Hello, world.

I’m Claudia Heidelberger, and I am your hostess for the show and tell!

I’m an artist, educator, and recovering slacker based in Shelbyville, Indiana (just outside Indianapolis). For 35 years, I’ve worked at high managerial levels in marketing, communications, graphic design, and web development. Throughout all of it, I’ve never stopped creating. Now I teach others how to reconnect with their creativity through monoprinting, watercolor, mixed media, and photography because here’s what I know after 53 years: It’s never too late to make art and you sure as hell don’t need any special “talent.” You just need to believe your artistic vision can become a reality.

The Long Version (Because Context Matters)

Growing up in an era long before the Internet was a household commodity, my days were wasted away with tv, reading, and creativity. I have always been fascinated by puzzles and the act of taking things that otherwise look like nothing, and bringing them together to create something. As such, I have always worked well with my hands.

Over the course of my life, I’ve practiced art in every medium imaginable: leather, wood, ceramics, bookbinding, decoupage, silk screening, drawing, painting, jewelry design, polymer clay, cooking, photography, web development, sewing, and crocheting. I do not have any formal training in any of these mediums other than the encyclopedia and 4 years of art classes in high school. When I take an interest in something, I immerse myself fully into the experience and learn by doing. A lot of love and attention to detail goes into anything I make.

In 1994, when the Internet was in its infancy, I knew I wanted to be a part of it somehow. 4 years later I was learning HTML and eventually css. Naturally, I was drawn to the creative side of things and downloaded a bootleg copy of Photoshop and taught myself how to manipulate images and create digitally.

What I Teach (And Why I Love Teaching It)

If you think you “can’t do art” or that you “missed your chance.” Spoiler alert: you haven’t.

Through my classes and workshop programs, I can teach you:

• Monoprinting & Gel Plate Printing – One-of-a-kind prints without fancy equipment
• Watercolor Techniques – From loose and expressive to detailed botanical work
• AI Education for Business and Real Estate -Staying ahead of the competition with the tools of the future in your grasp.

For information regarding AI Workshops and Real Estate Lunch & Learn Sessions, please visit my other website www.theamigaagency.com to book a one-on-one session via Zoom, or in person workshop.

Bilingual? I’m fluent in Spanish and happy to teach in either language. ¡Hablaremos de todo!

See what Classes are coming up.

About the Rest of My Life

As for the rest of my life, well, it’s been hit or miss. The great parts have been great, the shitty parts sucked. Overall, it’s been a pretty good life.

In addition to teaching, I’m a notary and real estate agent. I love to laugh and I unapologetically cry at the drop of a hat. And while I handle my life and affairs as any normal adult, most of my waking hours are met with humor, sarcasm, and a LOT of irreverence. I have a huge heart, I wear it on my sleeve, I cry when I am overcome by emotion. That can happen from anything like the sound of children laughing that triggers a fond memory, or it could very well be a fart that makes me laugh uncontrollably. Tears are coming though!

Trivial factoids of no great importance

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Concerts. Especially if I am photographing them.

Reading. If libraries have a fandom, I’m in it.

Photography. See above.

Nature. I love the planet. Not a fan of many bugs tho. I held the recycling record when I lived in Connecticut.

Video games. I love Mario Kart most of all and sometimes I will live stram on Twitch. I also love The Sims and Cities: Skylines. Also, board and card games.

Miami Dolphins Football. Orange and aqua til I die. Fins up!

Puzzles. The harder, the better. Like “give me a 1000 pcs, all black pieces” hard.

Sushi. I fucking love sushi. And thanks to my parents’ obsession with Japanese culture, I know how to make the best sushi rice.

Foreign films. Korean horror, Scandinavian Sci-fi, Norwegian disaster, Spanish comedies. Documentaries. Indie movies. Animated films. Cartoons. Scifi and Fantasy. The Marvel & DC cinematic universes.