Recreating Ourselves Through Art
Posted on: April 22, 2016Florida
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Imagine my disappointment when I was asked to take Word Arts off the schedule! The class’s current facilitator had lost her funding, so she had no resources for the class. For a week, I debated internally whether I should (and could) create a new class to fill the gap. She was a volunteer from an art-specific organization, while I had no artistic talent, training, or supplies. Seemingly, I had nothing but a determination to Get Things Done (as they say in AmeriCorps). But without art supplies, is that really enough?
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The group is comprised of women from all walks of life: nurses, teachers, mathematicians, and artists; PhD candidates and high school dropouts; homeless since their teens or recently fallen upon hard times; but together we form Word Arts for Women. By supporting each other and fostering their own creativity, these women are empowered to create something greater; as a community they build something bigger.
This blog post was written by NHC Florida member Jen Hoerbelt.
Jen serves at the I.M. Sulzbacher Center in the Life Skills Department as a Health Educator