Art therapy can be an effective and creative means to release, console and restore at Art Serve.

Art therapy can be an effective and creative means to release, console and restore. Penned in this manner, art becomes a powerful form of self-expression that can reveal hidden feelings and emotions and act as a vital medium for communication – a universal language. ArtServe together with sponsors Broward Health and Children Services Council will host (InSIDE)/Out!, Art as Healing Therapy. This unprecedented exhibit by an artist organization will help the viewer see the art image morph into a vital verbal exchange between participant, therapist, artist and viewer.
The core of (InSIDE)/Out!, Art as Healing Therapy focuses on a collaboration between ArtServe members and participants from a host of other organizations such as; Ann Storck Center, Artists with Autism, Cove Center for Recovery, Dan Marino Foundation, Easter Seals Disability Services, Henderson Behavioral Health , Inspirations for Youth and Families, Lauderdale Lakes Alzheimer’s Center, PACE Broward, Schott Communities, SOS Children’s Villages, Sunset School, United Cerebral Palsy of Broward County, Inc. and Whispering Pines School to name a few. The artwork showcased reflects on the value of the arts and demonstrates how this value transcends into one of the largest segments in our population – individuals living with disabilities.
In addition to the artwork of ArtServe members and the above-mentioned organizations, the gallery is supplemented with artwork from the ArtServe Eco-Art Program. This educational enhancement project serves children living with disabilities at Sunset School. The program highlights the value of the arts in positively shaping the lives of these individuals. The artwork created alongside local artists instructors will be displayed at the opening reception.
Opening night, slated for May 9th 6pm-8pm will truly tugs at the heartstrings featuring art work of children, adolescents and adults living with disabilities who are actively involved in art therapy programs together with the work of South Florida artists who recognize the healing effects of their artistic exercise. The opening reception will host a performance by residents of the Ann Stork Center who will perform “No Better Family” from their 12th Annual Expressive Arts Musical Performance. Friday May 10th, ArtServe will play host to several workshops: Understanding & Treating Children With Sexual Behavior Problems presented by Dr. Sheila Rapa, PsyD. from Chrysalis Health. Through the Looking Glass: Art Therapy With Children presented by Joanna Deangelo, LMHC, ATR-BC, CAP. from the Susan B Anthony Recovery Center. Trauma & Mental Health presented by Dr. Charlene Grecsek, EdD, LMHC. from SED-NET, Broward County Public schools. The workshops will also play host to an information exchange session where parents, student, teachers and the general public will be able to learn about the valuable resources available to them and their families. The workshops will start 8:30am and run to 1pm.
In an economic climate that lends itself to cutting funding for arts programs, the premise of this exhibit is to highlight the dire need for the arts. The arts are not limited to a pretty picture on the wall or a beautifully choreographed dance performance, but an infinite and unconditional important field that allows for expression through symbolic communication that in turn leads to positive change and healing! u

young artist named Eanger Irving Couse enrolled in Paris’ Académie Julian in 1886. The following year, he met Virginia Walker, a native of Oregon who was a student at the nearby Académie Colarossi. After Irving and Virginia married in 1889, they began making plans to visit Virginia’s family home, a remote ranch in Klickitat County, Washington, where Couse could paint uniquely American subjects—American Indians.
The couple’s dream of visiting the Walker Ranch came true in 1891. While the weather was mild, Couse painted local landscapes, livestock scenes and Klikitat, Rock Creek, Pine Creek and Umatilla Indians; during the winter the couple moved downriver to Portland, Oregon, where Couse held his first solo exhibition, taught painting classes and painted portraits of several prominent citizens.
The Couses returned to France in the fall of 1892. In 1896 they traveled back to the Walker Ranch for a two-year residence. Although Couse painted many regional landscapes and pictures of Indians while living in Washington state, these works remain little known. The Couses ultimately became permanent residents of Taos, New Mexico, where Irving was elected in 1915 as the first president of the Taos Society of Artists, a group with which he is now well known.
Eanger Irving Couse on the Columbia River, curated by Maryhill’s curator of Art, Dr. Steven L. Grafe, features 20 paintings and several drawings, photos taken locally by the artist, items he collected from regional Indians, and other archival materials. In addition to works owned by Maryhill Museum of Art, the exhibition includes loans from the Couse family and the Couse Foundation in Taos, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Museum, the Albrecht-Kemper Art Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, the Oregon Historical Society, and from private collectors.
This exhibition is made possible with generous sponsorship from The Brim Family, Coburg Grabenhorst, Kate Mills, Puget Sound Energy, Sayler’s Old Country Kitchen, Mary Schlick, The Wheelhouse Family, and JD Fulwiler & Co. Insurance.

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