Trainings & Professional Development
Paint Love offers engaging, arts-based trainings for educators, mental health professionals, social workers, artists, and other youth-serving professionals. We share practical tools that help participants use creative experiences to encourage self-expression, build connection, support emotional regulation, and strengthen social-emotional learning.
Grounded in our experience at the intersection of arts, education, mental health, and community work, our trainings combine accessible creative activities with thoughtful discussion and strategies participants can bring directly into their practice.
Interested in bringing a training to your team or conference? We offer in-person and virtual presentations tailored to your audience and goals.
Contact our Director of Programming, Mandy Noa, for more information: Mandy@paintlove.org
Example Trainings
Art & Social Emotional Learning
Explore how creative engagement can support emotional awareness, self-expression, confidence, and young people's ability to communicate their needs.
Trauma-Informed Arts & Youth Mental Health
Learn how arts-based experiences can create opportunities for expression, connection, and engagement with young people experiencing adversity.
Emotional Regulation, Mindfulness and Creative Care
Explore practical creative activities that can support grounding, emotional awareness, and well-being for both young people and the professionals who care for them.
Participatory Art, Community Building and Social Empowerment
Explore how collaborative art can amplify voices, build relationships, encourage shared problem-solving, and strengthen communities.
Creative Team Building & Connection
Bring your team together through a collaborative, hands-on art experience designed to strengthen relationships, encourage communication, and build a sense of belonging. Through a shared creative project, staff will have opportunities to explore new ways of working together, celebrate individual strengths, and create something meaningful as a group. No artistic experience is needed—just a willingness to experiment, connect, and create together.
Previous Training Partners
National Social Work Association of Georgia Conference, Amerigroup, Cobb County School District, Maryland College of Art (MICA), Uniting Hope Foster Care, Georgia State PTA, Georgia After-School Youth Network, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, Fulton County Schools, Gwinnett County Schools, Georgia Art Educators Association, American School Counselors Association (ASCA), Department of Family and Children’s Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, National Innovative Schools Summit, National Youth Advocacy and Resiliency Conference/Georgia South University, Creative Mornings, National Kids Yoga Conference, Marietta City Schools, and more!