Express Yourself Studios, LLC

"I'm not creative."

It's one of the most common things our founder and teaching artist, Simone Anthony-Brown, hears at the start of just about every workshop.

After more than 17 years of bringing hands-on art experiences to libraries, schools, senior communities, workplaces, and organizations across New Jersey, she's learned that creativity isn't something we lose, it's something we rediscover.

In her latest Inside the Layers essay, Simone reflects on why creativity belongs to everyone.

Read the full essay:
https://substack.com//note/p-208239748?r=60xi9l&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Imagine creating something you'll enjoy long after the workshop ends.

During Clay & Succulents, you'll transform a simple slab of clay into a handcrafted planter featuring botanical textures inspired by nature. Then you'll complete your creation with a live succulent provided by South Street Gardens.

Every planter will be different because every maker brings their own creativity to the experience.

No pottery wheel.
No previous experience.
Just a creative morning designed for beginners.

Thursday, August 20, 2026
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

South Street Gardens
383 South Street
Morristown, NJ 07960

Reserve your seat today:
https://www.southstreetgardens.com/workshops/p/ksr4v40rbkvlmc3rlw4kw54ro5cte3-w2k6y

Who would you invite to create with you?

Every workshop begins with a guide who believes creativity should be welcoming, engaging, and accessible to everyone.

For more than 17 years, our Founder and teaching artist, Simone Anthony-Brown has designed and led hundreds of creative experiences for adults, libraries, senior communities, corporations, schools, and community organizations throughout New Jersey.

Now she's bringing that experience to South Street Gardens for a relaxing morning of creativity, conversation, and hands-on making.

Whether you've worked with clay before or this is your very first experience, you'll be guided through each step as you create a handcrafted succulent planter inspired by nature.

We hope you'll join us.

Clay & Succulents: A Hand-Built Pottery Workshop

Thursday, August 20, 2026
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

South Street Gardens
383 South Street
Morristown, NJ 07960

Register here:
https://www.southstreetgardens.com/workshops/p/ksr4v40rbkvlmc3rlw4kw54ro5cte3-w2k6y

There is something satisfying about creating with your hands.

Hand-building pottery doesn’t require a wheel or previous experience, just curiosity and a willingness to slow down for a couple of hours.

In our upcoming Clay & Succulents workshop, our Founder, Simone Anthony-Brown will guide participants through the process of transforming a simple slab of clay into a handcrafted succulent planter with beautiful botanical textures.

Each piece will be uniquely your own.

Thursday, August 20
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
South Street Gardens
383 South Street
Morristown, NJ

Registration is now open through South Street Gardens https://www.southstreetgardens.com/workshops/p/ksr4v40rbkvlmc3rlw4kw54ro5cte3-w2k6y

We're excited to introduce a new creative partnership!

Express Yourself Studios is joining South Street Gardens in Morristown for a beginner-friendly pottery workshop led by our Founder and teaching artist, Simone Anthony-Brown

Together we'll create handcrafted clay succulent planters using simple slab-building techniques and botanical textures—then pair each finished planter with a live succulent provided by South Street Gardens.

Thursday, August 20
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
South Street Gardens
383 South Street, Morristown, NJ

Whether you've never worked with clay before or simply want to enjoy a creative morning surrounded by plants, we'd love to have you join us.

Registration is now open through South Street Gardens. https://www.southstreetgardens.com/workshops/p/ksr4v40rbkvlmc3rlw4kw54ro5cte3-w2k6y

We hope to see you there!

Art of the Game is continuing with a special satellite exhibition and fundraising auction at The Wilshire Grand Hotel.

Our founder, Simone Anthony-Brown is participating in the online auction with her hand-painted soccer ball, Where Light Collects. While selected soccer ball artworks will be featured at the Wilshire Grand reception, Simone’s piece can be viewed and bid on through the online auction.

This event is an opportunity to introduce the project to new audiences while raising funds for the West Orange Arts Council and future community arts programming.

Art of the Game Satellite Exhibition & Fundraising Auction�Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 6–8 PM�
The Wilshire Grand Hotel�
350 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ�

Free and open to the public

Bid on Simone’s Where Light Collects soccer ball here:�https://givebutter.com/c/own-a-soccer-art-ball-fundraiser-auction-2026-mdqrss/auction/items/2075462

Come enjoy the reception, support the participating artists, and share Simone’s bidding link with the art collectors, Soccer fans and art lovers in your circle.

A wonderful morning of clay, creativity, and community at the Union Township Senior Center yesterday.

For this hand-building pottery workshop, everyone created monstera leaf-inspired pottery pieces while learning basic clay techniques, texture, and surface design. Although everyone started with the same project, no two pieces ever look alike. That's always one of the best parts of working with clay.

Thank you to the Union Township Senior Center for hosting us and to everyone who spent the morning creating with us!

If your senior center, library, school, camp, or community organization is looking for hands-on arts programming, Express Yourself Studios offers pottery, painting, collage, and mixed media workshops.

Learn more at ExpressYourselfStudiosLLC.com [email protected]