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Everyday Alchemy: Transforming Creativity from Life taught by Tara Tieso
September 5, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Multi-Session Class
Meets 4 Fridays, September 5-26 from 10-12pm Central TimeVIRTUAL CLASS
Inspired by Rick Rubin’s groundbreaking book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, let’s explore the creative relationship we have with our everyday life.
Different from other creativity approaches, Rubin’s ideas flip the script with short, easy-to-read bits filled with eye-opening yet relatable examples that ask us to s-l-o-w d-o-w-n and really experience the moments of our lives. This book is a sanctuary for those who crave more than tips and tricks; it’s a deep dive into the very essence of creativity as a practice.
We’ll use the book to explore how we can best live into a creative process unique to us – by asking questions, observing our world, considering the role of our feelings as guideposts, balancing self-doubt with inspiration, and experimenting with new perspectives (as well as considering common niggling thoughts like: Do deadlines help? Why am I so distracted? Does everyone feel this way???).
In class we’ll actively experiment with creative ideas; discuss what comes up in our explorations; and between classes, give some of the book’s ideas a try in our real lives.
No art experience needed!
Supplies: Bring a copy of the book The Creative Act – A Way of Being by Rick Rubin, a sketchbook or journal for experimentation, and any favorite media you’d like to use in the process.
Classes have a limited space available and some fill quickly. Decisions about whether to cancel a class or add another session are typically made one week prior to the start of a class. If a class you are interested in is full we will have a waiting list and will contact you if a space opens up. If a class is cancelled due to low enrollment (fewer than 4 registrations) all registrations will be promptly refunded.
Ticket Instruction: You must choose a quantity to activate “get tickets”. To pay for a class registration with a Wet Paint gift card, please call 651-698-6431
Tara L. Tieso is an abstract artist residing in the historic Lowertown arts district of Saint Paul along the mighty Mississippi. She works in encaustic, an ancient beeswax and resin medium fused to its substrate with a torch, as well as pen and ink – and loves every kind of water-soluble media! Tara is Past Board President of nationally celebrated WARM, Women’s Art Resources Minnesota – where she worked with other women in the arts to steward the rich 40-year feminist legacy of Minnesota’s brilliant women artists. She currently serves as Board Chair of The Show Non-Profit, which supports artists with disabilities. Tara brings a love of community from her experience in social work and therapy, and as a teaching artist, she facilitates Wet Paint’s Book Club (free on zoom!), Creative Circles from her loft studio, and a myriad of Wet Paint classes that require no art experience of any kind, ever! A grateful recipient of the McKnight Foundation-funded Metropolitan Regional Arts Council’s Next Step Grant, and a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant; she is one of 30 ArtSage Minnesota Artists, and a winner of North Hennepin Community College Award of Excellence in Memory of Lance Kiland from the Minnesota State Fair Foundation. Her work hangs in private collections in the Twin Cities, greater Minnesota, and Philadelphia.
