OPENING HOURS
MONDAY - FRIDAY 11:00 - 18:30 SATURDAY 11:00 - 17:00
SUNDAY 12:30 - 16:30
OPENING HOURS
MONDAY - FRIDAY 11:00 - 18:30 SATURDAY 11:00 - 17:00
SUNDAY 12:30 - 16:30
OPENING HOURS
MONDAY - FRIDAY 11:00 - 18:30 SATURDAY 11:00 - 17:00
SUNDAY 12:30 - 16:30
Creativity is a natural part of being human. Making art can help us slow down, reflect, reduce stress, and reconnect with ourselves and others.
Whether you are:
-
an individual looking to explore a new creative practice or meaningful hobby
-
a leader seeking a thoughtful, engaging experience for your staff, team, or community
-
a parent or caregiver hoping to offer a supportive creative outlet for a child or teenager
-
or someone reconnecting with creativity after a difficult season
there is a space for you here.
You are invited to explore expressive arts experiences that are tailored to your goals, interests, and needs.
Professional Background & Scope
Natalie is a Licensed Master Social Worker, a Certified Florist, and a Certified Therapeutic Art Life Coach. All services are offered through a trauma-informed lens and are designed to support reflection, creativity, and well-being.
**Creative expression can be therapeutic; however, these services are not therapy. Natalie does not provide clinical counseling or psychotherapy through Proximity, LLC.
"Art does not produce what we see, it makes us see." - Paul Klee
Art Lessons & Support Sessions
Trauma-informed and private art lessons or therapeutic art life coach support sessions invite you to cultivate new/ existing skills; alleviate stress; traverse new understandings of yourself and your unique experience; and, build resilience through creating.
All levels and ages are welcome. Offered in person and virtually.
Group Painting Workshop
Enjoy building connections with the people in your life through a group painting workshop. Workshops can focus on team building, mindfulness, healing/resilience building, just good ol'e plan fun, and etc. All workshops are conducted in a trauma-informed way.
Perfect for businesses looking to boost staff moral, churches looking for something artsy for children, youth groups, or adult small groups, non-profits and other agencies looking to practice a little self care or raise money in an innovative way, and etc.
Commission Art Work
Collaborate with Natalie to design a custom piece of art from your vision/ style or have Natalie create a work you appreciate in her own style.
Click below to go to the shop to see pieces and find a work to purchase now.
"If we listen intently the flowers will speak. If we truly hear them, they will uniquely awaken our senses and revitalize our souls." -Natalie
Private Floral Arrangement Session
Trauma-informed and private floral arrangement sessions or therapeutic art life coach floral support sessions invite you to not only learn a new skill, but to encounter the power, energy, and healing that comes from combining art with nature, and listening when it speaks.
Perfect for someone who has always felt connected to the natural world or to flowers or who has always wanted to try something new.
All ages welcome. Offered in person and virtually.
Group Floral Workshop
Enjoy building connections with the people in your life through a group floral workshop. This can be with faux, fresh, or pressed flowers. Workshops can focus on team building, mindfulness, healing/resilience building, just good ol'e plan fun, and etc. All workshops are conducted in a trauma-informed way.
Perfect for businesses looking to boost staff moral, churches looking for something artsy for children, youth groups, or adult small groups, non-profits and other agencies looking to practice a little self care or raise money in an innovative way, and etc. Can be fresh flowers, faux flowers, or pressed flowers.
Floral Services
Collaborate with Natalie to bring to life the wedding flowers of your dreams, to create centerpieces that gala attendees will want to purchase to help fund your agency/non-profit, or to help you wish someone happy birthday, happy mother's/father's day, get well soon, I love you, etc. with a beautiful custom bouquet or arrangement.
Natalie also provides pressed flower and preservation options to save your most cherished blooms.
Click below to learn more.
What people are saying
"I attended art classes with Natalie while I was in college during a high-stress season of my life. Natalie taught me basic art principles while maintaining a calm presence and giving gentle instruction. She allowed me to be creative and to implement my own ideas in my work. I have continued to benefit from this time over the years as I’ve learned to reduce stress and anxiety through art."