Lynne Farrow, MFT, is an artist, spiritual director and marriage and family therapist.  Following God's call on her life, Lynne retired as a therapist eight years ago to work as an artist helping others express their faith journey through the arts.  She currently leads art and writing workshops and retreats around the country, and teaches workshops on a photo-computer-art process she developed entitled PhotoWash©.  Periodically blessed with too much time on her hands, Lynne delights in discovering new ways to creatively explore and express the identity, developmental, relational, cultural and spiritual issues of teens and adults. She also designs and creates banners and art quilts for churches and private collections through her business Pavilion Banners located in Ventura, CA.

" I like working with BI because it is such a fertile ground for creativity, growth and empowerment. There are so many gifted people to work with and learn from in so many different areas of art that I always come home the BuildaBridge Institute feeling like I've received more than I've given as a master teacher in the visual arts.

I really enjoy working in a variety of settings, with a wide variety of age groups, creating variations on an art activity to adapt to the needs of the population I'm working with. I've learned to make art "on the fly" with what ever is at hand. I like the challenge and I love seeing the "aha" response of people have as they participate in art making."

The photos are examples of a fiber art activity called tree weaving recently completed over two weekends at an adventure camp for teens in the California foster care system. The inspiration for this project came from watching Kathryn Pannepacker, artist-in-residence for the 2007 Institute, spontaneously loom chair legs when regular looms weren't available.