Mission Statement:
Angela Johnson Artist’s mission is to offer high quality creative and mindfulness services and products; personalized creativity coaching; commissioned works of art that include handmade books, boxes, slipcases and photographic prints; and customized art classes and workshops, all to enhance personal growth and self-confidence in support of client and participant goals.
Angela Johnson is a professional artist, creativity coach and educator based in Wisconsin. She earned a master’s in Art Education, an MA in Art and an MFA with a focus in photography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her areas of artistic expertise include:
Art Journaling
Alternative photo processes
Bookmaking and box making
Creativity Coaching
Customizable Legacy Boxes
Installation art
Her work includes themes of nature, balance, and telling stories through individual and collective memories. She often incorporates scientific elements and concepts into her work. Collaborations with other artists and scientists energizes her creativity.
Johnson is a fixture in the Wisconsin arts scene, with 20+ years of experience maintaining public art studios, teaching workshops, facilitating programs, leading public art installations and lecturing at universities. She has worked in museums, elementary schools, senior centers, colleges and universities. She has inspired and helped people of every age — from toddlers to 95-year-olds — reaching far into the depths of their imagination to discover and channel their creativity. She also teaches workshops on mindfulness and yoga.
She and her artist husband, Justin, recently purchased a 137 year-old home. They are finding great joy in making it their own and setting up their studio spaces.
Johnson is passionate about helping people unleash their creativity. “There’s an artist in everyone; you may just not have discovered yours yet,” she says.
Her motto: Visualize, Create, Inspire. (Follow her #visualizecreateinspire hashtag on social media!)
Recent Awards
2022 and 2024 Forward Art Prize Finalist
2021/2022 Blink Grant, Madison Arts Commission
2021 DANG Grant, Dane Arts
Certificates
2021—Creativity Coaching: Creativity Coaching Association, Online
2020—Managing Transitions in the Workplace: Grief & Resilience, Behavioral Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Continuing Studies, Madison, WI
2020—Fully Prepared to Lead, Learning Talent Development office of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2019—Fundamentals of Online Teaching (Badge), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Continuing Studies, Madison, WI
2019—Grief Support Specialist Certificate, Behavioral Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Continuing Studies, Madison, WI
2019—Therapeutic Art Life Coaching Certificate, Transformation Academy, Online
2018—Breathe for Change-200 Hour Wellness and Yoga Teacher Training, Madison, WI
2013—Leadership Greater Madison, Madison, WI
2012—Reiki Level I & II, Madison, WI
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