ART WRITE HEAL Workshops

ART WRITE HEAL Workshops ART+WRITE+HEAL© workshops help you release buried emotions from emotional pain in a healthy manner.

You'll create a piece of art to represent what your emotional pain looks like to you & then write about the emotional pain that facilitated your artwork.

03/17/2026

Check out my recent podcast interview with Micah Dillon from The Widow Walk

So I did a thing this past weekend I’ve never done before. I did a podcast interview with Micah Dillon, who was widowed ...
03/17/2026

So I did a thing this past weekend I’ve never done before. I did a podcast interview with Micah Dillon, who was widowed at 36 after finding her husband in the shower one morning, dead from a heart attack. She was suddenly faced w/ raising their two young children alone. I met her last month at Rawls Museum Arts where my art was displayed in an exhibit about using art to heal. Micah was performing a song she wrote to help herself heal. We spoke afterwards, exchanging our “widow stories”. She told me about the organization she formed called The Widow Walk & asked if she could interview me on her podcast to share my story & my ART+WRITE+HEAL Workshops.

I went to Micah’s house & we sat on her porch for the podcast. I told her I was a nervous speaker & I didn’t know how podcasts work. She showed my “Grief feels like walking through broken glass” art piece from the exhibit & told how much of an impact it had made on her. We talked about me using writing & then art to heal myself through my grief journey & then the creation of my workshops. The interview lasted 1.5 hours.

I watched the interview today & was amazed at how comfortable Micah was in front of the camera. I admired the way she spoke so clearly & confidently. My thoughts about myself on the video were not as kind. I fidgeted some from nervousness, didn’t speak as loudly & clearly as I should’ve & stumbled over words. I should’ve been looking at the camera the whole time.

Several hours later I found the grace for myself that I should’ve had in the first place. This was all new to me & definitely out of my comfort zone. I came to realize I didn’t do as bad as I’d thought. Instead, I spoke with real, honest, raw emotion about Kenny’s death & then passionately about my writing, art & the workshops born from his death. I came that day to tell a story & that’s exactly what I did. Fidgeting aside, that story was told & in the end, I’m proud of myself for having the courage to put myself out there to plant the important seeds I’ve been carrying in my pocket for almost four years now. Kenny would be proud, and I know that he is. 🙏🏻 Find the podcast here https://www.thewidowwalk.org/post/go-do-the-thing

03/09/2026

The first blog post I wrote after Kenny died is called Go do the thing…..”. I published it just nine days after he died. That post is all about regret, which is something that’s still hard to live with to this day. All the woulda, shoulda, coulda’s sneak up on you more often than I care for them too. You can read that first blog here-

https://artwriteheal.com/?p=398

Almost 4 1/2 years ago, I began the grief journey after Kenny died. I did not want to go to therapy so I decided to go i...
03/09/2026

Almost 4 1/2 years ago, I began the grief journey after Kenny died. I did not want to go to therapy so I decided to go inward and heal myself. I used writing to do that. I had always used writing to express how I felt because it wasn’t always easy for me to say what I needed to say out loud. Writing allowed me to get it all out without someone interrupting me, either to tell me how I was feeling was wrong or to criticize me for what I was saying. Writing has also always been very cathartic for me and has helped me work through so many things in my life. I’m grateful for this tool and my knowledge of how to use it so well.

I wrote and published all of my writing on my other website www.LisaSaxton.com. There were around 51 posts that dealt with my grief process. I’m in the process of publishing all of those blog posts to my www.ArtWriteHeal.com website. I’ll publish them all in chronological order starting from the beginning. There is a pinned post at the top of the blog page on the website that tells how the writing came about. That post can be found here-

https://artwriteheal.com/?p=394

It will take a bit of time to post everything but it will get done. Lots of work still to be done on the website.

The first blog post I wrote after Kenny died is called “Go do the thing…..”. I published it just nine days after he died. That post is all about regret, which is something that’s still hard to live with to this day. All the woulda, shoulda, coulda’s sneak up on you more often than I care for them too. You can read that first blog here-

https://artwriteheal.com/?p=398

What a lovely group of vendors at the Wellness Resource Fair at Rawls Museum Arts this past weekend! This was a great ev...
03/04/2026

What a lovely group of vendors at the Wellness Resource Fair at Rawls Museum Arts this past weekend! This was a great event that provided the community with lots of resources and information on health and wellness and I am honored to have been a part of it. Hoping Rawls has this event again next year! 😊

I’ll be at Rawls Museum Arts today from 10 AM to 2 PM for their Wellness Resource Fair. Come explore the many resources ...
02/28/2026

I’ll be at Rawls Museum Arts today from 10 AM to 2 PM for their Wellness Resource Fair. Come explore the many resources available to you from regional health and wellness experts.

* Wellness resources & information
* Service Dogs
* Art Activites for all ages
* Blackwater Regional Library’s BookMobile

Stop by my table to create your own Postcard From Grief, one of the workshops ART+WRITE+HEAL Workshops offers.

This is a free event to everyone, all ages welcome. Healthy snacks available!

Rawls Museum Arts is located at 22376 Linden Street, Courtland, VA 23837

I’ll be at Rawls Museum Arts tomorrow from 10 AM to 2 PM for their Wellness Resource Fair. Come explore the many resourc...
02/27/2026

I’ll be at Rawls Museum Arts tomorrow from 10 AM to 2 PM for their Wellness Resource Fair. Come explore the many resources available to you from regional health and wellness experts.

