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Announcing E-greeting cards in time for Mothers Day!
Posted by 09 May 2012
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 Day is right around the corner, and is a great occasion to send someone an e-greeting card, and support ArtReach! It costs only $2.00 to send a card. Check out the gallery here: https://drawntogive.com/art-reach-foundation From Drawntogive.com: Drawn to Give is an environmentally friendly platform for non-profit and charitable organizations to...
ArtReach Workshop at AATA Annual Conference, Savannah, July
Posted by 29 April 2012
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....
ArtReach at Military Experience and the Arts Symposium, EKU, July 2012
Posted by 29 April 2012
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 of The Journal of Military Experience, the Graffiti of War Conflict Art Exhibit, and the presence of numerous veterans organizations. We will post updates as we get closer. For more information and to register, go to here: http://militaryexperience.org/symposium...
January 2012 Newsletter
Posted by 30 January 2012
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 helps to illuminate the humanity we share.” -Queen Rania-Al Abdullah of Jordan 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...
March 17- ArtReach hosts 2 Workshops in Atlanta
Posted by 29 January 2012
ArtReach hosted 2 workshops on March 17, one for Veterans Only and the other an Introductory Workshop for clinicians, civilians, and Board members. The Veterans workshop was led by ARF Training Supervisors Miranda Smith MEd, ALPC and Christiane O’Hara PhD and Trainee Priscilla Omega. The Introductory workshop wasled by Training Supervisors Karimah Dillard, MA ADT, Karen McCarty, LPC LMFT, Trainer Kathy Boardman MA, and Trainee veteran Carolyn Bacon. Participants in each group were guided through meditation and visualization, art, creative writing, drama, dance, music, and movement to access personal metaphors and connect as a group. Thanks once again to St...
ArtReach on a Television Interview on Fox 5!
Posted by 18 January 2012
To see examples of our work with veterans and clinicians, check out our recent television interview and workshop clips in this article: ArtReach Program Helps Veterans Deal with PTSD...
See ArtReach Project America on WebMD
Posted by 03 January 2012
As story after story is now being told by military veterans returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with the unseen wounds of war, The ArtReach Foundation responds by providing a safe space for their healing to occur. See video here: http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/video/2011-sanford-art-reach...
ArtReach Model for Military Mental Health
Posted by 30 December 2011
Two of our Trainers,  Hugo Patrocinio USMC (Ret.) and Christiane O’Hara PhD, presented the ArtReach Model for Military Mental Health at the Third Annual Deployment Health symposium in Jacksonville Florida in December 2011.  ...
Thank You Kiwanis Club of Atlanta!
Posted by 18 December 2011
Thank you Kiwanis Club of Atlanta for your generous donation in December 2011 for our programs with military families and children!...
ArtReach team presents at Expressive Arts Summitt in New York City
Posted by 11 November 2011
Melissa Walker, MA, ATR and Christiane O’Hara, PhD, ArtReach Trainers, presented an ArtReach Project America workshop at the Second International Expressive Arts Summit in New York City on Veterans Day 2011. Drama, art, and dance therapists, as well as a military chaplain, participated in this didactic and experiential workshop. Barry Cohen, ATR, a senior art therapist researcher who was a featured speaker at the ArtReach GTRI July 2011 Conference in Atlanta, coordinated the Summit. Workshop participants explored the metaphor of nature names in art, music, dance, and creative writing, integrating their work into a powerful dramatic presentation to close the...
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