Personally I would be more comfortable with your first therapist's approach as a general rule. I wouldn't like a therapist to offer me a lift or tell me about hosting a party because I would find that presumptuous and confusing.
I can understand how difficult the art workshop must have been though. And how surprising it must have felt that she shares this interest and never told you. I think she may have felt that her telling you she shared the hobby might have impinged on your therapeutic work as it is obviously relevant to what you discuss. If you have low self-esteem about your own work, perhaps knowing she had an interest might have made that more difficult to talk about? Perhaps not, but from her point of view it's a risk.
You, of course have the right to choose whatever therapeutic approach feels right for you. And if you feel taking a break is going to help I would follow that feeling.
Also, if and when you do return to this therapist I think it would be a really worthwhile thing to discuss with her. It sounds like you've been a little hurt by the therapist's withholding, and that sounds a very worthwhile topic for therapy.