— Art Connects Us
Reconnect with your intrinsic creativity and prioritize your own well-being.
Reconnect with your intrinsic creativity and prioritize your own well-being.
Caregiving can be very overwhelming, and the mental and emotional toll is undeniable. And amidst all the decision-making and worry about your loved one, you’re probably carrying many feelings at once. You’re not alone: up to 59% of family caregivers rate their emotional stress as high or very high. Many caregivers feel chronically stressed, lonely, or experience burnout.
Hi, I’m Sonya
I’m a working artist and educator. My 10+ years of experience working with dementia caregivers confirmed what I already knew was true:
Engaging with art has the power to transform lives.
Working with family caregivers has redefined my ideas about who and what art is for. As it turns out, the people who need art the most are the ones with heartache to process. Art is about having an outlet to work through what’s troubling you. Making art has changed my life, as my personal art practice has given me a place to process my own grief and loss—a lifelong journey I continue to be on.
Imagine having a positive space and outlet to express your complex emotions! Caregivers I’ve worked with report feeling more calm, less sad, less angry—and they feel inspired to continue using art as self-care.
Join me from your own home for this special online workshop:
Drawing The Everyday: Darkness and Light
Connect with your own story and use drawing to express yourself in this 2-Hour Creative Drawing Workshop.
Date and Time, 2026
Step outside of your caregiving role and use art to give voice to your thoughts alongside other family caregivers.
This workshop will show you that
Engaging in a creative practice for just 20 minutes can lower your stress and anxiety
Connecting with other caregivers—and being a person in the world, outside of caregiving—can make you feel whole again
Drawing is empowering—and is empowerment you can bring with you into caregiving and other parts of your life
Making art can bring the same benefits as mediation, breathwork, and exercise
Join me as we:
Engage with other caregivers in slow and intentional looking
Connect with art that helps you see different perspectives
Discuss your personal point of view using art as our subject
Create a drawing rooted in your own experience
Share what you’ve made with a group of like-minded people
You’ll learn
An easy grounding technique to use anytime, anywhere
Drawing skills to help your continued creative practice and stress management
How artists—historic and contemporary—use dark and light literally to express darkness and light metaphorically
You’ll get:
An intro to drawing materials plus a pdf and link for easy purchase before the program
Live 2-hour Zoom session (with a short break!)
Recap of session
Follow-up exercises for continued creative practice
— Testimonials
Client Reviews
“This fed my soul. And it made me less angry and less sad.”
“I cannot thank you enough for your work and the magnitude of how you have helped me.”
“This program deepened my sense of myself as an artist, and reminded me how important it is to make time to make/discuss/take-in art.
I am experiencing the purest potential of art not only to inspire and make change, but also to make living bearable…”
— 2-Hour Online Workshop
Drawing The Everyday: Darkness and Light - $59
You may not realize just how much caregiving is impacting your health and well-being. Making art can help you open your personal steam valve to let a bit of pressure off. Imagine feeling lighter when you reconnect with yourself, feel more empowered, and find calm through drawing.
This is for you if:
You love art and museums, and you’ve always wanted to be creative
You used to have a creative practice, but you don’t know how to find your way back to that part of your life
You appreciate art, but you’re scared to make something because you “can’t draw”
You know you need to do something for yourself, but meditation and mindfulness feel too out of reach
Your loved ones talk to you about “self-care,” but you don’t even know what that could look like right now
You know it would be helpful to feel like you’re not alone
You know making art could help, but you’re not sure how to fit art-making into your already over- stretched life
This isn’t for you if
You’re looking for a traditional support group
You’re not willing to try making something
You’re looking for art to engage your loved-one, not yourself
You don’t believe there’s anything that could lower your stress right now
Will you put off doing something for yourself, or will you give yourself 2 hours to create and connect, to remind yourself your needs matter too?
— Help When You Need It Most.
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