Workshop with Michelle Belto on Monday, June 9th - registration open NOW!
Speaker: Michelle Belto
Title of Talk: Art is a Tool to A Deeper Reality
Description:
Join us for the June FASA meeting. Our presenter will be FASA member, Michelle Belto, who will
explore our artwork as a portal to the deeper layers of memory, emotion, and transformation. Using
the beloved childhood game Chutes and Ladders as a guiding metaphor, this talk invites artists to
reflect on how unexpected moments can drop us into rich, unresolved memories that, when explored
through creativity, offer profound insights. Just as a breath-catching image can lift the viewer into a
moment of transcendence, art created with authenticity and vulnerability become a ladder to higher
truths.
The session includes a group reflection activity, a presentation of original artwork, and an
invitation to consider how your own creative journey maps onto this universal gameboard of descent
and ascent. Come for connection, inspiration and a fresh sense of creative direction.
Title of Talk: Art is a Tool to A Deeper Reality
Description:
Join us for the June FASA meeting. Our presenter will be FASA member, Michelle Belto, who will
explore our artwork as a portal to the deeper layers of memory, emotion, and transformation. Using
the beloved childhood game Chutes and Ladders as a guiding metaphor, this talk invites artists to
reflect on how unexpected moments can drop us into rich, unresolved memories that, when explored
through creativity, offer profound insights. Just as a breath-catching image can lift the viewer into a
moment of transcendence, art created with authenticity and vulnerability become a ladder to higher
truths.
The session includes a group reflection activity, a presentation of original artwork, and an
invitation to consider how your own creative journey maps onto this universal gameboard of descent
and ascent. Come for connection, inspiration and a fresh sense of creative direction.
Biography: Michelle Belto is a full-time studio artist and international instructor. She authored a book
about her signature process, encaustic and oil on custom handmade paper forms, Wax and Paper
Workshop (North Light Press, 2012) and her life’s work developing an insightful process for
deciphering meaning and purpose from the art we create. Her most recent solo exhibition, Ordinary
Prayers, was at The Nave Museum in Victoria, Texas. She has exhibited widely, and her work is in
numerous private and corporate collections. She currently lives in the Texas hill country with her
husband and a menagerie of furry creatures.
Michelle Belto
[email protected]
www.michellebelto.com
210-393-9768
about her signature process, encaustic and oil on custom handmade paper forms, Wax and Paper
Workshop (North Light Press, 2012) and her life’s work developing an insightful process for
deciphering meaning and purpose from the art we create. Her most recent solo exhibition, Ordinary
Prayers, was at The Nave Museum in Victoria, Texas. She has exhibited widely, and her work is in
numerous private and corporate collections. She currently lives in the Texas hill country with her
husband and a menagerie of furry creatures.
Michelle Belto
[email protected]
www.michellebelto.com
210-393-9768