With Artist and Instructor Lisa Agaran
Lisa Agaran is a professional Mixed Media Artist and Instructor. Her work has been shown in both solo and group exhibits throughout Los Angeles and New Mexico. Lisa’s work has been published in Incite, Dreams Realized: The Best of Mixed Media and Incite 3: The Art of Storytelling (published by North Light Books). She has a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and a Masters in Psychology.
Prior to her art career she worked as a Licensed Therapist (Inactive), Creativity Coach and Graphic Designer. Lisa also taught one of the core certification courses at the Creativity Coaching Association where she also trained under renown Creativity Coaches, Eric Maisel and Beverly Down.
Integrating both her artistic and psychology background Lisa has worked with artists and creative professionals with their careers and creative potential. In her own personal experience, while creating a body of work, she was faced with the common challenges such as self-doubt and the critic voice that often comes up during the creative process. Finding acceptance and embracing these struggles as being a natural part of the creative process she learned how to work passed these blocks in order to tap into her true creativity.
Lisa currently teaches ongoing workshops that utilize mixed media as an avenue to explore and uncover one’s creative potential. She believes that mixed media is the perfect medium that provides the space to experiment and be spontaneous.
For more information on Lisa's workshops visit TrueCreativityWithin.com and to view her artwork visit ArtbyLisaAgaran.com.
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