A personal, behind-the-scenes studio update sharing what’s coming to Inner Peace Art Studio in 2026 — and an open invitation to share what you want to explore creatively.

What happens when women create in a space that feels truly safe?
From first-time painters to quiet leaders finding their voice again, this post explores the powerful ripple effect of community, creativity, and healing through art. See more in our Community 2025 Wrapped.

This Giving Tuesday, our community turned creativity into real-world impact - raising and matching $1,500 for nonprofits supporting mental health, chronic illness, disability, and healing. See who we donated to and why:

I didn’t start making art because I felt creative - I started because I was overwhelmed, sick, anxious, and out of answers. What began as messy experiments in a sketchbook slowly became the one thing that helped me breathe again. This is the part of my healing story no one talks about: the messy middle, where art didn’t fix my life… but it held me together while I rebuilt it.

When my health collapsed in 2022, everything I thought I knew about myself fell with it. This is the story of the year everything changed and the single brushstroke that helped me find my way back to life…