Art & Well-Being: The Open Studio Process

With Rob Lentz, Executive Director of Open Studio Project

October 22, 2025, 7:00 PM Central Time

Description:

This presentation will take participants deep into the creative process at the core of Open Studio Project’s mission and programs. Developed over 30 years ago by art therapists seeking a new way to engage with their clients, the Open Studio process flattened the hierarchy of conventional therapy and restored the primary role of creativity in improving mental health. Now practiced all over the world, the process has proved to be infinitely adaptable and uniquely effective at harnessing the transformative power of art for individual and community well-being.

Objectives:

1. The core components of the Open Studio process: setting intentions, uninhibited artmaking, witnessing, and sharing
2. The importance of establishing psychological safety and freedom of creative expression with the No Comment rule
3. Adaptations to the Open Studio process developed to address specific populations.

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