ART + WELLNESS WORKSHOP SERIES, PART 4
Workshop series description:
Join us at The Forge Nashville for our ART+WELLNESS Workshop Series and embark on a
journey of emotional wellness and creative exploration. Experience the connection between art
and wellness through a guided and interactive art project.
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In this volume of our ART+WELLNESS series, we will be using watercolor paint on paper and a
specialized folding technique to build a collage. The project generates a release and letting go of
emotions.
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Letting go of feelings, people, thoughts or anything in your life that is unhealthy is a valuable life
skill. Learning to turn unexpected elements in our lives into something we could have never
envisioned.
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Bring home a finished art project to hang in your home and remind you to continue your
wellness practice at home.
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All supplies and a light snack will be provided.
Week One project and description:
March 23rd 11-2pm
Theme: Releasing
Medium: Watercolor and collage
Instructors Bios:
Ceccily Bednash MA LMFT ATR is a visual artist, clinical art therapist, licensed marriage and family therapist, arts advocate and educator. She has been making art her entire life and studied two dimensional and three dimensional design as an undergraduate obtaining her BFA. By exploring various mediums as a teaching artist and artist in residence including sculpture, painting, metal arts, casting, fiber arts and printmaking Ceccily learned to use art as a healing tool for herself and others which lead to her pursuing a masters degree in marriage and family therapy and art therapy. By using art in her clinical practice as an art therapist she has been able to identify universal themes that all people struggle with and used that information to create her current workshops. Through her passion for community building, nonprofit work and arts advocacy work Ceccily has been able to develop, fund and implement community based art+wellness programming through nonprofit partnerships in several cities throughout the United States.
Alexis Colbert ThM is an arts educator who is also a storyteller working in clay sculpture and illustration. Her lifelong artistic and spiritual practices have been essential in navigating her life as a trauma survivor. Her artwork has been exhibited locally and nationally in galleries and art shows where she has received multiple awards. She has also been the recipient of scholarships and residencies. She has taught artists in workshops in both private and community settings for 20 years. Currently, Alexis works as a studio artist and sculpture instructor at the Clay Lady Campus in Nashville Tennessee.