January 2022 Art & Creativity for Healing News

JANUARY 2022

Paint, Heal, Grow.

Our 22nd year is here!

We're going strong and couldn't do it without you.

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Welcome to January, and Happy New Year! We're happy to have you with us. In this issue, we're starting off with a thank you to our supporters and an outline of our 2022 goals. We are excited for the year to come!

Part of this year's goals is authoring a new Special Report. Every year since 2017, we've produced a long-read Special Report, outlining topics relative to Art & Creativity for Healing. This year is no different. We expect to have a report ready in the second quarter, and in the meantime are giving you a chance to catch up on past Special Reports here.

January brings a full slate of live online workshops, and we're also presenting our 4-week online bereavement series again. You'll want to be sure and check out our workshop calendar for our latest schedule.

Switching gears, transparency is important to us and we're happy to have achieved Guidestar's 2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency. You can find information on our Guidestar profile below.

As you're making plans for 2022, don't forget about our Hats off to Giving Dinner & Auction taking place in May. Attendance is limited to 150 guests and tickets are on sale now. We're also seeking sponsorships and silent auction donations if you'd like to support us even more!

Lastly, in Art4Healing® Certification updates, the fall session of our Virtual Art4Healing® Certification Program is over. Help us say congratulations to our grads! Our spring session is open for registration.

We also have some great International Online Certification Program creations for you to enjoy. Remember, we're the ONLY worldwide provider of Art4Healing® Certification.

Enjoy a great start to 2022!

With heartfelt thanks,

Laurie Zagon

Founder / Director

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Our 22nd Year is Here

We have great plans for the year and thank you for your support!

It is hard to believe, but what started as a vision in 2000 is now 22 years old and going strong. We're excited to be entering our 22nd year of supporting emotional healing through art & creative expression for those living in pain, grief, fear, or stress. And, we're glad to have you along for the journey in 2022.

As we look forward to the year, we're pursuing a number of goals. We'll be expanding our partnership with the Orange County Department of Education. We'll be bringing the Raging Colors Program for children and teens to even more students to enhance their mental health with art.

We're also happy to announce an encore presentation of our 4-week Bereavement Series, starting in mid-January. If you are experiencing grief or loss, consider joining this journey of expressing your feelings with art. We also have a 1 session Grief workshop scheduled if you can't make the 4-week series. Just check our workshop calendar for details.

You will notice an ever-expanding series of our 2-hour, live online Zoom workshops on our workshop calendar. More weekend class times give you even more opportunities to enhance your emotional wellbeing with art.

We expect solid demand for our services and programs in 2022. The amount of uncertainty and grief following the pandemic continues to overwhelm people and affect mental health. Art for Healing supports mental health and helps people express their feelings when words fail.

We are always seeking creative ways of funding, including our upcoming Hats off to Giving Dinner & Auction. Individual donations are also important to us. In 2021, our number of individual donations doubled! We are thankful for the support of so many individuals, whose contributions averaged from $20-$250. As you can see, every donation and every dollar counts!

Thanks for your continued support!

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Special Report Time is Coming Soon

Catch up on our previous reports, and watch for our 2022 Special Report!

Since 2017, we've produced an annual Special Report that dives deeper into aspects of the Art4Healing® Method. Our Special Reports are long reads, backed up by research and our 20+ years of experience. They cover timely topics that can be referred back to year after year.

We hope to have our 2022 report completed sometime in the second quarter of the year. We'll be announcing this year's topic soon, so stay tuned.

In the meanwhile, we invite you to enjoy one of our past Special Reports!

Mental health, while often stigmatized, is an important issue in society, particularly in post-COVID times. Tools to address mental health and process mental health issues are needed. This Report examines the mental health benefits associated with creating expressive art using the Art4Healing® Method.

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Our 20 years of observations, combined with study results, suggest expressive abstract art may help participants through any stage and with all types of grief. The Art4Healing® method uses abstract, expressive painting as a healing tool to give feelings like grief a voice when words fail.

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How color's energetic nature affects emotions and can heal.

