The Gallery

at Make Creative Studio

Art by

Elizabeth King

Opening Reception:

Fri, Oct 23 6PM

5200 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA
(Inside St. Giles Church)

About Elizabeth King

You may already know Elizabeth as our Art Therapy Director. A licensed professional counselor and board-certified art therapist, Elizabeth brings 20 years of experience in mental health, wellness, education, and spiritual growth to her work at Make. Her practice brings together conversation and art-making, creating space for both verbal and nonverbal expression.

Artist Statement

Elizabeth is an artist, licensed professional counselor, and board-certified art therapist. Her work explores the quiet practice of learning how to see—to notice beauty, remain present to uncertainty, and stay open to what is unfolding.

Through painting, collage, clay, sculpture, and mixed media, she explores the places where beauty and brokenness meet. Her landscapes are studies in attention: attempts to slow down and see the world differently. Her florals become more expressive as she releases control, takes risks, and trusts the process. Her collages and sculptural works hold fragments of personal experience alongside years of walking with others through art therapy, grief, addiction, change, and struggle.

This body of work was created during a season of deep loss. Some pieces carry that grief openly; others hold it quietly beneath color, texture, and form. Woven throughout is a sense of trust—the possibility that grace can meet us in broken places, that what has been lost can be restored, and that endings can hold the beginnings of something new.

These works are not answers to grief, but a record of learning to live and create within it. They reflect an ongoing practice of seeing beauty alongside sorrow, finding traces of grace in unexpected places, and trusting in the possibility of restoration, resurrection, and being made new.

About the Gallery

Nestled inside St. Giles Church in Richmond, VA, our beautiful and spacious gallery showcases the heart of creativity in our community. We feature collections from local artists, partner exhibits, student showcases, and interactive art installations.

Visit Us

5200 Grove Avenue
(Inside St. Giles Church)

Click here for directions

Gallery Hours

Mon–Thurs | 8:30AM – 4:30PM
Fri
| 8:30AM – 12PM

The gallery is also accessible during art classes, recovery programs, and events.

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