This is not your average art center.
We created this space for anyone who’s ever been told to “calm down,” “be quiet,” or “stop being so sensitive.” Not here.
We offer expressive spaces where you can scream into a canvas, collage your heartbreak, write your truth, or breathe like your peace depends on it (because sometimes it does). You can paint like no one’s watching — because honestly, they’re probably not. They’re focused on their own mess.
From freestyle art and creative journaling to guided meditation and soul-soothing workshops, we hold space for what your nervous system actually needs.
Our programs support people navigating anxiety, grief, identity shifts, burnout, or are just plain overwhelmed. We welcome teens, elders, military folks, LGBTQ+ magic-makers, overthinkers, under-healers, and everyone who’s tired of pretending they’re “fine.”
At the WN Center, we don’t just make art — we make space:
For feeling it all.
For not having to explain.
For belonging without question.
Join the group. Sit in the corner. Talk it out. Don’t say a word. Do something big. Or do absolutely nothing. Here, it’s all valid — and it’s all welcome.
This is sensory freedom. This is soul work. This is a messy, magnificent, healing-as-hell community.
Create or crumble. Color or collapse. You belong here.
Weird things we do here. What is "weird" anyways?
Grab your mood at the door. No explanation needed.
A visual, non-verbal “emotional traffic light” that cuts through social anxiety, burnout, or just not wanting to talk right now but still wanting to exist in the space.
Green=Yes, approach me. I want to socialize!
Yellow and orange=Ehhh, I don't know if I'm feeling it or not today. It's best for you to wait for my approach.
Red=quite simply-LEAVE ME ALONE. You may be in this space with me right now, but as far as I'm concerned, there's no one here but me.
ALL OF THEM are equally accepted and respected. Use this space YOUR way, that's the ONLY way.
The "Too Real to be Fake Jar"
Sometimes you don’t need a long talk. You don’t need a worksheet. You just need something—a sentence, a smirk, a sign from the universe that says, “Yeah, it’s weird out here, but you’re doing alright.”
This is that sign.
The “Too Real to Be Fake” Jar is filled with blunt, funny, and unexpectedly comforting notes written by people who’ve been through it. You might pull a classic affirmation. You might get a surprise high-five from someone who finally pooped today. Either way—you’ll know you’re not alone.
We don’t do sugarcoated.
We don’t do fake deep.
We do honest, funny, and occasionally profane reminders that you’re human and still worth rooting for.
When you need a little something extra, reach in. Take what you need. Leave something real in return.
We’ll all be better for it.
The “Please Don’t” Wall
Sometimes boundaries are sacred. Sometimes they’re just overdue. This is not a complaint board. It’s not a rules list. This is a wall of honest requests from real people trying to survive being human. It’s the things we’re too tired to keep saying.
The boundaries we wish were obvious. The stuff we want on a T-shirt… or maybe tattooed on our foreheads. Every “Please Don’t” is written by someone who walked through these doors and needed the world to back up, slow down, or sit the hell down. Sometimes funny. Sometimes deep. Always real.
Read them. Add your own.
Because you don’t have to be fixed to be heard. You just have to be here.
The “Unfinished Business” Basket
Start something and now the mood's changed and don't want to finish it? That's cool because we have a basket for that! A literal basket where people leave half-finished things:
A doodle. A sentence. A napkin poem. A regret. A thank-you they never sent.
Anyone else can pick it up and continue it.
The Decision Dice Corner
For people who have decision fatigue. Roll giant foam dice labeled with outcomes like:
“Nap about it.”
“Text your therapist.”
“Just scream.”
“Try again tomorrow.”
“Eat some carbs.”
“Let someone else decide.”
Bonus: The dice never judge. Unlike your aunt.