I’m Mindy Flexer, and I started an art school in my studio 2007 to give people of all ages and walks of life a place to come together to create art, community, and social change. My studio and school is a place of belonging and connection, where every person is welcomed, cherished and nurtured. It's a place where people get to be themselves, have big dreams, and take on big challenges together. It is a base camp: meaningful in itself, but also a safe home from which to launch other expeditions, and to which to return for sustenance. As a working artist in Germantown, I’m delighted to invite people into my studio to share the journey of being artists together at this key moment in history.