January 28 Introductory Workshop was held at St Bede’s, Tucker GA, was filled to capacity and a great success. Clinicians, veterans, civilians, and volunteers participated in the creative and expressive arts, led by ARF Trainers Karimah Dillard, MA ADT, Karen McCarty, LPC LMFT, and Christiane O’Hara PhD. Susan Anderson, ArtReach Founder, and George Wieder, LTC USAF (Ret.), Project America Co-Chair, met with the participants at lunch for an informal presentation on our domestic and international Projects and our volunteer opportunities. Participants were guided through meditation and visualization, art, creative writing, drama, dance, music, and movement to access personal metaphors and connect as a group. Thanks to St Bede’s Church for their donation of space.
Workshop Participant Creating Art
Karimah Dillard, Drama Therapist, Leading Group Movement
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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 make this program available to military personnel and their families here.
Thank you,
Saralee Leary
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) area for workshops and training, either sponsored through a local facility as an in service, or with a local sponsor to identify a location for us to do a presentation and workshop. We will be in MD/DC in late spring. and other locations as requested. Please let us know if you can come to Atlanta, or if we can identify a plan to come to RI. Email us at info@artreachfoundation.org and please include your contact info. Note I will be out of pocket Feb 6-17 so there may be a delay in my response to you.
Christiane O’Hara PhD
ARPA CoChair and Training Director