Portrait photography by Kenzi Everitt
Megan E Evans
At the heart of my work is a deep belief in the transformative power of art.
I believe that the act of creating art and beholding art is a culmination of our entire lived experience—our traumas, our hopes, and our most fundamental human spirit.
Art has the ability to change us on a cellular level, shifting our thoughts, habits, and overall well being. Whether through the act of creation or the experience of engaging with the arts, this medium holds a unique capacity to provide meaning where ideas may feel intangible or foggy.
My work embraces the many forms art can take, often seeking to surprise and challenge, using creativity as a catalyst for personal and societal change.
Why I Started Lift Parade Arts
Art gives me joy. Art gives me life. Art changes me.
I’ve spent most of my adult life making art, teaching about art, leading creative workshops, designing for organizations that believe in beauty and meaning, and using creativity to survive the hard parts of being human.
Depression. Anxiety. Grief. Secondary PTSD. Infertility. Loss that knocked the wind out of me. Art has been there through it all—not as some polished, Instagram-perfect practice, but as a messy, necessary, soul-saving thing. Painting has been my prayer. Drawing, my therapy. Writing, my witness. Music, the balm when all else fails. And enjoying theater and fiction and dance gives me the permission to dream.
I started Lift Parade Arts because I believe in creativity and in its sacred gift to connect, heal, and transform. I also keep meeting people who believe they aren’t creative—people drowning in isolation, exhaustion, and disconnection, who have no idea that the thing they’re dismissing (“I’m not creative; I’m not an artist”) might be the very thing that could help them heal, move forward, and change.
So now I’m creating spaces. Safe ones. Weird ones. Spaces where you don’t have to be good at anything to show up. Where making something messy is celebrated. Where creativity isn’t about being an artist—it’s about being fully, honestly human.
I’ve spent 20+ years working in museums, designing brands, leading workshops, facilitating creative groups, and helping organizations tell their stories.
But Lift Parade Arts is different. This is my life’s work. This is me saying: you are creative, even if you don’t believe it yet. And that creativity? It can change everything.
I work with people 1:1, lead retreats, facilitate workshops for nonprofits and companies, and build programs that help people reconnect to wonder, joy, and one another.
I believe in slowness. In G-d’s working through our creativity. In beauty. In the gritty, unpolished process of making something with your hands. In the soul’s ability to thrive through art experiences. In art as rebellion. In creativity as your birthright.
I live in Denver with way too many art supplies, a deep love for the performance arts, and a relentless belief that we need more art, more people making art, more people loving art—for the good of our communities, our health, and our joyous, messy, beautiful lives.
"So build yourself as beautiful as you want your world to be. Wrap yourself in light then give yourself away with your heart, your brush, your march, your art, your poetry, your play.
Andrea Gibson
Late Poet Laureate of Colorado
What is it like working with Megan?
Megan uses art, curiosity, and compassion to help people heal, reconnect with purpose, and move forward. She listens deeply, leads with authenticity, and encourages space where people can explore and get unstuck.
Let's meet! Why not?
I love 1:1 conversations. You can learn about Lift Parade Arts and receive guidance to discern the best offerings for you. I’d be honored to discuss how my services and how arts experiences in general could help you, your community, or your group.
