Art & Soul

About Art & Soul

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:09:16 +1100

Art & Soul is a program, which uses art as a way of exploring emotional responses and thinking that can lead to depression, anxiety and loneliness. Our 10 week program is designed in a unique way; each week commences with an overview of the relevant topic including; Identity, Core Beliefs, Guilt & Shame, Holistic Health, Loss & Grief, Connection, Emotions, Faith and Spirituality, Celebration and how it might be outworked in the participant’s lives. This follows with a 90 minute art lesson, (you don’t need any painting experience, we will teach you to paint) each session the art piece is built around the particular topic, this is followed with a further discussion around the theme in small groups.

There have been several studies, which indicate that undertaking a creative activity after receiving information helps a person process information better. By allowing time for the information to be processed while distracted by a creative pursuit, helps integrate information in a beneficial way. Each art project allows scope for individual expression and builds an environment of encouragement within the group.

Other Art & Soul programs have been developed to work with special groups these include:

‘At risk’ youth and their parents

Victims of family violence

Prisoners

‘At risk’ teenagers and mentors

primary age students refusing to go to school

refugee groups

traumatised families

people with mental health issues

girls at risk of commercialized sexual exploitation

Workers, counsellors and volunteers who are consistently exposed to traumatic stories

Each year a 2 week course is run in Chicago prison with inmates as an intensive program, and this year it will be run in Birmingham prison as well as a program set up in Romania to work with girls rescued from sex trafficking with Abolishion .

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Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:30:04 +1100

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About Art & Soul

Sun, 21 Feb 2016 20:29:39 +1100

Art & Soul is a program, which uses art as a way of exploring emotional responses and thinking that can lead to depression, anxiety and loneliness. Our 10 week program is designed in a unique way; each week commences with an overview of the relevant topic including; Identity, Core Beliefs, Guilt & Shame, Holistic Health, Loss & Grief, Connection, Emotions, Faith and Spirituality, Celebration and how it might be outworked in the participant’s lives. This follows with a 90 minute art lesson, (you don’t need any painting experience, we will teach you to paint) each session the art piece is built around the particular topic, this is followed with a further discussion around the theme in small groups.

There have been several studies, which indicate that undertaking a creative activity after receiving information helps a person process information better. By allowing time for the information to be processed while distracted by a creative pursuit, helps integrate information in a beneficial way. Each art project allows scope for individual expression and builds an environment of encouragement within the group.

Other Art & Soul programs have been developed to work with special groups these include:

‘At risk’ youth and their parents
Victims of family violence
Prisoners
‘At risk’ teenagers and mentors
primary age students refusing to go to school
refugee groups
traumatised families
people with mental health issues
girls at risk of commercialized sexual exploitation
Workers, counsellors and volunteers who are consistently exposed to traumatic stories

Each year a 2 week course is run in Chicago prison with inmates as an intensive program, and this year it will be run in Birmingham prison as well as a program set up in Romania to work with girls rescued from sex trafficking with Abolishion .