Boosting mental health skill building
Art and Mental Health Hopefully, my readers know I write about both my art and mental health resources. If you are a new reader, well, there you have it – here at the “…Studios” you will get a little of both of my Gemini sides! With today’s post about my new online art gallery. Helping …
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New Etsy Shop and Controversy Just after opening my aws Studios art shop on Etsy, my husband heard a report on NPR about Etsy. The broadcast told of how the company was involved in a controversy. The hubbub is about how the online marketplace has been inundated with third-party sellers. These sellers may sell arts …
Art and Mental Health. No Brainer! This new tagline I created from a Wendy MacNaughton quote should help readers (and Google!) better understand aws Studios. In her “Pencil Skills Part 1” post about drawing with healthcare professionals, MacNaughton declares, “Art and health. No. Brainer.” (Which I understand to mean how ones’ involvement in art or …
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NOW OPEN! The aws Studios Store! Parents, grandparents, teachers and educators! You can count on the effectiveness of the SEL resources in the aws Studios Store! As a mental health educator and curriculum developer, hundreds of students, young and old tested and approved my activities and curricula. Furthermore, I am excited to provide you with …
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Most of my art in the last few years has been in collage – “painting” with pieces of fabric or paper and gluing to a hard surface to create a picture. In addition to collage, I have also been doing assemblage often described as three-dimensional collage. Assemblage “assembles” objects onto a canvas or board or …
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