Gina Grice is a Registered Nurse, Certified Therapeutic Art & Wellness Coach and teaching artist at Baya Bird Studio. She received her degree in Nursing as well as taking classes towards a degree in Fine Art and Pre-Architecture. She completed her certification in Professional Coaching for Life through UC Davis and is a member of the International Coaching Federation. Most recently she completed her certification in Social Emotional Arts through UCLA’s Healing Arts Program.

Gina has 13 years of experience as an educator teaching all ages from K-12 and adults. Locally she taught at Pine Hills Academy where she facilitated launching a fine arts program for K-12, running an annual fundraiser, and a school wide art show which involved local artists as judges. She has worked with the City of Lincoln, WPUSD and the Art League of Lincoln in establishing their Prop 28 Pilot Program as a fine art educational consultant, placing teaching artists in local schools. She also taught youth fine art classes through the Art League of Lincoln. Gina Currently teaches at Sun City Lincoln Hills and runs a monthly art class at Wellness Within Cancer Care Group.

Gina is an avid supporter of the arts in education and in other areas of her local arts community.
She has volunteered as a member at Blue Line Arts, as an art docent at Forest Lake Christian School and with the Arts Council of Placer County.

Gina’s watercolor and inks are vibrant and alive with emotions and movement. She teaches this technique as a tool for mental health and wellness and has personally used this unique form of abstract art in her own healing journey.