The Vince Carter Sanctuary art therapy program provides a safe and powerful outlet for creative expression where participants are encouraged to quiet the mind, let go of worry and simply trust the process of artistic intuition. It is a place where there are very few rules and no mistakes, and what is created is never judged or analyzed but simply honored in its authenticity.
Our art makers learn how to be sensitive and compassionate storytellers, giving the soul a voice through colors and shapes at a pace that is emotionally comfortable using drawing, painting, sculpting, collage and crafts. Doubt and tension melt away as faith overtakes insecurity and embraces the freedom and imagination necessary to push past limitations into new vistas of hope.
The healing power released through art therapy helps guide us toward higher levels of competence, motivation and inner peace. By reconnecting with the innate creative process we help foster within ourselves health-giving confidence and self-esteem; moving away from negative self-talk and criticism into self-acceptance and satisfaction.
Art therapy promotes relaxation and stabilization, even optimism as each person is able to accomplish and decide what their art needs to be that day, and learn to let go of what it is not. Acceptance plays a vital role as we endeavor to push past the rejection and negativity that has chained us to our perceived inadequacies and constricted our ability to grow. At first it may be challenging to trust and relinquish control to a higher creative power but doing so helps allow our feelings to exist and express what words cannot.
The goal in Art therapy is to express ourselves authentically and spontaneously; to simply enjoy the life-affirming pleasures of the creative experience. As each person develops their own zone of safety in the exploration of imagination the journey beckons us to take risks and give ourselves permission to fail if necessary, while seeking the capacity to “…..embrace the serenity to accept the things we cannot change; courage to change the things we can; and wisdom to know the difference”.
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Our art makers learn how to be sensitive and compassionate storytellers, giving the soul a voice through colors and shapes at a pace that is emotionally comfortable using drawing, painting, sculpting, collage and crafts. Doubt and tension melt away as faith overtakes insecurity and embraces the freedom and imagination necessary to push past limitations into new vistas of hope.
The healing power released through art therapy helps guide us toward higher levels of competence, motivation and inner peace. By reconnecting with the innate creative process we help foster within ourselves health-giving confidence and self-esteem; moving away from negative self-talk and criticism into self-acceptance and satisfaction.
Art therapy promotes relaxation and stabilization, even optimism as each person is able to accomplish and decide what their art needs to be that day, and learn to let go of what it is not. Acceptance plays a vital role as we endeavor to push past the rejection and negativity that has chained us to our perceived inadequacies and constricted our ability to grow. At first it may be challenging to trust and relinquish control to a higher creative power but doing so helps allow our feelings to exist and express what words cannot.
The goal in Art therapy is to express ourselves authentically and spontaneously; to simply enjoy the life-affirming pleasures of the creative experience. As each person develops their own zone of safety in the exploration of imagination the journey beckons us to take risks and give ourselves permission to fail if necessary, while seeking the capacity to “…..embrace the serenity to accept the things we cannot change; courage to change the things we can; and wisdom to know the difference”.
http://www.vincecartersanctuary.org/ 
www.vincecartersanctuary.org
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