The Ugly Art Studio

05/20/2026

Art kits for healthcare are now available for bulk orders! 🫶

Here’s a sneak peek ✨

For details, send us a DM 🧡

05/18/2026

Our April Newsletter is live!

Last month, we celebrated our 1 year anniversary, officially announced our first hospital partnership, facilitated local art workshops, and learned from some of the best minds in the arts and health field. More details inside!

DM for the link to read it now!

05/15/2026

Starbucks new Summer drinks are giving amazing watercolor palette vibes! ✨🧡🎨

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04/24/2026

Calling all Lake Nona teens! Join us tonight for a new kind of art class - Watercolor for Wellbeing will show you how to use painting as a tool for stress release and anxiety reduction, while sparking joy and connection with new friends.

Registration includes a healthy dinner, a guided art workshop, AND participants get to take home this art kit!

Class is $20, held at the and in partnership with 🫶 No need to be a LNPC member to attend this class.

Registration closes soon - reserve your seat now with link in bio!

04/22/2026

Watercolor for Wellbeing 🎨 — Teen Night in Lake Nona!

This Friday we’re running a low-key creative night for teens (16–21). No pressure, no need to be”good at art”— just watercolor, music, and a space to hang out and make some art in a guided session.

Come solo or bring a friend. It’s beginner-friendly and a nice way to switch off the pressure, while meeting other creative people your age.

If you have a teen (or know one who would enjoy this vibe and chance to meet like-minded people), pass this along! 🧡

Dinner and all art materials provided!

Location:
Organized by:
Facilitated by: The Ugly Art Studio (that’s us! 😌)

Sign up through the link in our bio!

04/17/2026

We’re celebrating 1 year in business!!!

A letter from our founder:

On April 15th 2025, The Ugly Art Studio was officially established. I was working from home while taking care of my 6 month old son when the idea for The Ugly Art Studio landed amongst my whirlwind of thoughts. It started as a blip of light, just a spark of a thought, that grew and grew until it could no longer be contained in my head. It had to come out, had to be manifested as physical reality.

Over the next 6 months, with my youngest son still at home, and while teaching college art classes remotely, I began to develop the pieces of the business. One by one, elements began coming together - the name, the branding, the website, the products, the offerings, the network.

Finally, in October, the first batch of products were ready to launch. I opened my online store and signed up to vend at a few craft markets. I was in full-blown research and development mode, trying new products and assembling new art kits and activities, and discussing possibilities and doing our first sales a few wonderful clients.

I brought my cousin Shannon on board to help with sales outreach and community building to start expanding our network. We started to book sales calls and deliver customized art solutions and proposals to healthcare organizations and businesses.

At the turn of the new year, we got our first contract with a hospital to provide art kits to their long term patients and palliative care patients. Then our kits made their way to Wisconsin to support family grief gatherings, and as donations for the local science center’s health and wellness raffle prize.

Now, we have added weekly Art for Wellbeing classes in person in Orlando, Florida, with more time slots opening next month. We are partnering with local organizations to run Art for wellbeing activities for employee appreciation and wellness activations.

Needless to say, the last year has been an absolute whirlwind. From the very seed of an idea, growing into a small business with professional clients and onboarding freelance employees, has been the most exhilarating and rewarding experience (outside of parenthood 😅). Continued in com

04/02/2026

Want to try something creative near Lake Nona + St. Cloud? Don’t miss the next class 🧡

Our morning was all about shaping, smoothing, sculpting, squishing, and slamming clay — and letting the process do its thing.

Hands busy. Mind settled. Conversation flowing.

That’s what Art for Wellbeing looks like here: approachable, grounding, and built around real connection.

Thank you to everyone who joined us ✨

Weekly Art for Wellbeing classes start this May in St. Cloud, with a new creative exploration each week.

Follow along so you don’t miss the next one.

04/02/2026

03/31/2026

Clay hands = happy hands

Nothing like skin covered in terracotta tint and fine ground earth 🫶

If you live in Southeast Orlando, join us tomorrow morning🌞

Link in bio 🧡

03/31/2026

Join our adult art class tomorrow, April 1st in St Cloud!

Every week, we run daytime Art for Wellbeing classes at 10:30 on Wednesdays. This week we will be working with air dry clay ✨

This new kind of art class focuses on using different art forms as a tool for wellbeing. Instead of making perfected art pieces, we experience the sensations of the mediums, explore ideas through guided prompts, and connect with those around us.

If you’d like to join, reserve your seat quickly! Registration is about to close.

We’d love to have you! All experience levels welcome 🧡

🔗 Registration link in bio