About
Founder of Indigo Nature Arts | Nature-Inspired Educator, Artist & Photographer
Kim Soles, founder of Indigo Nature Arts, brings together a lifelong love of the natural world with decades of experience in the arts. An accomplished nature and art photographer, designer, writer, and graphic artist, Kim has spent the last 20 years inspiring children and young people through the fusion of creativity and connection to the earth.
Drawing on her artistic background and deep passion for nature, Kim created a holistic, sensory-rich environmentwhere learning unfolds organically. She is also the creator of Moon and Thunder (2017–2019), a program empowering girls through creative wellness. Over two years, Kim facilitated monthly mother-daughter gatherings and led a consistent group of pre-teen girls, focusing on body-mind awareness and helping participants develop personal wellness toolkits in preparation for their high school years.
Since 2012, Kim has expanded programming to include home-school art programs, nature and urban photography instruction, after-school art classes, and full-capacity summer camps. She is dedicated to inspiring children across the arts and has invited guest artists, yoga teachers, musicians, and mindfulness instructors to share their talents, cultivating a rich, collaborative, and creative learning community.
At the heart of all of Kim’s work is a simple belief: creativity begins when we pause. In a world that often moves too fast, her work with children and adults has always been about slowing down and learning to notice the beauty that surrounds us—even in our darkest times. Through art, nature, imagination, and shared experience, she seeks to create spaces that steady us, open us, and invite us to see the world, and ourselves, with greater presence, wonder, and care.
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Program locations over the years:The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, The Wissahickon Environmental Center, the Waldorf School of Philadelphia, the Cedars House Cafe, the enchanting Wissahickon forest of northwest Philadelphia and the many hiking trails in the Andorra Natural Area.