Community Programs and Services
ARTreach Studio
ARTreach has a studio and training site located inside Ceramic By Tess in the Time Square Shopping Center 402 W. Grand Parkway Katy, TX 77494 and offers free workshops for senior citizens in assisted living and transitional vocational training programs for adults with special needs. Reservations are required. No drop ins. Please contact info@artreachonline.org for more information.
ART on the Plaza
in 2010, ARTreach will be organizing a unique monthly event held in Cinco Ranch at the Villagio Town Center located on the NE corner of Peek Road and Westheimer Parkway. Held the first Sunday on the months of March, April, May from 11-3. ART on the Plaza hosts artists selling their own art and demostrating their unique art making processes. Educational and creative. The events includes patio concerts, face painters, free craft activities.
ARTreach Expressive Arts Workshops and Retreats
ARTreach Expressive Arts Workshops are professionally facilitated by artist and author Lorena Fernandez, MA.
What is Expressive Arts?
Expressive Arts is a relatively new practice in the mental health field. It uses the arts to help heal the mind, body, emotions and spirit. It also incorporates movement, writing, and the visual arts, such as painting, drawing, sculpture and collage, as well as sounds, drama and meditation.
Who can benefit from the Expressive Arts?
Every person can use Expressive Arts for self-discovery, healing and conflict resolution. Expressive Art programs can benefit the elderly, youth in recovery, the homeless, refugees, veterans, and individuals living with cancer and other health issues. Corporations can utilize the expressive arts for team building, brainstorming, problem solving, and more, in a wide range of business, professional and educational settings.
To be able to express yourself is a primary need of every human being, but it is also a challenging skill that determines the nature of the interactions an individual experiences in his or her society. Expressive Arts workshops teach that art is a powerful, constructive and healthy form of self-expression. Participants learn that through art, they can express their feelings, as well as describe experiences and situations that might not be easily verbalized.
ARTreach introduces Expressive Arts, as a tool for self discovery for youth and adults undergoing treatment for depression, anger management, addiction recovery, the elderly in assisted living, and special needs individuals, including children suffering from neurological differences.
The ability to express oneself through art is a source of hope in difficult times. It is true that making art about an experience from ordinary life can make that experience extraordinary. In practice, Lorena Fernandez uses a combination of studio experience, sound, and movement to guide the participants into deeper layers of themselves and their emotions. There is open dialog during class and a gentle, safe atmosphere. There is an emphasis on a non-judgmental, non-competitive and safe environment. In this environment, individual’s dreams, aspirations, revelations and insights are given proper respect by all workshop participants.
Expressive Art Workshops and Retreats can be booked at your facility or at our community venue partner locations. Please inquire info@artreachonline.org
ARTreach Scholarships
Teachers, counselors, caseworkers and parents may apply on behalf of any student for Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drawing and Painting lessons, available on site, or in an ARTreach Studio.
$35-$75 per hour includes art supplies/instruments. Please consider being an ARTreach Scholarship Sponsor!
Community Painting Projects
This is a great project for community events and fundraisers. An ARTreach Community Painting encourages many people to become involved to create a unique and wonderful work of art that can be exhibited or sold to help raise money for a worthy cause. Sponsorship is required.
Days of Caring
These are community events that bring ARTreach art projects and volunteers to a community in need! Call 281-392-5341 to discuss how to bring an ARTreach Day of Caring to your neighborhood.
The ARTreach Art Car
ARTreach ART Car will come to your community festival and bring our art volunteers and a trunk load of free art activities to help make your event special.
Sponsorship of $250 to cover supplies is required.
Staff Development Workshops
All ARTreach roster artists and art specialists offer Staff Development workshops for teachers, social workers and counselors: $250 sponsorship required.
The Art of Collaboration
You Can to Draw!
Watercolor Art
Music and Rhythm- Early Childhood Development
Expressive Art Techniques to improve your relationships/Goal Setting
Team Dancing for Better Group Dynamics
Ceramics and Easy Clay Projects for your School Fundraisers
Songwriting to Learn
Panel Discussions
Special Events and Booked Presentations
Contact ARTreach to book cultural arts presentations for your school or community event.