialized in working with mentally ill and incarcerated youth and adults to help them identify and utilize their creative skills to simultaneously shape art and practice lifeskills.
Pic studies the creative systems of ancient cultures, exploring shamanistic practices and Advaita philosophy, and is a master Toltec teacher in the tradition of don Miguel Ruiz author of the Four Agreements. Pic's understanding of the creative process translates into beneficial lessons that are fun, interesting, and easy to embrace and implement personally and professionally.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Proctor and Gamble Corp., Cincinnati Friends of the Children, The Mayerson Foundation's Service Learning Program at St Ursula Academy, Beech Acres, The Children's Home of Cincinnati, Talbert House, and the Urban Appalachian Council of Greater Cincinnat are some of the corporations and organizations which have implemented Pic's creative and teambuilding workshop facilitation and coaching.
Student feedback:
When I look at my painting I am just completely joyful and grateful.
Your gentle ways of teaching have helped me to relax and grow immensely.
I can't wait to come here!
C. Pic Michel
Visual artist, creative facilitator, everyday humorist, and author
