ART4HEALING & STUDIO ART
ART SPEAKS WHERE WORDS CANNOT.
ART4HEALING
Certified in an established program called "Art4Healing", Crescent Moon Center's director will facilitate a theme-based two-hour art workshop using acrylics, watercolors, pastels and collage. It is a fast-paced painting project created around themes and questions within the themes, some allowing only 2 minutes to respond to. At the end of each exercise, participants are encouraged to share about their painting experience and the emotions involved. This is an educational exercise, and no prior art experience is necessary.
STUDIO ART
Center participants will have access to a well-equipped art studio which allows self-expression through art in an unstructured environment, selecting from a range of materials such as paint, clay, etc. An Artist in Residency will provide a peer mentorship to all particpants.
ART4HEALING & STUDIO ART
ART SPEAKS WHERE WORDS CANNOT.
ART4HEALING
Certified in an established program called "Art4Healing", Crescent Moon Center's director will facilitate a theme-based two-hour art workshop using acrylics, watercolors, pastels and collage. It is a fast-paced painting project created around themes and questions within the themes, some allowing only 2 minutes to respond to. At the end of each exercise, participants are encouraged to share about their painting experience and the emotions involved. This is an educational exercise, and no prior art experience is necessary.
STUDIO ART
Center participants will have access to a well-equipped art studio which allows self-expression through art in an unstructured environment, selecting from a range of materials such as paint, clay, etc. An Artist in Residency will provide a peer mentorship to all particpants.
Horses & Poetry: Creativity & the Practice of Mindfulness
Sat, Oct 11
|Rush Ranch, Suisun City, CA
Learn about mindfulness, authenticity, compassion, & communication from both horses and poetry. Equine-Assisted Learning and creative writing are proven tools for self-reflection and managing emotions on your journey toward holistic wellness.
Time & Location
Oct 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Rush Ranch, Suisun City, CA, 3521 Grizzly Island Rd, Suisun City, CA 94585, USA
About the event
Experience how being in the presence of horses & the expressive art of poetry can help you to develop the practice of mindfulness. We also hope to serve as a catalyst for your creativity!
Mindfulness enhances the therapeutic and transformational potential of poem-making and poetry. All together — poetry-as-healer, creativity and mindfulness — will greatly enrich the life you are living. Poem-making, when approached as a therapeutic, healing and transformational process, rather than with literary analysis and judgment, provides an opportunity for increased self-awareness and growth. This process encourages listening, connection, healthy surprise and meaning. In a poetic medicine circle, poems are read out loud with the group to inspire discussion, and writing prompts. After each writing exercise, you are invited to read your poems to one another. You rewrite internal dialogues and narratives, while also feeling seen, deeply listened to, and connected to community.
Our facilitator, John Fox, PPM, is…