Under the Surface is a Healing in Arts collaboration with Noorthoek Academy, servicing adults with learning challenges and other intellectual disabilities. For this project, eighty Noorthoek students and Dr. Jeffrey Frank, a U.S. military veteran and Academy board member, will take part in the gigantic art mystery collage. But participants won’t be painting in the…
Helping Teens’ Hopes and Dreams Soar Healing in Arts spearheaded the Butterfly Dreams project in collaboration with Young Life. The art workshop took place in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico and left an indelible mark on a group of teenagers. Under the guidance of board member Kathy Pluymert, the art centered on the theme of…
Last summer, I had the privilege of leading two Healing in Arts workshops with military families. The first one took place at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida, and the second one at the Coast Guard Base in Kodiak, Alaska. For both art mystery projects, each participant painted a small wooden tile with Sharpie…
The magical atmosphere of wild Alaska has the unique ability to inspire artistic expression. In this immersive writing experience last August, I joined a group of authors for a week of critiques on my next book. As part of our once-in-a-lifetime adventure, we traveled by seaplane across vast, green terrain before reaching picturesque Harvester Island…
A 2019 Veterans Affairs study found that approximately twenty-two veterans commit suicide every day. Our veterans need support and community to help them move forward.
When put together end-to-end-to-end, three straight lines form a triangle shape. Triangles can represent the union of body, mind, and spirit. In Christianity, the triangle depicts the triune God. For session one of our Three Straight Lines project, participants selected three words that represented different aspects of their lives. Next, each person painted a visual…
