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How to participate?

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The Art Express campaign is now live!!

Please donate, share, get in touch and do anything that you can to make this dream a reality!
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Here is a basic outline of what The Art Express could look like!

 

What exactly will the Art Express be?

The Art Express will be a mobile art therapy studio that will bring mental health services to the people who need them most.
Art + mental health services= positive individual and/or community change and exchange.
The Dream? A Mobile art therapy studio called The Art Express
The Reason? People need and deserve access to mental health services.
What is art therapy? Art therapy is the use of art and the art making process for change. The change could be psychological, emotional, mental, personal, familial or social.

Why art therapy? The art making process is a fun and safe way to engage people. Creativity is a part of being human, and art therapy honours the creative process which allows people to honour themselves and others.

Why a mobile studio? To bring art therapy to those who need it most.

Who? 

•   The art therapist: My name is Jen Vivian. I am an art therapist with an MA in Creative Arts Therapies. Originally from St. John's Newfoundland I currently live and work in Montreal, Canada and plan to move to rural Cape Breton sometime in the future. I am an Inuk woman with a big dream, to help people who don't have access to mental health services receive them.

•   Aboriginal children in crisis: I currently work with a number of Aboriginal children who are in crisis. The number of Aboriginal children who are in the foster care system in Canada is astonishing. My primary goal with The Art Express is to help give these Aboriginal kids a place to heal. I work within an Aboriginal approach to art therapy that is culturally relevant for these children. The Art Express will work from this approach to art therapy.

• Communities: My second goal is to work with different communities and have cultural events for cultural sharing through art making. Art making can help increase peoples openness to learning about other cultures and harbor debate in a safe way.

•  Rural communities: my third goal is to bring The Art Express to rural communities who are lacking in mental health services. I will partner with organizations in the area in attempts to let the art making process work its magic and help people who need some healing in their lives.

•  YOU!! Without your help, the Art Express will remain a dream

The dream to create The Art Express

The Art Express is a dream to bring art therapy services to children in need, particularly children who are transitioning into and out of the foster care system with a focus on Aboriginal children. The Art Express will be a mobile art studio that can bring art therapy services to wherever the child is residing. In addition, The Art Express will provide pop-up community art events to promote art making for community building and cultural awareness and exchange.

the Story of the Art Express

The Art Express is a dream to bring art therapy to children in need, particularly children who are transitioning in and out of the foster care system with an emphasis on Aboriginal children.

My name is Jen Vivian, I am 33 years old and originally from St. John's, Newfoundland.  The Art Express has been a long time dream of mine.  Last year I obtained my first milestone which was to obtain my Masters in Creative Art Therapy from Concordia University in Montreal.  An an Inuk woman, I wrote my final paper on proposing a new model of art therapy based on traditional Aboriginal healing philosophies.  After I graduated I started working as the Family Care worker at a shelter for Aboriginal women. I want to make a difference to the lives of aboriginal children and women in Canada.  I have the training, skills and networking all established- all I need is the funding to make The Art Express a reality; a reality where cultural exchange is fun and a a reality where children are supported during major life transitions.

The Art Express is a dream to bring art therapy services to children in need, particularly children who are transitioning into and out of the foster care system with a focus on Aboriginal children. The Art Express will be a mobile art studio that can bring art therapy services to wherever the child is residing. In addition, The Art Express will provide pop-up community art events to promote art making for community building and cultural awareness and exchange. - See more at: http://startsomegood.com/Venture/the_art_express#sthash.rHGH3PmT.dpuf

The Art Express is a dream to bring art therapy services to children in need, particularly children who are transitioning into and out of the foster care system with a focus on Aboriginal children. The Art Express will be a mobile art studio that can bring art therapy services to wherever the child is residing. In addition, The Art Express will provide pop-up community art events to promote art making for community building and cultural awareness and exchange. - See more at: http://startsomegood.com/Venture/the_art_express#sthash.rHGH3PmT.dpuf

The Art Express is a dream to bring art therapy services to children in need, particularly children who are transitioning into and out of the foster care system with a focus on Aboriginal children. The Art Express will be a mobile art studio that can bring art therapy services to wherever the child is residing. In addition, The Art Express will provide pop-up community art events to promote art making for community building and cultural awareness and exchange. - See more at: http://startsomegood.com/Venture/the_art_express#sthash.rHGH3PmT.dpuf