Best Practices in Social Emotional Arts : Session Two - 2/28/24

Date:

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Time:

Noon to 1:00 pm Pacific Time (PT)

Instructors:

Shanna Beauchamp 

Grace Gulley

Sarah May Taylor 

Series Description:

In this free, three-part series, learn how our social emotional arts (SEA) practices enhance the innate power of the arts. In each virtual session, we’ll experience an exemplary lesson plan developed and presented by a team of Certificate Program alums. This will be followed by a moderated discussion regarding the intentions and supportive elements of the session, for professional applications and/or personal benefit.

Session Description:

The Best Practices Series is intended to demonstrate the social emotional arts process in different contexts. This session was designed to help women of color make their metamorphic shift into motherhood; however, the activities apply to anyone needing self-care and strength in community.

Revolutionary Mothers: Self-Regulation & Self-Care for Mothers of Color

In this interactive, virtual session, we offer an opportunity for new mothers of color to connect and find words to articulate what they are feeling around this metamorphic shift into motherhood. We will mark the beginning (and end) of this session with our community heartbeat. From there, we shift to a poetry activity to help soften the experience and the individual. This is also a community-building exercise that allows us participating mothers to move away from individualized trauma and to find healing in a shared, collective experience. This will be a space dedicated to supporting reflection, rest, and creativity. We will be invited to ease into the session at our own pace, and we’ll come away with accessible, self-care tools that can be used daily.

This series is funded by the Los Angeles County Arts Ed Collective in partnership with Flourish Agenda, and the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.