Creative wizardry

Where there’s meaning, there’s magic.

Together we’ll build the structure and internal sense of safety so you feel free to play, explore, and create. Whether you want to find your love of a medium you’ve lost touch with, start a new project, build a business based in creativity, or move through creative blockages, there’s something here for every kind of artist at any point in your career.

A self-consent practice is one of the best paths toward secure attachment with your creativity. With my background in consent education, i support you in building your own creative container in WHICH you can play.

Want to work together? Fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page, or sign up for classes here.

specificity is a creative muscle

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specificity is a creative muscle ⋆

Hi, I’m Mia.

I’m a writer, musician, playwright, performer, and ceramicist with a background in consent education and intimacy coordination for TV, Film, and Theater. Learning about consent triggered a creative boom in my life, and I’m excited to share the practice with others.

With all the pressures of the world we live in to be productive and efficient while making money, it’s easy to rupture the trust and desire required to make your art. With my Unblocked approach to making art in this world in its current state my consent-based, non-hierarchical approach to art-making based in devised theater principles, I can support you in finding your voice as an artist in any medium. I want you to have easy access to flow and the motivation to create so making your art feels fun.

We’ll go from perfectionist questioning such as, “Is this right?” and, “Is this good?” to consent-based, self-reflective questions such as, “Do I like this?” and, “How does this feel to me?”

If you’re struggling with…

  • feeling like a jack of all trades, master of none

  • seeing all your art as one cohesive body of work

  • feeling like you should choose one thing

  • listening to what your art wants to be

  • pressure from the outside (e.g. “the art market”)

  • comparing yourself to other artists

  • negotiating, setting rates, or even feeling like you should get paid for your art

  • getting started on a project or…

  • finishing a project

  • calling yourself an artist

  • making something out of nothing

and you want to…

  • follow through on commitments

  • find flow

  • express yourself vulnerably and authentically

  • make money off your art while staying in alignment with your values

  • proudly call yourself an artist

  • find your voice

  • get cozy with your embarrassment 

  • be willing to try and fail and try again 

I can help.

CLASSES

Find your flow in a group of artists looking to do the same, while building community and solidarity.

  • Are you too frozen to create for fear of cancelation, scrutiny, or a toxic ex who might contact anyone who works with you? This one’s for you.

  • This program is for artists of all kinds: musicians, creatives, writers, dancers, photographers, choreographers, directors, designers. It’s for people looking to deepen or return to their creative practice and for those looking to embark on one for the first time. If you:

    • are looking for structure

    • feel pressure around making art and want to loosen up

    • want to create something new but don’t know where to start

    • are stuck in the middle of a project and don’t know where to go

    • find it intimidating to create something out of nothing

    … this class will provide practical tools, exercises, and assignments to get you out of your head, into your body, and surrender to the creative process, drawing on principles from devised theater.

  • Do you feel like you do too many things? Are you a jack of all trades, master of none? You think the things you do might all be related, but you’re struggling to connect the dots? Have you reached the limits of other forms of support (such as talk therapy), either as a practitioner or a client, and do you want practical tools, skills, vocab, and exercises for yourself and your clients?

    This program will help you bring consent work into your art and build a teaching practice and business that sustains your artwork.

I offer these classes periodically, but if you want to do them with a group of your own, reach out below.

Read more about each class and sign up here.

1:1 coaching

Programs tailored to you and your particular needs as an artist, in any medium. These are 8 weeks or 4 months.

See pricing and policies at the bottom of this page.

  • Through building a practice of self-consent, you will find the boundaries you need to cultivate secure attachment with your creative process.

  • Personalized coaching for your art project using a method I built out of devised theater principles. A non-hierarchical, consent-based approach to art-making using meaningful source material and putting them into conversation with each other to create something larger than the sum of their parts.

  • A tailored program for you and your particular position as a director or project leader giving you the tools you need to navigate consent, boundaries, and power dynamics with performers when you’re in a position of power. This is not intimacy coordination training and isn’t meant to replace an intimacy coordinator, but it will give you the tools, skills, and vocab you need when an IC isn’t available while also supporting you in working with an IC when you have one.

  • For self-employed artists looking to cultivate healthy boundaries with their work as they support their artistic practice through offering coaching or classes.

My work…

visual art + Music + performance + ceramics

From my ceramics project, Hold Water Ceramics.

Listen to the recorded soundtrack to my musical here.

Max, 2017

From a series called Portraits of Young Women

The Evidence of Her Limitations: For Home

with Sara Jane Mumford

Brooklyn, NY 2017

Contact

Contact

Interested in working together one on one or with a private group or company? Fill out some info and I’ll be in touch shortly! If you want to sign up for classes, you can do so here.

policies + Info

pricing

  • I have a 24-hour cancellation policy. All sessions must be paid for at least 24 hours in advance.

  • All sessions are on Zoom.

  • If you need a payment plan or are interested in group rates, contact me. 

  • I approach this work as an artist, educator, and consultant. I am not a mental health professional. My practice is my own.

  • I am always open to negotiating price.

  • $2400 8-week program: 8 weeks is the time I’ve found it necessary to begin a transformation. We’ll work together on unlearning, de- and re-programming habits and patterns, and within 8 weeks you’ll see a huge shift in your thinking, how you move through the world, and how you navigate conflict. We'll have eight hour-long sessions. You'll have suggested assignments. You'll be able to talk with me by text and voice memo on Signal during my “office hours” as much as you’d like, which really helps integrate these concepts into your being. Phone calls between sessions are available as well for extra support at no further cost. You’ll receive my 5 part recorded class, The NEW Basics (a $333 value), before we start.

  • $4800 4-month program. You'll receive the same care and support as above, and we'll be able to get into deeper nuance and subtlety. This option is for deeper and more holistic integration of this practice to really work towards fluency and embodiment.

  • You can read about why my prices are what they are on my Business + Financial Transparency page.