Community Projects

Healing in Arts promotes creative play for all ages through workshops, using art and color to share positive messages. We offer facilitator training and Art-in-a-Box kits to engage communities.

Available Workshops

Team Building

Art Mysteries, a popular school workshop, challenges students in collective problem solving.

Expressive Play

We Drew a Circle celebrates creativity and self-expression.

Community Wellness

Let Go engages participants in a ritual involving writing Let Go notes and collaging them onto paintings to release the past.

Expressive Play

We Drew a Circle celebrates togetherness, inspired by Edwin Markham’s poem line, “We drew a circle that took him in.” Participants paint repeating circular patterns on wooden tiles, which are then combined into a group collage. This process fosters connection, self-expression, and a sense of belonging.

Team Building

Art Mysteries, a popular school workshop, challenges students in collective problem solving. For this 60-minute interactive workshop, students color small wooden tiles. Then, as a team, they compile the tiles like a puzzle. This workshop can be taught on location or by our Google Slides instruction that comes with supplies.

Community Wellness

Let Go engages participants in a ritual involving writing Let Go notes and collaging them onto paintings to release the past. Our adaptable projects can accommodate any group size or space available. Through creative care, we provide a nurturing space for fostering healthy relationships, enhancing inner peace, and achieving personal freedom.

STORY OF HEALING

Pamela Alderman helped develop a new ArtPrize venue at Veterans Memorial Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and she coaches twenty-two veterans yearly in the creation and exhibition of their art pieces.

Craig Searer
Executive Director of ArtPrize

Holland Home had the unique opportunity to partner with Healing in Arts. This project included residents from every level of care: Independent Living, Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing.

Marenta Klinger
, Director of Resident Life
, Holland Home

The interactive piece of Healing in Arts presentation seems to make the message “stick” which is just what we want when trying to build healthy school relationships!

Deborah Guess
, M.S.Ed.
, Taylor Elementary School, Norfolk, Virginia

Projects Gallery

Healing in Arts aims to create a ripple effect of healing, hope, and cultural transformation through the power of collaborative art.

Featured Project:

Under the Surface

Healing in Arts engaged eighty students with disabilities in creating Under the Surface. The students used their painted forearms to swipe across PVC panels, producing unique designs. This project highlights the importance of looking beyond first impressions to appreciate diversity and individual creativity, fostering a more inclusive community.

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We create interactive art experiences to build hope, care, and connection.

Healing in Arts is an art-focused 501(c)(3) public charity, non-profit organization, EIN #88-4188210. All gifts are tax-deductible.

Healing in Arts
PO Box 8342
Kentwood, Michigan 49518

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