Healing Art Workshop at RB Community Presbyterian Church to reflect on many aspects of person’s identity

RB Community Presbyterian Church invites kids and adult members to join the Healing Art Workshop: Do Enter Door Hanger. (Photo taken by Pavel Danilyuk from pexels.com)

RB Community Presbyterian Church invites kids and adult members to attend the Healing Art Workshop: Do Enter Door Hanger on May 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Upper Courtside.

The church’s website notes that this session motivates participants. So they could know what they desired in their lives and where their limitations lay. They would be making a scratch art door hanger that could remind them of what they want to allow into their life, home, and heart.

Healing Art Workshops

The website invites children and adults to attend one or all three healing art workshops provided this summer, improved by A Window Between Worlds (AWBW). According to them, making art is a part of human rights. Art respects and mirrors many aspects of a person’s identity and personal experiences.

Besides, they emphasized that regardless of people’s background, they all have the will to make it. Individuals just need to have available opportunities, the website added. They said that the Windows program gives this chance in a safe environment.

The church emphasized that there is no correct or wrong way during the said workshop. They added that the top priority is whatever helps the participants express, connect, and meet their needs and feelings.

Furthermore, the aforementioned workshops are chances for members to practice how they want to live. It includes questioning what they need and deciding to share as much or as little as they desire. The website noted that all materials would be available, and no artistic ability is necessary.

The training sessions will be streamed on Zoom for those who cannot join face-to-face.

Window Between Worlds

The AWBW website says they help hundreds of direct service groups nationwide. They include creative expression in their work with trauma survivors. The said organization believes that the leader is the visionary of mental health. The training in facilitating art from AWBW serves as a tool for change and healing.

The website revealed that the organization’s mission is to strengthen people and communities affected by violence and trauma. They do this through a transformative healing arts program. They see arts as a catalyst to be free from trauma, to become resilient, and ignited to social change. The organization said people who make art in a safe neighborhood can be heard and honored. They could replace violence and shame with safety and hope.

They noted that they intentionally create a respectful environment free from criticism and danger as part of their values. They believe in the rights of artistic expression and the freedom to level up. The organization also highlighted the importance of respecting diverse and complex identities, views, and circumstances.

Working with Organizations

Meanwhile, they partner with various groups. They believe working with partners widens knowledge and fosters change in the community.

AWBW creates capacity in collaborating organizations by training their staff to hold trauma-informed art workshops. The website said they continue to support these groups as they implement the Windows Program with those suffering from various traumas. The organization proudly reports that through its particular model it has created a nationwide network of over 450 active Windows Facilitators.