Lauren has recently come to the Blue Mountains from
Portland, OR, USA. She loves creating with her hands
and collaborating with others in artistic endeavors.
She knows the importance of free expression and the
nourishment and insight that naturally come through
the expressive arts. Their forms are powerful tools that can help us bring our desires and dreams to life. Through artistic processes we open our wings and lift them in flight to new terrains that were previously unimagined, undiscovered, or unexplored. We engage and strengthen our imaginations, the basis of critical thinking and finding solutions when we feel stuck.
Lauren’s especially interested in weaving together creative movement, storytelling, song, and visual arts. She has worked at Summer camps, schools, advocacy centers, and in families’ homes with children and youth of various ages. She recently completed a training for teaching visual arts to children of grades 1-8. Currently, she hosts Rising Phoenixes Women’s Expressive Arts Group weekly in Blackheath and is excited to host art activities for children again during the upcoming holidays.
Dragonfly Emergence Festival Art Exhibition. 2015
Kindlehill Steiner School, Wentworth Falls, NSW
Children’s face painter. 2015
Lithgow Information and Neighborhood Centre (LINC) Family
Fun Day, Portland, NSW
Mural painter. 2005, 2014
Houma, LA; Portland, OR, USA
The Memory Project. 2008, 2010
Vandebilt Catholic High School, Houma, LA
My former school became art pals with orphanages overseas; drew portraits
of children in Haiti and El Salvador
Child Advocate. 2007-2008
Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center, Charleston, SC
Welcomed families to center; played games with children waiting in lobby for
appointments with therapists and social workers
Art Auction donor. 2006
Vandebilt Catholic High School, Houma, LA
Donated and sold my drawing for charity fundraiser
Experience
Assistant Teacher. 2010, 2014-2015
Cedarwood Waldorf School, Portland, OR
Creative Minds Learning Center, Portland, OR
Natural Environment Specialist. 2011-2012
Play Connections, Beaverton, OR
Developed and implemented highly individualized learning goals for children ages 3-6 diagnosed with autism involving play activities that strengthened communication, fine and gross motor skills, and self-help skills
ABA Therapist. 2008-2010
Carolina Coast Behavioral Services, Charleston, SC
Taught children ages 3-7 with autism pre-academic skills
WINGS Leader Intern. 2009
Memminger Elementary School Aftercare, Charleston, SC
Assisted WINGS leader in facilitating group activities that supported social and emotional growth of 4th grade girls
Art and Crafts Activity Head, Camp Counselor. 2007
Camp Glen Arden, Tuxedo, NC
Planned and supervised art projects; hosted groups of girls ages 7-8 and 12-13 during 2 and 3 week overnight sessions
Art Camp Assistant Teacher. 2005
Nichols State University, Houma, LA
Education
Visual Arts Intensive. 2015
Honolulu Waldorf School, HI
Training for teaching drawing and painting to
children and youth in grades 1-8
Waldorf Teacher Training. 2013, 2015
Micha-el Institute, Portland, OR
Bachelors of Science in Psychology. 2010
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Magna Cum Laude honors
