Sarah Valeri is an NYU trained art therapist and painter ready to heal up any scars you might have, (especially the post-MFA sufferer), that prevent you from making the art you have in your insides. Not inside you like the baby facesucker on aliens, but like a beautiful butterfly inside its chrysalis. Or like aliens. I dunno what you got in there. Come even if you're well-adjusted (living in BK?? yeah, that's likely) and just want to make art.
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Sarah Valeri and Yasemin Adali, artists, movers, yoga-ers and dedicated goof offs are dedicated to renewal and living through the fascinating and bewildering arts. Are you a survivor of an MFA program? Did they try to beat down your soul? Do you feel like they are still looking over your shoulder with a periscope? Come enjoy a couple of hours with us to renew your joys through a little movement and artmaking. No agendas. No experience necessary. You don’t even need an MFA. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat if you like. A donation is requested to cover materials. Feel free to bring snacks.
Space is limited, please respond here to RSVP or send questions to
sarahreneevaleri@gmail.com.

Sarah's running a new NFP, Arts! by the People, that takes her to Columbia in August, and will be part of the Giacobetti Paul Gallery summer group show (I'm in it, too) that opens in DUMBO on July 8th. Here's Sarah's healing at work!
A shot from Arts! by the People >
Here's her one of her own pieces
Fabric drawing, Dessert Owls