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9 people are interested
Group Art Assistant
ORGANIZATION: Unique Union, Inc.
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9 people are interested
The Unique Union #SelfCareSunday Craft Workshop
We invite creatives aged 6 years and older to indulge in #SelfCareSunday as we host a selection of hands-on art activities that offer a sense of calm in a community setting through different interactive activities. We will be holding at least 2 workshops a month.
We are offering monthly themed #SelfCareSunday Craft Workshops to encourage a healthy mental relationship with self expression and applied art in a safe and conscious environment. We believe that self care is a positive habit and we use DIY projects in our creative community as a way to "put in the work" that is needed to maintain our emotional well-being. Our workshops are held in Ward 7 SE, Washington, DC in an area with a rich local history, at the Capitol View Neighborhood Public Library. This month's theme is Self Care + Space.
This workshop is all about connecting with your everyday environment, to improve your mood, promote creativity and to make self care a daily ritual with very little effort. We provide the tools needed to make personalized mini terracotta pots (decorated in your own, unique fashion) and filled with a live cactus of your choice!
Cacti plants have numerous benefits. Adding cacti to your home, helps to keep the air you breathe fresh and remove toxins from the environment. Plants absorb our respiratory waste (carbon dioxide), and they convert it into plant carbohydrates to build strong bodies that in turn create pure, clean, life-empowering oxygen for our brains to work their best.
These workshops are FREE, space is limited and we accept suggested donations of $15 per craft item -- to keep future #SelfCareSunday Craft Workshop attendance free of charge for local, underserved individuals on a journey to maintain their mental health through creative wellbeing.
The Unique Union seeks Group Art Assistants to help facilitate art as therapy activities in a group setting. The group would be no more than 15 to 20 individuals, aged 6 years of age and older. This volunteer would have a strong interest in visual arts and experience facilitating group art activities for groups of this size, especially involving children.This program will be trauma-informed and geared to inner-city creatives in an underserved area of Southeast Washington, DC (Ward 7). We plan to incorporate an urban culture aspect into this peer and family-friendly environment.
The Craft Workshop is held on Sundays from 1:30pm to 4pm at Capitol View Neighborhood DC Public Library.
Visit us at uniqueunion.org for more details.
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About Unique Union, Inc.
Location:
P.O. Box 63906, WASHINGTON, DC 20029, US
Mission Statement
Unique Union, Inc. is a local gathering place at the intersection of urban culture, applied art, mental wellness and creative community in Ward 7 Southeast Washington, DC. Our mission is to provide meaningful, therapeutic arts programming for creatives of all ages, to educate the local community in fine arts, urban culture and mental wellness, to provide certified group art therapy to adults and youth suffering from mental illness, and to build strength in the local community.
Description
Unique Union, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization formed to provide a place where creatives of all abilities are encouraged to develop their full expressive potential through art. We offer a dynamic, unique, and constantly evolving program with our #SelfCareSunday Craft Workshops. Although we try to incorporate all of the fine arts into our programs, our focus is on visual and applied art. We have transformed our program to accommodate social distancing with our #SelfcareSunday Virtual Craft Workshops and Virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid Certification through the National Council of Behavioral Health (in blended format).
We plan to have the option to participate in certified group art therapy workshops. All activities are guided and enjoyed on an RSVP or walk-in basis. We are staffed by working creatives, and all structured activities will be led by master artist-teachers &/or certified art therapists. Unique Union, Inc. offers an art experience to the community that will increase awareness of the arts, create an audience for the arts, promote mental wellness for all and cannot be duplicated.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5001 Central Avenue SEWashington, DC 20019
DATE POSTED
February 4, 2020
SKILLS
- Youth Services
- Visual Arts
- Fundraising
- Photography
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- We would need 4 hours at a time per week, 1 time per month on Sunday afternoons. 30 minutes for set up / break down before & after the active workshop (1pm to 4:30pm)
- An interest in visual art, psychology, child development and/or mental wellness/health.