Join us for a full day virtual event focusing on self-care through the arts for female-identifying current and prior military members. We will have presentations by arts and veteran organizations on creative resources for women veterans, as well as hands-on creative activities. A supply list and will be sent to all attendees.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-vets-moving-forward-through-the-arts-registration-454009644067
(Use Promo Code WomenVets for free registration)

Agenda:

10:00-10:15 Welcome and Intros (15 min)

10:15-10:45 Guided Meditation (30 min) With Dianna Petrick of Breast Cancer Resource Center

10:45-11:15 Draw Yourself as a Tree (30 min) With Leah Danze, Art Therapist at Colors of Austin Counseling

11:15-12:05 Interactive Experiences (50 min) 2 options: Collage with Victoria Eaglebear or Poetry in Nature with Mobi Warren

12:05-1:00 Lunch Break with Art Slideshow (55 min)

1:00-1:10 Welcome back (10 min)

1:10-2:00 Resource Panel (50 min) April Sullivan – Art Spark Texas, Veteran programs; Kellen McIntyre – Bihl Haus Forward, Arts! Program for Veterans; Shirley Ann Riley, – Artemis Group Artist (introduced by Pamela Ellen Ferguson); Drea Lewis – Woven

2:00-2:50 Interactive Experiences (50 min) 2 options : Phone Photography with Ruth Hoyt or Watercolor Basics with Deb Soromenho

2:50-3:40 Interactive Experience (50 min) Fascinators with Denise Knebel and April Sullivan of Art Spark Texas

3:40-4:00 Sharing and Final Wrap Up (20 min)