Healing Through Creativity Calls for Artists, Performers & Presenters

Sorted under arts on June 30, 2009

Healing Through Creativity has begun accepting submissions from artists, performers, and presenters for their week-long October art festival.

Healing Through Creativity

From Healing Through Creativity:

Trauma Survivors and Supporters of Survivors of Trauma are invited to share art, music, writing,
poetry and other creative forms at the Healing Through Creativity Festival.

When: October 17-24 2009
Where: Heart of Virginia Foundation Center for Integrated Arts
Grandin Gardens, 1731 Grandin Rd,
Roanoke, Virginia

The experience helps trauma survivors and promotes community understanding

Healing Through Creativity accepts artwork in various forms, such as writing, poetry, painting, crafts, music, drama, among others. They also hold many different workshops and have many different speakers.

I absolutely love what Healing Through Creativity does for survivors, as well as supports of survivors. Many survivors, especially those who have went through abuse and trauma at a young age, grow up not knowing how to effectively deal with their emotions and/or anger. A great deal of different emotions run rampant through the minds of survivors and many people go on to isolate themselves, become hermits, and trust no one; at least that is what has become of me due to my own abuse and trauma endured at a young age. I began writing poetry when I was in the eighth grade and the reason why I started is because I had no other outlet for everything that I was feeling inside of me. I have always had explosive anger and I have always had trouble expressing myself and my emotions outside of writing. Writing has been the saving grace in my life. It has been what has gotten me through some of the worst and some of the hardest years of my life and it means so much that there are people who are working to not only support artists, but to also give them a space to share their work.

If you are interested in submitting your work to be shown at Healing Through Creativity view the entry guidelines and submit your work through their website.



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  • Wow, that is a good cause. I completely understand how people who dealt with issues feel, especially if they have fought it ever since they were young. Creativity really does stem out from strong emotions.
  • Wow, that is a good cause. I completely understand how people who dealt with issues feel, especially if they have fought it ever since they were young. Creativity really does stem out from strong emotions.
  • I have always had trouble expressing myself and my emotions outside of writing.
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  • Healing through creativity was really helpful. I had a client before who is suffering from trauma, and after some few months of therapy, now she had fully recovered and her life was back to normal!
  • Yes, I definitely agree to this article. Healing through creativity especially in the form of Arts will really help people suffering from trauma or other abuses to recover and go back with their normal lives. It's very therapeutic, non-invasive and cheap!
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