Date: June 12-18

Host: Freedom in Creation & Alex Mejias

Location: Various

Venue: Various

Issue: Child Soldiers

A big thanks to Alex Mejias for passing this info along to me. Art therapy and art as a means of healing seem to be exploding everywhere, and this series of events sounds fantastic. Be sure to check out more on the Freedom in Creation website for more background on the organization, as well as the Freedom in Creation Tour website for more specifics and information on the tour itself. Here’s the run down:

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Tags: Africa, Alex Mejias, Andrew Briggs, Art Exhibit, Art Therapy, Clean Water, Concert, Freedom in Creation, Kentucky, Tim Be Told, Uganda, Virginia

Date: June 12-18

Issue: Various

Organization: Various

I continue to be amazed by all the stories that keep coming in from all of you. I hope you’ve all enjoyed hearing the stories of others using their art to affect some kind of positive change. This week, I’m featuring Julie Fordham, an artist that stumbled upon my blog recently and has been an incredible encouragement and has passed several other names along to me that I hope to feature in the future.

I encourage you to check out her blog, which can be found by clicking here, or taking a further look at some of her art, which is posted on her Deviant Art page. Julie considers herself a mixed media collage artist, and says, “I use whatever I can get my hands on.” (That’s the spirit…)

Julie says she’s passionate about so many things, but her art is focused on depression, suicide, self injury, and eating disorders. She’s got a great heart, and shared this story on her art with me:

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Tags: Art is the Cure, Art Therapy, Depression, Eating Disorders, heart support, Julie Fordham, Self Injury, Suicide, To Write Love on Her Arms, TWLOHA