Mentorship Program

Mentorship Program for People with Waivered Services
All Ages - All Skill Levels

Hello, my name is Sara Hanson- visual artist, art instructor, and mentor for people with mixed abilities. I am offering a one-on-one mentorship program for children, youth and adults at all skill levels and at any stage in artistic process. I have 6 years of experience in art instruction, advocacy, client care and working with the (dis)abled community.

My mentorship program includes one-on-one facilitation, instruction and promotion while working with the individuals’ goals and needs. The process of creating art promotes daily living skills, problem solving skills, community integration, self-empowerment and self-esteem. In addition to discovering and exploring individual self-expression, the artistic process also helps to develop fine motor skills and increases attention span.

My goal is to integrate individual strengths, skills and aesthetic with various mediums and techniques-actualizing original expression. I work individually with instructional methods to illuminate and excite each artists’ own sense of discovery, creation and success. Through new media and experience artists are able to elaborate and expand on their ideas and process. As artists we experiment, challenge ourselves and have fun.


Fee-Schedule-Location

We work together to create an individualized program, establish goals and a contract.
1 session a week for 2-6 hours
Hourly rate varies.
Artist supplies included.
Projects requiring additional materials/expenses are subject to prior agreement.
Promotional materials are not included.
I am an employee for PICS and Mains'l CDCS Services.
Sessions may take place at my studio, a community church in NE Minneapolis, or the individuals’ residence.


Materials and Techniques

drawing painting sculpture
found object assemblage paper mache’
collage clay/plasticene plaster
printmaking mosaic wire
textile mold-making jewelry
kinetic light/lamps wood
cast metal (aluminum or bronze) copper/metal embossing and fabrication