Expressive Arts Program

Expressive arts is a client-centered, arts-based, community-oriented program that works with the immigrant and refugee women to address issues of safety both at home and in the larger community, and to reduce social isolation by bringing newcomer women together to counteract the isolation in their own communities.  It is grounded in the natural capacity of the arts (visual art, sculpture, movement, and sound, and theatre, poetry) to respond to individual and group needs. It uses these disciplines to explore, deepen and heal relationships with self, others and community.

For more information, select one of these links:

• About the Expressive Arts Program (Adobe Acrobat PDF format, 18.6KB, 2pgs)
• Expressive Arts groups for lesbian, bisexual and trans newcomer immigrant and refugee women
• Expressive Arts Poster for 2010 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format, 645KB, 1pg)
• Workshop Handouts for Service Providers: Creating your Own Expressive Arts Program for newcomer women (Adobe Acrobat PDF format, 1.41MB, 44pgs)
• Photo Gallery from 2010 Expressive Arts Exhibit