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Registration is open for Kelly Rae’s Slumber Party: A Creative Wellness Retreat!

I have always dreamed of hosting a one-of-a-kind retreat where I can float in and out of roles: Part art teacher, part girlfriend, part life/wellness guide, part host enthusiast/geek, part mentor, part just another woman gathering with kindreds. And so, I’ve...

Announcing my last painting and creative wellness retreat of the year. Who’s in?

I am thrilled to announce that registration is now open for my next painting and creative wellness retreat, coming up this year, Sept 8 – 13th. It will take place at 1440 Multiversity, the gorgeous mind/body/spirit retreat center in the Santa Cruz, CA...

A creative retreat in Tuscany. It was amazing!

I recently returned home from a most extraordinary trip to Tuscany where I spent a week in the company of amazing women. I was the lucky guest teacher at The La Dolce Vita Retreat, which was hosted by Carolyn’s Prone To Wander Retreats. I’ve been to...

Major Happy Dances at the Hello Soul Hello Business Retreat!

It was a tender time in my life to show up as a teacher, but I cannot think of anyone else on the planet that I could have done the Hello Soul Hello Business retreat with. It was powerful, full of meaning, and a wild success. My collaborator, Beth Kempton, and I spent...

wisdom, deep joy, remembrance of self, and honoring at 1440 Multiversity

Last week, I was teaching my Spirit Wings course at the lovely 1440 Multiversity. My students traveled to the depths of their hearts with journaling and called their wisest selves forward. They also met one another for the first time, made connections and new friends...

Just Got Home From Creative Heaven!

I am home from a few days in Colorado where I gathered with a few remarkable women for my Let Art Out, Let Love In painting retreat. We all stayed together in a gorgeous retreat home up in Keystone, surrounded by the majestic Rocky Mountains. There is something truly...

All That Is Divine

Friends, I’m in California to teach at 1440 Multiversity, and it’s heaven. The sun here. The smells. The trees. All of it. Heaven. I’m teaching a painting course where we invite in our guides and angels. We get quiet, hear what they want to tell us, and then...

It was delightful, and amazing, and I must tell you everything.

Hello, friends! I’m home from teaching a week long class at 1440 Multiversity in California. It was so full of so much goodness. This retreat marked the first time I’ve taught an in-person class since I was pregnant with True (who is now almost 7 years...

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Hey there, I’m Kelly Rae Roberts

Before I was an artist, I was a social worker. And then at the age of 30, I started playing with paint, and everything about my life changed. Today I'm passionate about making meaningful art while helping other women explore their creativity, nourish their souls, and build thriving creative businesses.

I live in a tiny town named Sisters, Oregon with my husband John, our son True, and our two English Bulldogs, Lulu Butter Butterbean and Amelia Apple Bottoms. I deeply believe that anything is possible, one small and brave step at a time.

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