Visioning Mama
Visioning Mama groups are supportive, creative spaces where mothers come together in community to explore who they are — as women, mothers and as whole humans — and to move forward in their lives with greater intention. Through art-making, reflection, and shared experience, we explore the inner and outer shifts of motherhood together. Visioning Mama is a place to reconnect with yourself while being witnessed and supported by other mothers.
For those who want a more personal, in-depth space, one-on-one work offers the chance to gently explore how identity and motherhood weave together.
Visioning Mama Offerings:
Winter/Spring 2026
Visioning Mama
The first years of motherhood can be all-consuming. When you’re really “in it,” it’s hard to see clearly — let alone find time to reflect on who you are becoming.
Visioning Mama groups offer a space to slow down, exhale, and feel seen and supported in your unique experience of motherhood. Together, we use art, writing, conversation, and other simple creative practices to reconnect with ourselves — something every mama needs, and rarely gets.
Begins Wednesday, February 25.
Meets for 6 weeks on Wednesdays, 11:30am -1:30pm
Cost: $450
Visioning Mama: The Teen Years
The little years were overwhelming in body and schedule. The teen years can be overwhelming in heart and mind. Just when you think you might have your footing again, everything shifts.
In this group, mothers of teenagers come together in creative, supportive community to explore how this season of parenting is reshaping us — as mothers, and as women becoming something new.
Using art, writing, conversation, and simple creative expression, we step out of our day-to-day roles and into deeper reflection, making space for who we are now.
Begins Wednesday, February 25.
Meets for 6 weeks on Wednesdays, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Cost: $450
Visioning Mama One-on-One
Sometimes what you need most is not a group, but a quiet space just for you. In one-on-one sessions, we use creative expression, compassionate support, and thoughtful guidance to help you explore your inner world at your own pace. It’s a space where you can show up exactly as you are — even if you’re not quite sure who that is at the moment.
Sessions are 75 minutes
$125 per session
6 - session package is $570
Contact us to schedule: karen@expressiveartsnyc.com
Hi, I'm Karen.
I’m a single mother by choice to a seventeen-year-old, and the person behind Expressive Arts NYC. I first led Visioning Mama in 2009, when my own daughter was about to turn one. I felt unmoored — lost in the tangle of motherhood, womanhood, and simply being me.
Visioning Mama groups grew from that time in my life. They were created to give mothers a space to creatively explore the profound changes parenting brings, while building real community with other women navigating similar experiences.
You can read more about my background and work here.
