ART Playbook ART Playbook - Summer 2014 - Premier Issue | Page 5

Premier Issue - Summer 2014 | 5

day Mandala Facilitator retreat that inspired our creative partnership and we began to offer corporate and
personal mandala workshops. We saw such a need and a
call for the space, time and support to create and reflect.
Not for the sake of producing something fridge-worthy,
just simply to explore, to remember what it was like to
create for the sake of creating, as we did when we were
kids. We saw women’s hunger for deep connection and
self-expression. We witnessed jaw-dropping, heart-stopping insight and healing.
And so, Wine, Women and a Paintbrush was born.
We started with 6 women in a community hall, a mess of
art supplies, and the space and freedom to let loose and
have fun. There were no rules, no “do it this way” or

“use this color” - just a theme and a project and a safe
place to play. But we did have one request, to focus on
yourself - who you are, what you wanted, what you wanted to express. No complaining, comparing, or criticizing.
Over 6 years, it grew. And moved. And morphed. We
discovered that many of our participants
wanted to
bring it to their friends, hold their own mini workshops,
and step into the role of facilitator but found the logistics
daunting. And, we also wanted to find a way to share
this renewing experience with a much bigger audien