Art Based Day Program

This fine arts program is design to serve individuals showing interest, talent or motivation in the arts. 
Service Codes 510 & 515
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for.” Georgia O'Keeffe 
Paint Group Sessions
Drawing Art Group Sessions
Open Air Group Paint Sessions
Food Art Group Sessions
Splash Paint & Speak Group Sessions
Drum Circle & Music Paint Sessions
Sand Play Group Sessions (Takes Place at the Beach or Park)
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​ART & DREAMS Sessions:
Utilizing Art we explore your dreams, in the past, present and future. Your Dreams often contain inner conflicts and unexpressed feelings. By exploring your dreams, you can gain insight into emotions that need to be faced and expressed. These emotions can be expressed within the safety of the therapeutic environment. Accessing your dreams can be aided by keeping a dream journal and exploring those dreams with the therapist. Dreams help make the unconscious conscious. 
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ART THERAPY/GUIDED IMAGERY:
Art therapy is a tool that allows you to explore and deepen aspects of yourself by providing you with a visual map. Many believe that you need to have artistic skills in order to participate in art therapy. This is absolutely not true! You will use art to explore your feelings, family dynamics, and interpersonal relationships. You will also use art for emotional healing. Both guided imagery and visualization help you to relax and replace a negative self-image with a positive self-image. The way it works is that your brain and nervous system cannot tell the difference between real and imaginary experiences if your imaginary experience is vivid enough with a lot of detail. Visualization will work whether you believe in it or not. Guided imagery /visualization is also an effective method for children and adults who have trouble focusing.
Refreshing, and Revitalizing Outdoor
Open Air Group Paint Sessions
NATURE HEALING WITH ART:
Healing through Nature can aid you in exploring and balancing all aspects of yourself including the Physical, Emotional, Spiritual, and Intellectual parts. You will explore your interconnection with all living things. This allows you to have a more expanded view of yourself and see yourself as the multidimensional being that you truly are!
Similar to Spain's Popular Food Fights 
Food Art Sessions are Fun, Messy & Absolutely Rejuvenating! 
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​JOURNALING WITH ART: 
​Journaling includes writing and or drawing your ideal self, scene, and goals. These goals can be career goals, relational, or aspects of yourself that you want to improve. Studies have shown that when goals are written down and explored, you have a much higher chance in achieving those goals. Your journal will also be used to gauge growth and change.
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SPLASH AND SPEAK SESSIONS: 
Dialogue is a useful way to express and uncover deep feelings and emotions. Various methods that are most suited to you will be used. Voice Dialogue is a powerful way to recognize the different parts of yourself that are often unconsciously operating your life. Some of these selves can be your inner critic, protector/controller, perfectionist, the good mother/daughter, etc. Voice dialogue helps you to uncover meaningful, sometimes neglected parts of yourself such as your playful self or your inner child. You will also explore your innermost thoughts and feelings through mindfulness, story-telling, and narrative therapy.
Suggested Materials
Please wear comfortable clothes that are okay to get messy. 
Brushes Jackson Studio Synthetic
Round size 4, 
Round size 8 
Round size 10 
Round size 12 
Rigger size 3
Paper
Canvas   
W/col Pad (7”x11”) 
Sketch Pad (A5)  
Paints/Pencils etc
Cotman Watercolor Compact set
A section of 14 ½pans with brush in small carry box
excellent (you can later fill with tubes! as we do). 
GP9 Pencils 2B/B 
Rubber erasers