At Arts + More, we believe every project carries a story worth amplifying. We partner with small businesses, non-profits, and arts initiatives to transform those stories into meaningful, lasting impact. By blending interdisciplinary arts with proven leadership practices, we design creative strategies that move ideas from vision to reality.
With more than 35 years of experience in organizational leadership and community engagement, we bring clarity, focus, and agility to every endeavor. Our work is grounded in collaboration and innovation, helping clients craft experiences that inspire, connect, and endure.
Dancing from the Inside-Out
Kimberly Jarvis is a nonprofit leader, educator, and strategist with a passion for storytelling, community engagement, and making the arts accessible to all. She serves as Executive Director of the Buckeye Book Fair, a statewide literacy nonprofit that connects readers with authors and promotes reading across Ohio. Through her consulting practice, Arts + More Services, Kimberly provides creative solutions in communication, program design, and strategic planning for schools, nonprofits, and businesses.
With a background as an international choreographer and Teaching Artist, Kimberly brings a unique perspective to her work—using movement, mindfulness, and narrative practices to spark innovation, build inclusive communities, and enhance organizational culture. Her methodology, Dancing from the Inside-Out, blends the arts with education, leadership, and wellness initiatives to create meaningful impact from the classroom to the boardroom.
Kimberly is certified in storytelling-based community building, creative aging, and health education, and she continues to work in residence with schools throughout Ohio. Her work bridges creativity and strategy, empowering people and organizations to grow with clarity, purpose, and heart.
Longer Version
Kimberly Jarvis is an international choreographer, Teaching Artist, and consultant specializing in arts integration and organizational development. She is currently working in residence at Ohio high schools and is the founder of Arts + More Services, offering consulting in communication, creativity, and strategy. Kimberly provides customized communication workshops, strategic planning sessions, and staff development retreats for businesses, nonprofits, and educational institutions, using the arts as a catalyst for clarity, connection, and growth.
Kimberly was selected to study integrative education at Idrætshøjskole in Viborg, Denmark, and holds degrees and certifications from The American College of Sports Medicine, Malone University, and The University of Akron. She is also certified by Narrative 4 in Building Community Through the Power of Storytelling, and by Lifetime Arts in Creative Aging. Her creative aging training equipped her with research-backed tools to support programming that promotes connection, engagement, and well-being among older adults—a growing focus of her work.
She began her dance education in rural Ohio, and her performing arts skills led her to perform internationally throughout Scandinavia, Europe, and Eastern Asia. From 1993 to 2010, she directed the Living Fountain Dance Company, a modern dance company based in Canton, Ohio. Her global dance adventures have included collaborations with renowned artists such as Jerry Burr, Inna Strabova, Lana Carroll, Kay Davis, Tom Smith, Alexander Vedmedev, Andrew Carroll, Heinz Poll, and Donald McCardle. At Jacob’s Pillow in Massachusetts, Kimberly studied with influential figures including Merce Cunningham, Meredith Monk, Craig Patterson, Patricia Lent, Susanna Chaffey, Jennifer Way, Milton Myers, Dianne McIntyre, Kathy Thibodeaux, and Jiri Voborsky.
With a passion for moving bodies, hearts, and minds, Kimberly offers programs that uniquely intersect immersive learning, creativity, and literacy for individuals, communities, and organizations. She believes that movement is medicine and uses dance to empower positive self-image, enhance workplace wellness, support leadership development, and foster creative aging.
Her original methodology, “Dancing from the Inside-Out,” is a dynamic and highly effective approach that integrates dance principles, mindfulness, and social-emotional learning with academic curricula. This model enhances student engagement in math, science, and language arts from early childhood through high school—and has also inspired team-building and innovation in professional environments.
In her home community, Kimberly serves as Executive Director of the Buckeye Book Fair, a nonprofit literacy organization that champions authors, illustrators, and reading across Ohio. She believes our bodies carry stories waiting to be told—and that Dancing from the Inside-Out is not just art, but a profound vehicle for storytelling, empowerment, and transformation.
Elements workshops, Dancing from the Inside-Out workshops, classes, and retreats have been offered in more than 27 school districts across Ohio, supporting teachers and administrators in advancing student learning and instructional goals. Our professional development and arts integration programs promote proficiency, engagement, and creativity in the classroom. Internationally, we have partnered with over 50 organizations to deliver workshops, conferences, and retreats that strengthen connections to arts education and holistic learning around the world.
