POP-UP PROGRAMS
Facilitated by Laura Halsey Brown
I am an artist and a mental health professional. I have a Masters of Fine Art and am a certified Art Peer Support Specialist; having used art to work with clients at a Mental Health Center. I am a graduate of the UCLA Arts and Healing program, and have taken many trauma informed training courses, including receiving certification from the Association of Mental Health Coordinators. Before working at the intersection of art and mental health, I worked for 20+ years teaching Arts-based Social and Emotional Learning to youth – and am certified with the WA Public Education Board (OSPI).
I’m not a therapist.
Fall Workshops at Campfield.
A series of workshops designed to use art to deepen your relationship with nature.
All ages are welcome!
Campfield is at 5411 Sandridge.
More info here: https://snowpeakcampfield.com/events/
Saturday, Dec 28 Abstracted Nature
Participants are invited to create an art work to heighten their relationship to the natural landscape of Campfield. In this interactive workshop, participants will each receive a prompt that will invite them to look closer at nature. The prompts will focus on seeing nature via art properties such as shape, color, line, texture. Based on their prompt, participants will take images via their smartphone. Then they will refer to their images (in close-up), to create abstracted nature using a variety of mixed-media.
Workshops with a Recovery Center.
ArtWell.studio facilitates trauma-informed weekly groups to support SUD clients.
These take place at different venues around the peninsula, such as Willapa Retreats, Ilwaco Clay Studio and The World Kite Museum.
See Gallery for works made by participants.
Be a part of a creative community.
ArtWell.studio is offering a 12 week, once weekly group for people that want to support their wellness and expand their creativity.
HOW MANY PEOPLE: 8-10 people will form the group
The start date depends on sign-ups.
HOW LONG: 12 weeks
COST: $157 for 12 meetings
Healthy snacks are included.
ArtWell.studio empowers individuals to use art to support their wellness. The group is designed for participants to support each other while making art, and to form a safe environment for personal growth and self-reflection. The philosophy is process, not product. You do not need to be an artist. Art is used as an emotional processing tool. All you need is an openness to your own innate creativity, Each group will have a different focus.
Program Philosophy
Process, not Product.
You do not need to be an artist. Art is used as a processing tool. All you need is an openness to your own innate creativity.
You do You.
Participants are encouraged to focus on their own individuality, and create their own projects based on open-ended prompts. Students work in a supportive social and emotional learning environment.
Safe Environment for
Self Exploration.
Participants must agree to treat others with respect. Any kind of judgement will not be tolerated. There is a focus on forming a supportive community.
“I found I could say
things with colors and shapes,
that I couldn’t say any other way-
things I had no words for”
Georgia O’Keefe