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Testimonials

"If someone were considering whether to take the class, I'd tell them that I highly recommend it. You will uncover creativity in yourself and learn from others." - Amy B., Fall 2021 Artist's Way It's Never Too Late To Begin Again Zoom (online) Student

"It's a great class to center on and develop your creative pulse which we all have. It helps us yet beyond our mental blocks from past negative experiences and have fun, take care of ourselves and thrive." - Diana, Fall 2021 Artist's Way Zoom (online) Student

"If someone was considering taking The Artist's Way class, I would tell them don’t wait! Sign up today!! Also that the class can really be whatever they want to make of it. I would say to take pressure off of themselves and enjoy the opportunity to explore what creativity in their life could look like. You will meet wonderful, fun people who will support you in your own journey, at your own pace. There is no expectation or pressure for you to perform any particular way- it’s really about bringing more joy and flow into your life." -Beth A., Artist's Way Zoom (online) Alum Winter 2020

"I hoped to come away from this class with increased clarity of both how to listen to the inner voice of guidance, and also what direction to move in career-wise. I feel content having grown in both of these areas through the course!" - Winter 2020 ZOOM Artist's Way Class Alum

"The Artist's Way class is not just for artists. It's for anyone who needs that little nudge to think outside the box. It provides unparalleled insight into oneself and one's craft." - Jen K. Artist's Way Student 2016


"This class was a great, life-changing experience and opened up my creative life - I feel that I am living in a more free, meaningful and creative way because of it. I would highly recommend the class." - Jan, Artist's Way Student 2014 

For more comments from past students, check out our Testimonials page!

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Our Spring/Summer Quarter 2023 Artist's Way ONLINE ZOOM Classes are now open for registration with classes beginning early May 2023. For more info on our classes, go to our Class Offerings or Register for Classes pages!

Artist's Way Class Offerings - Spring/Summer Quarter 2023 

Our Spring/Summer Quarter 2023 Artist's Way Classes ONLINE via ZOOM are NOW OPEN for Registration with classes starting early May. Sign up EARLY as our classes fill quickly. GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE. Just email us, and we'd be happy to generate a Gift Certificate!

Please Note: We are running ALL of our Artist's Way Classes online via Zoom this Spring/Summer. Zoom is free to participants. Any questions, please let us know. We look forward to bringing this transformative material to you this Spring/Summer 2023! ALL classes are held on Pacific Standard Time.

Artist's Way Classes | Classes held in Seattle - Spring/Summer Quarter Classes 2023 are Now Open for Registration - Classes begin early May, 2023. Sign up early as classes fill quickly! We limit our classes to 10 students. 

Secure your spot with a $75 (nonrefundable/nontransferable deposit). No prerequisites required.
Classes fill quickly: Register for Classes

Read what our students/alums have to say at our Class Testimonial Page

The Artist's Way in Seattle - Monday OR Wednesday classes - online via ZOOM - Classes fill quickly!
(using Julia Cameron's bestselling book on creativity The Artist's Way) 

Energize your creative life by exploring the international bestseller The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. As one of our students noted "If you are interested in changing, deepening or exploring a more creative side of yourself, this is the class for you!" For a detailed description of this class, go to the bottom of this page. 

Section I: MONDAYS, May 8 - August 7 (online via ZOOM) (12 weeks) 
Mondays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
$395
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
Note: No class on May 29 or July 3

Section II: WEDNESDAYS, May 10 - July 26
DAYTIME class for Pacific Standard time students or a great evening class for East Coast time folks!
Wednesdays 3:00 - 5:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time) 
$395
Instructor: Kate Gavigan

Section III: WEDNESDAY, May 10 - July 26
EVENING class (Pacific Standard time)
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
$395
Instructor: Kate Gavigan

To register for the Monday or Wednesday Artist's Way Classes: go to our "Register for Classes" Page

It's Never Too Late To Begin Again - online via Zoom class 
(An Artist's Way Program using Julia Cameron's latest book on creativity geared for older adults including those at midlife and retirees: It's Never Too Late to Begin Again by Julia Cameron)
Curious about the Artist's Way tools but also want to explore how to apply them to midlife or retirement? This could be just the class for you! We will explore tools Julia Cameron created specifically for older adults including those at midlife or nearing or in retirement. More information on the class can be found at the bottom of this page.

