Who Are We?

Two smiling women taking a selfie in front of colorful wall art that says "You are AWESOME" with vibrant patterns and colors.

Happy Arts Events is the brainchild of Jenny DelGizzi and Robin Mitzcavitch who have been working together to spread the joy and healing of creative art experiences through a variety of mixed media techniques. We have been teaching together for 10 years in the outreach and non-profit arena and have been doing specialized classes for adults for 3+ years. Both Jenny and Robin teach and work and live in the Worcester Massachusetts area. Jenny is a journal and mixed media artist, and Robin’s specialty is fiber and mixed media art.


In 2015, it began as an art outreach to local nonprofits such as city programs and family shelters. We still do that work, and to support the program and to create and teach new ways to love art expression, we have been ​running events. Our focus is on individual creation and expression using mixed media and upcycled materials. We lift up the fact that we are all creative beings who benefit from being able to freely express that creativity in a safe and encouraging space. All materials are included!

We can teach at your home or business or event as well. This is not a "paint night"...it's a discovery process that is uniquely yours.

 With Creative Hearts,

  Robin and Jenny

Art Experiences Offered

Art Experiences Offered

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A collage art journal page with a painted rooster, a small black and white drawing of a girl, a paper flower with a pebble in the center, and various torn paper pieces. Text at the top reads '9060 McCALL'S'. Pink text at the bottom says, 'The coolest art journal by Jenny @happyartevents- think about the possibilities!'
A teacup filled with a green cupcake decorated to look like a dinosaur with red and black eyes, a red crest, and tiny green arms, surrounded by a colorful plate on a cluttered table.
A woman with short light brown hair and glasses, smiling, looking at an open book and writing in it, sitting at a brown table in a cozy room with framed pictures on the wall. She wears a gray shirt with a sunflower print and colorful bracelets on her wrist. Another woman with long blonde hair, wearing a red sweater, is partially visible and smiling nearby.
Group of women participating in a craft workshop around a table with craft supplies, felt, and glue guns in a store or craft room.

There are a variety of classes that we teach, including combinations of experiences:

Our Offerings:

Gel Printing Classes:

Gelli printing is a fun and versatile way to create unique art. Discover (or practice!) using a gel printing plate, paint, brayers, interesting papers and stencil/imprint objects. You can produce wonderful works of art to use in collage, journals, greeting cards, scrapbooks, or framed art!  You can even print on fabric!

Journal Classes:

Treasure Journals, Junk Journals, Midori Journals class is a calming fusion of journal making, printing, and collage. Begin to fill your journals with words and images that flow from your inner creative source. Try Gelli printing, stencil, and paper craft and then use these creations to assemble a journal. We will teach other journal-making techniques and the art of creating your own unique and beautifully inspired pages. There will be time to spend collecting thoughts and words that you may like to begin journaling with.  We lift up the fact that we are all creative beings who benefit from being able to freely express that creativity in a safe and encouraging space.

Collage Classes:

We teach collage techniques. There are many ways to go with collage, like mixed media using magazine images, paint, fabric, fiber, and papercraft. We also teach about using collaged images and specialty paper for decoupage... decorating objects like boxes and wallhangings.

Zine-making- Making "zines" is a super fun way to use collage and sketching, cartooning, and words to tell a story about yourself or anything that is on your mind. We teach the history of Zines and a variety of ways to assemble them.

Needle-felting- Learn how to use a needle and wool roving to create a three dimensional object! Create an animal, a fantasy creature, something from nature or a pin cushion. This is for beginners as an intro to this fun craft.

Other cool crafts like Fairy Garden Bling, Slow Stitch, Stencil Art. Doodle Art Mindfulness.  Do you want to try something, you name it, we’re an artsy and crafty duo with lots of varied experience!

50+ Community Friendly and experienced- Senior centers, retirement communities, gatherings.

Happy Arts Women Creatives Space- open art space with a variety of mixed media projects to try. This is most every Thursday 6-8 pm  at Daphne’s Tears Cafe in the Tatnuck Sq area of Worcester.


Outreach - We do outreach for various non-profits. Do you have an outreach venue who needs an art experience?  Let us know.


Venues where we’ve taught : public libraries, art spaces, private spaces in restaurants, outdoor fairs, churches, afterschool programs, teacher professional development venues in public and private school settings, homes, small businesses.

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