Art Heals Arizona for Abused Children of Arizona creates safe spaces for children to transform their trauma to resilience, and one of our premier events that accomplishes this goal is Creativity Day. As part of the Free Art Day program, Creativity Day showcases a variety of art forms and features different cultural partners in one...
By Gabriella, Alumni Mentor My name is Gabriella, but my Art Heals Arizona family calls me Gabs. Art Heals Arizona is a nonprofit organization that builds hope and heals children’s trauma through artistic expression. I know this because I was a participant. I’ve been involved with Art Heals Arizona since 2012, when I was twelve...
By: Jessica Flowers, Art Heals Arizona Program Director In 2007, I was hired to coordinate the Weekly Mentor Program at Art Heals Arizona. As a part of my training, I led my own weekly mentor group and visited countless mentors to observe their programs and offer feedback. I ran this program for six years, wrote...
By Kim Valentine, Art Heals Arizona intern and volunteer mentor This past March, Art Heals Arizona kicked off its annual Camp Series with a new addition to our programming: The Art of Leadership Camp. This camp was designed for the teens to learn about what it takes to be a strong leader and how to...
Except for one, it was the first time that the girls had visited a museum. As they toured the Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum they were reminded of their own heritage. The teen girls participating in this Professional Artist Series, a collaboration between Art Heals Arizona for Abused Children...
On Saturday, June 30th, Art Heals Arizona held the culminating performance of our 18th annual Theater Camp at the Herberger Center in downtown Phoenix. The Theater Camp, themed “Road to Resilience,” brought together 30 teens from foster care group homes, shelters, and treatment centers and immersed them in the art of theater. In the first week...
As soon as guests started to arrive at Art Heals Arizona 25th Anniversary Gala at the JW Marriot Camelback Inn and Spa, we could see that it would be a magical and festive night full of music, dancing, art, and celebration, as only Art Heals Arizona can. Over 300 guests joined us for the October 20th...
Our foster daughter is 17 and lost her whole family (mom, dad, brother, and sister) to violence a few years ago. She also experienced violence and trauma periodically since the day she was born. She was born in a foreign country with a lot of war. She moved to the States only five months before...
Resilience is defined as the ability to bounce back. But in our experience at Art Heals Arizona, resilience is much more intricate. At Art Heals Arizona, we define resilience as the ability to encounter trauma or disruption, allow that experience to shake you, process and learn from that experience, return to your own sense of...
As the Art Heals Arizona team delves further into summer and wraps up the final installment of their Camp Series, I reflect on the significance of the experiences at camp and how they fulfill the Art Heals Arizona mission. The Art Heals Arizona program team worked tirelessly to make sure that all camp activities ran...
