About | Camino Creative Arts

This is a

pilgrimage of the heart.

A little about the woman behind Camino Creative Arts and why she built it.

My name is Steph, and I'm glad you're here.

I'm an artist, adventurer, and founder of Camino Creative Arts.

I'm also a coffee enthusiast, chronic wanderer, and a firm believer that creativity saves lives. Grab a mug and stay a while.

Some ideas are fully formed. This one came slowly.

I went to college for art. Spent years studying it, living it, breathing it — earning my degree in Communications, Art & Design, with a deep dive into Pre-Art Therapy, Pre-Art Education, and a Spanish minor that would turn out to be more meaningful than I ever imagined. I was building, without knowing it, the exact foundation for everything I'd eventually create.

Somehow — the way life does — I ended up in a corporate career, and the paintbrushes got put away. Years passed. The days became filled with meetings, spreadsheets and KPIs, while I was left quietly wondering where that creative version of me went.

Then, life got hard. And somewhere in the middle of grief and loss and the quiet unraveling that nobody talks about, I picked up a paintbrush and some clay again. Working with my hands and keeping my feet moving has always calmed my mind and soul — and it did then too.

It saved me, one painting, one afternoon, one moment of making something at a time.

I had lived in Spain back in 2006 — and that's where I first became obsessed with the Camino de Santiago. A pilgrimage walked by millions over a thousand years, through mountain passes and ancient towns, ending at a cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. I became captivated not just with walking it someday, but with what it represented: the idea that showing up, step by step, through difficulty and beauty, was enough. That the journey was the point.

That idea became the foundation of everything I've built since. Somewhere along the way my background and everything I've been learning and living all quietly converged — and Camino Creative Arts was born from that intersection.

Creativity as healing.

Community as practice.

Adventure as a way back to yourself.

That's exactly what Camino Creative Arts is.

And that's exactly what this life is.

I'm still on the journey. Still making things that don't always turn out right, going places that don't always go to plan, and finding that the most interesting parts of life live exactly in that gap.

I'm so glad you're here for it.

Buen Camino.

Peace & abundance,

Steph

Camino (n.) — Spanish. The way. The walk. The journey.

The name isn't just a nod to a future pilgrimage. It's a philosophy. Every workshop is a waypoint. Every piece of art made is a step. Every woman who joins this community is a fellow traveler on her own Camino back to herself.

We're not in a hurry here. We're not chasing perfection or productivity.

We're walking curiously and creatively, together.

Camino Creative Arts is for you if…

You used to make things and somewhere along the way, you stopped.

You've been meaning to "get back into" art, writing, photography — but life keeps getting in the way.

You're craving community with women who actually get it.

You want to travel, create and experience things that feel alive.

You don't think of yourself as "an artist," but something in you wants to be.

You don't need experience.

You don't need the right supplies.

You just need to show up.

If any of this resonated, I'd love for you to be part of what we're building.

Join the waitlist and be the first to know when Camino Creative Arts opens its doors.