The Frida Kahlo Creative Diary Workshop(Online)
Four Week Class
Wednesdays, Jan. 21-Feb 11 from 2:00-4:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Sliding Scale Registration | $175 / $200 / $225
Please pay what you’re able—when you’re in a position to support more, your contribution strengthens our community and makes creative learning accessible for all.
2026 Workshop Dates/Times
Wednesdays, January 21-February 11 from 2:00-4:00pm EST
Online
Policies & Agreements
Cancellation and general policies can be found here.
The Frida Kahlo Creative Diary Workshop: A 4-Week Art-Journaling Series for Writers & Narrative Artists
Inspired entirely by The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait, this workshop invites participants to explore writing as Frida did; raw, honest, symbolic, and alive with color.
Each week, we use Frida’s diary pages as creative portals. Participants experiment with pen, ink, watercolor, and collage to create mixed-media art journals that support deeper writing, emotional authenticity, and liberated expression.
The workshop centers on:
Radical self-expression
Daily creative rituals
Symbols, color, & intuition
Art journaling as a doorway to deeper writing
By the end, each participant will have a small collection of illustrated journal pages that blend words and images, personal fragments, intimate reflections, and brave creative experiments in Frida’s spirit.
No art experience required! Please bring your own journal or sketchbook with heavy-weight paper, something sturdy enough to handle watercolor, paint, and ink without bleeding through. You’ll also need your own basic art supplies, including a pen, ink, or markers, watercolour or gouache, a small brush, scissors, and any collage materials you enjoy working with (such as magazine clippings, printed images, scraps of paper, or fabric). Feel free to gather additional creative tools that inspire you.
This workshop will be held online, so please create a comfortable workspace where you can write, paint, and move between materials with ease. Purchasing The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait is optional (available at the Story Parlor book store if you’re in Asheville).
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Week 1 — The Diary as Sanctuary
Creating a safe internal space for bold experimentation.
Week 2 — Symbols, Dreams & Inner Imagery
Using visual intuition to spark writing.
Week 3 — Color as Emotion, Color as Language
Using color to shift creative energy and open emotional flow.
Week 4 — Blending Image & Word
Bringing it all together into a personal page or narrative fragment.
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Mariana Tirsa is a singer-songwriter, artist, and creative coach who believes creativity is both a sanctuary and a calling. Based between Oaxaca, Mexico and Asheville, North Carolina, she has released two albums and several singles, received a Songwriting Residency in the UK with the Sufi Threshold Society, and won an Austin Live Music Award Grant. With training in Traditional Chinese Medicine, a BA in Creativity and Spirituality, certifications in Mindfulness Meditation, Polyvagal Theory in the Performing Arts and Creative Facilitation, she helps artists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries move past self-doubt to share their voices with confidence, joy, and freedom.
Her coaching work and music can be found at https://marianacoaching.com/
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This workshop is ideal for:
Writers, poets, songwriters and narrative artists who want to enrich their creative process with visual elements (no art experience needed).
Journal keepers who crave more freedom and emotional honesty in their pages.
Creatives who feel stuck, perfectionistic, or disconnected from inspiration and want a more intuitive and symbolic approach.
Anyone drawn to Frida’s raw honesty, inner world, and radical self-expression.
Anyone longing for a freeing journal practice, a place to play, experiment, and reclaim joy in the act of making.
Facilitated by: Mariana Tirsa (I&A Certified)