Build trust, connection and emotional leadership through art.
Workshops that turn emotional intelligence into an experience.
We use art to help teams connect and grow as emotionally intelligent leaders, so they can lead with empathy, trust, and purpose.
Through our guided, story-based process, people turn their personal experiences into art, and learn to truly see and hear one another. By telling their stories through art and listening with presence, teams build lasting trust, psychological safety, and a shared sense of meaning.
How It Works
We guide your team through a creative process designed to unlock trust, self-awareness, and shared meaning. Through a hands-on story-painting experience, we guide each person to reflect, create, and connect.
Reflect
Thoughtful prompts invite meaningful self-reflection.
Create
Our guided process brings those insights to life with color, pattern, and metaphor.
Connect
Team members share what they created and what it means, while practicing emotional leadership skills and building lasting connection.
Who It’s For
ArtRise is for leaders who want more than surface-level solutions.
Whether your team is newly forming, feeling disconnected, or just ready to deepen trust, we’re here for the next level.
We partner with: HR & People Leaders, Culture-forward Teams, L&D Departments, ERG Groups, Mission-driven Organizations, and Purpose-first Companies.
What We Offer
ELEVATE
Description: A hands-on, immersive workshop that strengthens trust, deepens team identity, and renews your culture from the inside out. Includes a pre-workshop assessment, guided story-based art process, tailored emotional leadership training, and a post-workshop impact summary.
Ideal For: Multi-phase culture work or one-time team transformations. Teams ready to reconnect, rebuild trust, or deepen cohesion. Off-sites, leadership retreats, reorgs, onboarding, or culture renewal initiatives.
Starting at $4,500 (in-person, travel not included)
Full or Half Day (In-Person)
IGNITE
Description: High-energy, compact session designed to quickly open hearts and build bridges.
Includes a guided reflective art process, custom facilitation, and supply kits for virtual teams.
Ideal For: New, remote, or hybrid teams looking for an impactful boost of connection, All-hands meetings, team refreshers, kickoffs, onboarding, or light-touch culture work.
Starting at $2,500 (in-person or virtual, travel not included)
90 Minute (In-Person or Virtual)
The Impact
What teams say.
Real feedback from real participants:
“The art gave us the excuse or freedom to share parts of ourselves we wouldn't in a regular day-to-day setting.”
This is the power of art. It bypasses surface-level talk and goes straight to the heart.
"I learned about myself and expressing who I am in a way that I haven't before."
Teams walk away with a new level of trust that doesn’t fade after the workshop. It shows up in their everyday interactions.
"You created such a calm, opening space, free of judgement. Thank you."
Psychological safety develops in real time.
What leaders see.
Restored trust after burnout, conflict or turnover
Stronger engagement for higher retention and job satisfaction.
More creative problem -solving leading to innovation and a competitive advantage
Increased psychological safety empowering teams to perform better and take smart risks.
Reinforced collaboration for fewer conflicts and faster decision-making
Improved team cohesion leading to better collaboration and productivity
Stronger emotional intelligence improving workplace relationships
What makes it different?
It’s not just about the art. It’s about what the art unlocks: stories, emotions, and truths that don’t typically come out in meetings or surveys.
It engages the whole person. Most team-building is informational. ArtRise uses experiential learning, which activates the heart, hands, and human spirit, leading to real transformation.
It builds connection through expression. No forced games. No awkward ice breakers. Just authentic expression that leads to real connection.
It’s immersive. Each layer of art reflects a deeper layer of meaning, making the artwork beautiful, unique and purposeful.
It sticks. We leave you with a tangible visual (your artwork) to keep momentum alive.
Why It Matters
We believe emotional intelligence must be felt to be learned.
Through ART we help people to RISE because when they feel Recognized, Integrated, Strengthened, and Engaged, they show up with meaning and purpose. That’s the heart of our work.
Ready to RISE ?
Get in touch to explore the possibilities.