Section IV: May 5 - July 28 (online via Zoom) (12 weeks) 
Fridays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
$395 (12 weeks)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
Note: No class May 26
To register: go to our "Register for Classes" Page

Your Right to Write

We start with the desire: "I want to write," then any number of blocks can pop up to make the task of writing seem like a herculean one to accomplish. Students will be led through the chapters in creativity writer Julia Cameron's book "The Right to Write." In this book, Julia explores the "why" of why we write or are called to write. Using that as a foundation, we will use some transformative creativity tools, address obstacles and have fun writing in a low pressure, relaxed and encouraging atmosphere all while we take the next small steps from "why" we write to "let's go ahead and write!" More information on the class can be found at the bottom of this page.


Section V: SUNDAY evenings, May 7 - July 30
Sundays, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
$395 (12 weeks)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
Note: No class May 28

To register for the Writing Classes: go to our "Register for Classes" Page

NEW CLASS FOR Seattle Artist's Way Alums - Monthly Drop-in ZOOM Artist's Way Check-in! - spaces still available
Ever since we started running classes in 2009, our Artist's Way students have been asking for a way to stay connected to our instructors and each other. While we do offer an Artist's Way Class exclusively for alums, we wanted to offer also a more flexible monthly one hour drop-in Artist's Way drop-in for alums. So HERE IT IS:
The last Thursday of each month for ONE hour online via ZOOM, Artist's Way Instructor Kate Gavigan will offer a drop-in class which will be an opportunity for Seattle Artist's Way alums to check in around morning pages, artist's dates, ask questions and share about their creative process plus do a creative task and end with naming some goals for the coming month. MORE information about the class below at the bottom of this page. You can attend just 1 of the sessions or all of them. The dates for the sessions will be updated on the website monthly so you can register for sessions monthly.

Section VI: the LAST THURSDAY of EACH MONTH for ONE hour 
6:00 - 7:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
February 23, 2023
$30 (each monthly session)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
To register: go to our "Register for Classes" Page
More information on the class can be found at the bottom of this page

Any questions on ANY of our classes, please contact us via our website's contact page!

Contact us about Gift Certificates: email us via our contact page.
Individual Creativity Consultations, go to our Creativity Coaching page.
For Information on our Refunds and Policy and Procedures, go to: Refunds and Policy/Procedures page.
Questions? Please email us via our contact page.  

To read what our previous students have to say about our classes, go to our Class Testimonials Page.

Photo above: Seattle Artist's Way Center Zoom Winter Quarter 2020 Monday Students

The Artist's Way Classes - Spring/Summer Quarter 2023 via Zoom (online)

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is an international bestseller on the subject of creativity. Whether you see yourself as an artist or not, this book and class can be an incredibly useful resource to tap into your creative side which can benefit many parts of your lives. The 2 hour a week 12 week long class will take students through the 12 chapters with an emphasis on the accompanying chapter exercises and additional creativity exercises and strategies (i.e. meditation tools). This material can work with anyone, no matter how dormant or energized their creative life may be, and can enhance their ability to be more fully and genuinely themselves.

Julia Cameron uses 3 basic tools for students to enhance their lives and their creativity: 1) morning pages (writing 3 pages longhand of stream of consciousness writing), artist's dates (solo fun dates with yourself) and completing creativity exercises at the back of each chapter. Students report that as a result of going through our Artist's Way class they more fully and genuinely know themselves, they discover or re-discover their gifts and talents and have more fun and joy in their lives.

To quote Julia, "In order to retrieve your creativity, you need to find it." The basic tools and the additional creativity exercises that we incorporate into the 12 week course can help you do just that. No prerequisites required for the class.

Please note: Students will have the opportunity to have a 30 minute 1 on 1 Zoom chat with Kate prior to the first class and at the end of the quarter, as well.

Choose either the Monday OR Wednesday Sections.

