…making the ordinary extraordinary.
Our in-person and virtual instruction promotes creative and critical thinking, wellness, and heartfelt joy for people of all ages and abilities.
Art Education focused on personal development, creativity, and critical thinking
Our engagements are grounded in integrity, respect for diversity, individual learning styles, inclusive education, and neuroscience. We offer programs that nurture and restore, as well as enhance the connection between the visual and language arts and a healthy mind, body, and spirit. We aim to be that teacher who holds safe space for the challenges and joys of creative discovery.
- Online and in-studio private and small group art classes and workshops
- Online and in-studio expressive art workshops and retreats
- Open studio expressive art sessions
- Mindful art workshops for well-being
- Eco-expressive arts workshops
- Homeschool art classes
- Special event party planning
- Assisted and accommodated instruction: Alzheimer’s, Autism, Cognitive Impairments, Dementia, Developmental Delay, Learning Disability, Parkinson’s, Traumatic Brain Injury, and more.
At Art Works! Studio, we honor the diversity and complexity of identities, perspectives, circumstances, and experiences. We believe everyone has the potential to create and affect personal, community, and global transformation. We enjoy ARTing with folks in the neighborhood (and beyond with Zoom meetings)—stirring up creative empowerment.
About the founder, Sasha Roberts-Levi
(she/her/hers)
My philosophy on teaching traditional art is to first focus on building a deep love of the subject, while gently introducing the technical and academic aspects. Because when you’re passionate about creating, diving deeper is even more enjoyable. I’m passionate about sharing mindful art practices to enhance self-awareness, self-compassion, and self-expression. Probably the most obvious benefit of expressive arts is the spark created in the imagination. This awakening process allows us to experience something new. It’s like an a-ha moment, a new discovery. It can lead to new things, bring light to something stuck, open a new doorway to unarticulated feelings, and shed light on the past. It can provide a new language and foster existing language when current circumstances and words cannot describe the unfolding process.
As an educator, I support students with learning and language challenges and “gifted” students. My background as a traditional public school teacher and a charter school administrator allows me to see the bigger picture and meet the needs of all learners while honoring their diversity and complexity of identities, perspectives, circumstances, and experiences.