About Lisa
Lisa Agaran is a mixed media artist, instructor and Creative Spirit Mentor. Her work has been published in Incite, Dreams Realized: The Best of Mixed Media and Incite 3: The Art of Storytelling (North Light Books). She has shown her work through both solo and group shows throughout Southern California.
Lisa has a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and a Masters in Psychology. Prior to her art career she worked as a licensed psychotherapist (Inactive), Creativity Coach and Graphic Designer. Lisa also taught one of the core certification courses (Building the Coaching Relationship with Creative Clients) at Creativity Coaching Association where she also trained under renown Creativity Coach Eric Maisel.
Integrating both her artistic and psychology background Lisa’s worked with artists and creative professionals on their careers and creative process.
From her own personal experience working in the studio and facing typical challenges with the creative process, Lisa understands first hand the struggles and blocks that keeps us from accessing our True Creativity Within.
She believes everyone is born an artist. It’s how you stay connected to that innate desire to be creative as we become adults. Lisa believes when we connect to our creativity without judgment, expectations and the need for our art to be perfect or a master piece, we draw from a deep resource and connect to our creative intuition.
Taking time to honor your creative spirit is just as essential as a good night’s rest, exercise and eating right. It provides benefits both spiritually and mentally. Lisa believes any sort of creative practice, whether it’s writing, dancing or crafts, can be meditative and stress-reducing. It’s an activity that can ground us in our daily life. Therefore, Lisa encourages others to do something creative on a regular bases and not deprive oneself from access Creative Spirit. This can lead to a sense of inner wholeness and wellbeing.
Lisa has been teaching both in-person and virtual workshops for the last 9 years. She also host and leads her signature retreat “Awaken the Invisible Power of Your Creativity” annually. For more information about Lisa and to view her artwork visit ArtbyLisaAgaran.com.
Teaching Experience
True Creativity Within 2015-Present
Art & Soul Mixed Media Retreats April 2023
Make Create Express 2023-2024
Making Zen Online Retreat May 2023
Art Center Morro Bay 2021
Creative Arts Group (Sierra Madre) 2015-2020
Glendale Community College (Glendale) 2016-2020
San Clemente Art Supply (San Clemente) 2018
Laguna Woods Village 2015-2018
Creativity Coaching Association 2011-2013
Interested in inviting Lisa to teach? She invites you to contact her directly.
“Lisa is the most gifted teacher I have ever met! It is difficult to describe her method of teaching because it is so unique. She creates a truly safe, serene, calm, non-judgmental, kind environment where a student can find their “inner artist.” In a very gentle way, Lisa’s background as both a therapist and professional artist, combine to bring out what is best in each student. Her classes are more than art classes–they have helped me tremendously to be a more self-compassionate and less self-critical. I’ve discovered artistic abilities I thought I did not have. I have learned so much as a result of her intuitive style of teaching–even in non-representational art there is a form and structure that impact the meaning of a work of art. I am a better and happier person for taking Lisa’s classes!
– Connie
Learn more about Lisa
Visit Lisa’s Art Website