ABOUT ART SELF EXPRESSIONS
ArtSelf Expressions was founded in 2013 with two foundational beliefs: First, that everyone has been created with a spark of unique creativity! You do not need to have a formal art education to discover that hidden gift and have fun creating something beautiful.
And secondly, when people gather together to share in a new art experience, family, friends, and co-workers make fun, lasting memories together.
With this in mind, ArtSelf Expressions teaches fun and easy classes with simple step-by-step painting techniques. You do not need to have any previous painting or drawing experience to create something you’ll love!
Our classes encourage each guest to experiment with their own style, color, and design twists. This allows each painter to unleash their hidden creativity and feel confident in their discovery!
Our paint parties are held in various fun local venues such as wineries, breweries, churches, clubs, and restaurants, as well as on-site corporate events, and private gatherings for showers, birthdays, bachelorette parties, reunions and girls-get-togethers.
Come join us and discover what our customers have found: that with a couple of friends, a little food, wine and music; everyone's an artist!
ABOUT CINDY, FOUNDER & CLASS INSTRUCTOR
Devoted to crafting and teaching, Cindy grew up at the craft tables of her mother, grandmother and aunt, where she learned from a young age the joy of making things with paper, glue, glitter, paint, yarn, fabric and thread. Enjoying friendship and crafting together, since kindergarten she has invited girlfriends over to paint or sew or papercraft, teaching them what she had learned.
As a budding entrepreneur in the '80s, she started her own cake decorating business, a sewing alterations business, a costume design business, and was a teaching consultant with Creative Circle.
Cindy graduated from The University of Toledo with marketing, management, and accounting degrees, all of which has helped her pursue her dream of designing and leading instructional guided-art classes.
In addition to ArtSelf Expressions, Cindy worked as the Marketing Director and class instructor for The Scrapbook Korner in Archbold, Ohio where she taught crafters how to preserve their family photo memories into beautiful handmade art projects.
Cindy now creates the designs, stencils, and unique easy painting methods for class projects on glass, wood, metal, cloth, jewlery and watercolor classes.