Esther Nariyoshi

Esther Nariyoshi has spent over a decade doing what she loves most: creating beautiful things and helping others discover they can too. She holds an MA in Commercial Art Direction from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and her work spans illustration, calligraphy, hand-lettering, and surface pattern design, with clients including the MSU Broad Art Museum and the Atlanta Botanical Garden. UPPERCASE Magazine named her one of the Top 100 Surface Pattern Designers in the world, and as a Skillshare Top Teacher, she designed and taught 40+ classes that have racked up over 1.6 million watched hours from students around the globe.Esther holds a deep belief that there is an artist in everyone, and it just needs the right environment to come alive. Every workshop she leads is built from the ground up to be beginner friendly, joyful, and judgment-free. She has a gift for making people feel at ease the moment they pick up a pen, turning "I'm not creative" into "wait, I'm actually really good at this."For corporate teams, her art workshops offer something rare: a chance to slow down, laugh together, and create something genuinely beautiful side by side. Job titles fade into the background. Friendly competition over the prettiest flourish takes over. And everyone leaves with a handmade piece they're proud of and a little more connected to the people they made it with.Based in Mid Michigan, Esther brings warmth, expertise, and a whole lot of encouragement to every group she works with. Whether a team has five people or fifty, she makes sure every single person in the room feels like the artist they already are.