The Artist's Way Class - online - via Zoom 
Section I: May 8 - August 7

Mondays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
$395 (12 weeks)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
Note: No class May 29, July 3
Maximum: 10 students

Section II: The Artist's Way DAYTIME class (for Pacific Standard time students and an early evening class for Eastern Time Students) 
May 10 - July 26
Wednesdays, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
$395 (12 weeks)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
Maximum: 10 students

Section III: The Artist's Way EVENING Class (Pacific Standard Time)
May 10 - July 26

Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
$395 (12 weeks)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
Maximum: 10 students

TO REGISTER: Go to our Register for Classes Page

For Information on the Artist's Way Program called It's Never Too Late To Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond, scroll down on this page for more information and on how to register.

(a $75.00 nonrefundable/nontransferable deposit secures your space in the class with the balance of the class tuition due a week before class starts). Students are responsible for purchasing their own copy of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. Please note: it is not unusual for students to have to miss a class or two over the 12 week session.  We provide detailed notes for any class you miss in order to ensure you stay connected with the material and the other students.

Kate Gavigan is passionate about The Artist's Way having seen the positive changes in her students' lives and having personally experienced the benefits of the materials. Kate worked in social services as a trainer for over 10 years when she found herself drawn to the material in The Artist's Way, which helped her uncover a passion for theatre and the arts. She credits her mid-life career change (now working at her dream jobs as an Artist's Way Instructor and Speaker, a Creativity Coach, a Home Organizer and pursuing her interest in Acting) to having gone through The Artist's Way.




We hope to return to in-person classes in the future. We anticipate continuing to offer ZOOM classes in addition to in-person classes (once safe to do so). When we return in person, we will be meeting at Windows Art Gallery in Wallingford, 4131 Woodland Park Ave. N., Seattle (left)

It's Never Too Late To Begin Again - An Artist's Way Program for Retirees/Midlife Now Open for Spring/Summer Registration 2023 - Online via Zoom

“It’s never too late to explore or rediscover your creativity!” 


Curious about the Artist's Way and how to apply it to your midlife years and/or retirement? Best-selling creativity author Julia Cameron (The Artist’s Way) has created an Artist's Way program geared specifically for older adults including those at midlife and for retirees in her new book: It’s Never too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond. Under the guidance of creativity instructor, Kate Gavigan, students will explore the 12 chapters, learn some fun Artist's Way tools, play with the memoir reflection tasks and identify how to implement the creative tools in their own lives. Being willing to explore your creativity at any age can instill in you a youthful wonder and can enhance your experience of seeing your retirement years as a time of fun and adventure. This class can be a great jumpstart to assist you in navigating and thriving during your midlife years and beyond! Maximum: 10 students.


Please note: Students will get to have a 1 on 1 30 minute Zoom chat with Kate prior to the first class and another one at the end of the 12 weeks.


Section IV: May 5 - July 28

Fridays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

$395 (12 weeks)

Instructor: Kate Gavigan
Note: No class on May 26

To register: go to Register for Classes page

To read testimonials, go to Testimonial Page

No prerequisites required for this class.
Students are responsible for purchasing their own copy of It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond, by Julia Cameron

(Note: a $75 nonrefundable/nontransferable deposit secures your space in the class with the balance of the class tuition due a week before the class starts).
Please note: It's not unusual for students to have to miss a class or two over the 12 weeks. However, we will provide detailed notes if you have to miss a class so you can stay connected to the material and to your fellow students.

Kate Gavigan is passionate about The Artist's Way having personally experienced the benefits of the materials. Kate worked in social services as a trainer for over 10 years when she was drawn to the tools outlined in The Artist's Way, which helped her uncover a passion for the arts and creativity in all forms. She credits her mid-life career change (now working at her dream jobs as an Artist's Way Instructor and Speaker, a Creativity Coach, a Home Organizer and Actor) to having gone through The Artist's Way. She's particularly excited to be facilitating a class using Julia Cameron's latest creativity book It's Never Too Late To Begin Again which applies The Artist's Way tools specifically with those at midlife and retirees in mind.

Your Right to Write - Spring/Summer Quarter - Online via ZOOM 

We start with the desire: “I want to write.” Then any number of blocks can pop up to make the task of writing seem like a herculean one to accomplish. Led by Creativity Instructor, Kate Gavigan this 12 week writing class will take you through the chapters in creativity writer Julia Cameron’s book “The Right to Write.” In this book, Julia explores the “why” of why we write or are called to write. Using that as a foundation, we will take the next small steps from “why” we write to “let’s go ahead and write!”


