I’m Emma Freeman, a mixed media and multidisciplinary artist and teaching artist living in Wisconsin.
I love exploring the creative languages of color, pattern, textiles, slow stitching, collage, expressive painting, poetry, drawing, book making, art journaling, sculpture, assemblage and wearable art. I have a lot of creative passions!
I love listening to and sharing heartfelt stories, being playful and silly, and having deep, authentic conversations about life and art. I love contemplative reflection, meaningful moments, mindfulness and joyful whimsy. My creative practices weave all of those things together in any given moment in my art studio.
I love artifacts that show the human soul’s expression in a moment. I’m fascinated by the ways art making reveals itself as an innate human need across our history as people and how transformative and healing it can be. I have turned to art making in my hardest moments for healing and in my most joyful moments for play, fun and delight.
I absolutely love sharing my passion for creativity and art making through teaching! I have taught thousands of students around the world through classes, retreats and workshops in-person and online. Being at a table with other people and creating art together is one of my greatest joys!
I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and Studio Art from Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My work has been featured in exhibits around the United States and in a fabulous book called, Marking Time with Fabric and Thread by Tommye McClure Scanlin published in 2024. I’m also a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and have been sober since 2021.
Learn more about me here!
“To slow down is to be taken into the soul of things.”
-Terry Tempest Williams
Cut from the Same Cloth:
A New Online Art Community
Now Open!
$30/month
I’m so happy to invite you into my new online art community where we are focusing on taking care of ourselves through art making, nurturing our creative practices, celebrating the joys of creativity and connecting with others through our shared love of making with our hands.
In this community, we focus on slow, expressive art techniques and contemplative creative practices that I love including textiles, slow stitching, mixed media collage, painting, mark making, art journaling, writing from the heart and connecting with nature to cultivate peace, calm and joy in our lives.
Each month includes:
A contemplative theme to spark ideas, reflections and possibilities within our creative practices
A live creative workshop on Zoom
Two Open Studio events on Zoom to work together in community
An Artist of the Month who’s work we look at, admire, appreciate and learn from
Creative Prompts and inspiring quotes centered on our theme to stir slow reflection, heartfelt conversation and new ideas
A private, warm online community space to share our work, receive feedback, gather resources and get inspired by each other to keep growing as artists, makers, crafters and creatives!
Cost: $30/month
All events are recorded and available to watch within the community space. Cancel your membership any time.
“Making time to make things is good for the soul.”
-Rosemary Davidson and Arzu Tahsin,
Craftfulness: Mend Yourself By Making Things
Upcoming Art Classes and Creative Retreats:
