DECEMBER 2013
NEWSLETTER
WHAT’S GOING ON? HEALING ART BOXES - Delivery around the corner
Mission
Supporting emotional healing through art & creative expression for those living with pain, grief, fear or stress.
As of October 15, 2013 23011 Moulton Parkway, Suite I-5, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Ph: 949.367.1902 | Fx: 949.367.1904 info@art4healing.org | www.art4healing.org
WE’VE MOVED! We’re excited to announce that Art & Creativity for Healing has moved to a new location in Laguna Hills. We’ve spent the last 13½ years on Getty Drive in Laguna Niguel, about 8 miles from our new location.
The new studio is actually a large commercial space in the Laguna Hills Business Park. The photo to the left shows the outside facade. We’re excited about the hustle and bustle happening and all of the great restaurants and businesses within an easy walking distance of the new location. We want to give a special thank you to commercial interior designer and artist, Donna Johansen, for creating and donating a spectacular floor plan.
New Office and Studio Location! Please update your address book.
23011 Moulton Parkway, Suite I-5 Laguna Hills, CA 92653
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STUDIO WORKShOPS
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he Art4Healing® Program is comprised of 2-3 hour workshops during which children and adults are invited to express their feelings with color. They process their journey with pain, grief, fear or stress through painting, while learning about color, composition and other art elements. The guided exercises are effective in encouraging and nurturing all participants to experience an emotional release through their work with paint on canvas. Through a series of colorful warm-up exercises, participants r each deep within their souls to access their creative talents a nd become producing artists for a day. Each Participant creates a series of abstract paintings that bring to the surface his or her own story. Each painting reflects its creator’s unique personal journey. These extraordinary workshops are available monthly at the Art & Creativity for Healing studio for all who are interested in experiencing these unique methods. Space is limited so reservations are required. Art & Creativity for Healing also conducts group workshops developed for your workplace, on-site or at our studio. Many organizations have found our workshops especially helpful for staff team-building and stress reduction.
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2013 Report In Gratitude for YOUR Help... We would like to thank all of our supporters for making it possible for us to fulfill our mission of supporting emotional healing through art & creative expression for those living with pain, grief, fear or stress. Over the past 12 years, we have partnered with 35 hospitals and non-profit agencies and served more than 39,000 children and adults.
This year we... • Served over 3,500 children and adults suffering from pain, grief, fear or stress • Delivered 1,000 Healing Art Boxes to: - American Family Housing for the homeless - CHOC Hospital | Orange Bedside Program for children in long term care - Illumination Foundation - Minnie Street Motel Project - Olive Crest - Orangewood Children’s Foundation/OC Social Services FaCT Program Sites - Someone Cares Soup Kitchen - San Onofre School on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base - Project Hope Alliance
• Facilitated workshops for American Family Housing for the homeless - Illumination Foundation - Project Hope Alliance • Facilitated a variety of Art4Heaing® workshops for Family Resource Centers throughout Orange County, part of Orangewood Children’s Foundation/OC Social Services FaCT program • Facilitated weekly workshops at Human Options for Victims of Domestic Violence • Provided weekly workshops for Wounded Warriors at the Naval Hospital on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base and the Wounded Warrior Battalion. • Served deployed Infantry children on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base at the San Onofre Elementary School
Art4Healing® Workshops with Wounded Warriors on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base, CA
Expanding To Make A Difference In Orange County, the second largest county in California and the sixth largest in the nation (2000 Census), tens of thousands of children and adults suffer from abuse, illness, grief or stress. It is our goal to make a difference in the lives of these individuals by expanding our workshop offerings through partnering with hospitals, treatment facilities and non-profit agencies.
Selected Goals for 2014 • Expand our Art4Healing® workshops for Wounded Warriors and their families on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base • Continue to facilitate a variety of workshops offered to children and families through Orangewood Children’s Foundation/FaCT, 12 Family Resource Centers • Expand workshops for homeless children and their families at American Family Housing for the Homeless Illumination Foundation, Project Hope Alliance, Someone Cares Soup Kitchen and OC Rescue Mission
Our Mission
To support emotional healing through art & creative expression for those living with pain, grief, fear or stress.
• Increase distance learning and training accessibility for our Art4Healing® workshops through our DVD training series and webinars • Add additional programs for the community at our Laguna Hills studio
Art4Healing® Workshops at the Art & Creativity for Healing Studio
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2013 Report Agencies We Served This Year American Housing Shelter for the Homeless
“Thank you and your wonderful facilitators for the extremly therapeutic Art4Heaing® workshops for our children.
• Art4Healing® Programs for homeless children
This is a great partnership that
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
we hope to continue for many
• Camp Pendleton/ San Onfre School Children processing the effects of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan • Camp Pendleton/ Community Centers Workshops for spouses
years to come.” - Jennifer Friend, Executive Director Project Hope Alliance
Camp Pendleton Marine Base Naval Hospital Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Intensive Out Patient Program • Deployment & Mental Health Center • Wounded Warrior Battalion West • Hope and Care Center
Children’s Hospital Orange County (CHOC) Children suffering from leukemia and other life threatening illnesses and their families • Twice weekly bedside Art Angel visits
Human Options Victims of Violence • Weekly workshops for women • Staff workshop
American Housing Shelter for the Homeless • Art4Healing® Programs for homeless children
Illumination Foundation
Art4Healing® Workshops with Project Hope Alliance
Grants Received CornerstoneOndemand Foundation Crean Family Foundation Edison International Egbar Foundation Employees Fund of Boeing - CA The Legacy Foundation Fund Miracle Foundation Norris Foundation Officers Wives Club Vons Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation
• Art4Healing® Programs for homeless children
Orangewood Childrens Foundation/ Orange County Social services Families and Communities Together, (FaCT) Workshops for underprivileged children and families • • • • • • •
La Habra FRC, La Habra Friendly Center FRC, Orange Corbin FRC, Santa Ana Minnie Street FRC, Santa Ana South Orange County FRC, So. OC Stanton FRC, Stanton Anaheim/Fullerton FRC, Fullerton
Pepperdine University, Irvine • Masters candidates in Psychology
Project Hope Alliance • Workshops for homeless children
Someone Cares Soup Kitchen • Art4Healing® Programs for underpriledged and homeless children
Art4Healing® Workshops at San Onofre Elementary School, Camp Pedleton Marine Base, CA
Art & Creativity for Healing Inc. - 23011 Moulton Parkway, Suite I-5, Laguna Hills, CA 92677 - Ph: 949.367.1902 - Fx: 949.367.1904 - info@art4healing.org - www.art4healing.org
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About Art & Creativity for Healing Founded in 2000, Art & Creativity for Healing, Inc. is a nonprofit organization committed to helping children and adults process their feelings of pain, grief, fear or stress using the medium of painting on canvas. Art & Creativity for Healing provides classes taught by Founder/Director Laurie Zagon and her team of highly qualified facilitators at our studio and on-site at nonprofit community organizations. Through programs offered in collaboration with more than 35 hospitals, schools, military bases, treatment facilities and nonprofit agencies, Art & Creativity for Healing has facilitated Art4Healing® workshops for more than 40,000 children and adults in the Southern California region since it was founded. The Art4Healing® method was originally developed by Zagon in New York City in 1987 as a workshop designed to help busy executives deal with stress. Zagon and Art & Creativity for Healing’s Board of Directors actively raise funds throughout the year by soliciting individuals, corporations and foundations for gifts and donations. For more information, please call (949) 367-1902 or visit our website at www.art4healing.org
EXECUTIVE BOARD Matthew B. Burnias Board Treasurer Financial Associate, Thrivent Financial Don Goodwin Board Vice President Executive Vice President, Goodwin Co. Sue Stinson Board Chair Volunteer for community programs BOARD MEMBERS Sharlene Baker Board Member Educator and Arts Advocate Sandra Bohi Board Member Business Owner/ Entrepreneur Sherri Elgas Board Member Field Development Project Manager, Training, Arbonne International
Erica Jones Board Member Associate Director, Workforce Development Operations and Analytics, Verizon Wireless Michelle Moreno Board Member Operations Manager, Zumysis Danilo Peguero Board Member Software Engineer, Adobe Joanne Plumeri Board Member Education/Government/ Nonprofit Account Manager for Cox Business Robert L. Santini, Jr. Board Member IT, Hitachi Data Systems
Robert Winokur Board Member Medical Doctor, Mission Hospital Sara Winokur Board Member Faculty Researcher, University of CA, Irvine Laurie Zagon-Sorrentino Board Member Founder/Director Art & Creativity for Healing, Inc. Artist/Educator/Author STAFF Laurie Zagon Founder/Director Art & Creativity for Healing, Inc. Artist/Educator/Author laurie@art4healing.org
Michelle Stogden Board Member Executive Assistant to the Executive Director of St. Joseph Health Home Health, Hospice, Infusion Pharmacy, Private Duty
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Upcoming Workshops DEC., JAN., FEB. & MAR. 2014 Expressing Feelings with Color
This monthly 3-hour workshop teaches participants how to express their feelings with color on canvas, using the Zagon Method of Art4Healing®, while learning about color, composition and other elements of art. Fee: $55 (includes art materials) Sunday, December 29, 2013 - 2:00 - 5:00 PM Sunday, January 26, 2014 - 2:00 - 5:00 PM Sunday, February 23, 2014 - 2:00 - 5:00 PM Sunday, March 16, 2014 - 2:00 - 5:00 PM Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Painting from Your Soul
This 3-hour workshop is especially designed for individuals that are interested in revealing their soul through painting. You will be encouraged to reveal the real you by using abstract color on canvas as a vehicle for this expression. Fee: $55 (includes all art materials) Saturday, December 7, 2013 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Art4Healing® Revealed
This 3-hour workshop is especially designed for individuals that are interested in experiencing the Art4Healing® methodology. You will be encouraged to create abstractly using color and acrylic painting as the vehicle for expression. Fee: $55, (includes art materials) Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Art of Surrender
This 2-3-hour workshop is especially designed for individuals that are interested in letting go of control by surrendering spiritually and utilizing the Art4Healing® process as a vehicle for creativity. All participants will have the opportunity to express with abstract colors on canvas. Fee: $55, (includes art materials)
The Language of Colors
An introductory workshop for anyone wanting to experience the Art4Healing® method. Fee: $55, (includes all materials) Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Bereavement 4-week Workshop Series:
Dealing with the loss of a loved one. This Art4Healing® workshop series designed for children and adults takes participants through their emotions, teaches them methods of looking at their grief, and promotes healing through color and expression.
CHILDREN: FREE for children (6-12 years) Wednesdays, March 5th, 12th, 29th, & Nov. 5th Time: 3:45-5:45 PM ADULTS & TEENS: Fee: $135 (includes art materials) Thursdays, March 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th Time: 7:00-9:00 PM
Painting with a Higher Purpose | Part 1
An advanced workshop for those who have experienced at least two other Art4Healing® workshops. (Advanced) Fee: $55, (includes art materials) Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Painting with a Higher Purpose | Part 2
An advanced workshop for those who have experienced at least two other Art4Healing® workshops. (Advanced) Fee: $55, (includes art materials) Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Upcoming Online Workshops
(visit www.art4healing.org for detail information) Art4Healing® Revealed | Online
Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thursday, December 12, 2013 – 4:00 – 6:00 PM PST
Art4Healing® Anger
Thursday, January 16, 2014 – 4:00 – 6:00 PM PST
This 3-hour workshop is designed to help kids communicate feelings about anger, using color to express what makes them angry, how they express anger and how they respond to the consequences. Fee: $55, (includes all art materials) Saturday, February 8, 2014 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Art4Healing® Stress
This 2-3 hour workshop uses color to identify and process stress. Participants will use abstract painting on canvas as a tool to express the ups and downs in their daily lives. Fee: $55, (includes art materials)
Painting from Your Soul | Online
Expressing Feelings with Color | Online
Thursday, February 20, 2014 – 4:00 – 6:00 PM PST
All workshops are held at our Laguna Hills Studio 23011 Moulton Parkway, Suite I-5 Laguna Hills, CA 92653 To register please call 949.367.1902 or enroll online at: www.art4healing.org
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FACILITATOR’S CORNER Stories from our Art4Healing® Certificate Program Graduates
The first time I spoke with Laurie I knew I had found something special. I had been looking for a way to combine my art background, my passion for people in recovery, and a desire to serve a particular group of young men in a residential treatment center in Arkansas. Up until that moment I had no knowledge of therapeutic art… and no real appreciation for abstract painting either. I had studied graphic design in college, worked briefly as a graphic artist until I had my three sons, and been working as a professional artist with oil paintings at Mission Fine Art Gallery. Then, through my son’s struggle with drugs and alcohol about 4 years ago, I was introduced to a whole world of amazing, courageous people who were fighting for their lives in recovery. I became absorbed with learning all I could about addiction in its many forms and the paths to recovery. The Art4Healing® Certificate Program was exactly what I needed. I was looking for a way for my work to serve a greater purpose, and to use what I have personally experienced as an artist and teacher about the transformational power of art. With this program I did not have to be a therapist, I could be myself, an artist with a heart for people who are willing to do what ever it takes to get well. In the intensive training, we were taught that it was not about us, it was about facilitating a healing process. I believed that if my heart was right, this would be my ministry, not a job. With ACFH I felt like I was generously given all the information, training, support and opportunities to volunteer and learn that I needed. As I kept my focus on learning about the group I felt led to serve, and did the next right thing, opportunities have continued to appear. I founded HEart HEALS and held
my first workshop in October 2011. Mariners Church gave me their blessing as a Care & Recovery ministry and I began running monthly workshops on their campus. I was witnessing first hand how creativity, spirituality and loving people intersected to support recovery! I have provided annual workshops in Watts for an after-school mentoring program and for a men’s sober living home in Huntington Beach, California. In April, I was hired to run weekly therapeutic art groups for a women’s outpatient treatment center. I am doing what I set out to do. As an artist, I’ve always been drawn to painting stories of people I see around me. Now I’m honored to be able to help people abstractly paint their own stories. They paint stories of grief and loss, struggle and ambivalence, but also stories of how relationship, love, and hope fit into the beautiful picture of their lives. And yet, every time I am a witness to someone’s story, I am the one who is blessed.