Over the course of the 12 weeks, we will utilize several transformative Artist’s Way creativity tools (morning pages, artist’s dates) to help ground us in our creativity and in our writing practice. We will have FUN playing around with words and experimenting and exploring a wide variety of writing genres. Students will also engage with some gentle tasks to help identify and miniaturize your critic/censor, address past blocking artistic injuries and write in a low pressure, relaxed and encouraging atmosphere. To quote Julia Cameron, “I want to let everybody in. I want us all to write … we all have the right to write.”


We look forward to offering a class that makes room for us ALL to write!


Absolute beginners welcome as well as long time writers and everyone in between.
Maximum 10 students.

Students will also get to meet with the instructor for 30 minutes prior to the first class for a 1 on 1 chat as well as a closing 30 minute individual session.


Section V: May 7 - July 30
Sundays, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
$395 (12 weeks)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan

Note: No class May 28

To Register for this class: go to Register for Classes Page  


A $75 tuition nontransferable nonrefundable deposit secures your space in the class with the balance due a week before the first class. Please Note: It's not unusual for students to have to miss 1 or 2 classes over the course of the 12 weeks and Kate will write detailed notes so that you stay connected to the material and to your fellow students.


Kate Gavigan has been facilitating Artist’s Way Classes since 2009 and has a passion for helping students discover or rediscover their gifts and talents. Kate rediscovered her fondness for writing at about the same time she began offering Artist’s Way Classes. She has loved the power of words since the very first time a book was read to her (“I am a Bunny” by Richard Scarry) and her love for the power, the majesty, the wonder of words has grown exponentially since then. She has a particular calling for helping all students realize they have a unique voice that only they can share and is excited to offer this class that helps them do just that.

DROP IN Artist's WAY MONTHLY ZOOM class for Seattle Artist's Way Alums

NEW CLASS FOR Seattle Artist's Way Alums - Monthly Drop-in ZOOM Artist's Way Class!
Ever since we started running classes in 2009, our Artist's Way students have been asking for a way to stay connected to our instructors and each other. While we do offer an Artist's Way Class exclusively for alums, we wanted to offer also a more flexible monthly one hour drop-in Artist's Way check-in class for alums. So HERE IT IS:
the last Thursday of each month for ONE hour online via ZOOM, Artist's Way Instructor Kate Gavigan will offer a drop-in check-in/class which will allow for students to check-in re: morning pages and artist's dates, ask some questions, do a creative exercise with Kate, do some creative goal planning/intentions for the coming month and finish up with a short meditation.


You can attend just 1 of the sessions, a few of them OR ALL of them. The registration page with the dates for the sessions will be updated on the website monthly so you can register for sessions monthly.


Section VI: the LAST THURSDAY of EACH MONTH for ONE hour 
6:00 - 7:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
January 26th (1st session!)
$30 (each monthly session)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
To register: go to our "Register for Classes" Page
Maximum Number of Students/alums for Drop in class only: 30 students maximum

Here are the 2023 Artist's Way Alumni Drop-in ZOOM class dates:
THURSDAYS:

January 26
February 23
March 30
April 27
May 25
June 29 
July 27
August 31
September 28
October 26
November 30
December 28

Kate Gavigan is passionate about The Artist's Way having personally experienced the benefits of the materials. Kate worked in social services as a trainer for over 10 years when she was drawn to the tools outlined in The Artist's Way, which helped her uncover a passion for the arts and creativity in all forms. She credits her mid-life career change (now working at her dream jobs as an Artist's Way Instructor and Speaker, a Creativity Coach, a Home Organizer and Actor) to having gone through The Artist's Way.

The Artist's Way for Alumni - (of the Seattle Artist's Way Center) - will return later in 2023

We're excited to announce the return of our ALUMNI Artist's Way ZOOM (online) Class for students who have attended the 12 week Artist's Way Class through The Seattle Artist's Way Center!


