Date & Time: Saturday, January 18th, 2026 @ 10:30 AM
Workshop price: $85 per person Group & team rates: Contact me for details.
Museum admission: Not included (free for SAM members)
Location: Seattle Art Museum + nearby coffee shop
Total time: Four + hours (includes a 30-minute coffee break) and zoom follow up call
Group size: Small
Join me for this 4-hour workshop designed to slow things down and shift perspective. The museum setting creates distance from daily routines and offers a mental and visual pause.
This workshop focuses on thinking differently, using art as a lens to offer an outside perspective on your own thinking patterns.
Why art?
Why does one piece feel calming while another makes you uneasy or sad? Why does one stop you in your tracks while others repel your interest? These reactions can offer insight into what feels like pressure and what holds real meaning.
During the workshop, you’ll move through the museum using simple prompts to guide observation, such as:
Finding a piece that stops you in your tracks
Finding a piece that feels like organized chaos
Afterward, we will talk about what resonated and why, using the art as a shared reference point.
The “Beads and Birds” Insight
In a previous workshop, one participant was drawn to a large, dark abstract piece that made her want to cry. She described it as her “busy brain,” a reflection of what too much feels like. In the next room, she found a piece filled with colorful beads, all moving in different directions but connected in intervals by birds.
Her insight was noticing how her thoughts could string together with grounding elements. She left feeling lighter, with a new way to see her own complexity as something vibrant and beautiful rather than stressful.
The Follow-up
The workshop includes a one-hour Zoom follow-up two weeks later. We meet to talk through what stayed with you and what shifted.
Meet Your Facilitator
I’m Ryan. I’ve worked in the arts for over 20 years and as a business coach and mentor. I see the same patterns show up again and again: pressure, perfectionism, and the slow buildup of overwhelm. This workshop was designed from direct experience and observation, grounded in the understanding that art offers insight into how we relate to our own thinking.
Date & Time: Saturday, January 18th, 2026 @ 10:30 AM
Workshop price: $85 per person Group & team rates: Contact me for details.
Museum admission: Not included (free for SAM members)
Location: Seattle Art Museum + nearby coffee shop
Total time: Four + hours (includes a 30-minute coffee break) and zoom follow up call
Group size: Small
Join me for this 4-hour workshop designed to slow things down and shift perspective. The museum setting creates distance from daily routines and offers a mental and visual pause.
This workshop focuses on thinking differently, using art as a lens to offer an outside perspective on your own thinking patterns.
Why art?
Why does one piece feel calming while another makes you uneasy or sad? Why does one stop you in your tracks while others repel your interest? These reactions can offer insight into what feels like pressure and what holds real meaning.
During the workshop, you’ll move through the museum using simple prompts to guide observation, such as:
Finding a piece that stops you in your tracks
Finding a piece that feels like organized chaos
Afterward, we will talk about what resonated and why, using the art as a shared reference point.
The “Beads and Birds” Insight
In a previous workshop, one participant was drawn to a large, dark abstract piece that made her want to cry. She described it as her “busy brain,” a reflection of what too much feels like. In the next room, she found a piece filled with colorful beads, all moving in different directions but connected in intervals by birds.
Her insight was noticing how her thoughts could string together with grounding elements. She left feeling lighter, with a new way to see her own complexity as something vibrant and beautiful rather than stressful.
The Follow-up
The workshop includes a one-hour Zoom follow-up two weeks later. We meet to talk through what stayed with you and what shifted.
Meet Your Facilitator
I’m Ryan. I’ve worked in the arts for over 20 years and as a business coach and mentor. I see the same patterns show up again and again: pressure, perfectionism, and the slow buildup of overwhelm. This workshop was designed from direct experience and observation, grounded in the understanding that art offers insight into how we relate to our own thinking.
