Hello!! I'm Meghan... art teacher, graphic designer, wife, and mother to three.
I graduated from Biola University in 2002, as an Art major with an emphasis in Graphic Design. After graduating, I taught for two years with "All the Arts for All the Kids", a non-profit in the city of Fullerton, Ca. The next four years were spent teaching Art to K-8th grade students at Heritage Oak Private School in Yorba Linda, Ca. In 2007, I said goodbye to the classroom and hello to motherhood. When not reading bedtime stories, playing games, or out adventuring with my own kids, I teach art camps and therapeutic art workshops all over town or from my backyard in Orange, California.
714.425.0936 // hello@thebackyardartcamp.com
I graduated from Biola University in 2002, as an Art major with an emphasis in Graphic Design. After graduating, I taught for two years with "All the Arts for All the Kids", a non-profit in the city of Fullerton, Ca. The next four years were spent teaching Art to K-8th grade students at Heritage Oak Private School in Yorba Linda, Ca. In 2007, I said goodbye to the classroom and hello to motherhood. When not reading bedtime stories, playing games, or out adventuring with my own kids, I teach art camps and therapeutic art workshops all over town or from my backyard in Orange, California.
714.425.0936 // hello@thebackyardartcamp.com
BACKYARD ART CAMP began in the summer of 2014, in the city of Orange. We fill a long table with kids eager to experiment with art supplies and learn new ways of drawing and painting. Our time includes loads of encouragement, laughter, free-drawing and guided-drawing, seeing the world through our senses, reading beautiful picture books with stories that support our projects and of course lots of breaks to hop around the yard. This space is for kids ages 6-12 who want to learn about master artists and their lives, study color theory, and experiment with new art techniques and skills. Classes are used as a tool to build confidence, create cultural awareness, exercise imagination, improve critical thinking skills, develop concentration and coordination, discover the joy of learning, and to help kids better understand themselves and the world around them. Backyard Art Camp was created for kids to fall in love with art and to walk away with completed masterpieces, feeling built-up, loved and inspired to create more!
HEALING ART WORKSHOPS utilize the Art4Healing® method, which allows participants to get in touch with inner feelings that many times words cannot express. These workshops are very therapeutic by nature but are not therapy. Instead, it is a space for participants to foster their own self-expression and self-exploration. Groups of 6-12 individuals are lead through a series of prompts as they respond by painting abstractly with acrylic colors on canvas. All levels of artistic ability are welcome as this is more about expressing emotions and less about creating a masterpiece. Final pieces are great tools for deeper communication between family members, for support in talk therapy sessions with a psychologist, or simply just to enjoy.
These therapeutic art workshops can be tailored to specific groups and needs. They are gentle and refreshing, each individual taking it to a depth most comfortable for them. For some it’s simply a time to slow down and learn new ways of expressing through art. For others it is a deeper process of healing... working through grief, trauma, stress or anxiety.
These therapeutic art workshops can be tailored to specific groups and needs. They are gentle and refreshing, each individual taking it to a depth most comfortable for them. For some it’s simply a time to slow down and learn new ways of expressing through art. For others it is a deeper process of healing... working through grief, trauma, stress or anxiety.
"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." Edward Hopper
