Art, Identity & Recovery: Professional Creative Development Workshop

Your Art is Your Superpower. Let's Build a Career From It.

What if your creative practice could be both your healing and your livelihood?

Welcome to Art in Motion—Painted Brain's professional development series for artists who understand that creativity and recovery go hand-in-hand, and both deserve to be honored in building sustainable creative careers.

✨ Workshop #1: Art, Identity & Recovery (Peer Perspective)

Explore how creative expression serves as both a healing practice and a foundation for professional growth. Learn to leverage your lived experience as artistic strength, not something to hide.

Your story isn't a barrier to your art career. It's the foundation.

What We'll Cover

Art as Healing How creativity supports recovery and resilience

Identity in Your Work Integrating lived experience into your artistic voice and navigating authenticity in professional contexts

From Healing to Career Bridging the gap between art as therapy and art as livelihood

Peer Perspective Learn from artists with mental health experience and connect with others who see creativity as both calling and healing

Who Should Attend

• Artists using creativity for mental health recovery
• Creative professionals navigating mental health challenges
• Anyone exploring art as a career path
• Artists wanting to integrate lived experience into their work
• Underserved LA County residents seeking creative professional development

All artistic mediums welcome: visual arts, writing, music, performance, film, and more.

What You'll Gain

✓ Clarity on your creative identity
✓ Framework for integrating recovery into professional practice
✓ Connections with peer artists
✓ Confidence that your story strengthens your art
✓ Next steps for your creative career

Our Approach

Mental health experience doesn't disqualify you from creative careers—it qualifies you for deeper, more authentic work. Art in Motion honors both your healing journey and your professional ambitions.

You don't have to choose between being honest about your mental health OR being taken seriously as a professional. You can be both.

Your recovery is valid. Your art is powerful. Your career is possible.