Christi O’Hara, ArtReach Project America Co-Chair, will present “Creative Arts and the Healing Process: ArtReach Project America” on May 23 in a plenary session at the Military Healthcare Convention and Conference sponsored by IDGA in San Antonio. This conference features holistic approaches to post deployment care and rehabilitation, new research…
Message from the Founder:
As we share a time of struggle for so many, we also share hope for this New Year to bring joy and possibility for a better future. Despite the challenges during 2011, The ArtReach Foundation has met them and brought its healing workshops to those who need us at home or abroad. Whether it is our newly registered operation in Jordan, or our domestic initiative called “Project America,” we continue to stay the course to deliver excellent programs that help make lives a bit better through the use of the creative arts.
With the outstanding leadership of those volunteers in our organization, supportive donors around the world and you as our friends, we can work together in 2012 to bring a critical mass necessary for positive change. By igniting the imagination, a creative spirit will emerge through all of us.
ArtReach can help make this happen. Let’s do it together!
– Susan Anderson
Healing & Hope
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When natural or military disaster strikes, leaving thousands of traumatized children and adults in its wake, The ArtReach Foundation offers hope. Through a unique program using expressive arts and creative problem solving, those affected are offered the tools necessary to heal and live productive lives. Even after the trauma occurs, some individuals will deal with grief many months, and possibly years, later. In some cases, their caregivers may also have experienced their own suffering, making it difficult for them to provide full care. At precisely the time the traumatized child or adult may need special assistance, caregivers and social institutions may be least able to come to their aid. ArtReach is an instrument of hope with a unique program for children and adults. Their approach allows the expression of the individual’s deepest fears and traumatic experiences and creates the opportunity to heal. |
News & Events
We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Drawn to Give, an innovative supporter of non-profits, and are now selling ArtReach e-greeting cards! Drawn to Give amazingly hosts e-greeting card galleries for non-profits, free of charge, and donates a large percentage of the sale back to us. Mother’s…
Three Training Supervisors, including art therapists Edna Bacon and Miranda Smith, will co-lead an ArtReach Model demonstration workshop at the American Association of Art Therapy Annual Conference on July 13. Registration is limited to those attending the conference. For more information, see AATA website.
News & Events
ArtReach Faculty will lead ArtReach Project America workshops and speak at the Military Experience and the Arts Symposium July 5-7, 2012 hosted by Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY. All events at the symposium are free, and will include daily workshops, peer-review sessions, roundtables, the release of the second volume…
Click here to download a printable version of the newsletter! All News is Big News in 2012 for ArtReach: Many Big ‘Firsts’ Fire Up the Foundation From the Year Gone By! “Real art connects. It connects us with ourselves and one another. It leads us to discover new truths and…
UPCOMING EVENTS
Introductory Workshop:
Saturday, June 9, 2012, Atlanta, GA
Train-the-Trainer Weekend: (Details TBA)
June 8 – 10, 2012, Atlanta, GA
Veterans Workshops, EKU (Details TBA)
Richmond, KY, July 5-7
ArtReach Workshop at AATA Annual Conference, Savannah, July
ArtReach Mission
The ArtReach Foundation’s mission has been to influence and assist, through creative expressive arts therapies, the growth and development of children and adults who have experienced the traumatic effects of war, violence, and/or natural disaster.
Twitter Updates
- "I wish every veteran coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq could go through the art therapy..."- A.J., TN Army National Guard, Combat Vet about 12 hours ago from HootSuite
- We hope everyone has a safe Memorial Day Weekend! Thank you to all solider, veterans, and service members for their sacrifices! 07:21:05 PM May 25, 2012 from HootSuite
- Special thanks to volunteer Priscilla Omega! We appreciate your support and dedication. :) http://t.co/vSuy8318 02:23:38 PM May 24, 2012 from TweetDeck
- Participate in this past weekend's workshop? We'd love to hear how it went! #nonprofit 06:24:52 PM May 23, 2012 from HootSuite
- Only one more day until our Introductory Workshop! We look forward to seeing some new faces and recognizing some very familiar faces! 03:00:10 PM May 18, 2012 from HootSuite
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ArtReach Project America plenary at Military Healthcare Conference, San Antonio May 23, 2012
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Announcing E-greeting cards in time for Mothers Day!
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ArtReach Workshop at AATA Annual Conference, Savannah, July
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ArtReach at Military Experience and the Arts Symposium, EKU, July 2012
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January 2012 Newsletter
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March 17- ArtReach hosts 2 Workshops in Atlanta
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ArtReach Project America plenary at Military Healthcare Conference, San Antonio May 23, 2012
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Women Military and Veterans Workshop May 6, 2012
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ARPA volunteers participate in Columbus GA Stand Down for Women. Apr. 28, 2012
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ARPA hosts booth at PDK Good Neighbor Day May 12, 2012
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ArtReach Workshop at AATA Annual Conference, Savannah, July
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ArtReach at Military Experience and the Arts Symposium, EKU, July 2012
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Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC, LPAT, LPCC Are you "training" art therapists to be facilitators or are you "training" people in general to conduct art therapy sessions? Cathy/Louisville KY
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Christiane O Dear Saralee, We will have workshops in Atlanta on Mar 17, Apr 14, and 21. Info wll be posted on this site shortly. We can bring Trainers to your (or any)…
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Saralee Leary Please keep me posted on dates for the next class. I earned a certificate in Expressive Arts from Salve Regina University. I live near Newport, RI and would like to…






