The children’s book Sushi the Cat addresses respect and friendship. The story of Ella, an American girl, and Sushi, a Japanese cat, highlights the importance of understanding, sharing, and companionship. Sushi the Cat teaches young readers and listeners how to treat others. When we show respect to others, we open the way to make new…
Healing can take many forms. Physical relief can be found in medical intervention, chiropractic services, or massage. But healing can also come in the form of art. Navigating the world, navigating personal life crises, and navigating dynamic changes that impact us can create a physical, mental or even social isolation traceable to certain ailments. As…
A Pamela Alderman Art Collaboration We Drew a Circle invites inclusion and healing. For this creative care workshop, each participant painted repeating circular patterns on wooden tiles with warm and cool colors to form a larger design. This mosaic art form soothes and alleviates stress through the radiating circle motif. Inspired by a line from…
Red pants with black lettering hung from the wall. The red against the white walls intrigued me to walk closer. I approached the pants to discover I could actually read them. I realized I was reading someone’s true story. It touched my heart, as if I heard the voice speaking from the pants. I walked…
A Healing in Arts Collaboration with Girls Court Quilting has been part of American history for many generations. Quilts carry narratives, family connections, and lifelong traditions, but they also reflect feelings of love and originality. This Healing in Arts project, with artists Pamela Alderman and Kameko Madere, draws inspiration from the quilt patterns passed down…
My first encounter with Healing in Arts was in 2013, when I folded a couple of hundred paper cranes as a high school student for the Wing and a Prayer exhibit. When I heard stories about the thousands of people who wrote wishes and prayers and added them to the art exhibit, I thought it…
The students at Pine Grove Learning Center created a Butterfly Kaleidoscope together. Each child sponge-painted their own butterfly shapes with acrylic paints. The finished paintings were combined into one large collage. This Healing in Arts project symbolizes the beauty of transformation through colorful changing patterns from butterfly to butterfly—and student to student. We tailored the…