Join us on zoom every Sunday from 4-6pm for our FREE Open Art Studio!

Open Studio is a safe space to create and meet other creatives in recovery. This is a space where you can work on a project you have been working on, or start something new!

We will be meeting on zoom.  You will receive the zoom link in your registration confirmation.

Virtual Open Studio is hosted by Jane Settle.Jane Settle, a self-taught mixed media artist and Colorado native, sought a quieter and simpler life, moving to the San Luis Valley 7 years ago and making Crestone her home. Her latest focus is abstract art, and her studio is in a Tiny House she finished herself. Jane’s love for creative expression has taken her on a beautiful journey of healing and self-discovery.

Come get creative with us, and connect with other sober creatives!

Join us for an evening of paper-quilling! During this one and a half hour class we will be making a small bouquet of paper flowers and gluing them onto a 5x7 card that can be framed for display when done.

All materials will be provided. This is a beginners class and suitable for everyone!

About Kaki:

Kaki Young is a local paper artist based in Denver, CO. She enjoys creating portraits that display the strength, beauty, and resilience of all women around the world. Each portrait is hand-crafted using small strips of paper, traditionally called paper quilling.

Join us on zoom every Sunday from 4-6pm for our FREE Open Art Studio!

Open Studio is a safe space to create and meet other creatives in recovery. This is a space where you can work on a project you have been working on, or start something new!

We will be meeting on zoom.  You will receive the zoom link in your registration confirmation.

Virtual Open Studio is hosted by Jane Settle.Jane Settle, a self-taught mixed media artist and Colorado native, sought a quieter and simpler life, moving to the San Luis Valley 7 years ago and making Crestone her home. Her latest focus is abstract art, and her studio is in a Tiny House she finished herself. Jane’s love for creative expression has taken her on a beautiful journey of healing and self-discovery.

Come get creative with us, and connect with other sober creatives!

Poetry Club with Ryan Flannigan

Drop in and work on your poetry with fellow poets. We come together as a community to help each other grow our craft — whether it's by providing feedback, advice, an audience, or just someone to silently scribble with. All skill levels are welcome. A low-pressure, support space to work on what you want, how you want. 

About Ryan:
In sobriety, Ryan discovered writing as an outlet for emotions, a path to self-discovery, and a method for building community. Primarily a spoken-word poet who performs at open mics, he also writes short fiction and professionally as a copywriter. He has a BA in English and has been teaching workshops at CAiR for several years. 

Join artist and mindfulness teacher, Quána Madison, for a monthly 60-minute creativity meditation workshop. This workshop will use a variety of guided imagery meditations, mindfulness exercises and expressive arts-based activities to promote relaxation, self-compassion, self-awareness, creativity and well-being.

This event is on Zoom. The Zoom meeting link is included in your confirmation email.

In this workshop you will:

You will need basic art making supplies (pencils, paper, markers, or any supplies you prefer) to create art during this workshop.

About Quána:
Quána Madison is an artist, mindfulness teacher, healing arts workshop facilitator and self-leadership coach. She combines inner wellness practices with expressive arts to promote creative expression, community and holistic well-being. A graduate of New York University and Colorado College, Quána holds a MA in Education and a BA in Philosophy. More information is available at www.quanamadison.com

Join us on zoom every Sunday from 4-6pm for our FREE Open Art Studio!

Open Studio is a safe space to create and meet other creatives in recovery. This is a space where you can work on a project you have been working on, or start something new!

We will be meeting on zoom.  You will receive the zoom link in your registration confirmation.

Virtual Open Studio is hosted by Jane Settle.Jane Settle, a self-taught mixed media artist and Colorado native, sought a quieter and simpler life, moving to the San Luis Valley 7 years ago and making Crestone her home. Her latest focus is abstract art, and her studio is in a Tiny House she finished herself. Jane’s love for creative expression has taken her on a beautiful journey of healing and self-discovery.

Come get creative with us, and connect with other sober creatives!

Storytelling is a basic human need, like breathing.  Explaining and documenting our lives, even just to ourselves, is a powerful tool for understanding and growth.

In this two hour workshop, you will visually document a personal experience, memory, or story in the medium of paper collage.  Collages can become a confusing mass of images, so we’ll focus on strong organization of elements to make your narrative easier to “read.”  We’ll focus on the specifics of your story and the best way to communicate them through color, shape, image, and arrangement. 

About Deb:
A Denver Native, Deb is a professional artist with extensive art instruction experience including fifteen years as Visual Arts Director at Denver School of the Arts.   Her humorous and quirky work in paint, collage, printmaking, and sculpture reflects her passion for story telling and collecting, combining disparate materials.   She currently serves as a Board member and teacher at the Art Students League of Denver.  You can see her work at debrosenbaum.com

We all are meant to create, to form new things in our life, and bring new things into the world we are in.  In this workshop we will explore different techniques to break through our artistic blocks, limit our inner critic, and celebrate our authentic artist soul. Creation is moving ourselves out of our logical critical minds into play and imagination. This allows our essence, experiences, and passions to flow into an external form.

In this workshop you will:

- Follow prompts that will lead you to create visual or written expressions.

- Have options to work with mediums of comfort or mediums that stretch    you.

- Exploration of your authentic creative.

- Connect with your child self in artistic play.

- Examine your relationship with colors.

- Discover techniques to get out of your head and into your heart. This 
  workshop is for everyone of all skill levels to explore and reimagine what
  your creative spirit looks like! Even those of you who say, “I’m not            artistic or creative.“ We are all creators!

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. —C. G. Jung

About Janelle Jay:

Janelle is a lover of art and nature, a curious creator at heart.   Her artistic eye was encouraged early when her artist aunt would ask, “Tell me all the colors you see in the wheat field?”  Observation and exploration are a necessity for her soul.  She loves to discover new things by experimenting with different art mediums, ingredients in the kitchen, and new spiritual practices.  

She is currently an art curator, craft importer, and workshop facilitator at a Denver gallery.   

Janelle’s educational background is in photography.   She pursued this art form because of her desire to capture moments of beauty.   She had limiting beliefs at the time that her painting, sculpting, and sketching skills could not capture those moments.   She moved in a world of her own and world-imposed perfection.   Her inner critic was harsh and eventually limited her ability to create and share any form of art.   This led to crippling depression and almost the death of her soul.  Exploring phycology, spirituality, and rediscovering her authentic artist soul allowed her to begin to heal.   She now embraces that art is not perfection, but the ability to express in some form the beauty and pain of being human.  Some works are shared, and some are just for her.  She now is growing as an artist, painter, designer, and photographer while exploring other mediums and crafts.  

Creating community is a passion of Janelle’s and she enjoys sharing and learning in workshops that she attends or leads.   The artistic communities she has been part of have greatly supported her recovery journey.  

Janelle believes that every human is recovering from something, and that art, mindfulness, curiosity, and creation supports the healing and growth process.   Her intention is to foster a space for all to create and reconnect to their authentic artist soul.