Dates: 3/27 – 5/22
Details: Mondays, 8 Sessions
Times: 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Notes: no class 4/17
Focused on adolescents in grades 6-8 in the care of a primary therapist, this expressive art therapy group provides a safe and responsive space for young teens to create, connect and share in a variety of art modalities in a confidential community environment. Art Therapy can “improve cognitive and sensory-motor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills and reduce/resolve conflicts and distress” (American Art Therapy Association).
Weekly sessions are led by registered art therapist Erin Palazzolo-Loparo, MS-ATR alongside New Art Center’s Education Coordinator. Mindful and ego-building weekly art exercises allow teens to access, express and transform feelings and struggles into meaningful art forms. Expressive art materials may include: collage, clay work, mandala work, Zen poetry conversations, mask making, painting to music and more in conjunction with teen input.
Cost is on a sliding scale.
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