The Renewal Studio
A five-session workshop series for teachers, caregivers, and other big-hearted people.
Join us for all sessions, or whichever ones resonate most with you.
Session 1: You Made It Here
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
📍 700 Rayovac Dr., Suite 307, Madison, WI
The Details
Session #1: You Made It Here
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: 700 Rayovac Dr., Suite 307, Madison, WI 53711
This 5-session series is intended for teachers, caregivers, and other helping professionals.
Registration: Register in advance for $35. All materials are provided and included in the cost of registration.
What
to
expect
Every session follows the same gentle rhythm, so you can simply show up and be present.
Check-in — A few minutes to settle in and transition out of whatever the day has asked of you.
Intention setting — A quiet moment to turn toward yourself and ask: what do I need from this time?
Art-making around a theme — The heart of each session. We'll explore a theme together through a variety of media. No art experience needed. The process matters more than the product.
Reflection and witness walk — We close each session by witnessing and honoring the art we've made together. This part is quiet, simple, and often the most meaningful.
a space for you
You spend your days pouring into other people. You show up, you give, you hold space for everyone around you. Somewhere in the middle of all of that, taking care of yourself falls completely off the list.
The Renewal Studio was created for you.
This five-session arts-based workshop series offers something most professional development never does: time and space that is entirely yours. Each session follows a gentle, supported structure — a check-in, intention setting, art-making around a meaningful theme, and a reflection and witness walk — designed to help you slow down, reconnect, and leave feeling more like yourself than when you arrived.
No art experience is needed.
About your facilitator
Taryn is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Art Therapist who has spent her career sitting with people who are exhausted from giving everything they have to others. She knows that the people who most need care are often the least likely to prioritize it for themselves, and she built The Renewal Studio with exactly that in mind.
Her approach is gentle, integrative, and grounded in the belief that creativity isn't a luxury or a reward for finishing your to-do list. It's a way back to yourself. Taryn uses art therapy not to produce beautiful things, but to create space for the kind of processing, rest, and reconnection that helping professionals rarely get anywhere else.
She has worked with individuals navigating burnout, life transitions, grief, and the particular weight that comes from caring deeply about other people's wellbeing. In The Renewal Studio, she brings that same attentiveness to every session — so you can finally be the one who just shows up.
Taryn Cates, MS, LPC, ATR
Sign up today. Your future self will thank you for it.