About Us

Sherri Muroff Kalt, founder of Process Portraits, LLC and author of Portrait of an Artistic Journey: The Creative Process in Real Life Context, is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Duke University with a B.A. in psychology. She began her career in marketing and sales in New York City with L’Oréal, Monet Jewelers, and Givenchy.
Sherri eventually followed her passion for psychology and worked for some of Westchester’s most reputable mental-health organizations, including The Center for Preventive Psychiatry in White Plains and Peekskill and Four Winds Hospital in Katonah. There, she collaborated with multidisciplinary teams of clinicians to treat mentally ill mothers, seriously emotionally disturbed children, and adolescents with significant emotional and substance-abuse issues. She designed and facilitated therapeutic groups, provided intensive psychotherapy, and prepared and implemented comprehensive treatment plans for mothers and their children.
Capitalizing on her experience with parent/child dynamics as well as her social-issues concerns, Sherri founded The Authentic Mom in 2007. Created to bring women together to speak honestly and openly about their experiences of motherhood, Authentic Mom groups provided a safe place for mothers to process their psychological issues, family-systems dynamics, and societal pressures and expectations that profoundly affected their perceptions of themselves and their relationships with their children.
Sherri’s desire to explore these ideas in the creative realm led her to collaborate with choreographer Jonathan Riedel, artistic director of Riedel Dance Theater, a modern-dance company in New York City that tells stories with complex emotional and psychological themes through innovative movement. Together, they set out to study and document the creative process by illuminating the intricacies of Jonathan’s artistic journey.
The resulting book, Portrait of an Artistic Journey: The Creative Process in Real Life Context, captures the ways in which the creation and development of Jonathan’s creative visions are shaped by dynamics such as the rehearsal environment, infrastructure and financial difficulties, challenges arising from using freelance dancers, and complex psychological and emotional issues.
Through her new company, Process Portraits, LLC, Sherri is collaborating with universities to incorporate Portrait of an Artistic Journey into their BFA and MFA programs, and she aims to reach the broader creative community as well. Her vision is to help both emerging and established artists gain insight into the circumstances that influence their own personal and professional development as well as the evolution of any work of art they create.
Sherri eventually followed her passion for psychology and worked for some of Westchester’s most reputable mental-health organizations, including The Center for Preventive Psychiatry in White Plains and Peekskill and Four Winds Hospital in Katonah. There, she collaborated with multidisciplinary teams of clinicians to treat mentally ill mothers, seriously emotionally disturbed children, and adolescents with significant emotional and substance-abuse issues. She designed and facilitated therapeutic groups, provided intensive psychotherapy, and prepared and implemented comprehensive treatment plans for mothers and their children.
Capitalizing on her experience with parent/child dynamics as well as her social-issues concerns, Sherri founded The Authentic Mom in 2007. Created to bring women together to speak honestly and openly about their experiences of motherhood, Authentic Mom groups provided a safe place for mothers to process their psychological issues, family-systems dynamics, and societal pressures and expectations that profoundly affected their perceptions of themselves and their relationships with their children.
Sherri’s desire to explore these ideas in the creative realm led her to collaborate with choreographer Jonathan Riedel, artistic director of Riedel Dance Theater, a modern-dance company in New York City that tells stories with complex emotional and psychological themes through innovative movement. Together, they set out to study and document the creative process by illuminating the intricacies of Jonathan’s artistic journey.
The resulting book, Portrait of an Artistic Journey: The Creative Process in Real Life Context, captures the ways in which the creation and development of Jonathan’s creative visions are shaped by dynamics such as the rehearsal environment, infrastructure and financial difficulties, challenges arising from using freelance dancers, and complex psychological and emotional issues.
Through her new company, Process Portraits, LLC, Sherri is collaborating with universities to incorporate Portrait of an Artistic Journey into their BFA and MFA programs, and she aims to reach the broader creative community as well. Her vision is to help both emerging and established artists gain insight into the circumstances that influence their own personal and professional development as well as the evolution of any work of art they create.