Art & Creativity for Healing participants harness the energy of color to evoke individual healing. This Report explains the nature of color and considerations that inform the Art4Healing® method. Read this informative Special Report now!

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Our observations suggest that youth often adopt ineffective ways to cope with their stress and anxiety. Through this Special Report, we will exhibit how art can help young adults manage their stress, learn healthier emotions, and improve academic performance.

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We’ve collected information from a variety of sources, and the results are overwhelming: exposure to visual art and participation in creative activities creates positive brain changes.

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Bereavement Series Online

Join us in January for this popular, 4-week series.

We know the holiday season and New Year can play a toll on your mental health. If your mental health has been affected by bereavement, we have just the series for you!

Join Art & Creativity for Healing for a special encore of a 4-week journey of expressing loss through art! This 2-hour weekly workshop teaches participants how to express their journey of loss by celebrating the life of their loved ones through acrylic paints on canvas, collage, and journaling using the Art4Healing Method.

This series is for adults experiencing the loss of a loved one – no previous art experience is required.

All sessions will take place online via Zoom. Join us from a comfortable location in January!

Dates: (Wednesdays) January 19th and 26th / February 2nd and 9th

Time: 6-8 PM

Fee: $80 for the full series (4 workshops total - art supplies NOT included)

Important notes:

Enrollment in individual classes is not possible due to the nature of the curriculum.
Applications are required.
Registration closes prior to the first session.
Art Supply list will be provided after registration is complete.

Work through your loss with Art4Healing®

Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency

You can trust our financial transparency

As a non-profit entity for 22 years, we pride ourselves on transparency. When we say your donations directly impact the community, we mean it!

We're recently earned a 2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar (part of Candid)!

Now, everyone can see our strategy, metrics, and achievements. If you'd like to see our information, just just click below:

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2022 Spring Gala Updates

Sponsorship opportunities are now available!

Saturday, May 14th, 2022

Tickets are on sale now!

We're looking forward to getting together again next spring for our Hats Off to Giving Dinner & Auction. This event, limited to 150 guests, will include prizes for the best hat, an auction on hats decorated by our guild, gourmet chef-themed food and drink, and a great DJ. Start planning your festive hat now!

Sponsorship opportunities are now available. If you or your business is interested in underwriting a portion of the event, we'd love to spotlight your business in return. View our gala page to see the benefits of sponsorship or contact us using the links below.

We're now seeking silent auction items for our event. Do you have a product, item, or service to donate? It's a great way for you or your organization to be recognized while helping our Mission succeed. If you are interested in helping, contact us!

Save the date! Saturday, May 14th, 2022 from 6-10 PM at the Lake Mission Viejo Clubhouse. Hors d'oeuvres and silent auction preview begin at 5.

Interested in sponsorships?

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Donate a silent auction item!

Get your tickets and tables now!

Our Hats off to Giving Spring Gala is limited to 150 guests. Purchase your tickets and sponsorships packages right here - we're sure to sell out quickly!

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Art4Healing® Certification

2 ways to become certified

Virtual Art4Healing® Certification

A 6-week intensive online Art4Healing® Certification Program

We are proud to offer our Virtual Art4Healing® Certificate program, a six-week intensive certificate program offering live online classes in the Art4Healing® method.

Spring session: February 24th-April 7th, 2022. For a full schedule, click here.

If you're interested in the Program, click below to learn more or to download our latest Program brochure.

We also encourage you to check out our Art4Healing® International Online Certification!

You can become the next Certified Art4Healing® Facilitator

Apply now for our Spring session!

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Art4Healing® International Online Certification

Bringing healing art to the world.

We are proud to offer the only globally recognized Art4Healing® Certification, exclusively available online.

To become certified online, students experience and complete Art4Healing® workshops and assignments through an online platform within a timeline of 9 months (or less).

Students are matched with an Art4Healing® Coach who will answer questions and review his/her assignments and facilitated workshops.

Since the program's inception, we've graduated 19 new Certified Art4Healing® Facilitators. These graduates are spreading Art4Healing® to their communities, from New Zealand to Canada to right here in Orange County, California.