Nathaniel's HouseMogadore, Ohio

For when words aren't working.

Creative expression can offer a gentle path toward healing. Our painting and craft workshops are designed as a safe, welcoming space for individuals of all ages and all abilities to process emotions.

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Easels and blank canvases set out around a table at Nathaniel's House, ready for a painting workshop
Set up before a workshop. Everyone gets a canvas and nobody has to be able to paint.

Creative expression can offer a gentle path toward healing. Designed as a safe welcoming space for individuals of all ages, and all abilities to process emotions, find comfort and reconnect with themselves through the power of creativity.

Grief is not always a talking problem. Sometimes the most useful thing in the room is a brush, a blank canvas, and two hours where nobody asks you how you are doing.

Classes and workshops offer creative activities allowing for alternate ways to process emotions in a supportive environment that supports healing and peace. You do not need to be able to paint. Nobody here can paint. That is not what it is for, and everyone leaves with something they made.

Sessions are designed for people of all ages and all abilities. Young people are welcome with a parent or guardian, and we have had whole families come together.

Booking and costs

Pre-registration is required, and costs apply. The fee covers canvases, paint and materials. Places are limited by how many easels fit on the table.

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Everyone paints the same scene. No two ever come out the same.

What to expect.

How long
Around two hoursCome a few minutes early to find a seat.
What to bring
NothingMaterials are provided. Wear something you don't mind getting paint on.
Skill needed
None whatsoeverStep-by-step, at whatever pace the room goes.
Ages
All ages and all abilitiesUnder-18s with a parent or guardian.

What it actually looks like.

  • The instructor painting the example canvas (a pumpkin with curling vines) with a blank, lightly sketched canvas waiting on the sill beside her
  • The room from the back: everyone at tabletop easels around long tables, one canvas a golden retriever, the door standing open to the green outside
  • A brush laying the first ochre stroke into a pencilled pumpkin outline, a paper plate of paint and a red cup of water alongside
  • People painting at a long table under string lights, a white cat stretched out asleep among the paint plates
  • A person painting a blue-and-gold canvas at night, a fluffy black-and-white cat leaning in beside the brush
  • The finished work laid out at the end of a session: hand-painted pots, several with cat faces, each filled with a wood-flower arrangement

When the next one is.

Workshop dates go up on the calendar and on our Facebook page. Places are limited by how many easels fit on the table, so it is worth asking early.

On the board Mogadore, OH

See the calendar, or ask us and we will find you a place.

Bring nothing but yourself.

The materials are here, and so is somebody who will show you what to do with them. Workshops need pre-registration, so tell us you would like a place and we will hold one for you.

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A person painting a blue-and-gold canvas, a fluffy black-and-white cat leaning in beside the brush