Monthly Art Integration Gathering

An open therapeutic art integration group for folks who want to use art as a practice for self exploration

Join us on the second Monday of every month

6:30pm - 8pm 

Register for February

No experience with art or art therapy is required. The intention of this gathering is to explore process rather than product. 

February 9

Art as Integration

Join us one Monday each month at 6:30pm at Give Rise Studio in Frederick to gather and create. 

This monthly practice is a space where you can engage in the process of art, rather than the creation of a product.

The images you create are messages from within, usually from internal spaces where words don’t reach. Join us for this therapeutic art gathering where you can explore your inner world and make sense of what words may not be able to express. 

The in between

Each month's gathering will be inspired by a theme. In early February lives the celebration of Imbolc, the halfway point between the Winter solstice and the Spring equinox. At this time of the year, we're in between the restfulness of Winter and the awakening of Spring. 

Here, we'll explore what it's like to sit in the in between. Using art materials, you can begin to explore what this theme brings up in you. Honoring the turning of the seasons means following the patterns of and being inspired by nature, and when we slow down, our inner voice has a chance to soften into the cycles of the seasons. This gathering offers a calm, supportive environment to gently explore the in between, and as you do, you create space for your inner voice to come through. 

This gathering is designed to help you integrate, navigate transitions, and gather community support through periods of challenge. Join us to get curious about your internal world and explore art as a means of self expression. 

Register for February

Art as Integration

Art therapy can be beneficial when traditional verbal therapy leaves you feeling disconnected from your process of healing. It can provide a unique therapeutic experience for expressing your thoughts and emotions when words alone are vague and hard to access. Using art to process a psychedelic experience, or any transition, can take the pressure off of having to make logical sense of it, and can allow you a space to process nonverbally. Missy has completed the level 1 & level 2 Certificate in Psychedelics and Art Therapy from the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, and can offer a safe space for you to process and integrate your insights in a way that is supportive and makes sense to you. 

Meet Missy

At Mind Body Wellness, Missy provides Art Therapy to help you understand yourself and to reopen spaces within you in a gentle manner. 

At different times in our lives we find ourselves feeling lost, isolated, disconnected, and fragmented. During art therapy experiences, Missy works with you to untangle those stuck and at times inaccurate thoughts and feelings. The thread that carries throughout all of Missy’s experiences as an Art Therapist is compassion for the thoughts and feelings initially created to keep you safe, and an unwinding of what no longer serves you. 

Ready to explore with us?

Register below for each date you want to attend: 

 Please note that there are no refunds for this event.

Photos by Amanda Lucia Photography