Facilitator Trainings

Virtual Intensive Facilitator Training

January 26, 27, 28 & 29th, 2026
9:30 am - 3:30 p.m. CST

Register for Virtual training

Open Studio Project offers a 4-day Intensive Facilitator Training Program, for individuals interested in developing an OSP practice and facilitating the OSP Process with others. The training combines one week at Open Studio Project with a post-intensive period of supervision as trainees conduct workshops in their communities.

OSP Intensive Facilitator Training Program will Provide:

A thorough understanding of the Open Studio Process, including the intuitive art making and reflective writing primarily through experiential learning with traditional and unexpected art materials.

  • An understanding of what makes Open Studio Process facilitation unique; and differentiating OSP Process facilitation from other group leadership modalities.

  • Knowledge to comprehend essential components of OSP facilitation that help create space for the OSP process.

  • An understanding of facilitation variables associated with different media used in the primary OSP Process workshops.

  • Knowledge on how to adapt OSP Process workshops to diverse groups and physical environments.

  • Participants actively engage the Open Studio Process of intuitive art making and reflective writing throughout the course of the training.

  • A training schedule that includes in-studio art making & writing sessions, as well as in-depth discussions.

  • Group discussions integrate insights gleaned directly from the participants’ Process experiences, along with literature and research from the field of art therapy and related disciplines.

Training Schedule

  • Day 1 - Welcome and introduction - Drawing workshops & discussions

  • Day 2 - Artmaking: Process vs Product - Painting Honoring intuition and flow - Process in 3 -Dimensions & discussions

  • Day 3 - Facilitating - Intro to SEL Curriculum - discussions on facilitation styles and adaptations.

  • Day 4 - Sharing art - Preparing your workshops, Cultural Considerations presentations, practice presenting the process, preparing your workshops and Q & A.

The Training Intensive offers complete Open Studio Process Facilitator Certification, making it the only place in the world to provide this certification. In addition to the personal enrichment of immersion in the Open Studio Process, participants receive post-training guidance and support to optimize their facilitation skills. Certificate holders become OSP affiliate facilitators, and can deliver Open Studio Project programming in their own communities, as well as provide instruction directly through the OSP studio, outreach, and online programs.

  • Patti Vick, MFA, artist, OSP Facilitator & Lead Trainer

  • Rob Lentz, OSP Executive Director

  • Dayna Block, MAAT Registered Art Therapist, OSP co-founder

  • Jan Ellenstein, Artist, OSP Children & Youth Head Facilitator

  • Ted Harris, MA, LCSW, CADC, OSP Facilitator & Social Worker

  • Emma Zbiral-Teller, OSP Art Therapist & Program Manager

  • Ellen Burton, OSP VP & Leadership Chair & Executive Coach