The Lineup

This Summer's Workshops

Every session is designed to leave you with something you made with your own hands — and a few new tools for your inner life.

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^$30

$24 members

Zine Lab: Make Your Voice a Magazine

Design and hand-assemble your own 8-page mini magazine using drawing, collage, writing — any combo you choose. Your story, your format, your zine.

✂️ Cutting & Folding ✍️ Writing 🖼️ Collage Fri, June 12

Wellness Connection

Zines are the original teen self-expression format — raw, personal, shareable. Your story matters.

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^$35

$28 members

Stamp Design with PRIXEL: Build Your Mark

Use PRIXEL's modular silicone stamp system to design your own graphic mark — like graphic design meets pixel art meets printmaking. No drawing skills needed.

🔲 PRIXEL Kit 🖨️ Printmaking 💡 Design Thinking Fri, June 19

Wellness Connection

What symbol represents you? Designing a personal mark is an act of identity and self-definition.

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^$28

$22 members

Paper Quilling: Rolled & Real

Roll, coil, and shape paper strips into a beautiful framed art piece. One of the oldest art forms in the world — and one of the most calming. All levels welcome.

🌀 Coiling 🖼️ Framed Piece 🌿 Slow Art Fri, June 26

Wellness Connection

Repetitive focused art-making is a proven tool for nervous system regulation and grounding.

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^$45

$36 members

Polymer Clay Earrings: Wear Your Feelings

Mix colors, shape clay, and create 2 pairs of wearable earrings using colors and textures that reflect how you feel. Baked and finished to take home the same day.

💎 Clay + Jewelry 👂 2 Pairs 🎨 Color Mixing Fri, July 10

Wellness Connection

Wearable art as self-expression — carry how you feel with you, in a form that's entirely yours.

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^$52

$42 members

Screenprint Your Own Tote Bag

Learn the basics of screen printing and walk away with a custom-printed canvas tote. Choose a symbol, word, or feeling to print — and wear your mental health out loud.

🖨️ Screenprinting 👜 Tote Included 🎨 Fabric Ink Fri, July 17

Wellness Connection

Public art and wearable design as advocacy — choosing what you put on your body is an act of voice.

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^$38

$30 members

Bookbinding: Make Your Own Journal

Hand-sew and assemble a hardcover journal with a custom decorative cover. Leave with a blank book that is entirely yours — ready for art, writing, or poetry.

📚 Hand-Sewing 📓 Hardcover Journal ✂️ Custom Cover Fri, July 24

Wellness Connection

Journaling is one of the most evidence-based mental health tools for teens. You make the book — you own the practice.

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^$38

$30 members

Soft Pastel Drawing: Feelings in Color

Use soft pastels to create an expressive drawing — an abstract emotional landscape or self-portrait on toned paper. Vibrant, tactile, and deeply forgiving. No experience needed.

🎨 Soft Pastels 🖼️ Toned Paper 🌈 Expressive Fri, July 31

Wellness Connection

Color and texture can externalize inner states in ways words sometimes can't. Your feelings have a landscape.

When to Show Up

Summer Schedule

All workshops run Fridays 1–3pm, June 12 – July 31, at My Good Brain, Liberty Station. Space is limited to 8–10 teens per session — register early.

June 12

✂️ Zine Lab: Make Your Voice a Magazine

Friday · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Cap: 10

Summer kickoff. Design and assemble your own 8-page zine using drawing, writing, and collage.

$30

June 19

🔲 Stamp Design with PRIXEL: Build Your Mark

Friday · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Cap: 10

Modular stamp design using PRIXEL's graphic system. Design thinking meets printmaking.

$35

June 26

🌀 Paper Quilling: Rolled & Real

Friday · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Cap: 10

Coil, pinch, and shape paper strips into a framed art piece. Meditative and beginner-friendly.

$28

July 10

💎 Polymer Clay Earrings: Wear Your Feelings

Friday · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Cap: 8

Create 2 pairs of polymer clay earrings baked and finished to take home. Most popular workshop.

$45

July 17

🖨️ Screenprint Your Own Tote Bag

Friday · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Cap: 8

Learn screen printing basics and take home a custom-printed canvas tote bag. Canvas tote included.

$52

July 24

📚 Bookbinding: Make Your Own Journal

Friday · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Cap: 10

Hand-sew and assemble a hardcover journal with custom cover. Perfect back-to-school timing.

$38

July 31

🎨 Soft Pastel Drawing: Feelings in Color

Friday · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Cap: 10

Series closer. Expressive pastel drawing on toned paper. A reflective end to the summer.

$38

Why It Works

Art isn't just fun.
It's medicine.

Every My Good Brain workshop is designed by Dr. Danessa Mayo — licensed clinical psychologist and visual artist — to connect the act of making with the science of emotional wellbeing.

Teens don't need to talk about their feelings to benefit. Making something with your hands is enough to shift your nervous system, build confidence, and give shape to what lives inside you.

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Nervous System Regulation

Repetitive, focused art-making — like quilling or bookbinding — activates the parasympathetic nervous system, reducing stress and anxiety.

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Emotional Externalizing

Using color, texture, and shape to express inner states gives feelings a form — making them easier to recognize, name, and process.

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Identity & Confidence

Completing a handmade object — something that didn't exist before you made it — builds genuine self-efficacy and a sense of creative agency.

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Community & Belonging

Making alongside other teens in a small, supportive studio environment builds connection without requiring vulnerability. Belonging through doing.

What It Costs

Simple, Transparent Pricing

All workshops include every material you need. Become an MGB member and save on every session.

Drop-In

$28–$52

Per workshop, all materials included. No subscription required — just register for the sessions you want.

✓All art materials included
✓Take-home finished piece
✓Small group (8–10 max)
✓SEL-informed facilitation
✓Register per session on Sawyer

MGB Member

Save ~20%

Members receive a discount on every TCA workshop plus access to all MGB programming across the year.

✓20% off all TCA workshops
✓Priority registration access
✓Access to Sunday Art Club
✓Discounts on all MGB events
✓Support a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

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Questions

Common Questions

Absolutely not. Every TCA workshop is designed for all skill levels — including teens who don't consider themselves "artistic." The whole point is to make something and feel good doing it, not to produce perfect work.

Just yourself! Every workshop includes all the art materials, tools, and supplies you need. For Clay Earrings and Screenprinting, wear clothes you don't mind getting a little ink or clay on — it washes out.

All workshops take place at My Good Brain's studio at Liberty Station: 2785 Truxtun Rd, Suite 202, San Diego CA 92106. We're in the North Promenade Arts District — parking is free and plentiful.

Register through Sawyer (our primary booking platform) or Eventbrite. Links for each workshop are above. Space is limited to 8–10 teens per session, so we recommend registering early — sessions do fill up.

We offer a full refund if you cancel at least 5 days before your workshop. Cancellations within 5 days may receive a credit toward a future session. Please email hello@mygoodbrain.org with any questions.

Every My Good Brain workshop is grounded in social-emotional learning and facilitated with attention to how the creative process connects to mental wellness. We're not just teaching technique — we're building a connection between making and feeling. The studio is small, intentional, and supportive.

Yes. My Good Brain is a 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit (EIN: 86-1952565) dedicated to youth mental wellness through art and play. Workshop fees directly support our free programming for Title 1 schools in San Diego. Donations are tax-deductible.

Make Art. Feel More. Be You.

This Summer's Workshops

Summer Schedule

Art isn't just fun.It's medicine.

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Common Questions

Art + Psychology.Play + Purpose.

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Make Art.
Feel More.
Be You.

Art isn't just fun.
It's medicine.

Art + Psychology.
Play + Purpose.