With support from the California Arts Council, Drawing Together will partner with a community-based organization in Pasadena to deliver a series of workshops focused on intuition and authenticity as a way to facilitate healing after the Eaton fires in January of 2025. The goal will be to create one authentic artwork that will then inspire a series of saleable items to address economic impact, which will be presented at one of the Pasadena ArtNights.
Our organization serves early childhood ages, school age, teens, youth in group homes, and adults in two counties (Los Angeles and San Bernardino) through a variety of formats that includes culturally responsive, contemporary arts education; workshops through different curriculum such as our mindfulness and authenticity as a trauma-informed tools; community projects that address specific health indicators as determined by health organizations; workbook publication that is utilized in our workshops and help to contextualize our community projects; and outreach and advocacy services that connect art making to social outcomes.
Some of our ongoing programs include:
Summer Art & Nature Camp program in Wrightwood – offered for the last 4 years that serves residents of both counties, as this rural community is made up of both Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
Art Exploration classes – offered weekly for ages 2 years through teens in Wrightwood and Pasadena throughout the year.
Workshops – offered in Mindfulness, Art & Authenticity, and Art as a Positive Coping Mechanism, based on client request of grant funds