Paint to Music is an ongoing collaboration with artist Hamid Ebrahimifar where sound, color, and movement meet in the same room at the same time.
Together, we guide workshops and performances that invite participants to let music lead their imagination and their brush. Each session I improvise for about twenty minutes at a time, using all sorts of virtual instruments like pianos, strings, full orchestral sections, synthesizers, sampled found sounds, snippets of speech, whatever works, to create an environment where intuition takes over and creativity flows.
What began as exploratory studio experiments has grown into sold-out sessions at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, with continuing 8-week classes starting again in 2026 for throughout the year.
Attendees, from seasoned artists to complete beginners, have described the experience as meditative, liberating, and even transformative.
For me, these events are both terrifying that I mess up the loop each time, but also indescribably rewarding when I eventually look up from the keys to see people focused, relaxed, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing, and I get to see their creations as the visibility of music.
Paint to Music isn’t just a workshop; it’s a shared journey where art forms dissolve into one another, and where anyone can step into the rhythm of creation.