* Wellness resources & information
* Service Dogs
* Art Activites for all ages
* Blackwater Regional Library’s BookMobile

Stop by my table to create your own Postcard From Grief, one of the workshops ART+WRITE+HEAL Workshops offers.

This is a free event to everyone, all ages welcome. Healthy snacks available!

Rawls Museum Arts is located at 22376 Linden Street, Courtland, VA 23837

Peace sure doesn’t announce itself. It sneaks up on you so quietly that it takes some time to notice its presence. You’v...
01/22/2026

Peace sure doesn’t announce itself. It sneaks up on you so quietly that it takes some time to notice its presence. You’ve lived without it for so long that you’ve become accustomed to the uncertainty. When you finally realize that peace has arrived it’s like the sun breaks through the dark clouds and banishes all the chaos from your world. Welcome, Peace…..I do believe this is the first time we’ve ever met.

Today was absolutely amazing. It was the opening day for the Renewal – The Art of Healing exhibit at Rawls Museum Arts i...
01/18/2026

Today was absolutely amazing. It was the opening day for the Renewal – The Art of Healing exhibit at Rawls Museum Arts in Courtland. The building was packed full of people that came out to see all the amazing art lining the walls of the gallery.

I found my four pieces of art displayed together & stood there in front of it wondering if this was really real—that art I created was actually hanging on the wall of a gallery surrounded by the company of so many other artists. I stood there for a while, feeling so many emotions…from sadness that Kenny wasn’t here to see it hanging on the wall, to pure elation that I’d actually accomplished this…..at 59 years old.

As I walked around & looked at each piece I was overwhelmed at the dedication the artists poured into each of their creations. Reading the artists statements about their artwork gave me an INNERstanding of the pain they had gone through that birthed their pieces of art. It was like finding a giant roomful of kindred spirits who had the same intimate knowledge of grief that I had.

I talked with some of the artists who shared more about their artwork & the events that facilitated them creating it. Being able to hear their stories of what happened to them or a loved one gave more meaning to each piece. I talked with people looking at my art & told them how it came about. I shared how I transmuted my own grief into a purpose & created my ART+WRITE+HEAL workshops to help others heal from their emotional pain & grief.

As I sit here & write this I still can’t believe all this has happened, but it has, & I could not be more grateful. I’m also proud of myself….proud that I didn’t let the darkness of the grief I crawled through after Kenny’s death to wholly consume me, but instead rose back up like the Phoenix who rises up from the fire & ashes to be reborn again.

Opening day Renewal - The Art of Healing 🎨
01/17/2026

Opening day Renewal - The Art of Healing 🎨

Tomorrow’s the day! It’s the opening reception of the Renewal- The Art of Healing art exhibit at Rawls Museum Arts in Co...
01/16/2026

Tomorrow’s the day! It’s the opening reception of the Renewal- The Art of Healing art exhibit at Rawls Museum Arts in Courtland from 2-4 pm.

This exhibit showcases art that artists have created to help themselves heal. I used art & writing to help me work through my grief journey after Kenny’s death. I have four pieces on display in the exhibit. The show runs through March 7th.

Rawls has several other events related to the show that I’ll be attending-

Wellness Resource Fair on Saturday January 31st from 10 am - 2 pm

A Space for Sharing, Art, & Wellness on Tuesday February 10th from 6-8 pm

There are numerous other happenings at Rawls connected to the exhibit, check photos in this post for more info.

Rawls is a little over an hours drive from Virginia Beach. If you’d like to drive out & see the show please do. There is lots of amazing art created by some very talented artists. I hope to see you there!

Rawls Museum Arts
22376 Linden Street
Courtland, VA 23837

So I have some amazing news to share only a few people know about. A few months ago an incredible opportunity dropped in...
01/11/2026

So I have some amazing news to share only a few people know about. A few months ago an incredible opportunity dropped into my lap. My friend Liana, who works at the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk (she was one of Gage’s teachers there) forwarded me an email she got from Rawls Museum Arts in Courtland about an upcoming art exhibit they were having in January. The show is called Renewal-The Art of Healing & is centered around people who have used art to heal with. They put out a call for artwork & Liana said I should submit some art.

I had one completed piece that I used in my ART+WRITE+HEAL workshop. You could submit up to five pieces so I got to work on several more. I submitted two mixed media pieces, one fiber arts piece & a literary piece in a frame from one of my early blog posts after Kenny died. Rawls emailed me the next week & told me all four pieces were accepted into the show.

To say I was over the moon happy is a gross understatement. It’s been a lifelong dream to have art I created hanging in a gallery & it’s finally happening at 59 years old. I took a decades long break from doing art as that part of me got put on the back burner while focusing on being a wife & mother. It’s taken me this long to get back to it.

I’m in a state of awe & gratitude over this opportunity & I want to shout that from the top of the mountain that I crawled my way up for so long in my grief journey after Kenny’s death. This opens a lot of doors for me & it’s going to change my life dramatically in ways that I never thought would happen.

I’ll be at the opening reception next Saturday, January 17 from 2-4 pm. The show runs till March 7. If you’d like to make the drive out to see some amazing art from many different artists please come! Rawls Museum Arts is located at 22376 Linden Street Courtland, VA 23837

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