ROTARY JAIL MUSEUM AND TANNENBAUM CULTURAL CENTER
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Art and Community: Healing through Art
Temporal opportunity for artists: Art Facilitator (s) needed. Contact Gabriela Sincich at g.sincich@rotaryjailmuseum.org
The Montgomery County Cultural Foundation is pleased to announce the launching of an Art Therapy Program for the community, which has been created to serve individuals of all ages, living in Montgomery County, that could benefit significantly from this experience such as cancer patients, people with disabilities, victims of domestic violence, and others.
The Benefits of Art ( From the British Columbia School of Art Therapy )
Creative art expression enhances self-esteem through the mastery of media.
Art accesses creative energy.
Art heals through the person's increased ability to control self and media.
Art provides a safe outlet for expression of regressive impulses, anger, and other difficult feelings.
Art allows for expression and the release of nonverbal feelings and information.
Some people have no language to describe their thoughts and feelings; visual expression offers a greater range of effective vocabulary than is possible through verbalization.
The Program
The philosophy behind this program is to offer the participants the opportunity to communicate and express themselves through the process of art-making. For years, several programs and projects of this kind in the US and around the world have proven successful, and the Montgomery County Cultural Foundation would like to offer this possibility to the community of Montgomery County.
Art sessions are free of charge to the residents of Montgomery County.
The sessions are being scheduled, and will be offered every month at our cultural center and other local venues.
The first session at the Tannenbaum Cultural Center will be held on Saturday, February 18,
from 11 am to 2 pm; and it is open to anyone who would like to learn more about art therapy and experience it firsthand.
The session is limited to 25 people. Participants can attend alone, or be accompanied by family members, or friends.
Place: Tannenbaum Cultural Center
Address: 107 West Spring Street, Crawfordsville, IN 47933
Organizations can contact us to arrange a session in their facilities.
For registration, donations, volunteer time, art facilitator temporal opportunity, and any other enquiries,
Please contact Gabriela Sincich at: g.sincich@rotaryjailmuseum.org.
Phone: 765-362-5222.
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Montgomery County Community Foundation, and the following agencies: Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts, Parke County REMC, and the contribution of the members of the Montgomery County Cultural Foundation.
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