Artist & Creative Facilitator in Bath
I’m Rita Lazaro, an artist and creative facilitator based in Bath, working across painting, illustration, sculpture and digital art. My work often starts with curiosity about how we live, what we value and the things we overlook, with a sense of humour never very far away.
Alongside original artworks and commissions, I run creativity and wellbeing workshops for businesses and organisations in Bath, Bristol and the South West.
Drawing on my experience as both an artist and a teacher, I help people try unfamiliar ideas, work with their hands and get past the feeling that creativity is reserved for somebody else. That might happen around an office meeting table, through a playful conference activity or during a talk about art and human creativity.
As a trustee of Bath Artists’ Studios, I also advocate for affordable creative spaces and opportunities for people to take part in the arts. I’m particularly interested in modern patronage: how businesses can support artists and local cultural life through commissions, sponsorship and community partnerships.
Across these different strands, I want to make more room for art in everyday life, and for the people who make it.
Making art. Making room for creativity.
My work moves between painting, sculptural relief, illustration and digital techniques. I enjoy the physical business of making: shaping clay, building surfaces and discovering what happens when an idea meets a material with opinions of its own.
Coin and medal design is a particular part of my practice. These small sculptures bring together storytelling, symbolism and touch, fitting a surprising amount into something you can hold in your hand. My art medals have been exhibited internationally, and my digital sculpting work includes original designs and reconstructions of historic coins.
That experience shapes my creativity workshops for businesses and organisations. As an artist, I’m used to starting without all the answers, trying different approaches and occasionally abandoning a perfectly respectable plan. In a workshop, I give other people room to experiment too, with accessible activities and enough guidance to get past the blank page.
Some sessions focus on creative thinking and team building. Others take a quieter approach, using drawing, collage and hands-on making to create space for reflection and workplace wellbeing. I also develop conference activities that give people an easy way to join in and start a conversation.
My background in teaching helps me work with different levels of confidence. You won’t need to arrive feeling artistic, and nobody will be grading your drawing. There will, however, be a good reason to put your phone down.
Based in Bath, I work with businesses, charities and other organisations across Bristol and the South West. Sessions range from 90-minute office workshops to longer creative experiences and bespoke events.
Explore creativity and wellbeing workshops
Art, community and modern patronage
Much of my work happens beyond my own practice, through exhibitions, creative collaborations and projects that bring people together. I’m interested in who gets to take part in cultural life, what stops them and how we can open the door a little wider.
As a trustee of Bath Artists’ Studios, I advocate for affordable working space and opportunities for people to engage with artists. Although I’ve moved out of my studio there, I remain involved in supporting the charity’s future. A city celebrated for its culture needs places where that culture can actually be made.
I’m also interested in modern patronage of the arts. Businesses can make a practical difference by commissioning work, sponsoring community workshops or providing space for an artist. These partnerships offer organisations a way to connect their corporate social responsibility commitments with local people and projects.
If you’re looking for an artist to collaborate with, a creative experience for your team or a community project your business could support, I’d love to hear what you have in mind.
Discuss a creative collaboration