Need a Rhythm Reset?
Are you like me, struggling to keep a regular rhythm in your daily routine? Here’s a short video to ponder in our quest for healthy balance.
Open Hands 2020
Last fall, Open Hands traveled to Chicago, following trips to San Francisco, Austin, and Washington, D.C., earlier this year. This interactive, traveling art experiment highlights the valuable contribution each person offers to the welfare and healing of our planet. Participants from diverse locations, backgrounds, and ages trace their handprint on a piece of a paper…
Lifting Others on Wings of Hope
Abstract work created by Pine Grove Learning Center students and Artist Pamela Alderman, with the generous contribution of Frames Unlimited. To my surprise, special-education teacher Anne Aurand, my neighbor, left a bag in my mailbox filled with beautiful handprints painted by the profoundly challenged students from Pine Grove Learning Center. While spreading the creative treasures…
The Season to Give
What do you do with that loose change leftover from coffee dates? Or the unexpected $10 discovered in your coat pocket? Here’s a challenge: Empower someone else through hands-on art with your small gift of money. At Healing in Arts, our donor-supported work transforms human brokenness into opportunities for growth and wellness through interactive art.”…
Open Hands: Engaging Strangers
“What would you do to help heal our broken world?” This summer, Open Hands traveled to Washington, D.C., to creatively engage individuals by asking the above question. After circling the city twice to find parking, our art experiment started at the Washington monument. Then we traveled to the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Wall, the White…
Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind Finds a Home!
We are honored to announce that Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind has found a permanent home at the newly renovated Montessori School in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school entry wall was reinforced to house the 140 pound ArtPrize work. This fall, the students participated in one of our Healing in Arts workshops and created their own…
Celebrating Healing in Arts!
Though our creative roots started locally with a decade of ArtPrize experience, our art outreach has expanded from Grand Rapids to New York to Norfolk to Denver to San Francisco and beyond. With this expansion, we thought it was especially important to clarify what we do, since one of our own contractors—who works for us…