Post Covid in-person classes have begun again with a recent Saori styled weaving workshop that I developed and taught to the members of the Long Island Craft Guild. It was a fun and freeing creative experience. See image below.

During Covid,I was on the forefront, developing new, pandemic related art workshops which I taught via Zoom. I am grateful that they were picked up by various public libraries, and engaged people from all over the U.S, who wanted to connect safely with others.

Newsday featured two of my Covid themed Zoom classes, “Create A Surreal Covid Collage” and “View From My Window” held through libraries on Long Island—see photos at right and below.


Featured Artist in Village Connection Magazine, 2011. I am shown with a student from one of my classes at the Art League of Long Island., Dix Hills, NY.





Teaching is sacred to me-- and imparting what I know, love and practice has been very fulfilling. My vast experience, as a Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute, as a licensed creative arts therapist, and as a fine art and craft instructor has taken me to a multitude of educational, non-profit, private, corporate and therapeutic venues where I’ve shared my love for self-expression and creativity development.  Since 2012, I’ve been presenting my programs at public libraries in the greater Metropolitan area. At the Art League of Long Island, where I was an instructor for over a decade, my students included children, young adults, adults, seniors, special needs and art educators.  

As an art teacher, I am interested in cultivating the “seeing” and ‘discovery’ aspects of the creative process, instilling passion, providing concrete skills, broadening my students' knowledge of different eras, styles and cultures and helping them to get to the next level--all in a supportive environment. In this product-driven world, I encourage my students to value the process--the place where we are in the throes of creation and learning-- as well as the prized outcome.

Some of My Popular Art Workshops:

  • Coral Reef Mixed Media Painting

  • Weaving With Natural Elements

  • Create a Surreal Covid Collage

  • Create a Personal Mandala

  • Pen and Ink Landscape Drawing

  • My Dream Future/Chagall oil pastels

  • Klimt, Tree of Life Drawing/Painting

  • Expressing Sound—Paint Like Kandinsky with Watercolor, Ink and Music

  • Paint Like the Fauves- Wild Colors

  • Paint Like Kandinsky- Abstract Landscapes

  • Seasonal Botanicals Watercolor Still Life

  • “Saori” Style Weaving on Your Own Loom

  • Paper Mosaic Portraits

  • FOR A FULL LIST OF MY ART PROGRAMS, please email me at: lgslauren@yahoo.com