
Silence As Technology: Simple Practices that Craft Presence and Community. Read. Arts and Creativity. Community. Retreats and Hospitality. News. July 8, 2026. Creating Spaces for Healing, Connection, and Hope through the Arts. Read. Arts and Creativity.…

Impact 2022: Social Healing through Creativity. by. Andrew Nalani, Claudia Pineda, and Larisa Benson, Partners for Youth Empowerment. January 8, 2023.…

Art offers fertile soil where they can grow. Art is ambiguous, fluid, open to interpretation. Making art engages the whole body and mind. It builds belonging, reduces loneliness, creates joy.…

I had a BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts and wanted to be a better art teacher. That first VTS discussion engaged my thinking and feeling deeply.…

Over the years, the work has expanded to include environmental health, arts, education, and resilience.…

For more than a decade, this award-winning literary and arts publication has published over 100 stories, 200 poems, and 500 art works, created by such writers and visual artists as Robert Hass, Terry Tempest Williams, Tom Killion, Peter Coyote, Natalie Goldberg…

Each painting is a unique improvisation honoring the mystery of being that lies at the heart of creativity and consciousness. Though indeterminacy and chance play a role; craft and faith in the co-arising outcome are ever present.…

Reception and panel conversation. : Sunday, February 15 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm Pacific. Find out more and register HERE. What's happening in our world—and how do we respond? In this gallery exhibit, explore four years of resilience work with the.…

We built upon this foundation by bringing in several dynamic guest instructors and presenters, folks with impressive content expertise and the ability to adapt creatively to what emerged in the social field.…

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC. ; Callanish Society in Vancouver. ; Harmony Hill. in Washington State; our rapidly growing. Healing Circles. programs; and the virtual version of CCHP: Sanctuary.…