Twenty years ago, the Columbine High School tragedy happened. America sat in shock, frozen before the television. Kids were gunned down. At school. The killers laughing. Like playing Fortnite. In real life. Sadly, history replayed. A few years later a milkman locked ten Amish girls in a Pennsylvania school house and pulled the trigger. Again.…
“How would you help heal our broken world?” As an artist, I was delighted when one person responded to my question with the word “create.” This traveling art project purposes to start a movement of healing through interactive and collaborative art. To participate, individuals are invited to trace their hand on a piece of map…
Open Hands, a PowerPoint presentation with an interactive follow-up exercise, challenges students to make positive choices and rethink their responsibilities as global citizens. During the presentation, students learn about a fictional refugee character named Babette. Babette’s social status changes, after working years without pay, when she wins the lottery. Instead of choosing a new life…
As an artist, I usually think B•I•G. If my sex-trafficking exhibit requires a forty-foot storage container, I figured out how to rent one or borrow one. If my mental health exhibit requires 5,000 golf pencils, so that 70,000 people can write notes, I figure out how to buy 5,000 pencils (for only $200!). But while…
I had the privilege and honor to bring my Broken Wings art presentation into a kindergarten classroom. During the presentation, the children learned about the life cycle of the butterfly. Using our bodies, we pretended to break out of a chrysalis and take flight with our delicate new wings. We also discussed what kinds of…
Celebrating 65,000 promises to start a Butterfly Effect—where one positive choice impacts another positive choice In light of the recent tragic school shootings across America, find out how you can create positive change from national bullying specialist Jeff Veley Share your story #BrokenWings Our healing art involves you—because you matter!