by Jennifer Mathews, Art4Healing® Facilitator Founder, HEart HEALS
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Hearts for healing womens guild A compassionate, energetic & creative group of women that support Art4Healing速 programs for children and adults suffering from abuse, illness, grief & stress. Our mission is to be Art4Healing速 Ambassadors, advocating and fundraising for Art & Creativity for Healing in the community. Join us at our monthly guild meetings held at our Art & Creativity for Healing studio in Laguna Niguel. RSVP to attend: volunteer@art4healing.org Next Guild Meeting: Holiday Wreath Workshop December 5, 10:00AM - 12:30PM Held at: 23011 Moulton Parkway, Suite I-5, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Non-members Fee: $40 Members Fee: $20 *Fees listed are subject to change based on Guild Meeting activity
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2014 Volunteer Orientation Workshops
Art & Creativity for Healing relies on our fantastic group of volunteers to help provide workshops in our community. Every year we offer five volunteer orientations at our studio. Please check out the following volunteer opportunities to get more information: Workshop Assistant Office Help Fundraising HeARTs for Healing Women’s Guild
Volunteer Orientation The orientation will provide a brief history of the organization and a better understanding of the volunteer opportunities that are available. Participants will be given the opportunity to experience a mini Art4HealingÂŽ workshop. No art experience necessary! Please wear clothing appropriate for painting.
Volunteer Orientations will be held on: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Sunday, April 13, 2014, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Sunday, August 3, 2014, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Sunday, October 5, 2014, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Held at: 23011 Moulton Parkway, Suite I-5, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Advanced registration required. If you are interested in volunteering or to register for the next orientation workshop, please send an email to our volunteer coordinator at volunteer@art4healing.org or register online at www.art4healing.org
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Help a child ease their pain through art by donating $20 or art supplies for a Healing Art Box A “Healing Art Box” is a special shoe box filled with 10 different art supplies distributed to a child 6-14 years old experiencing hardship such as death of a loved one, divorce in the family, numerous deployments in a military family, chronic illness or
DONATE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ART SUPPLIES 1. Child Scissors 2. Colored Pencils 3. Construction Paper Pads (9”x12” or smaller)
the stress of economic hardship. Through drawing,
4. Crayons
painting and creative expression these children can
5. Drawing Pads (9”x12”)
say things they often have no words for. If you prefer we can fill a box for a $20 donation. Donations can be made on our website: www.art4healing.org
6. Markers 7. Oil Pastels 8. Pencil Sharpeners 9. Water Base Paint Pots 10. Watercolor Sets NO USED ITEMS PLEASE Where to look for supplies: Dollar Tree, Big Lots, Target, and Wal-Mart. (we will be providing the boxes)
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THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES FOR PROVIDING A HOME FOR LAURIE ZAGON’S LARGE-SCALE PAINTINGS Boys & Girls Club of La Harbra, CA Build Futures Colette’s Children Home Free Wheelchair Mission Illumination Foundation Mariposa Women and Family Center Olive Crest Orange Children & Parents Together OC Conservation Corps Orange County Rescue Mission PIQE (Parent Institute for Quality Education) Project Hope Alliance Providence Speech and Hearing Center Rosie’s Garage Shanti Orange County Someone Cares Soup Kitchen
Images to the right first row: Mariposa Women and Family Center Second row: Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, CA Third row: Shanti Orange County Bottom row: Boys & Girls Club of La Habra
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