RSVP here to join us at 6:00 pm on Saturday, April 15 for a conversation between author and artist Sara Woster and Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation’s Frederick Janka on Painting Can Save Your Life… available for purchase now at Bart’s Books!
In Painting Can Save Your Life, Sara Woster welcomes readers into this transformative art form, inviting them to pick up a brush and discover how painting can help you see the world in a whole new way. She believes in art as a form of mindfulness, a ritual for healing, and an outlet for self-expression.
Weaving soup-to-nuts instruction on how to paint—from choosing the right materials to painting the human body—with her own story of discovering a passion for painting, this book includes simple and easy techniques for painters of all skill levels, playful and challenging painting exercises, tips on how to build a creative community using art, and insights on how to use painting to cultivate a sense of calm in a stressful world.
Part how-to-paint, part sheer inspiration, Painting Can Save Your Life is a wise and inspiring guide to the power of painting.
Sara Woster founded The Painting School in an effort to share her passion for painting with her community. Woster shows her work in the United States and internationally, in solo shows and group exhibits. She illustrated several children’s books, and her animations, multimedia, and collaborative performances have been shown at numerous art venues including the Hammer Museum, UCLA, and Franklin Art Works in Minneapolis. She has been granted a Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship, a Franconia Sculpture Park residency, and a Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA residency. Woster and her husband, Rob Fischer, established artist residencies in northern Minnesota and the Bleakley House in New York.
Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation is committed to supporting and advocating the arts and sciences. Current initiatives include awards for visual artists, as well as The Ojai Institute, an artist-residency program in Ojai, that extends the dialogue between artists and the public through exhibitions and programs. Frederick Janka is Executive Director of the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, and has over 15 years of experience as an administrator and curator in contemporary art museums and galleries in the United States and Mexico. He is currently a member of the Arts Advisory Committee for the City of Santa Barbara, and the Santa Barbara Advisory Board for KCRW.
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