Creative Resources

Here are resources for creative wellness, art-making, and collage. I focus on sharing ways to encourage others to create art. This section is being updated, and I will add more inspiration soon! Meanwhile, please explore the resources listed below.

Books

Creative Inspiration:

Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen

Collage

Collage Care: Transforming Emotions and Life Experiences with Collage by Laurie Kanyer MA
Collage Your Life: Techniques, Prompts, and Inspiration for Creative Self-Expression and Visual Storytelling by Melanie Mowinski
Collage Du Jour by Lucie Duclos

Healing & Trauma Care:
Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process by Cathy Malchioldi
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine

Collective Care/Activism:
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World without a Bullhorn by Omkari Williams

WEBSITES
A small sampling of some of my favorite websites and podcasts.

Collage Lab - run by Kelly Schaub (where I took my first collage classes!)
Bad Ass Cross Stitch - crafts/art, embroidery, and activism!
Mindy Tsonas Choi - creativity for collective belonging, liberation, and care
Shelley Klammer
Kanyer Art Collection
WILDER Collage
Kolaj Magazine
Contemporary Collage Magazine
UPPERCASE Magazine

PODCASTS
Creative Pep Talk
Artist/Mother
Creative Liberation
Magic Lessons
Collaborative Alchemy Podcast with Sarah Greenman