Students participating in this Winter Quarter 2023 weekly online Zoom class will get the opportunity to go deeper with their creative practice and their understanding and use of The Artist's Way tools. The 12 week class will take students through the 12 chapters in The Artist's Way but with a specific focus on the key concepts. Students will also be guided to utilize the idea of baby steps to move forward on their specific goals and creative ideas (whatever those are and they could change week to week!). Students will also have an individual 1 on 1 Zoom 30 minute meeting with Kate prior to the first class to share about their creative process and to explore their goals and/or hopes for the class. Kate will also offer a closing one on one 30 minute Zoom chat with each student to review their experience and hopes for the future. To quote Julia at the end of Chapter 12: "Reread this book. Share it with a friend. Remember that the miracle is one artist sharing with another." Here's our opportunity to do just that!


Section IV: 

Sundays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

$395

Instructor: Kate Gavigan

Maximum number of students: 10

Note to be scheduled: Individual 1 on 1 - 30 minute sessions with students and Kate prior to first class and at week 11, prior to the last week 12.


To Register: go to Register for Classes. 

Note: Students are responsible for purchasing their own copy of The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron
(Note: a $75 nonrefundable/nontransferable deposit secures your space in the class with the balance of the class tuition due a week before the class starts).

Please note: It's not unusual for students to have to miss a class or two over the 12 weeks. However, we will provide detailed notes if you have to miss a class.

Kate Gavigan is passionate about The Artist's Way having personally experienced the benefits of the materials. Kate worked in social services as a trainer for over 10 years when she was drawn to the tools outlined in The Artist's Way, which helped her uncover a passion for the arts and creativity in all forms. She credits her mid-life career change (now working at her dream jobs as an Artist's Way Instructor and Speaker, a Creativity Coach, a Home Organizer and Actor) to having gone through The Artist's Way. She's particularly excited to be facilitating a class using Julia Cameron's latest creativity book It's Never Too Late To Begin Again which applies The Artist's Way tools specifically with those at midlife and retirees in mind.

The Artist's Way for Parents: Raising Creative Children

Returning Fall 2023 - Online via Zoom

What creative moments from your childhood jump out at you? Maybe it was building a fort, learning a musical instrument or just having fun with play doh. Or perhaps you look back at your childhood and wish you’d been afforded with more chances to be creative. It’s not too late to delight in your creativity and those of your child(ren)! We are excited to support parents by sharing with them creativity tools that can help them enhance the creativity in their children and enhance the creativity in their OWN lives. Over the course of 12 weeks, Creativity Instructor Kate Gavigan will take parents through the 12 chapters of Julia Cameron’s latest book on creativity called “The Artist’s Way for Parents: Raising Creative Children” (specifically designed for parents of children newborn through age 12). Students will learn some gentle and powerful creativity and life enhancing tools and as a result will have the opportunity to more fully know themselves and their kids, discover or rediscover their creativity, have more fun and joy in their lives and get support from other parents throughout it all. We can’t wait to share this material with you to help you as you guide your children on a healthy creative path toward their future and yours!


Section V: Will return Fall 2023
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (Pacific Standard time) Online via Zoom
$395 (12 weeks)
Instructor: Kate Gavigan
Students are responsible for purchasing a copy of Julia Cameron's book "The Artist's Way for Parents: Raising Creative Children"


To Register for this class, go to: Register for Classes

Notes: To be scheduled: Individual 1 on 1 - 30 minute sessions with students and Kate prior to first class and at week 11, prior to the last week 12. A $75 nonrefundable/nontransferable deposit secures your space in the class with the balance of the class tuition due a week before the class starts. Please note: It's not unusual for students to have to miss a class or two over the 12 weeks. However, we will provide detailed notes if you have to miss a class.


Kate Gavigan is passionate about The Artist's Way having personally experienced the benefits of the materials. Kate worked in social services as a trainer for over 10 years when she was drawn to the tools outlined in The Artist's Way, which helped her uncover a passion for the arts and creativity in all forms. She credits her mid-life career change (now working at her dream jobs as an Artist's Way Instructor and Speaker, a Creativity Coach, a Home Organizer, Actor, Musician) to having gone through The Artist's Way. She's particularly delighted to be facilitating a class using Julia Cameron's latest creativity book "The Artist's Way for Parents" having seen the transformative power of sharing your creativity with your children and developing and pursuing your own creative passions.


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