AS WE ARE: An OPEN BIPOC ART MAKING GROUP WITH A THERAPEUTIC INTENTION
As We Are is an open financially accessible art-making group with a therapeutic intention that gives BIPOC individuals an opportunity to be a community while engaging in art therapy interventions in a therapeutically held safe space. Hosted by Art Therapist Imani Shanklin Roberts, this open group will be an opportunity to establish a deeper sense of awareness, build inner and group harmony, and ultimately move toward individual and collective healing. Using a variety of mediums, participants will utilize creative pathways to externalize, transgress, and transmute issues related to stress, isolation, fear, anxiety, safety, love, and so much more within communion with others.
A special thanks to Chela Mitchell Gallery for hosting and supporting this group since its inception. Chela Mitchell Gallery is a contemporary art space rooted in community cultivation, the richness of culture, and the amplification of unique voices in fine art and design. Founded in 2021 by art advisor Chela Mitchell, our gallery has quickly established itself as a premier destination to discover artists who push boundaries and inspire new perspectives.
Rooted & Reset: A guided walk and a sunset art making experience
Rooted & Reset is a nature-based creative wellness experience combining mindful movement, reflection, and art-making to reconnect participants with themselves, one another, and the natural world.
Permission to Be Seen
Permission to Be Seen is a therapeutic art-making experience inviting participants to explore visibility, self-expression, vulnerability, and the courage to be witnessed authentically.
AS WE ARE
A therapeutically held creative space inviting participants to explore, express, and connect through art-making and shared reflection.
AS WE ARE
A therapeutically held creative space inviting participants to explore, express, and connect through art-making and shared reflection.
AS WE ARE
A therapeutically held creative space inviting participants to explore, express, and connect through art-making and shared reflection.
AS WE ARE
A therapeutically held creative space inviting participants to explore, express, and connect through art-making and shared reflection.
"I appreciated the way the facilitator set the tone for the therapeutic container. Participating in this experience gave me the space to explore myself and think deeper about how I share space with others."
"...we are all vulnerable and we all are capable of producing valuable forms of expression to share."
"I am so thankful for this experience. I'm more vulnerable and more empathetic and I've become a more loving and soft person and have noticed the improvement in my current relationships."
"Thank you Imani for your authentic and warm facilitators embrace. You were a model for me in many ways and I'm very grateful that had were able to cross paths. Your display of vulnerability and service is something I will continue to meditate on in the future. Ase'."