Open Studio Project is pleased to offer the OSP Intensive Facilitator Training Program. This art facilitator training program trains participants in developing an OSP practice and equips them to facilitate the OSP Process with others. The training combines one week at Open Studio Project with a post-intensive period of supervision as you conduct workshops in your community. With this, we make sure you are fully prepared to take on this important role in the world.

Having been written about in Art Is A Way Of Knowing & Art Is A Spiritual Path by Pat B. Allen, our studio at 903 Sherman Ave is the only place in the world that provides training on this world-renowned process.

OSP Intensive Facilitator Training Program will Provide:

A thorough understanding of the Open Studio Process, including the intuitive art making and reflective writing primarily through experiential learning with traditional and unexpected art materials.

• An understanding of what makes Open Studio Process facilitation unique; and differentiating OSP Process facilitation from other group leadership modalities.

• Knowledge to comprehend essential components of OSP facilitation that help create space for OSP process.

• An understanding of facilitation variables associated with different media used in the primary OSP Process workshops.

• Knowledge on how to adapt OSP Process workshops to diverse groups and physical environments.

• Participants to actively engage the Open Studio Process of intuitive art making and reflective writing throughout the course of the training.

• A training schedule that includes in-studio art making & writing sessions as well as relevant ‘field trips’.

• Group discussions that will integrate insights gleaned directly from the participants Process experiences.

• This training is in alignment with Social Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies. Our SEL Art Curriculum & Trainings meet Illinois SEL standards.

Please check back to see dates for 2025

The art facilitator training program by OSP offers complete Open Studio Process Facilitator Certification, making it the only place in the world to provide this certification, personal enrichment, and support following the training. There is also the opportunity to become an in-studio facilitator, which allows you to teach the process in our OSP studio.