reimagineart

I’m shocked to see that it’s been over a year since my last post! ReimagineArt has been busy enough doing the work that writing about it has drifted to the back burner. I now have a moment sit down and reflect on the past 16 months. Recap: ReimagineArt began as a seed of an idea […]

I made a mistake when I started ReimagineArt Mobile Art Studio. The awareness crept in slowly, as I began to feel that some imperative was missing but could not put my finger on it. What could it be? My business concept was working not only in my head but in real life, I was booking events and earning repeat

After piloting the very first ReimagineArt creative workshop over one year ago, a gratified participant mused, “I can’t put my finger on exactly why this works but it really does!” She and her team had just completed a 6′ x6′ freeform, all-hands-on-deck, mixed-media hanging mural, and she was reflecting on the takeaway benefits for her team of their

It happened again. I was attending a social function when an old friend – very enthusiastic upon learning of the team building successes of ReimagineArt – insisted that I tell her husband about my business. Her husband works for a large apparel company in town that offers fantastic team building opportunities for employees, so naturally my

The far reaching influences of Eugene, Oregon belie it’s small town roots: the University of Oregon Mighty Ducks, Nike and founder Phil Knight, Track Town and the 18th Track and Field World Champions. One lesser-known influence may reach a smaller audience, yet with equally impressive results. Art of the Athlete, a collaborative initiative of the University of

The art is, of course, foundational to ReimagineArt, but it is more so the coming together of people – WONDERFUL people – the company planners intrigued enough to give us a try, the open-minded managers, the go-for-it participants, and an exceptionally talented crew of facilitators. When the business started taking off and I needed help,

They weren’t so sure, these numbers people. They were there – at their meeting – and very quiet as I introduced ReimagineArt, my team, their project, the set-up: five groups, five stations, five instructors, five featured artists, five maxims. They dutifully dispersed to their assigned stations, white-knuckling the stems of their wine glasses held closely to

In my research on creativity in the workplace, the accomplishments of one woman invariably surface: Linda Hill, #6 on Thinkers 50 top ten management thinkers in the world, and the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Hill digs deep to unearth the components of great, innovative leadership which boils down

We had the outdoorsy weekend planned well before we knew the forecast, but there was no end in sight to the downpour when we arrived at our friends’ cabin near Mount St. Helens – the kind of downpour that makes you look like you fell into a swimming pool in the few steps between the

Scrambling to find a professional seminar to attend as the deadline approached to report my continuing education credits, I stumbled upon a course called “Exploring Shame and Building Resilence” by social worker Brené Brown. Never heard of her, nor of anyone ever presenting on s-h-a-m-e (shhhh!), but I was secretly drawn to the topic. It