Creative Resilience Link Round Up

make&do 365: Resilient Insights

I’ve put together a round up of recent links and posts that highlight the role of creativity in managing challenging times, finding hope, and empowering resilience. I hope you find them as inspiring and helpful as I have.  As I was reading these posts over the last couple of months, they have been comforting messages about the importance of creative expression to make sense of new shifts, uncertain moments, and distressing times. They have also been amazing reminders of the power art and creative expression hold to connect us to our voice and each other.

On this day, I am grateful for all of this.

• Resilience and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election-Using Creativity to Move Forward
• How To Create Art And Make Cool Stuff In A Time Of Trouble
• Creativity is Often a Means of Understanding the World
• A Message for Artists — and for the Artist in Everyone
• 4 Ways to Use Creativity in Crazy Times
• The Holy Dwells in Dark Places: Using Creativity to Connect with Hope

 

make&do 365: Change Agent: Artful Entry

 

make&do 365: Creative Evolutionists

Spring 21 SECRETS Art Journaling Workshop

It’s official!   A special announcement from Dirty Footprints Studio has just been made to let art journalers everywhere know 21 SECRETS will be gearing up again this spring!  Woo hoo! Get ready!

What’s 21 SECRETS?   Created by Creative Juicy Maven, Fearless Painter, and Dirty Footprints Studio Founder Connie Hozvicka, 21 SECRETS is an online, self guided, art journaling workshop.  Participants will receive the opportunity to learn different techniques, methods, and approaches to art journaling from a stellar group of 21 artists beginning April 1 through August 1.

Check out the announcement and information about instructors for this round of 21 SECRETS here.

I am so very excited to be teaching for 21 SECRETS this spring and in such great company, which also includes fellow art and expressive therapists Erin Kenepp, Kelley Brown, and Silky Hart.  21 SECRETS registration opens March 14 and workshop offerings will be available in early March to preview. Stay tuned for more of these details and what my secret will be!

I leave you with some of my favorite finds related to the benefits of art journaling to motivate you even further to join in this spring!

• Healing Arts on Psychology Today- Cool Art Therapy Intervention #4- Visual Journaling
• LaniPuppetmaker’s Blogspot- Art Journaling, Everyday Art
• tranquility du jour- art journal extravaganza
• Journaling Saves-Topics, Tips, and Prompts

Be sure to also check out the inspiring websites & blogs of all the 21 SECRETS instructors chosen for this incredible workshop!  Get ready for lots of art journaling fun!