Pia: painting vulvas, and finally talking about women's health

Pia started her workshops because she loves painting. Her room is filled with paintings, and it all began with painting sessions with friends.

That is when she discovered how much she also loves painting with people: figuring out what they want to create, and bringing it to life together.

A long time in women’s health

Pia used to work at Clue, the period tracking app from Berlin. For a very long time she worked in the field of women’s health, as a product manager and director, and she learned so much there. Surprisingly much.

So much that she wanted to do something with everything she had learned. She thought this topic is so important, there is so much to do, and most of us don’t know all the things we don’t know about women’s health.

Painting as a container

So she decided to combine both: painting as a container for these conversations to happen.

Painting vulvas is symbolic. The vulva is the visual part of women’s health, and if we can talk about this, we can start talking about everything else.

What happens in the workshop

The workshop is about building language and learning about anatomy, the vagina and the clitoris. And the painting is just art: a beautiful way to be together and create something.

People get to take something with them. Their painting can inspire them to make change and spark conversations long after the workshop. They leave not only with an artwork, but also inspired to create, and with new knowledge about their bodies.

Every workshop is different

Every painting is unique, and every workshop is different, because the conversations depend on the people who joined. New topics come up every time.

“It’s always interesting. I really, really enjoy facilitating this and being with people through this experience.” — Pia